Podcast Revival

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  Things Learned But Not Yet Mastered - Sam Pearce 14.09.2026 25min

  Some lessons take years to learn, and you can still be a long way from mastering them. Three of them here: hospitality that looks less like a dinner party and more like hunting down a tent for someone with nowhere to sleep; a man lowered through a roof who is forgiven before he is healed; and the slow, frustrating business of change in a church. Daniel is told that God changes the times and the seasons. Isaiah 43 tells people who cling to one great miracle that a new thing is coming. And if you want the ship to turn, the advice is simple: stop shouting from the top deck and go and talk to the captain.
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  The Tower of Babel - Pastor John Van De Giessen 24.08.2026 34min

  "Sometimes the problem isn't what you're building. The problem is the foundation you're building it on." The people on the plain of Shinar had one language, real skill and genuine unity, and they used all of it to make a name for themselves. This episode walks through the Tower of Babel and then asks a harder question about our own lives: with study, work, a mortgage and family filling the calendar, how easy is it to keep putting God off until later? The greatest tragedy is not building something that collapses, but building something that succeeds without God in it. Babel ends in scattering. Pentecost gathers the nations back together.
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  Seeing Things That Are Invisible - Pastor David Kschammer 20.08.2026 39min

  "How can you take your eyes off something that you can't see?" That question sets up a look at one line in 2 Corinthians 4, where we are told to look at the things which are not seen. It sounds like a contradiction, until you notice how much everyone already accepts without sight. Scientists trust instruments and calculations. Atoms were believed in long before anyone saw one. Thoughts, love and patience are invisible and obviously real. The episode works through Hebrews 11 and Moses, then Elisha at Dothan, calm in front of an enemy army because he was sure of what surrounded him. The conclusion is that faith here is persuasion built on evidence, not guesswork.
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  Comfortably Numb - Pastor Ben Smith 17.08.2026 20min

  "We don't want to be a people who are comfortably numb." Jesus warned that as lawlessness increased, love would grow cold, and he had blunt words for a church that had grown comfortable enough to think it needed nothing. This episode sits with that warning and the promise attached to it: the one who endures to the end will be saved. It works through Laodicea, the meaning hidden in the city's name, the writer of Hebrews urging people not to let what they have heard slip away, and the honest question of whether zeal is growing or fading. Encouraging rather than heavy, with a clear call to stay in the race.
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  No Relationship Beyond Repair - Pastor Bill Allen 13.08.2026 29min

  "There's no such thing as an irrevocably damaged relationship for those that look to the Lord." In John chapter twenty one, Peter has denied Jesus three times and gone back to fishing. Then Jesus turns up on the shore with breakfast ready and asks him three times, do you love me. This episode unpacks what is really happening in that conversation. Not a wound being reopened, but a man being lifted out of guilt and pointed at his purpose. Along the way, a look at the friendship between Peter and John, the net that did not break, and why confronting our weakness is what makes us strong.
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  Trusting God's Goodness - David Rocchi 11.08.2026 42min

  God is not looking for excuses to be bad to us. He is looking for excuses to be good to us. This episode takes up the invitation of Psalm 34:8 to taste and see that the Lord is good, and works through Romans 5, Ephesians 2, Psalm 139 and Jeremiah 29 to settle one question: does God want to be good to you personally? The answer was already proven at the cross, long before we did anything to deserve it. There is honest ground covered here on failure, guilt and the habit of writing ourselves out of the picture, along with the simple response God asks for, which is thanks and praise.
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  Well Pleasing in His Sight - Pastor Phil Haddad 06.08.2026 41min

  The Lord is not asking us to bring a perfect work. What he's asked us to do was already perfect. This episode asks a question that sits underneath most of our decisions: who are we really trying to please? Starting with Caleb and Joshua waiting forty years for a promise, it moves through three moments in the life of Jesus that show what God actually responds to. His baptism, his answers in the wilderness, and his silence at the cross all point to the same thing. Not skill, not results, not reputation, but obedience and a humble attitude. It closes with eighteen simple things that please God.
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  The Long Straight Road - Pastor Peter Lord 03.08.2026 45min

  "This road that is there is a road that is straight, it doesn't vary in any direction, and we know where we're going." Using the image of a long, flat outback highway, this episode explores what it means to stay steady in faith rather than drift off course. It looks at how small distractions and gradual losses of focus can pull us away, why God's unchanging character gives us something solid to hold onto, and how the Holy Spirit works like a steering wheel guiding us along the way. It is a practical, honest look at staying the course over the long haul, checking in regularly, and trusting the path even when you cannot see where it ends.
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  Growing in Understanding Through the Holy Spirit - Pastor Tim Cope 30.07.2026 39min

  "Get wisdom, and with all thy getting, get understanding." This episode explores why understanding is treated in scripture as something different from knowledge or wisdom, something that develops over time as faith deepens. Starting with Jesus washing His disciples' feet in John 13, the discussion moves through a surprising connection to modern happiness research, into Psalm 73's honest wrestling with envy and doubt, and finishes in John 3 with Nicodemus's conversation about being born again. It's a practical look at why spiritual growth can feel slow, and what it means to move from simply knowing facts about God to genuinely understanding Him.
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  Free Indeed - Pastor Rob Sinclair 27.07.2026 43min

  What does it really mean to be free? This episode traces the theme of captivity and freedom right through the Bible, starting with Samson, tied up and surrounded by enemies, until the Spirit of the Lord comes on him and breaks his bonds. But his story is also a warning, because knowing how to be free didn't stop him walking back into danger. From Samson to Jesus in the synagogue at Nazareth, to the cross, to Paul's letters on what it means to be truly free in Christ, this episode looks at the captivity we don't always notice in our own lives and how real freedom is found and kept.
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  The Power of God: Why the Church Needs More Than a Feeling - Pr Sascha Bramao 23.07.2026 38min

  "When the power of God comes into someone's life, it starts to blow things up." This episode compares losing electricity in a storm to losing spiritual power in the church today, and asks what it really means to be "plugged in" to God. Through John 1, Luke 24 and Acts 2, we look at how Jesus offers not just the power to choose him, but the power of the Holy Spirit to completely transform a life. Real stories, including well known rugby league players whose lives changed dramatically, show what this looks like in practice. A challenging and encouraging look at what it means to run on real power rather than tradition or habit.
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  The Double Portion: What Elijah Left Behind - Pr Kevin Quirk 21.07.2026 32min

  "If you get a drop of God inside you, that will revolutionise your life." This episode digs into the account of Elijah being taken up in a whirlwind and Elisha asking for a double portion of his spirit. What looks like a story about a passed-on mantle is really about Jesus, who was taken up to heaven and left behind the Holy Spirit. Along the way you will find a hidden meaning in the Hebrew word for mantle, and a practical picture of what happens when we swap our old self righteousness for God's robe of righteousness. It is a gift, freely given, and this episode helps you see just how big that gift is.
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  The Friendship That Never Lets Go - Ben Campbell 16.07.2026 42min

  Title: The Friendship That Never Lets Go Speaker: Ben Campbell Date: 5th July 2026 Location: Adelaide, Australia Summary: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." This episode explores what true friendship looks like, using a personal story about a decades long relationship as the starting point before turning to one of the greatest friendship stories in the Bible: Jonathan and David in 1 Samuel. Unfamiliar with the show? This episode is a great entry point. It breaks down the qualities that make a real friendship work: loyalty, honesty, sacrifice and trust, and shows how those same qualities describe a relationship with Jesus. Rather than treating friendship with Jesus as a one way street where we only turn to Him in hard times, the episode challenges people to see it as a genuine two way relationship built on shared time, honest conversation and mutual care. The episode also covers what can damage friendships, particularly gossip and talking behind someone's back, and offers practical, scripture based guidance on how to sharpen and support the people close to you rather than tearing them down. Key Points: True friendship is a two way relationship built on loyalty, honesty, shared time and sacrifice, not a one sided arrangement where only one person gives. The friendship between Jonathan and David shows sacrificial love in action, including Jonathan giving up his robe, weapons and eventually his claim to the throne for David's sake. Gossip, whispering and talking behind someone's back destroys trust and friendship. Removing that kind of talk (like taking wood off a fire) allows conflict to settle. Iron sharpening iron means real friends challenge and strengthen each other rather than just offering comfort, and faithful correction from a friend matters even when it is hard to hear. Praying for friends, even when they have let you down, is one of the most powerful expressions of love and friendship. Reference Scriptures: Proverbs 17:17 John 15:13 1 Samuel 18:1 1 Samuel 18:3 1 Samuel 18:6-8 1 Samuel 20:1-3 1 Samuel 20:30-33 1 Samuel 23:15-18 Ephesians 5:29 1 Samuel 31:1-2 2 Samuel 1:26 2 Samuel 9:1-7 John 15:15 Proverbs 18:24 John 11:3, 5, 33, 35-36 John 13:23 Matthew 11:19 Proverbs 27:17 Exodus 33:14 Genesis 4:5-6 Proverbs 26:20 Proverbs 16:28 Proverbs 11:13 Proverbs 27:6 Job 42:10 John 17:9-12 Proverbs 27:9
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  Practical Faith - Pr David Sunderland 14.07.2026 40min

  "Be doers of the word and not hearers only." This episode works through the book of James, one of the most practical books in the New Testament. It looks at who James was, why his letter focuses on action rather than doctrine, and the honest questions he raises about how we actually live: our tongue, our patience, our humility, and how we treat people. It is a clear reminder that faith and action are meant to work together, and that good works flow out of salvation rather than earning it. A great starting point if you are looking for somewhere practical to begin reading the Bible for yourself.
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  The Promise - Pr Phillip Rowley 09.07.2026 38min

  "The promise is unto you, to your children, and to all that are afar off." This episode traces one promise God made to his people, the gift of the Holy Spirit, from Moses and the prophets all the way to the day of Pentecost. Along the way it shows how Jesus connected his own life and ministry to these ancient words, and how that same promise still applies to anyone willing to repent, believe and live by the Spirit rather than by their own strength. A hopeful look at how old words became a living reality.
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  Fixing Our Mistakes - Pr Chris Jose 06.07.2026 25min

  "I don't think I should have been in there. I think I should have known better." A simple garage door repair goes wrong, sparking a look at the four ways we deal with mistakes: avoiding, making, fixing and learning from them. Drawing on Deuteronomy, Matthew, Colossians and 1 John, this episode explores why self-awareness helps us avoid unnecessary failure, why honesty matters more than denial, and why forgiveness is real but never an excuse to keep getting it wrong on purpose.
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  Persisting in Prayer Through the Trial of Your Faith - Pr Peter Moore 02.07.2026 37min

  "He prayed seven times not because it didn't work the first time. He prayed seven times because he believed." Using Elijah's persistent prayer for rain in 1 Kings 18, this episode explores what it really means to keep praying when nothing is visible yet. The trial of faith is not just for hard seasons. It is life itself. And the faith being tested is not ours alone, but the faith of Jesus Christ living in us, and that faith has already won.
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  What It Really Means to Wait on the Lord - Pr Jeremy Archer 29.06.2026 31min

  Waiting on the Lord is not standing still. It is standing firm. This episode takes a close look at Isaiah 40:31, one of the most quoted scriptures in the Bible, and unpacks what the Hebrew word for wait actually means and who it was written for. The original audience were Jewish exiles in Babylon, thirty-five years into a seventy-year captivity, with everything stripped away. The episode then traces how Jesus used Isaiah's captivity scriptures to speak to a new generation under Roman rule, and why that context still speaks today.
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  Better Things Concerning You - Pr Colin Tan 25.06.2026 1godz 7min

  "We are confident of better things concerning you" is God's expectation for every believer. This episode digs into Hebrews 6 and follows three key examples from David's life to show what genuine spiritual maturity looks like in practice. From facing Goliath to trusting God through family betrayal, the message is clear: salvation is the starting point, not the destination. It also covers the tongue, the heart, and the wisdom to know which battles are worth fighting.
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  The Sure Mercies of David - Pr Mark Wattchow 22.06.2026 46min

  "Hear, and your soul shall live" - Isaiah 55 holds a promise that reaches back to King David and forward to every believer. This episode unpacks the phrase "the sure mercies of David," tracing God's rock-solid covenant promises from Psalm 136 through to Acts 13. Drawing on passages from Hebrews, Luke, Isaiah, and 2 Peter, it shows how every promise made to David and Abraham comes to its fulfilment in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We receive those same sure mercies today through the gift of the Holy Spirit.