St Andrews Church Geraldine‘s Podcast

230: 24-05-2026 Why Preach the End Times? Why (some) Churches Avoid It — and Why We Need It

Why Preach the End Times? Why Some Churches Avoid It — and Why We Still Need ItBible passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11
This opening message begins a winter series on the End Times by asking why many churches avoid teaching on the return of Christ, especially when it can become divisive, speculative, and difficult to teach well. Looking at Scripture through the lens of the early church, the message argues that these dangers are real but do not outweigh the biblical reasons for teaching on Christ’s return. In 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11, Paul shows that end-times teaching is not given to satisfy curiosity or fuel arguments, but to keep Christians spiritually awake, give hope and endurance in suffering, and call believers to holy living as children of the light while we wait for Christ.

228: 10-05-2026 Feed My Sheep

Feed My SheepLuke 4 v18-21 & Isaiah 58.v 1-11

227: 03-05-2026 The Delighted Heart & The Opened Door

George Müller’s Psalm 37 Roadmap for discerning God's will. This message explores how to discern God’s will through the life and practice of George Müller, anchored in Psalm 37. Rather than offering a formula, it presents a pathway: a heart that delights in God and is surrendered to His will, a life shaped by Scripture, sustained in prayer, attentive to providence, guided by sanctified judgment, and willing to move forward in faith with a settled peace. Drawing from Müller’s remarkable life of answered prayer and quiet dependence, the message calls us away from anxious striving for certainty and toward becoming the kind of people whose desires are aligned with God—so that as we trust Him, He faithfully orders our steps. Psalm 37

226: 26-04-2026 Luke (Part 20) The Exchange That Restores The Outcast

In this message on Luke 5:12–16, we see Jesus meet a man with leprosy who was not only physically diseased but also socially excluded, ritually unclean, and burdened with shame. The message explores the compassion and power of Christ, who is willing not only to heal but to make clean, restoring the outcast to community and fellowship. Drawing on the wider biblical theme of the great exchange, it shows how Jesus begins to take the place of the excluded so that the excluded can be brought in, pointing ultimately to the cross where Christ bears our sin, shame, and uncleanness in full. The call of the message is to come to Jesus in faith, to find in him cleansing and welcome, and to rest our identity not in our shame or isolation but in Christ, who makes the unclean clean.
Luke 5:12-16

225: 19-04-2026 Luke (Part 19) Hearing, Trusting, Surrendering

Peter’s journey into discipleship begins with listening to Jesus, grows through trusting him in the face of failure, and ends in surrender before his holiness and call. In Luke 5:1–11, this message explores how Christ meets us through his word, asks us to trust him when life makes no sense, and calls us into a life of grace, mission, and eternal significance.Luke 5:1-11

224: 12-04-2026 Luke (Part 18) Jesus early morning retreat

A sermon on Luke 4:38–44 exploring Jesus’ early-morning withdrawal after a day of intense ministry, showing how he stepped away from the crowd, sought the face of the Father, and stayed on the path of his calling. Drawing on related texts such as Mark 1:35–39, Luke 5:16, and John 15:4–5, the message reflects on how Jesus’ pattern of solitude, prayer, and focus speaks into our own distracted and pressure-filled lives. Luke 4:38–44

223: 04-04-2026 The Continuing Story of Easter

(We take a break from the Gospel of Luke this week!)
The gospel of Matthew concludes with a final character revealing all the characters at the resurrection of Jesus Christ: there are the two women coming to mourn but leave rejoicing; There's the angel in all magnificence  sitting on the stone that he has rolled away; there are the guards who witness it all but are prepared to let money and deceit rule their lives; the priests and elders who are determined to hide the truth from the people; the disciples who in all their doubt and confusion, still obey Christ's instructions to see him in Galilee; and then there is you - also called to live out the 'Great Commission' by sharing the Good News to others so that they too may believe and follow Christ's instructions.  And so through the Church and Christ's followers today, the Easter story continues.
Matthew 28:1-20

222: 29-03-2026 Luke (Part 17) Jesus Overcomes Evil

So far in chapter 4 we have seen Jesus tempted in the wilderness, rejected in his hometown, but now we see Jesus overcome evil by casting out a demon from a man. While we don't understand everything about the spiritual realm, we know that it is real. The incident of Jesus casting out the demon from the man in the synagogue teaches us that: 1 - evil is confrontational to God's plans and His works; 2 - evil attempts to cause as much harm to us as it can; and, 3 - while we should be aware of evil, we do not need to fear evil as we have power in Jesus' name to overcome it too. It is appropriate as we move towards Easter week to remember the central Christian hope that we are promised: a resurrected body just as was witnessed in the risen Lord.Luke 4:31-37