Sermon Podcasts at St Thomas' Moonee Ponds

What holds a church together? Before we gather for reports and budgets, we gather to worship. In this episode, we reflect on Matthew 22:34-46 — where Jesus answers a question about the greatest commandment, and then asks a question of His own: "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" Together we explore how worship, ministry, and mission are not three separate jobs on a committee roster, but three streams from one fountain — the love of Christ, who is both David's son and David'...

We pay our taxes on time. We show up to work, meet our deadlines, and keep up with the news cycle. We give Caesar our forty-hour weeks, our anxiety about the economy, and our loyalty to political tribes. But when it comes to God? We give Him an hour on Sunday, a hurried prayer before meals, and whatever energy we have left at the end of the day. In this episode, we dive to where Jesus faces a carefully constructed trap about paying taxes to the emperor. His answer is famous: "Give therefore t...

What does it mean to be personally invited to the King's table? In this special Confirmation Sunday episode, we welcome Bishop Nigel as he opens up Matthew 22 to explore the Parable of the Wedding Banquet. Stripping away the noise of modern life, Bishop Nigel delivers a timeless message on the heart of the Gospel: God’s enduring desire for a relationship with us. He unpacks how God's invitation isn't just an ancient story, but a present-day call to connect, respond, and take ownership of our ...

What happens when we start treating God's gifts as if they belong to us? In this episode, we dive into Matthew 21:33-46 — Jesus' challenging parable of the vineyard, the landowner, and the tenants who forgot their place. It's a story about stewardship, ownership, and the subtle temptation to seize what was never ours to begin with. But this isn't just a warning. It's an invitation. We explore what baptism really means: not a ceremony that makes us owners of the field, but a commissioning that...

Your mission action plan promised fruit. Instead, you got a spreadsheet. Your vision statement promised transformation. Instead, you got a to-do list. Your church promised to be a vineyard. Instead, it started feeling like a factory. Here's the uncomfortable truth: The tension between what we expected and what we're experiencing might not be a problem to fix. It might be the very place where Jesus wants to meet us. In Matthew 21, Jesus confronts religious leaders who had the right words, the ...