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Deeper
A podcast by Wollongong Baptist Church. Dive deeper into the word of God as recorded in the Bible. Featuring interviews with our pastors as they delve deeper into the text and application from the sermon delivered each Sunday. Have a question? Submit it now at wollongongbaptist.org/deeper-podcast-questions/
Episodes
DeeperBehold Your King - Week 6 - Communion
In Luke 19-24 Jesus makes a claim to be the King without rival. He knows exactly what is going to take place and why. He alone can instruct us on the way to…
DeeperBehold Your King - Week 5 - War
In Luke 19-24 Jesus makes a claim to be the King without rival. He knows exactly what is going to take place and why. He alone can instruct us on the way to…
DeeperBehold Your King - Week 4 - Response
In Luke 19-24 Jesus makes a claim to be the King without rival. He knows exactly what is going to take place and why. He alone can instruct us on the way to…
DeeperBehold Your King - Week 3 - Opposition
In Luke 19-24 Jesus makes a claim to be the King without rival. He knows exactly what is going to take place and why. He alone can instruct us on the way to…
DeeperBehold Your King - Week 2 - Authority
In Luke 19-24 Jesus makes a claim to be the King without rival. He knows exactly what is going to take place and why. He alone can instruct us on the way to…
DeeperBehold Your King - Week 1 - Arrival
In Luke 19-24 Jesus makes a claim to be the King without rival. He knows exactly what is going to take place and why. He alone can instruct us on the way to…
Deeper2021 Wrap-Up
In our final podcast of 2021, we chat with Rod Bayley, Mark Roberts, and Ken Davies about the year that was as we review each series we preached through, the…
DeeperPerfect Mess - Week 9 - Marriage and Singleness
We continue our series titled "Perfect Mess" looking at 1 Corinthians 1-7. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us…
DeeperPerfect Mess - Week 8 - Marriage, Sex, and Divorce
We continue our series titled "Perfect Mess" looking at 1 Corinthians 1-7. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us…
DeeperPerfect Mess - Week 7 - Behavioural Boundaries
We continue our series titled "Perfect Mess" looking at 1 Corinthians 1-7. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us…
DeeperPerfect Mess - Week 6 - Confronting Sin
We continue our series titled "Perfect Mess" looking at 1 Corinthians 1-7. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us…
DeeperPerfect Mess - Week 5 - Crown-wearers are Cross-bearers
We continue our series titled "Perfect Mess" looking at 1 Corinthians 1-7. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us…
DeeperPerfect Mess - Week 4 - The Servant Leader
We continue our series titled "Perfect Mess" looking at 1 Corinthians 1-7. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us…
DeeperPerfect Mess - Week 3 - The Mystery Revealed
We continue our series titled "Perfect Mess" looking at 1 Corinthians 1-7. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us…
DeeperPerfect Mess - Week 2 - The foolish wisdom of God
We continue our series titled "Perfect Mess" looking at 1 Corinthians 1-7. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us…
DeeperPerfect Mess - Week 1 - Only the gospel saves
We begin our new series titled "Perfect Mess" looking at 1 Corinthians 1-7. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us…
DeeperSPECIAL EPISODE - Meet the Author
Did anyone know we had a published author in one of our congregations?! Today we’ll be discussing what it’s like being an author, getting your first book…
DeeperEntrusted - Week 5 - Guard the good deposit
We continue our series titled "Entrusted" looking at the letter of 2 Timothy, Paul's last written words, words written from a teacher to a student but more…
DeeperEntrusted - Week 5 - Example and the Word
We continue our series titled "Entrusted" looking at the letter of 2 Timothy, Paul's last written words, words written from a teacher to a student but more…
DeeperEntrusted - Week 4 - People in the last days
We continue our series titled "Entrusted" looking at the letter of 2 Timothy, Paul's last written words, words written from a teacher to a student but more…
DeeperEntrusted - Week 3 - Godly Leaders
This week we continue our series titled "Entrusted" looking at the letter of 2 Timothy. This is most likely Paul's last written words, words written from a…
DeeperEntrusted - Week 2 - Counting the Cost
This week we continue our new series titled "Entrusted" looking at the letter of 2 Timothy. This is most likely Paul's last written words, words written from a…
DeeperEntrusted - Week 1 - Unashamed
This week we begin a new series titled "Entrusted" looking at the letter of 2 Timothy. This is most likely Paul's last written words, words written from a…
DeeperGripped - Week 5 - Workplace Evangelism
This week we look at chapter 5 of "Honest Evangelism" by Rico Tice and a framework Rico uses to help us share the gospel in those times we feel like we may not…
DeeperGripped - Week 4 - Hospitality Evangelism
This week we look at chapter 4 of "Honest Evangelism" by Rico Tice and some key truths we need to remember to motivate us to share the gospel. We also chat…
DeeperGripped - Week 3 - Evangelising Our Kids
This week we look at chapter 3 of "Honest Evangelism" by Rico Tice and the idols of our heart, and then we chat about evangelising our kids with Mark Roberts…
DeeperGripped - Week 2 - Walk Up Evangelism
This week we look at chapter 2 of "Honest Evangelism" by Rico Tice, and then we chat about walk-up evangelism with Ken Davies, one of the pastors of Wollongong…
DeeperGripped - Week 1 - Christianity Explored
In our podcast this series we'll be doing things a little different! Rather than follow on from the sermon, we'll instead spend the first part discussing the…
DeeperDeuteronomy - Week 9 - Look to Jesus
Deuteronomy 31-34 records the end of Moses' ministry and life. Because of Moses' sin, he was unable to defeat sin and death. Because of this, although he was a…
DeeperDeuteronomy - Week 8 - Growing in Obedience
Deuteronomy 30 asks the question: How are God's people to grow in obedience to his word? We grow by choosing life, and by knowing our failure is not the end. A…
DeeperDeuteronomy - Week 7 - Wholehearted Worship
Deuteronomy 26:1-15 asks the question: What does God want of us? God wants our joyful thanks for his grace, and he also wants our wholehearted obedience. But…
DeeperDeuteronomy - Week 6 - Generous Justice
Deuteronomy 16:18-20 commands God's people pursue justice. Deuteronomy 24:19-22 commands God's people to be generous towards the needy. But what if justice…
DeeperDeuteronomy - Week 5 - God's Better Guidance
Deuteronomy 18:9-22 lists a number of practices that the LORD finds detestable - sacrificing children, divination, interpreting omens, casting speells…
DeeperDeuteronomy - Week 4 - The King of God's People
500 years before Israel would ask God for a king, God set the boundaries for what they must look for in a king: 1. Where from - he must be one of them 2…
DeeperDeuteronomy - Week 3 - Loved and Set Apart
For all who have out their trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, you are secure in God's love! God loves us, because he loves us! We are his treasured…
DeeperDeuteronomy - Week 2 - Forever Faithful
The Ten Commandments of Deuteronomy 5 and the Shema of Deuteronomy 6 are two passages for God's people. The Shema (6v4-5) reads: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our…
DeeperDeuteronomy - Week 1 - Choose Life
The book of Deuteronomy begins with the words "These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan..." Having spent 40 years in…
DeeperLuke 17-19 - Week 8 - INVESTING
What do we do during the delay before Jesus returns? The Kingdom of God, that we're pledging our lives to, has an upside down dimension - it's now but not yet…
DeeperLuke 17-19 - Week 7 - SEEK
How can the spiritually lost be found? By seeking them out, and by the lost truly repenting. This passage about Zacchaeus might be a familiar one to many, but…
DeeperLuke 17-19 - Week 6 - BLINDNESS
How can our spiritual blindness be removed? It's a big question, but the healing of the physical blindness of the man in Luke 18:31-43 highlights our spiritual…
DeeperLuke 17-19 - Week 5 - WEALTH
We believe everything we have is ours, but it isn't! It belongs to God and we're just managers of it on behalf of God. Knowing who Jesus is helps us understand…
DeeperLuke 17-19 - Week 4 - CONFIDENCE
We're all in danger of putting our confidence in the wrong things or in the wrong people. Jesus warns us in Luke 18:9-17 of not only how we evaluate ourselves…
DeeperLuke 17-19 - Week 3 - PRAYER
Jesus ended his parable in Luke 18:1-8 with a question: "When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" And what kind of faith will Jesus, the Son of…
DeeperLuke 17-19 - Week 2 - WAITING
This is our second podcast in our "Upside Down Kingdom" series looking at Luke 17 - 19. This week Clayton Ryan and Ken Davies are discussing Luke 17:20-37 and…
DeeperLuke 17-19 - Week 1 - FORGIVENESS
This is our first episode for 2021 as we begin a new series titled "Upside Down Kingdom" looking at Luke 17 - 19. This week Clayton Ryan and Mark Roberts are…
Deeper2020 Retrospective
Join us for the final podcast of 2020 as our pastors Rod Bayley, Mark Roberts and Ken Davies come together to spend some time in reflection thinking back over…
Deeper1 John - Week 8 - LOVE
This episode marks the final instalment in our series in the book of 1 John. Tune in as Pastor Rod Bayley shares a little of his own reflections on the series…
Deeper1 John - Week 7 - CHILDREN OF GOD
"Dear children" is a repeated refrain from the Apostle John. But what does he mean? What actually is a "child of God"? How do you become one, and what…
Deeper1 John - Week 6 - ASSURANCE
The book of 1 John is sometimes referred to as a book of assurance. Assurance is a big and weighty topic! Tune in to hear Pastor Mark Roberts explain what…
Deeper1 John - Week 5 - COMMANDMENTS OLD AND NEW
Tune in as Pastor Ken Davies helps us to think rightly about the commands of both the Old and New Testament. The discussion will consider the role and…
Deeper1 John - Week 4 - FALSE TEACHERS
What is a false teacher? What problems arise from false declarations about God? What responsibility do we have in discrediting false teachers and HOW can we do…
Deeper1 John - Week 3 - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SAINTS
This week we’re thinking about the fellowship of the saints. What does this phrase even refer to? How ought it to impact how we think about and interact with…
Deeper1 John - Week 2 - THE HUMANITY AND DIVINITY OF JESUS
Join us as Pastor Rod Bayley helps us to consider the Bible’s claims regarding both the humanity and the divinity of Jesus. Why is Jesus as both human and…
Deeper1 John - Week 1 - LIGHT
Join us as Pastor Ken Davies gives an overview into the biblical theme of ‘light’. How is the concept of light used in the book of 1 John and in the Bible more…
DeeperISAIAH - Week 10 - Isaiah 66
Join us this week as Pastor Ken Davies shares a little more from Isaiah 66 before zooming out to reflect on our series as a whole. Tune in to hear his…
DeeperISAIAH - Week 9 - Isaiah 61
Tune in to hear discussions around the biblical concepts of ‘the year of Jubilee’, ‘the year of the Lord’s favour’ and ‘the day of the Lord’ as Pastor Rod…
DeeperISAIAH- Week 8 - Isaiah 59
Does God choose what prayers he does and does not listen to? If I'm still in sin, does God ignore me? Why preach a sermon focussed on sin and judgement to an…
DeeperISAIAH - Week 7 - Isaiah 55: 1-13
Tune in to hear Pastor Rod Bayley unpack more from this week's sermon on Isaiah 55. Why is it important for Christians to live a life of repentance, and not…
DeeperISAIAH - Week 6 - Isaiah 52 + 53
Tune in to hear the wisdom of Ken Davies as he unpacks his talk further. Why is it that our sense of justice seems so different to God's? If Jesus fulfils the…
DeeperISAIAH - Week 5- Isaiah 49: 1-13
Tune in as Pastor Mark Roberts shares more about God’s ambition and our own. Does God really understand the disappointment of unfulfilled dreams? What if our…