• Mission and Melody, Joseph Hewitt joins me to talk about resources on the website
    Aug 31 2025

    The Gospel Coalition Australia Website has plenty of great articles, but it has other resources too. Joseph Hewitt serves as the Reviews Editor for TGCA and brings to our conversation a recent book review by Mikey Lynch. I have an episode of one of our new podcasts, TGCA Music, to talk about.

    A Chronicle of Melbourne Revivalism seeking principles for today

    You can email: joseph.hewitt@thegospelcoalition.org.au

    King of Grace by Tenielle Neda on TGCA Music podcast

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    18 mins
  • The work of the Holy Spirit and my own agency, with Candice Bergamin
    Aug 17 2025

    You've probably wondered about how God's Holy Spirit at work in you fits together with how much you are doing, you own agency, as you grow and change.

    We rest in Jesus' promise that the Spirit is present and active to cause us to grow and bear fruit, and yet we also know that we are to work out our own salvation.

    How should we think about all of this? Candice Bergamin joins us to talk about her post-graduate study and what she's learning about this topic.

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    23 mins
  • What Peter's first letter teaches us about commending Jesus, with David Shaw
    Aug 3 2025

    It's kind of obvious to say, but the apostles had a pretty good handle on what it takes for disciples to commend the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. David Shaw joins us in this episode to focus our attention on Peter's first letter and the themes we find there.

    Peter's teaching is wonderfully helpful in shaping how we understand who we are, and what it might look like to live out our calling, and be a blessing.

    Here are some of David's articles from the website:

    God's elect, resident aliens in Babylon

    Bless, for to this you were called

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    22 mins
  • Reading the Old Testament with confidence, with Gary Millar
    Jul 21 2025

    When we open our Bibles to read them for ourselves, we can can feel overwhelmed or unsure about how to make sense of the Old Testament. Gary Millar returns in this episode to help us grow in confidence, to read and explore all that God has for us in his word.

    Find out more about the Online Workshop on Preaching Prep

    Take a look at the TGC commentaries that Gary mentions

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    23 mins
  • Survey Results: The Future of the Gospel in Australia
    Jul 7 2025

    In this episode we are joined by Tamara Robson, who worked through all the responses from the recent survey TGCA conducted in connection with the Leader's Mini-Summit.

    The goal of this smaller summit was to gather leaders from like-minded ministries all across the eco-system and from all over Australia. We were gathering to consider how we might collaborate together to achieve things for the glory of God.

    In preparation for the leaders getting together TGCA invited all those leaders and anyone connected through the website to our regular email updates to share their thoughts.

    Tamara and I were keen to share the key themes that came out of the responses we received.

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    22 mins
  • Gospel Ministry means Weekly Gatherings
    Jun 22 2025

    The Gospel Coalition Australia has written a Theological Vision for Ministry. Part 5 of this Foundation Document asks the question: What is Gospel-Centred Ministry in Australia?

    The very first answer is: Weekly Gatherings of God's People.

    For most Christians this means a Sunday Church service - but why do we believe this is so important? What is our theological grounding for committing to this? I invited a few of of my guests from the first half of this year to speak to this topic.

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    16 mins
  • Introducing our first TGCA Online Workshop, with Sarah Kuswadi
    Jun 9 2025

    We are joined this episode by the Chief Operating Office of TGCA, Sarah Kuswadi, who chats with us about her own experience of joining online training offered by the U.S. TGC. We also talk about the very first TGCA Online Workship, all about preparation for preaching.

    Online Workshop: Preaching Prep

    Support the work of TGCA

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    13 mins
  • Politics and the Gospel, with Dan Anderson
    May 25 2025

    Dan Anderson, from the Lachlan Macquarie Institute, joins us on this episode to wade into the complex waters of our shared political life. How might the good news of Jesus enable us to engage with other Christians who have a different view on politics to us? And how could Christians be involved in politics in a way that commends the gospel?

    Find out more about the Lachlan Macquarie Institute

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    24 mins