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Comedy sci-fi | Start with 'Prologue: Itch' Commander Falconer is missing the war... Following years in front line combat, a decorated hero is posted to the remote ice plains of Pluto on her toughest mission yet: to oversee a small, dysfunctional research team. Oblivity is a comedy science fiction audiodrama about family, isolation and meteorites. “Oblivity is a fiercely good show. The cast are all top notch, the scripts crackle with absurdity, humor and action and the show has a unique ener ...
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Christian leaders join Dominic Steele for a deep end conversation about our hearts and different aspects of Christian ministry each Tuesday afternoon. We share personally, pastorally and professionally about how we can best fulfill Jesus' mission to save the lost and serve the saints. The discussion is broadcast live on Facebook then available in video on our website http://www.thepastorsheart.net and via audio podcast.
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SPECIAL: Will the Pope go to heaven? Protestants understanding Roman Catholicism in a Post-Francis world
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The death of Pope Francis marks a pivotal moment for Roman Catholics. What does this transition mean for the future of Catholicism and how should Protestants respond? From Vatican City, Leonardo Di Chirico offers a firsthand perspective on reactions in Rome, while Rachel Ciano provides historical context from Sydney. Many Protestant leaders have re…
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Obeying God or the Government? NSW Conversion Practices Law with Neil Foster, Michael Stead & Simon Swadling
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New South Wales’ Conversion Practices Ban Act has just come into effect — along with guidelines from Anti-Discrimination NSW that many Christian leaders believe overstep the legal boundaries and impact ordinary pastoral ministry. We are joined by legal expert Associate Professor Neil Foster, South Sydney Bishop Michael Stead, and Summer Hill Anglic…
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A new openness to searching for purpose and meaning. Are we post Christian or post secular? - with Mark McCrindle
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The new McCrindle report ‘An undercurrent of faith’ says: Those turning to Christian faith are not who we might expect - it’s especially older people, the recently widowed and recently separated or divorced. The move is most on away from Christian identity in outer suburbia and regional areas. Australians are still turning to Christianity in large …
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Marshall Ballantine-Jones: Pastors helping parents talk to teens on social media, the internet and porn
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The average 11-year-old spends 4.5 hours daily on non-school screens. By 15, 70% of boys regularly view pornography. This isn't harmless fun—it's rewiring young brains during critical development. The addictive nature of social media, the mental health impact on teens, distorted identity and comparison, the way the attention economy undermines disc…
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The big 50 year impact of Campus Bible Study - with Tony Payne, Al Stewart & Tracey Gowing
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Today we review the 50 year impact of The University of New South Wales’ Campus Bible Study on Christian ministries across Australia and around the world - in raising up gospel workers, sending missionaries, planting churches and in Christian publishing. Former Anglican Dean of Sydney Phillip Jensen led the ministry for thirty years till 2005. Sinc…
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Chris Braga: The missing principle of proclamation
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Proclamation is for every Christian, one’s Christian faith is always public and a command is not needed to link faith to speech. 'I believed therefore I spoke' - That’s what the Apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4:13. And yet it’s a verse hardly referred to in the last few decades in discussions over who is responsible for evangelism. Chris Braga …
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Archie Poulos: The Minister Imposter Syndrome
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Pastors facing up to our imposter syndrome - navigating the noise that leads us to make bad decisions. As Pastors, we feel the pressure to have the right answers to people’s questions. We want to be able to navigate the complexities of life and church and land everyone safely at the other end. People share with us and the hardest parts of their liv…
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Kirsty Bucknell: Improving self reflection to strengthen resilience in ministry workers
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A new study shows that training in systematic self reflection will develop resilience among ministry workers, who are at risk of stress related ill health. Self reflective resilience training is beneficial to those in ministry roles and programs in this area can minimise stress related ill health. BUT, Not all self reflection is equal. Organisation…
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Openness to Jesus among young people - especially young men! - with Andy Stevenson, Katie Stringer, and Dave Jensen
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We are hearing reports from the university campuses, from young adult ministries, and from youth groups - that there is an increasing openness to the gospel of Jesus - and there’s a new openness among young men. There’s a shift in the culture. There’s something happening that is different among young people - Especially among young men. There’s a g…
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Rob Smith: The sexed body reveals and determines the gendered self
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As pastors we’re expressing leadership in our churches on gender and sexuality. We want to help our people think biblically - and yet with the culture moving so fast - it is an area that we feel ill equipped. On today’s Pastor’s Heart we benefit from the hard work of Sydney Missionary and Bible College Theology and Ethics lecturer Rob Smith who has…
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Craig Hamilton: Exploding pastoral leadership myths!
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What happens when a leader operates without a clear vision. And how poetic or concrete should a vision be? How to organise things so the overall vision cascades down through every area of church life? What should our pastoral approach be to innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, laggards and the nos. Biblical vision and Leadersh…
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Hans Kristensen: Ten archaeological facts to increase confidence in the Old Testament
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There are claims - and you hear them every so often - that archeology has disproved this story or that in the bible, and claims from this or that scholar of particularly late dating of different bible books. How do we as evangelical pastors react/respond/answer those claims? Hans Kristensen is senior pastor of Marsfield Community Church in Sydney a…
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Paul Grimmond: How godliness differs for men and women and how to teach it!
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How does godliness play out differently if I am a man, a woman, a young man, a young woman, a husband or a wife? All Christians are called to live like Christ. Why does the Apostle Paul choose to write about what godliness looks like for the older and younger and for us as men and women, rather than more generally for us as people? Does our age and…
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Gary Millar: Godliness vs Effectiveness - the Both/And Dilemma
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Godliness vs Effectiveness - the Both/And Ministry dilemma Godliness vs Effectiveness Theology vs Pragmatics People centered vs Organisationally minded Leading from the front vs Serving others Courage to take a stand vs Quick to submit Others know I am one of them vs I am set apart to lead I lead patiently vs I lead with a sense of urgency Most Chr…
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William Taylor: ‘Give yourself wholly to the work of the Lord’
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What is the work of the Lord? What is in vain if the resurrection is not true? What truly lasts and what does gospel work looks like in our daily lives? The debate over eschatology and one’s view of the new heavens and new earth. Will there be a Sydney Harbour Bridge in the new creation? And in the meantime, what should be our priorities? William T…
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Indigenous Australians and the Christian Gospel - with Michael Duckett
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Indigenous Australians and the Christian Gospel - with Michael Duckett As we approach ‘Aboriginal Sunday’ (19 January) we focus on the progress of the gospel among the indigenous in Australia. What are the cultural changes and what openness to Jesus Christ among Indigenous Australians? Where are we seeing growth? What are the roadblocks and opportu…
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We speak to Alistair Begg about pastors, suffering, humility and surviving long term in ministry. Alistair Begg is in Australia speaking at the Church Missionary Society conference in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Alistair has served the people of Cleveland Ohio for 42 years at Parkside Church and has a global impact through the influential T…
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Christian Ethics and Bitcoin - with Jeffri Chiam
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How should we guide our congregations in thinking ethically about engagement in Bitcoin? What is Bitcoin? How do we as Christian leaders assess the morality of bitcoin? Proponents say that it’s design fosters transparency and fairness and promotes economic justice. Critics highlight its speculative risks and potential for illegal use. Jeffri Chiam …
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Same words, different worlds: Reaching Roman Catholics - with Leonardo De Chirico and Rachel Ciano
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Most of us evangelical pastors, theological colleges, indeed the whole of evangelicalism - we have a blind spot when it comes to Roman Catholicism in our theology, missiology and practice. Where do we as Evangelicals make mistakes in our engagement with the Roman Catholic world? What can we change? What should we change? How do we best see our Roma…
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William Taylor: What to do when the denomination around you is imploding?
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It is difficult times in the Church of England. Having previously publicly betrayed his ordination and consecration vows - the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby - has now resigned over his handling of a safeguarding matter, following the release of the Makin report. The Church of England is tearing itself apart over sexuality. There are more ap…
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More pressure on government over chronic gambling - with Stu Cameron
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Church Leaders have welcomed the report of the trial of cashless gambling which recommends that ‘account based gambling’ be introduced in New South Wales by 2028. There are bigger problems with gambling in Sydney and New South Wales than pretty much anywhere in the world (outside Las Vegas). But the Clubs and Hotels industry is running a narrative …
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Are churches losing global mission focus? + How to fix this! - with Tim Silberman
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Is the church losing its global mission focus? The number of overseas missionaries being sent out is down on ten years ago. Church and mission leaders have encouraged Christians to respond to the need for mission locally, especially as church decline accelerates. Yet there’s a growing concern that global mission involvement is being neglected in ma…
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Peter Mayrick: Being more intentional in discipleship
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How do we encourage our staff teams and members to be more intentional in Jesus’ mission of making disciples? Disciple making is entering into relationships to help people trust and follow Jesus - the whole journey from conversion through maturing and multiplication. There’s a formal teaching component. But there’s so much more. Peter Mayrick, from…
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How to be fun and not boring in Christmas preaching? - with Nigel Fortescue and Pete Stedman
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Planning Christmas Preaching. What we are nervous about? What we want to get right? What has worked best? What hasn’t? And how do we leverage the cultural moment? Nigel Fortescue is senior pastor of Christ Church St Ives on Sydney’s North Shore. Pete Stedman leads the ministry at Norwest Anglican Church in the North West of Sydney. Reach Australia …
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Older people & ‘Positive Jesus focused choices’ - with Ying Yee, Carmel Vincent and Ian Carmichael
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How do we proactively serve Jesus in retirement? How might we motivate our older church members to prioritise the work of the gospel? Mike Raiter said on The Pastor’s Heart a little while back that retirement needs rethinking to avoid the sin of the sluggard. Mike Raiter said downing tools at 65 and spending 20 or 30 years resting is a 19th century…
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