The Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele
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 <u><b><a href="http://www.thepastorsheart.net">http://www.thepastorsheart.net</a></u></b> and via audio podcast.
Episodes
396 episodes
Openness to Jesus among young people - especially young men! - with Andy Stevenson, Katie Stringer, and Dave Jensen
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 t...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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Rob Smith: The sexed body reveals and determines the gendered self
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 Hea...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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Craig Hamilton: Exploding pastoral leadership myths!
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...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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Hans Kristensen: Ten archaeological facts to increase confidence in the Old Testament
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 pasto...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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Paul Grimmond: How godliness differs for men and women and how to teach it!
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 li...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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Gary Millar: Godliness vs Effectiveness - the Both/And Dilemma
Godliness vs Effectiveness - the Both/And Ministry dilemma Godliness vs EffectivenessTheology vs Pragmatics People centered vs Organisationally mindedLeading from the front vs Serving others ...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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William Taylor: ‘Give yourself wholly to the work of the Lord’
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. &n...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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Indigenous Australians and the Christian Gospel - with Michael Duckett
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...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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Alistair Begg: Honesty, Humor and Hope
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. Alista...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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Christian Ethics and Bitcoin - with Jeffri Chiam
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...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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Same words, different worlds: Reaching Roman Catholics - with Leonardo De Chirico and Rachel Ciano
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 mis...
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Season 6
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Episode 52
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William Taylor: What to do when the denomination around you is imploding?
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...
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Season 6
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Episode 51
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More pressure on government over chronic gambling - with Stu Cameron
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 Wale...
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Season 6
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Episode 50
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Are churches losing global mission focus? + How to fix this! - with Tim Silberman
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, espe...
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Season 6
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Episode 49
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Peter Mayrick: Being more intentional in discipleship
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...
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Season 6
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Episode 48
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How to be fun and not boring in Christmas preaching? - with Nigel Fortescue and Pete Stedman
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 S...
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Season 6
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Episode 47
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Older people & ‘Positive Jesus focused choices’ - with Ying Yee, Carmel Vincent and Ian Carmichael
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 avo...
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Season 6
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Episode 46
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Tim Omrod: How personality impacts ministry teams
I want to be a big hearted encourager like Barnabas. I want to be a reliable assistant like Timothy. I want to be passionate preacher like Apollos.When you think about the qualifications for Christian ministry in 1Timothy 3, the signifi...
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Season 6
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Episode 45
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Vaughan Roberts: Justin Welby’s rejection of Church of England teaching on sex
In a significant interview on the Rest is Politics Podcast England’s Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has denied the teaching of the bible, and the teaching of his church.
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Season 6
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Episode 44
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David Moore on Ministry teams: Are they worth the pain?
How to best structure ministry teams in your church? And how to equip your team leaders for joyful service?Team leaders do the bulk of their ministry in between events not at events.How can someone become a more fruitful team le...
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Season 6
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Episode 43
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Lausanne: Part fantastic, part nauseous - with Mark Thompson and Chris Edwards
5,000 believers gathered from more than 200 nations last month in South Korea. It is 50 years since Billy Graham and John Stott first launched the Lausanne movement in Switzerland. Anglican Bishop of North Sydney Chris E...
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Season 6
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Episode 42
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Recovering our larger story helps know ourselves and our place in God’s world - with Sarah Irving-Stonebreaker
Historical literacy is a critical tool for Christians, deepening faith and enhancing evangelism and discipleship.Sarah Irving Stonebreaker says we’ve forgotten how to engage well with the past, we don’t know why the past might be releva...
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Season 6
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Episode 41
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Parenting in God’s family - with Harriet Connor & Kat Ashton Israel
What is Christian parenting? How do we do family Bible time well? How can we prioritize church, even when it’s hard? Navigating social media with teens? And how to parent teens who are doubting, drifting or ...
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Season 6
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Episode 40
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Preaching illustrations to win Muslims - with Samuel Green
How to preach to build confidence so members want to invite Islamic friends and workmates to church and better educate our Christians for conversations with Muslim friends.What topics might we address? How to best engage with the ...
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Season 6
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Episode 39
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Leading up as a ministry team member - with Peter Blanch, Megan Stevens and Michael Davies
How do you work in a team excellently with those above you in ministry? How do you as a team member take responsibility for the success of your church? What can ministry team members do well to help the whole team func...
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Season 6
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Episode 38
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