There is a crisis manhood. Young boys are growing up in a culture that is inevitably confusing. On the one hand they are being told that gender is merely a social construct, and on the other hand their natural inclinations are being manipulated by the pedlars of pornography which presents a distorted view of femininity all in the name of women's liberation. Little wonder then that our culture is bereft of a clear vision of what it means to be a man. Dr. Corbett presents a biblical vision of true manhood by considering the preeminent example of Jesus the Christ.

What Does It Mean To Be a True Man? (Radio Edition)

The Eight Greatest True Stories in the Bible overviews the 8 most important stories in the Bible which, when understood, reveals that the Bible is one story told over a series of what appears to be quite different stories.  This is Part 4 of 8, The True Story of King David - Jesus Christ's Ancestor.

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The 8 Greatest True Stories in The Bible, Part 4 - The Story of King David

Paul's epistles to the Corinthians have remarkable insights for Christians and church leaders today. The Corinthian Church was beset with problems. There was disunity, sexual immorality, leadership revolts, false doctrines about the after-life. The apostle Paul confronted each of these issues in his two biblical epistles to this growing church. This sermon series is an exposition series through them.

Corinthians Series Part 4 - Healing Church Divisions & Achieving Unity

We live in a world that promotes temporary 'happiness' rather than lasting 'joy'; and, we are constantly being told to be 'proud'. Yet, our society is now suffering its worst mental health crisis in human history. Perhaps we need to consider that we are using the wrong narrative and life-road-map to live by? In this series we are exploring a different narrative and a different life-road-map.

Joy & Humility - Part 5 - Finding Joy in Parenting Through Humility

Malachi was the last of the Old Testament prophets. His 55-verse book announces the ending of the Old Covenant, and the soon coming of the New. His book is unique among the biblical literature because it is a "disputational". Some scholars believe that 'Malachi' is not an actual name, but was really the designation of an anonymous author. Dr. Corbett argues why this view is doubtful.

Malachi clearly cared about GOD, His Law, and GOD’s people. He also cared about the Temple as a place where GOD and mankind could meet; and also about the Priesthood who were ordained to serve GOD in the Temple.

Malachi - Part 1 - Introduction: Who Was Malachi?

To who was Malachi prophesying? There are several contenders, but Dr. Corbett explains why it is important to understand to whom Malachi was actually prophesying. 

He considers several of the themes introduced in the opening section of this sacred book including the need to honour God in worship. 

To honour someone is to treat them as important, guard their reputation, & serve them gladly. Worship is meant to be done with sacrifice - It should cost you something! How Should We Read The Old Testament? We should read the Old Testament the same way that read the New Testament — worshipfully!

Also check this series out on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtlWLsHwjdATk9R5BcfAs6jY1BV041jT7

Malachi - Part 3 - To Whom Was Malachi Prophesying?

What Were The Priests Doing That Upset Malachi So Much?  "Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations."

God Expected His Levitical Priests To Obey and Honour Him

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Malachi - Part 4 - What Were the Priests Doing that Upset Malachi so Much?

One of the main and underlying themes of the Book of Malachi is: ‘The Messenger'. Indeed, the very name of Book means “My Messenger” in English. While the book refers to the author as the Lord's Messenger, Malachi also refers to the priests as the Lord's messenger as well. Then, in one of the climaxes of the Book, there is the prophecy of the coming John the Baptist as the Lord's messenger (note Malachi 4:5) who will prepare the way for the Messiah-Christ - who will be Ultimate messenger, the LORD Himself:

 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before
Me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple; and the Messenger of the Covenant in whom you delight, behold, He is coming, says the LORD of hosts." (Malachi 3:1)

Malachi has thus revealed his hand. He is a messenger of the Lord chastising those who were called to be the messenger/s of the LORD but rebuking them for their apostasy, and announcing that the end of the Old Covenant will come with a special messenger who will be like Elijah, the 'father' of the prophets (note Matt. 17) who we know to be John the Baptist. It will be John the Baptist, the last of the Old Covenant prophets, who will pave the way for the Ultimate Messenger: Jesus the Christ.
God has sent His Messenger into our world, which is actually His world, with a message for you. Are you listening?

Malachi - Part 6 - Who is the 'Messenger' Malachi Referred to?

The Book of Acts describes this most unlikely partnership between Barnabas and Saul of Tarsus. Barnabas, the older, genteel, devout, kind and gentle man, who sought out and brought into the attention of the world, a brash, younger, hold, confrontational, zealot, man named Saul (who would take on the name, Paul. These two men formed a formidable partnership which literally went on to change the course of history and the very world itself.

Barnabas And Paul Part 1

Every Christian should know about ecclesiology. Ecclesiology, from the two Greek words ecclesia and logos is the study of the church. The reason every Christian should be increasingly aware of ecclesiology is quite simple. When someone becomes a follower of Christ because of the miracle of conversion, they are “baptised into the body of Christ” as Paul told the Corinthians: 

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. (First Corinthians 12:13)

Therefore, what many new Christians may not know is that when the Spirit leads you to surrender your life of Christ, you are instantly spiritually “baptised” into the family of God! To put this in another way, a Christian is a follower of Christ and thereby a member of the household of God, which is the body of Christ, which is the Church. 

The risks of not being familiar with the biblical foundation for ecclesiology include being misled into thinking that a church is about entertainment and therefore its weekly gathering is merely about attending a performance, a show. Further risks include being told that the church is a corporation to be led by a CEO-type-leader whose primary concern is to the grow ‘the business’ by focusing on financial growth. Both of these two category of risks put vulnerable Christian at risk of being spiritually abused and deceived. 

But the benefits of developing a biblically sound ecclesiology includes:
(i) The avoidance of fads, gimmicks, new trends, which do not comport with what the Scripture teaches.
(ii) A local church is more likely to missiologically adaptive. Churches are subject to the Great Commission of Christ, but they also can adapt the compliance with that mission accordingly to their cultural context.
(iii) Believers can develop the security that their church leaders are not whimsical and are subject to the revelation of God’s Word which has served the Church well since it founding.

The foundation for biblically informed ecclesiology is found in Matthew 16 and in Paul’s Epistles.

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Ecclesiology, Part 1 - Introduction

The reason every Christian should be increasingly aware of ecclesiology is quite simple. When someone becomes a follower of Christ because of the miracle of conversion, they are “baptised into the body of Christ” as Paul told the Corinthians. 
In this episode we discuss the principles for revitalising and refocusing a local church so that it can "glorify Christ throughout generations" (Ephesians 3:20-21).
Read: 'The 10 Biblical Priorities for a Local Church' - https://www.findingtruthmatters.org/articles/theology/the-10-biblical-priorities-and-purposes-for-a-local-church/
And, https://andrewcorbett.blogspot.com/2024/11/ecclesiology-part-2-ecclesiology-has.html

Ecclesiology, Part 2 - Refocusing and Revitalising a Local Church

Ecclesiology is the study of the church. Local churches are all a part of the global Church which made up multiple denominations and traditions. There is one thing that is often neglected by a local church and it is not just their foyer or carpark - it is their pathway. In this session Dr. Andrew Corbett discusses how a local church can begin to develop their pathway.

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Ecclesiology, Part 4 - The Pathway of a Local Church

Christianity is grounded in the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. There is now good evidence to believe that the folded grave cloths of the crucified Jesus of Nazareth, the shroud used to cover His body, and the face cloth to place over His face, have been preserved even to this day. In this presentation Dr. Corbett presents some of that evidence and why Christ's resurrection is relevant for each person.

How Jesus' Folded Grave Cloths Proved His Physical Resurrection

A church is more than just a building; it's more than just a meeting on a Sunday meeting; it's more than a global organisation - it is primarily a local community of Christ-followers. These believers are called together by the Holy Spirit to be a worshiping, witnessing, welcoming community of sons and daughters of God the Father. A local church is also called to be "salt and light" in a society. This involves being prepared to speak up and speak against wickedness and injustice. Thus, a local church has a role to be prophetic. Dr. Corbett shares how they can do it. 

Ecclesiology, Part 5 - The Prophetic Role of a Local Church

In order for a local church to be healthy, it needs to have a healthy culture. In this episode, Dr. Corbett expounds on why this is important and what it looks lie — and what it should not look like. He then offers two practical suggestions for how a local church can build a healthy culture.

Also, check out the Ecclesiology Blog Posts:

Ecclesiology Part 1
https://andrewcorbett.blogspot.com/2024/11/some-say-church-but-i-say-ecclesiology.html

Ecclesiology Part 2
https://andrewcorbett.blogspot.com/2024/11/ecclesiology-part-2-ecclesiology-has.html

Ecclesiology Part 3
https://andrewcorbett.blogspot.com/2024/11/ecclesiology-part-3-structure.html

Ecclesiology Part 4
https://andrewcorbett.blogspot.com/2024/11/ecclesiology-part-4-need-for-assembling.html 

Ecclesiology Part 5
https://andrewcorbett.blogspot.com/2024/12/ecclesiology-part-5-eldership-and.html 

Ecclesiology Part 6
https://andrewcorbett.blogspot.com/2024/12/part-6-ecclesiology-and-family-home.html 

Ecclesiology Part 7
https://andrewcorbett.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-least-pastored-people-in-any-church.html 

Ecclesiology Part 8
https://andrewcorbett.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-use-of-spiritual-gifts-within-local.html 

Ecclesiology Part 9
https://andrewcorbett.blogspot.com/2025/03/ecclesiology-part-9-problems-and.html

Ecclesiology Part 10
https://andrewcorbett.blogspot.com/2025/05/ecclesiology-part-10-christoformity.html


Ecclesiology, Part 6 - Developing a Healthy Culture Within a Local Church

The first century Corinthian church had lost its understanding of what the gospel truly meant. They had become beguiled into accepting what certain false teachers had been saying against the apostle Paul and had been led to believe that there was more to Christianity than what Paul had been able to tell them. As a result they, they now bragged about their new found knowledge and spirituality. This is why Paul exercised his apostolic authority to correct the Corinthians and rebuke them for their lax stance on godly morality and conduct. In First Corinthians 15 he begins to remind them of the basic truths of the Christian gospel and indicates to them just how ignorant they had become despite them arrogantly claiming that they possessed more knowledge than the apostle himself. 


The Reminder Series Part 01 - The Reminding of The_Gospel

The Apostle Paul concludes his epistle to the Corinthian believers by reminding them if 10 things they had sorely forgotten. In this podcast I look at the second of these - a reminder of how they had received the gospel.

The Reminder Series - Part 02 - A Reminder About Receiving the Gospel

The Corinthians had drifted from the gospel and as a result they were no longer 'standing' in the truth of what it meant to be either a Christian or a Church. The Apostle writes to them to remind them of what the gospel truly was - and why this was necessary.
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The Reminder Series, Part 03 - Reminder About Standing in the Gospel

The Apostle Paul had written to the Corinthians Church to address the damage which had been done by the false teachers who had sown deception among the Corinthians. In First Corinthians 15 Paul makes one more appeal to the Corinthians as their overseeing apostle. This appeal was to remind the Corinthians of the gospel. Paul gives reasons for the Corinthians to reflect on the power of the gospel which brought them out of spiritual darkness and death - into glorious light and life. When the apostle had preached the gospel to the Corinthians it was the power of the Holy Spirit which quickened this Word into the souls. Paul reminds them of this gospel. It was this Spirit anointed gospel preaching which had enabled the Corinthians to continue "being saved." 

The Reminder Series, Part 04 - A Reminder About Being Saved

In the mid-first century, the apostle Paul writes to a church in turmoil and reminds them of why and how they had become Christians. The ten things initial things he wants to remind them of are still just as relevant for today. In this episode we consider his reminder to the Corinthians to "hold fast" to the gospel he is also reminding them of.


The Reminder Series, Part 05 - The Reminder About Holding Fast

When Paul wrote to the Corinthians in AD 51, there were several deeply concerning problems which needed to be addressed urgently. After doing so in the first 14 chapters of the Epistle to the Corinthians, Paul declares how these problems can be resolved and avoided - if they would just be continually reminded the Gospel truths about what Jesus the Christ had done for each of them. Added to this, he states that these truths are grounded in historically verifiable proofs. This is Part 6 of this Reminder Series - A Reminder about the Gospel I Preached to You.

The Reminder Series, Part 06 - A Reminder About The Gospel Preached to You

Christianity is not merely a religion filled with rituals and observances to be kept. The Apostle Paul told the Corinthians that it was a message which they experienced. Indeed, even today the Holy Spirit is still at work through the preaching of the gospel to bring people to experience the gospel of God so their burdens of sin, guilt and shame, are taken away in an instant. It is the reception of the gospel which opens spiritually blind eyes, unstops spiritually deaf ears to be able to hear the voice of God, and officiates the adoption of lost souls into the Kingdom and family of God!

The Reminder Series, Part 07 - Unless You Believed in Vain

The Christian message is called the gospel. This word means "good news". It is good news because it announces how a person can have their sin, guilt, and shame, forever dealt with by putting their trust is Jesus the Christ. This trust is not mere wishful thinking. On the contrary, it is grounded in verifiable truth claims. These include (i) the fulfilment of prophecies given hundreds of years before the birth of the Christ (most notably Isaiah 53); (ii) the testimonies of witnesses to the death, buriel, and physical resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth; and, (iii) the phenomenological experiences of those who put their trust in this Christ as the Saviour and God.

The Reminder Series, Part 08 - The Gospel is Grounded in verifiable Truth Claims

Paul reminds the Corinthians that the Christianity they embraced was because of the truthfulness of the gospel they accepted and received. This gospel had been contested by some promoting a false gospel. Paul counters these errors with a reminder that the gospel they received also came with apostolic authority. This apostolic authority is now resident in the New Testament documents. The New Testament now forms the basis for Christians being able to discern truth from error. 

The Reminder Series, Part 09 - With Apostolic Authority

The first century Corinthian church had lost its understanding of what the gospel truly meant. They had become beguiled into accepting what certain false teachers had been saying against the apostle Paul and had been led to believe that there was more to Christianity than what Paul had been able to tell them. As a result they, they now bragged about their new found knowledge and spirituality. This is why Paul exercised his apostolic authority to correct the Corinthians and rebuke them for their lax stance on godly morality and conduct. In First Corinthians 15 he begins to remind them of the basic truths of the Christian gospel and indicates to them just how ignorant they had become despite them arrogantly claiming that they possessed more knowledge than the apostle himself. 

The Reminder Series, Part 10 - The Need for Discernment

The two New Testament epistles ascribed to the Apostle Peter are lesser known by most Christians than the Epistles of the Apostle Paul. Some scholars believe that First Peter may have been written to young Christians and may have even served as a 'catechism' for those about to be water baptised. In this episode, we look at how Peter presents God as Father, Son, and Spirit, and how Christianity commences with becoming 'born again'. But this is not where Christianity ends - and that aged Apostle Peter gives instructions on how a new believer is to grow in the faith by exploring what the knowledge of God and HIs grace requires.

The Epistles of Peter - Learning about God and Christian Living, Part 1

The Epistles of Peter - Christian Living, Part 2

The two New Testament epistles ascribed to the Apostle Peter are lesser known by most Christians than the Epistles of the Apostle Paul. Some scholars believe that First Peter may have been written to young Christians and may have even served as a 'catechism' for those about to be water baptised. In this episode, we look at how Peter presents God as Father, Son, and Spirit, and how Christianity commences with becoming 'born again'. But this is not where Christianity ends - and that aged Apostle Peter gives instructions on how a new believer is to grow in the faith by exploring what the knowledge of God and HIs grace requires. In this episode Dr. Corbett discusses what the Apostle Peter, the only married person of the original 12 disciples, had to say about how Christ and then Christianity has redically reinstituted what marriage was always meant to be.

The Epistles of Peter - Christian Living, Part 3 ~ Living as Man and Wife as God Intended

The two New Testament epistles ascribed to the Apostle Peter are lesser known by most Christians than the Epistles of the Apostle Paul. Some scholars believe that First Peter may have been written to young Christians and may have even served as a 'catechism' for those about to be water baptised. In this episode, we look at how Peter presents God as Father, Son, and Spirit, and how Christianity commences with becoming 'born again'. But this is not where Christianity ends - and that aged Apostle Peter gives instructions on how a new believer is to grow in the faith by exploring what the knowledge of God and HIs grace requires. In this episode, based on First Peter chapter 3 and verses 13 to 22, we consider how he told these new Christian that they were to live apologetically - that is, to live in a way that they could answer any questions or respond to any arguments against Christianity. 


The Epistles of Peter - Christian Living, Part 4 ~ Living Apologetically

The two New Testament epistles ascribed to the Apostle Peter are lesser known by most Christians than the Epistles of the Apostle Paul. Some scholars believe that First Peter may have been written to young Christians and may have even served as a 'catechism' for those about to be water baptised. In this episode, we look at how Peter presents God as Father, Son, and Spirit, and how Christianity commences with becoming 'born again'. But this is not where Christianity ends - and that aged Apostle Peter gives instructions on how a new believer is to grow in the faith by exploring what the knowledge of God and HIs grace requires. In this episode we explore how the Apostle Peter told these new believers that they no longer belonged to their old way of life and its ways - despite the ridicule they all received from their former friends. Instead, they now belonged to a community of care, love and belonging. There is a very practical implication for us today as to how we are to live as believers and as a local church.

The Epistles of Peter - Christian Living, Part 5 ~ Living as a New Community

This is the podcast, Audio the Matters, where I take the ancient truth of God's Word, explain it, and show how it is relevant for today. I blog. I write. I  eBook. I am currently undertaking another doctorate where I am researching the work of C.S. Lewis in regard to his theological contribution to our understanding of the imago Dei.

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