Welcome to CareyOPEN, a podcast where we open a window into the Carey world! Each week as a college, we gather in our chapel to hear great biblical preaching from our faculty and guests. This year (2024), our preaching theme is ‘Mentored for Ministry’. We’re working our way through the pastoral letters of Timothy and Titus, exploring how an experienced leader affirms, guides and challenges younger colleagues into faithfulness and effectiveness in their ministry contexts. We hope you find this as stimulating as our students do!
29m | April 22, 2024
Michael Rhodes
1 Timothy 3 ends with some of the most beautiful, exhilarating God-talk in all of Paul’s letters. However, the passage begins with a teaching about leadership that we will almost certainly find off-putting. What might Paul’s words tell us about God’s invitation to have our lives shattered and re-made by an encounter with Jesus? And what might he teach us about the “beautiful work” that leaders in God’s church can do to help us along the way?
33m | April 21, 2024
Jonny Weir
These eight verses have been a lightning rod for Christians and our debates about the role of women and men in the church. Jonny looks at the passage in the light of the church’s witness and the destructive effects a localised heresy is having on the believers in Ephesus. Studying the text through this lens leads to four contemporary insights for the church today.
24m | April 20, 2024
George Wieland
What is the priority for new (and old) churches in their life, learning and worship? According to Paul, “first of all”, they should learn to pray – for societies and communities and those whose decisions and actions affect them. This anchors the believers in what God wants for the world and turns them outwards to participate in God's saving purpose. Does the worship of our churches do that?
22m | April 19, 2024
Christa McKirland
No matter who you are, your story matters, and it directs your ministry. That for which we are called, we are also empowered to accomplish.
30m | April 18, 2024
Jonathan Robinson
In the first paragraphs of this letter, Paul outlines his purpose in writing to Timothy and the problem they have in Ephesus with false teachers. He also introduces the theme of the letter: that everyone will “know how to behave in the household of God.”
01m | April 17, 2024
John Tucker
Welcome to CareyOPEN, a podcast where we open a window into the Carey world!