Hope for Climate

Should Christians be worried about the environment? Should we do anything about the threat of climate change? In this third Bible talk in our series on hope, David takes us through the Christian hope for creation and shows how it might impact the way we live now.

Hope for Health

In this Bible talk, the second in our series on Hope, David speaks about the kind of health that Jesus promises for eternity and the health that we can have right now in him.

Hope for Justice – Hope 2020

In the first of three talks on Hope, David speaks about how the Bible offers us hope for justice that looks back to the cross of Jesus and forward to the time when everyone will honour him.

Our (very conditional) Plans

In what’s probably the final episode of the First Principles series, we discuss our particular plans for the semester ahead and we hear from 10 different students about how they want to be involved or what they’re looking forward to this semester.

God’s (Unstoppable) Plan

In our second last episode we reflect on the big direction in which God is directing history, Nathan asks whether we should bother with our plans if God’s plan will win out in the end and Brendan reflects on what he’s learned about God’s sovereignty while with the Christian Union.

Send Out

Episode 5 focuses in on a third key clause in our mission statement, that is, our aim to “build up students through teaching, training and encouraging”. David takes us to the heart of the matter, Peter asks some curly questions about culture wars and Josie reflects on what she hopes to get out of her… Continue reading Send Out

Build Up

We continue our look at the central clauses of the committee’s mission statement. We get to the heart of the matter of what it means to be a group that wants “to build up students through teaching, training and encouraging” . Sarah asks whether we can really be too obsessed with the Bible and Matt… Continue reading Build Up

Reach Out

Episode 3 starts a discussion about the mission statement of the Curtin Christian Union taking on the first of the three central actions it contains: to reach out to the campus with the good news of Jesus. David takes us to the heart of the matter, Grant raises some big questions about it, and Rachel… Continue reading Reach Out

Disciple Making Disciples

In episode 2 of the First Principles Podcast we take on the big idea of being disciple making disciples. In just 15 minutes we hear from David about the heart of the matter, chat with Kate about one big objection and have a reflection from Declan.

God and the Gospel

Episode 1 of the First Principles Podcast from the Curtin Christian Union gets into the big idea of who our God is and what he has done. In just 15 minutes we hear from David about the heart of the matter, chat with Mal about one big objection and have a reflection from Gabby.