The Heights Church Podcast

Where Your Treasure Is: Choosing Heaven Over Worry - Sermon 26th October 2025

Today we unpack Matthew 6:19–34. We want to store up eternal treasures, fix our focus on God’s kingdom, and trust God instead of living in anxiety about money, food, or clothes.
We start with a powerful plane-side encounter with Jessica that illustrates how simple gratitude, honest witness, and God’s guidance can lead someone from darkness to life and a transformed heart.

Jesus Is the Medicine of the World — A Call to Share the Gospel - Sermon 5th May 2019

This episode reflects on 2 Timothy 3:10–13 and tells the inspiring story of Helen Bahani, an Eritrean Christian who endured imprisonment for refusing to renounce her faith. Drawing parallels with Paul’s final instructions to Timothy, the sermon emphasizes that the gospel is a gift to be shared with both unbelievers and believers.The message highlights the gospel’s unconditional nature, the call to make and disciple followers of Jesus, and practical applications for living and sharing the faith in the face of persecution.

Be Holy, Be Different: Why God Calls Us to Stand Out - Sermon 19th October 2025

In this episode we explore Leviticus 11 and the call to holiness: why God set Israel apart, how Jesus fulfills the law, and what holiness looks like for us today. Using personal stories about music, football, and health, the speaker explains sanctification, the role of the Holy Spirit, and practical ways to live a holy, distinct life that draws others to God.

In the Year Uzziah Died: Isaiah’s Vision of Holiness - Sermon 12th October 2025

This episode examines Isaiah 6:1-13, recounting Isaiah’s vision of the Lord on His throne, the seraphim’s praise, Isaiah’s awareness of sin, his purification by a live coal, and his commission to speak to a resistant people.The speaker connects that vision to personal encounters with God, the work of the Holy Spirit, the cost of faithful witness, and the urgent call for individuals to seek a genuine, personal relationship with God.

The Price Tag Moment : Is it worth your Soul? - Sermon 24th March 2019

This episode explores our consumer-driven price-tag moments through Jesus' warnings about greed, examining stories like the rich young ruler, the man building bigger barns, and Zacchaeus. It contrasts temporal possessions with eternal treasure and calls listeners to repent, accept Christ, and let God transform greed into generosity.

Which Road Are You On? The Narrow Gate and True Faith - Sermon 17th March 2019

This episode examines Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, contrasting the broad road that leads to destruction with the narrow gate that leads to life. The speaker warns against false prophets and empty religious activity, emphasizing that true salvation comes through a personal relationship with Jesus, not mere orthodoxy, emotion, or service.Listeners are challenged to examine their foundation—whether their faith rests on Christ alone—and are encouraged to renew and deepen their relationship with God so they stand firm when life’s storms come.

Smell my Socks

Music. You're listening to a teaching from the Heights Church, Sydney, Australia. We hope that through this message you will be encouraged and grow in your faith and trust in Jesus. If you are in the Sydney area, be sure to visit us in person at Hornsby Heights, Sydney, Australia. You can find out more about the Heights by visiting our website at theheights.org.au.This episode centers on John 13:1-17, where Jesus washes his disciples' feet as a powerful picture of unshakable love, humility, and servant leadership. The message explores how Christ’s example calls us to be humble, serve others sacrificially, and share the gospel practically in our families and community.

Little by Little Until: Faith in the Waiting

This episode explores Exodus 23:20–30 and the theme of God’s promises unfolding "little by little." It encourages listeners to trust God’s pace, embrace the unseen work of faith, and remain available and obedient through seasons of discomfort and preparation.Through Scripture and practical examples, the message reminds us that growth, readiness, and blessing often come gradually as we respond in faith, not by immediate results or public applause.

Thermometer and Thermostats

In this episode we read Romans 12:1–8 and are challenged by David Reay to be "thermostats" — not simply reflecting the world but actively shaping it by offering ourselves as living sacrifices. Paul’s call to nonconformity is presented as whole‑of‑life worship.
The message also explores sober self‑assessment, the balance of humility and worth in Christian identity, and how God equips us with gifts and ministries so we can serve others cheerfully and faithfully.

Comfort and God's Strength

This episode explores the Apostle Paul’s hardships—beatings, shipwrecks, near-death—and how God’s comfort (the Paraclete) sustained him. It shows how suffering refines faith, how believers are called to comfort one another, and the power of prayer and community in sustaining missions.
Tony Edwards using stories from Paul, David, and modern missionaries, the message encourages steadfast trust in God, mutual support in connect groups, and persistent intercession for one another.