The Heights Church Podcast

How Good Is Your Offering? A Malachi Wake-Up Call - Sermon 21st December 2025

In this Heights Church message we read Malachi's rebuke of priests who give God the leftovers, and hear the promise of a messenger who will prepare the way. The sermon links Malachi's warning to John the Baptist and shows how Jesus becomes the perfect, acceptable offering on our behalf.Listeners are invited to reflect on what they offer God—time, money, obedience—and to respond from gratitude and joy rather than guilt, remembering that Christmas celebrates God's perfect gift in Jesus.

He Came in Person: Three Stories That Reveal the Heart of Christmas - 14th December 2025

This episode shares three short stories that reveal the heart of Christmas: God coming in person to rescue humanity; a king who gives up everything to become one of the people; and a poor woman's refusal that reminds us to accept Jesus as we are. The central message is simple — Jesus came for the imperfect, offering forgiveness, friendship, and new life without waiting for us to be worthy.
The episode closes with Madeleine L'Engle’s poem, celebrating Christ’s arrival into a broken world to share our grief, heal our shame, and bring light. Rejoice.

Fear Not: Courage for the Journey (Joshua 1:1–9) - Sermon 7th December 2025

This episode reflects on Joshua 1:1–9 and the repeated biblical call to "be strong and courageous," showing how God's presence empowers us amid real threats.David defines courage as "having the strength and the will to do what needs to be done," explains that courage coexists with fear, and points to examples from Scripture and life.The message emphasizes the church’s role in giving courage through listening, prayer, practical help, and faithful presence so we can persevere together.

Colossians 4 - Finish What God Began: Fulfilling Your Ministry - Sermon 30th November 2025

This episode reflects on Colossians 4 and challenges listeners to recognize that their ministry is a gift from the Lord, given for the sake of Christ and the church. It encourages believers to step up, use their God-given strengths, and support one another through times of change.The message emphasizes perseverance, prayer, unity, and speaking with grace to outsiders, urging the Heights Church community to remain faithful and complete the ministry entrusted to them.

Wear Christ Daily: Practical Truths from Colossians 3 - Sermon 23rd November 2025

This episode explores Colossians 3:1–17, focusing on how believers live out their identity in Christ. Paul’s message calls followers to abandon old habits, put on virtues like compassion and patience, and let the peace and word of Christ shape daily life.The sermon emphasizes practical, community-based holiness—how setting the mind on things above changes relationships, work, and ordinary actions into acts of worship rooted in the risen Christ.

From Begging to Dancing: Miracle at the Beautiful Gate - Sermon 16th November 2025

This episode explores Acts 3:1-10, where Peter and John — on an otherwise ordinary day — heal a man lame from birth at the temple gate called Beautiful. The sermon shows how the Holy Spirit opened the disciples' eyes, turning routine into miracle and prompting people to praise God.The host challenges listeners to have eyes to see and faith to act: ordinary Christians are called to be available to the Spirit, bringing Jesus' healing and hope to those who are spiritually lame and to let every day become an opportunity for God's extraordinary work.

From Johannesburg Streets to Standing in Grace - 9th November 2025 Mens Dinner

Rob shares his life story — born into poverty in apartheid South Africa, raised in children's homes, and shaped by violence and addiction.He recounts a career in security and counter-terrorism that led to work with Qantas, then a fall into homelessness and addiction in King’s Cross, and finally recovery through Wayside Chapel and faith found while incarcerated.Now part of the Heights Church community, Rob gives God the credit for his journey and thanks those who mentored and supported him.

Christ Alone : Colossians 2 - Sermon 9th November 2025 AM

In this episode the pastor unpacks Colossians 2, urging believers to remain rooted in Jesus, build their lives on Him, and recognize that Christ alone is sufficient for salvation and daily life.He warns against four dangers—human philosophy, legalism, mysticism, and asceticism—and calls listeners to true discipleship through Scripture, the Spirit, inward heart change, and overflowing thankfulness.

Addicted to Independence: The Final Lessons from Hosea - Sermon 30th June 2019

This episode concludes the Hosea series by examining Israel’s refusal to rely on God, their turn to destructive substitutes, and the dangers of an ‘always-self-help’ mindset.Despite national failure and spiritual hardening, the message points to hope in God’s saving love through Jesus, urging prayer, repentance, and dependence on the one true Helper.

All Things in Him: The Supremacy of Christ - Sermon 2nd November 2025

This episode walks through Colossians 1:15-20, showing Jesus as the visible image of the invisible God—Creator, Sustainer, and supreme Head of the church.
It explains how all things were made through and for Christ, how the cross brings reconciliation, and applies these truths to everyday life by urging listeners to make Christ first, find identity and purpose in Him, and trust His sustaining peace amid life’s struggles.