Why Grace Meets Us in Our Biggest Messes | Duncan Robinson

About this episode

Duncan Robinson discusses how grace transforms our messiest moments into powerful redemption stories.

Why do we fear failure so much in our faith journeys? Australian pastor, former breakfast radio host and author Duncan Robinson reveals how grace at the speed of Jesus transforms our messiest moments into powerful redemption stories! Duncan Robinson is the lead pastor of Northgate Church, former Sydney breakfast radio host, and author of the new book 'Full Phoenix Rising: Real Time Grace at the Speed of Jesus '. In this episode we talk about how grace at the speed of Jesus transforms our messiest moments into powerful redemption stories! We unpack:◼️The wild Vietnam story that birthed 'Full Phoenix Rising' and why catastrophe creates space for rebirth◼️Why Jesus leads slowly, humbly, through messiness – not with shock and awe marketing◼️How retroactive grace blinds us to real-time redemption in the moment◼️The dangerous shift from polished performance to presence in post-COVID church◼️Why belonging must come before behaving – and how grace meets us in our worst seasons To find out more about Duncan Robinson - https://www.duncanrobinson.net/

People in this episode

Host: Caleb Gray

Guest: Duncan Robinson

Topics covered

• grace
• redemption
• faith
• messiness
• belonging
• post-COVID church

Keywords

• grace
• redemption
• faith journey
• messiness
• post-COVID church
• belonging
• performance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Northgate Church

Books & works: Full Phoenix Rising: Real Time Grace at the Speed of Jesus

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