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The latest sermons from ASCEND Church in Perth. We meet Sunday mornings at the Platform in the Perth CBD. For more info, check out our website: ascend.org.au.
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- Today49 min
True Discipleship is Relationship | Jason Staggers
True discipleship is not a program we finish, but a way of life with Jesus. It is relationship with God, with God's people, and with lost people. True Discipleship is Relationship Ascend Church | 20 September 2026
- 1 weeks ago46 min
Dream and Dream Again | Darren Bonnell
Life in God's Kingdom, means a life of purpose. God reveals our part in His purpose by putting dreams in our hearts. In this message, special guest Ps Darren Bonnell challenges us to see the expansive God-ordained vision that He has for our lives, prepare for exponential influence, and position ourselves to walk into all that God has for us as a church.
- 2 weeks ago50 min
The Father Heart of God | Jason Staggers
This Father’s Day we open Luke 15 and look again at the parable of the lost son where we find that the leading role belongs to the father. Jesus tells this story because the Pharisees grumbled that He received sinners and ate with them. One son takes the inheritance and squanders it in reckless living; the other never leaves the property, keeps the rules, and still will not come into the party. Both treat the father as a means to an end. So who is actually lost, and what is the Father’s heart toward both kinds of sinner? In this message, Ps Jason carefully shows that God loves the full spectrum of sinners and comes to draw each of them to Him. If you carry father wounds, feel terror or emptiness when God is called Father, live under shame or an orphan heart, relate to God as a hired servant instead of a son, struggle with performance, comparison, and isolation, or feel distant from God even while serving hard, this message should encourage you greatly. The Father Heart of God Father’s Day Ascend Church | 6 September 2026
- 3 weeks ago49 min
Working Hard in the Grace of God | Jason Staggers
After four weeks through Ascend Church’s core values, this week we look at how giving Jesus, the Gospel, the Church, and the Kingdom first place actually changes the way we live. Paul says, “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,” then immediately, “for it is God who works in you.” So which is it? Our work or God’s work? In this message, Ps Jason carefully unpacks Philippians 2, showing that God finishes what He starts through our costly effort, not by fear of losing salvation but by a holy desire to please the exalted Christ. If you're finding the Christian life harder than you expected, tempted to slip back into the old life, discouraged in the fight against sin or unanswered prayer, serving to impress people rather than please God, ruled by comfort, fearing you might lose your standing with God if you don’t live holy enough, crushed by failure, or thinking God will love you more if you just try harder, this message will encourage you greatly. Grace does not give us a free ride; it gives us new desires and real power to work hard for His good pleasure. Working Hard in the Grace of GodAscend Church | 30 August 2026
- Aug 23, 202647 min
Living with Kingdom Purpose: Trading Apathy for Greater Peace (Kingdom over Apathy) | Jason Staggers
This week we conclude our four-week journey through our core values by unpacking “Kingdom over Apathy.” Jesus repeatedly commands us not to be anxious, yet the solution He gives is unexpected. Anxiety, He shows, is not primarily a problem to manage but a symptom of misplaced priorities. It amounts to apathy toward the very purpose for which we exist. In this message, Ps Jason carefully walks through Matthew 6:25–34, linking our anxiety to spiritual apathy and sharing how we can not only get set free from our fears, but find our ultimate purpose and calling. True peace is found not by focusing harder on ourselves, but by redirecting our lives toward the advance of Christ’s Kingdom. Living with Kingdom Purpose: Trading Our Apathy for Greater Peace (Kingdom over Apathy)Core Values Series (Part 4 of 4) Ascend Church | 23 August 2026
- Aug 16, 202653 min
Christ's Call Into Visible Community (Church over Isolation) | Jason Staggers
This week we continue our four-week journey through Ascend Church’s core values, unpacking “Church over Isolation.” John tells us that love for our Christian brothers and sisters is the proof we have passed from death to life. Yet many believers still treat the church as optional, keep relationships carefully managed and horizontal, or completely withdraw because of past hurts. Is the true church only an invisible reality, or does Jesus also call us into a visible, committed local body? In this message, Ps Jason carefully unpacks the visible and invisible church, confronts the common errors that lead to undervaluing church, and shows how the gospel produces a genuine desire for authentic “one another” community. Christ’s Call into Visible Community: Church over Isolation Core Values Series (Part 3 of 4) Ascend Church | 16 August 2026
- Aug 9, 202650 min
Finding Our Identity in Christ's Finished Work (Gospel Over Performance) | Jason Staggers
This week we continue our four-week journey through Ascend Church’s core values unpacking “Gospel over Performance.” Using the same Abraham story in last week's message from Genesis 15 and 22, this week we dig into one of the most important (and most misunderstood) truths in the Christian life: justification. Paul says we are “justified by faith apart from works.” James says a person is “justified by works and not by faith alone.” Are they contradicting each other? In this message, Ps Jason carefully reconciles Romans 4 and James 2, showing that together they give us a full, life-giving picture of the gospel. If you're struggling with condemnation or the assurance of your salvation, lacking feelings of peace, looking for bolder access to God in prayer, seeking greater hope, lacking motivation for obeying God, or just feeling distant from God relationally, this message will encourage you greatly. The gospel is not just a message that saves us; it helps us to see more and more our true identity in Christ. Finding Our Identity in Christ’s Finished Work: Why Justification Must Be by Faith Alone (Gospel over Performance)Core Values Series (Part 2 of 4) Ascend Church | 9 August 2026
- Aug 2, 202646 min
Our Greatest Gift (Jesus over Idolatry) | Jason Staggers
What happens when the gifts God gives us slowly take the place of God Himself? In this message, we walk through the life of Abraham, from the powerful promise in Genesis 15 (“I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward”) to the heart-wrenching test of Genesis 22. Along the way we discover why idolatry is so dangerous, how God lovingly tests the order of our loves, and why Jesus is the true and greater Isaac who frees us from the power of disordered affections. This teaching calls us back to the one thing that can truly satisfy the infinite longing of the human heart: God Himself. Learn what it means to make the presence of God your greatest reward, and how to practice that presence in the ordinary moments of everyday life. Jesus over Idolatry.
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