Tomorrow’s Melbourne: A Podcast with Murray Campbell
Melbourne is a great city and it’s also deeply fractured. I’m hearing more stories of people finding the promises of secularism and materialism empty. Instead, we’re asking serious questions and looking for substantive and good alternatives. The story of Jesus is more intellectually compelling and soul satisfying than we have perhaps realised. I’m convinced that the ancient Scriptures offer a contemporary and eternal answer that makes a day at MCG and the brown nectar of Melbourne coffee feel like plastic substitutes! Let’s explore together... I (Murray) am a long-term Melbournian. I’m married to Susan, and we have 3 kids. I’ve served as Senior Pastor at Mentone Baptist Church since 2005. When I’m not working, I enjoy Bach and Debussy, cricket, coffee, good food and admiring Rothko.
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20 hours ago
20 hours ago
There have been 4 anti-semitic attacks in Melbourne over the last 48 hours. This should trouble every Melbournian.
I'm reminded of a cry in Jeremiah and the consolation found by Simeon.
5 days ago
5 days ago
Melbourne has been rocked this week with charges laid against 2 men, alleging that many young children have been abused by them. It involves 20 child care centres across Melbourne, with 1200 children being urged to seek medical attention for potential sexually transmitted disease. How do we understand evil? Why do we need Justice and a God who hates evil even more than us.
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7 days ago
7 days ago
In 1998, The Living End wrote their song, ‘All torn down’.
What do we do when a city has taken down the past and all meaning?
How do we rebuild?
Where should we look for rebirth?
If Gen Z have anything to say, one suggestion is to reopen the Bible and discover Jesus
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Tomorrow's Melbourne.
Welcome to a new podcast for Melbourne, looking at the issues and questions facing our city and exploring how the message of Jesus Christ provides real answers.
Murray Campbell is a long-term Melbournian who has been writing about culture and Christianity for years. He is now bringing his ideas to a podcast to share with the people of Melbourne.
Poem: 'the season that was Melbourne' https://murraycampbell.net/2020/09/19/the-season-that-was-melbourne/