by Brendan McLaughlin | Feb 14, 2021 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon passage (Matt 15:1-20) was confusing! It began with Jesus condemning the Pharisees for their religious traditions (v. 3), that were specifically designed to ensure strict adherence to the OT Law. Jesus then turns around and seemingly contradicts...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Feb 7, 2021 | Weekly News
Each year on ‘Vision Sunday’ we discuss an aspect of our life together that we’d like to focus on for the coming year. Previous years have included topics such as (i) Enjoying God, (ii) Enjoying Sunday worship, (iii) Discipleship, (iv) Evangelism and (v) revival, all...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jan 31, 2021 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon looked at how God blesses people by gathering them around himself. The reason Eden was paradise was because Adam and Eve got to hang out with God. God blessed Israel by gathering them around Himself at Sinai and later in the Temple. Furthermore,...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jan 24, 2021 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon looked at the doctrine of the Lord’s Supper, in which we saw how the Lord Jesus inaugurated the Lord’s Supper as a slightly different way to recall his death. By recalling the Lord’s death in a different way to the weekly sermon (i.e. by employing...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jan 17, 2021 | Weekly News
Across January we’ve been looking at some doctrinal sermons, including the doctrine of the sacraments (Baptism and the Lord’s Supper). When we partake of the Lord’s Supper here at Earlwood Anglican, we offer it to all (i) baptised believers, who (ii) are leading a...
