Engaging in the Word

Engaging in the Word

Today’s sermon passage is looking at Jeremiah being commissioned to preach God’s word to the nations.  This is surprisingly similar to the Great Commission, given to ALL Christians.  But if someone were to ask ‘what must I do to be saved?’, or ‘I want to know more...
Christian Generosity

Christian Generosity

Today we’re looking at the topic of Christian giving, and how we can break the power that money so often holds over Christians.  Yet the question Christians often ask when it comes to money is ‘how much should I give?’ While the NT does not stipulate an amount, like...
Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth

A research report was recently released by the Sydney Anglican Diocese’s ‘Strategy and Research Group’ (SRG) into spiritual growth.  The report used the NCLS data to find what kinds of things foster spiritual growth in our church members. Unsurprisingly, church...
Dealing with family violence

Dealing with family violence

Today’s sermon topic is Family (or Domestic) Violence.  Yet in order to do combat this scourge on our society, we first need to identify Domestic Violence (DV), so that one can one know whether they are in a DV situation or not?  A good definition is: Domestic and...
Sins of our forefathers

Sins of our forefathers

In Daniel chapter 9, the prophet prays a prayer of confession.  The thing that is strange about this prayer however is that Daniel is confessing the sins his ancestors had committed decades, if not centuries beforehand.  So why does Daniel say ‘WE have sinned’ (Dan...