Anchor Church City

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders is so iconic they made a Sunday School song about it. But what is this story truly about; and what does it mean for us today? Guest preacher Adrian Tam from City To City Australia helps us understand Jesus' words from Luke 6.

Forgiveness is falling out of fashion in our (cancel) culture; quickly becoming the distant relative that you rarely see; an outdated relic left to gather dust on the shelf of artifacts that our society no longer sees as necessary or useful. But what does Jesus think about forgiveness? What did he teach his disciples about it? James Wong teaches on the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant from Matth...

As humans, we love beautiful things! Whether it’s a a beautiful landscape, or a renaissance painting, or a piece of fine jewellery... But have you ever thought of the Gospel as beautiful? To kick off 2024, James Ayre (Pastor at Anchor South West) unpacks Matthew 13:44-46 to show us the beauty of the Gospel and how it’s worth giving up everything for.

Peace is something we all long for: whether in the world events around us, our relationships with others, or even in a sense of inner-peace found within ourselves. The Good News of Christmas is that Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, offers us peace that can never be taken away and that will truly last forever.

(Colossians 1:15-20) Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and he is returning. How should we live while we wait?

Renewal comes when the people of God are renewed by the presence of God. The question posed by the story of Exodus 33 and 34 is this: will we be a people formed by God’s presence or by God’s absence?

Fear is one of the most common human experiences. We experience it in acute moments of crisis, but also in the day-to-day worries and anxieties of life. How can the follower of Jesus respond to the presence of fear and anxiety in their life? What alternative story do we have to offer a world plagued by fear? James Wong delivers a faith-fueled message based on the words of Jesus in Mark 4:35-41.

Celebration Sunday

Humble leaders and humble churches.

Radiant is Anchor City's women's ministry. Women can easily find themselves entangled in a web of social and community expectations that are sometimes conflicting, often competing, and always overwhelming. In this parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, Jesus illustrates why the posture of pride that our society preaches is problematic. Jesus explains that only a heart of humility can accep...

1 Perter 4:1-19

How should we respond when we suffer for our faith? Peter exhorts us to keep doing good; living counter-cultural lives that evoke the curiosity of the world around us and following in the example of our Saviour Jesus.

1 Peter 2:13-3:7

God's People

The pressure on any minority is to fit in and thus lose their distinctiveness. Peter instructs these chose exiles not to conform but to be an alert, obedient, holy, and loving people fuelled by the Word of God.

How do we live as Christians in a world that is increasingly Christian? Do we fight? Do we flee? Peter offers us a difference way: the way of being elect exiles.

A showdown between gods. Can we have confidence in the work and love of God? 1 Kings 18 can answer that.

Jesus says that a compassionate response to need is what genuine love for neighbour looks like. On Compassion Sunday 2024 we will look at the famous parable of the good Samaritan.

Friends: We love them, we need them and we all recognise the important role they have to play in our lives. But what does it mean to be a 'Godly' friend? How can we avoid settling for 'low-quality' friendships and instead have and be the kind of friends who enrich each other's lives the way God intended? James Wong shares four traits of Godly friends from Proverbs before facilitating a panel discu...

Marriage

Relationship series - Singleness 2023 Matt Sparks

After 37 chapters of apparent 'silence' - God speaks. Job encounters the awe-inspiring, terrifying God and is humbled.

The book of Job is an invitation to enter into the ancient art of lamenting. In this message James Wong explains the place of lament in the Scriptures and gives us practical steps to help us grow in this necessary yet forgotten practice.

Six things NOT to say to someone who is suffering!

God's power and goodness violently collide with the suffering of this world. How do we make sense of this tension? How does God run the world? What kind of God is he? Why do bad things happen to good people? Is there such a thing as innocent suffering? Job launches us into the heart of the human experience and gives us a God who doesn't answer our questions but is with us in our pain.