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God is committed to be near and with his people despite their rebellion. God has always wanted to dwell amongst his people, from the first page to last of scripture. 

Throughout the book of Exodus, we've been asking the question: how will God dwell with his wayward people? In the final analysis, the only thing more intractable, more stubborn, more tenacious, than the power of Sin, is the goodness, the mercy, the grace of Yahweh.

The "Golden Calf" ... even if you don't consider yourself religious, you may have heard of it. It's one of the most iconic scenes in the Old Testament It's a story of betrayal, heartbreak, idolatry and the long-suffering patience of a God who won't quit on his people.

In Exodus 24, we witness a covenant ceremony where Israel "ties the knot" with Yahweh—a relationship established by grace, enjoyed in obedience—expressing her commitment to live in God's ways of love.

Our late-modern age is indelibly shaped by the Ten Words given to a group of freshly-emancipated slaves 3,000 years ago. We know them as the Ten Commandments, but they are so much more. Join us as Arnaldo Santiago jr. shows us how the Ten Words are an act of grace that leads to mission.

The reason God calls us to love the foreigner is because it's the way he has loved us. In the story of redemption, we are the outsider. Understanding this reality leads to inclusion and love for the marginalised. 

We’re called to embrace the limitations of our humanity as gifts of God's grace.

The Israelites gain their freedom! Rather, they're gifted their freedom as Yahweh leads them through the Red Sea and there is a celebration like no other. But what happens when praise becomes bitterness? And trust becomes doubt? What happens when you enter the wilderness of your life? Is God still good? Is he still with us?

Many of us may be finding it hard to praise God in this current moment of history. Coronavirus, global conflict, loss of loved ones, and much more. By studying the Song of Moses, which the Israelites sang to God after crossing the Red Sea, James Wong reminds us of the reasons we have to praise God and encourages us to find our praise again in this season.

Sometimes God's way just doesn't seem to make sense. In Exodus 14 we explore three puzzling commands from God that all work our for Israel's deliverance and God's glory.

Our faith is an embodied faith. As Israel reenacted the passover, so we reenact and experience God's grace, remembering Jesus in the Lord's Supper.

When life is hard, it can be hard to trust God. But in every hardship, there is an invitation to experience God's formation. God uses suffering to develop our resilience and deepen our trust in him as we re-centre on his character.

God calls each and every one of us to partner with him in the renewal of all things. St. Augustine said: “Without God, we can’t … but without us, He won’t.” This liberating truth draws us into the mission of God. This week we’re exploring Moses’s five objections to partnering with God to bring renewal and freedom to his enslaved brothers and sisters in Egypt. Listen in as Pastor Arnaldo explores E...

As we kick off our new series in Exodus, we explore the reality that the God of the Exodus is a God who is never far from his suffering people. While we may think God is absent, he is working to rescue. We look forward to having you join us on this journey.

Global Mission Sunday: God's heart for the nations and our Great Commission to make disciples of all nations has not changed despite this global pandemic. Join us as James Wong walks us through Acts 1:6–11.  

Paul's letter to the Ephesians ends with a call to warfare. But our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the Powers and Principalities who seek to deform any benign, and even good, thing into a defining and ultimate reality, thereby dividing, dehumanising, and disordering our humanity.

This week, Anchor South West Lead Pastor Arnaldo Santiago Jr. will be walking us through Ephesians 6:1–9.  As Paul unpacks a new household code, he will use the form but subvert it to serve the purposes of the kingdom of God. Rather than call on husbands, fathers, and masters to use their position of social power for themselves, they are commanded to a mutual love that seeks to serve rather t...

A Spirit-filled marriage is one of mutual submission and wholly giving of yourself to the other, as a picture of the grand narrative of Jesus and his bride (the church). 

The Christian life is about imitating. As we keep company with Jesus we learn a life of love. This sermon explores what it means to walk in love, walk in the light, walk in wisdom and walk in step with the Spirit.

Fundamental change happens to us when the sense of who we are is revolutionised. Behaviour follows our sense of identity. Listen as we unpack and understand what our new identity in Jesus means. Ephesians 4:17-32

Inspired by Tim Chester's book, Enjoying God , we discover that God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, are relating to us day-by-day, moment-by-moment, far more than we perhaps realise. One way God the Father relates to us, showing us that he loves us, is by generously providing for us. And one way we can respond and enjoy him more is by saying Thank You.

In Ephesians 4, Paul turns from theology to practice, introducing us to the concept of spiritual fitness. The people of God are joined together as a body. Our goal is body building. The church is our spiritual gym.

On Pentecost Sunday we look at the role of the Holy Spirit in empowering the church to fulfil the mission Jesus had given them. If we want to be a true movement of church-planting churches, we need to be a Spirit-filled, Spirit-empowered church.

We live in a hyper-individualised world. This is no surprise; but the way in which this posture in the world has affected the church has been nothing short of disastrous. This week's message is about Paul's prayer for power to comprehend the love of Christ toward his people. But this needs to be understood in its communal context. Listen in as Arnaldo Santiago jr. walks us through Ephesians 3:14–2...

The cross of Christ doesn't just deal with the vertical but the horizontal. It obliterates not just the alienation between us and God, but the alienation between us and us. The cross of Christ creates a new reality in which we are invited to participate—a new humanity, a new 'us'. Anchor South West Lead Pastor, Arnaldo Santiago Jr., explores the ways the cross overcomes the deep hostility of both...