Anchor Church City

A teaching from John 13 that invites us beyond knowing about Jesus’ love to being personally affected by it. This sermon explores how Christ loves us completely, practically, unconditionally, and intimately, and calls us to receive that love as the truest foundation of our identity.

How do you actually know if you’re following Jesus? John’s answer is simple and challenging—love. Not vague feelings or good intentions, but a love shaped by the way God has first loved us. God’s love redefines how we treat others and is the clearest, truest sign that Jesus is at work in us.

The story found in Luke 8:40-56 disrupts the self reliance we reach for at New Year and the belief that our plans can secure the future we want. Jesus alone can be trusted with both our timing and our plans. His ways lead to a better life than any of us could have imagined for ourselves.

In this sermon, we reflect on what Christmas means to us as Christians: a reminder of God's promise to us.

How can I be sure God really loves me? Paul gives us the answer in Romans 8:31-39, reminding us that if God didn’t hold back His own Son, there’s nothing—absolutely nothing—that can separate us from His love.

How can we remain thankful and joyful in a world full of disappointment and hurt? This is a rally call to defiant joy based on the firm conviction that God. Is. Good!

Romans 8:28-30 contains a promise that there is No Wasted Pain for those who follow Jesus. But what does that mean when we encounter suffering and evil in a broken world? And how do we exchange the great, assuring promise of this passage with false comforts and human platitudes?

Drawing on Romans 8:22–27, this sermon reflects on the Spirit’s groaning intercession as the reason Christians can hope even while we wrestle with sin and suffering. We learn how the Spirit forms in us a posture of eager expectation for the world God is making new.

In this message, The Weight of Glory from Romans 8:18–22, we explore Paul’s breathtaking vision that present suffering is not worth comparing to the glory that awaits God’s people. Through vivid imagery and honest reflection, we’re reminded that the path to glory always runs through the cross—and that even creation itself longs for the day when all things are made new

The Bible calls us Children of God, a truth readily acknowledged but rarely lived out. Jacques explores 1) The uniqueness of the Father – child relationship for God. 2) The ways we want to make God our Master and not our father and 3) The spirits work confirming this to our heart.

Many people feel trapped in habits they can’t shake—but Romans 8:5–13 explodes the myth that change is impossible. In this message, we’ll discover how the Spirit of God frees us from the power of sin and leads us into a victorious, Spirit-filled life where real transformation isn’t achieved by striving—but received by surrender.

Romans 8 is often called 'the greatest chapter in the Bible'. Join us as we begin a seven week journey through the riches of this part of God's word, beginning with the truth that in Christ Jesus - we are not condemned!

The disciples had seen God move before—but this time, what worked in the past didn’t work again. It’s a powerful reminder that when it comes to faith, past success doesn’t guarantee future success. Real faith isn’t about formulas or memories of what once worked; it’s about daily dependence on God. What does genuine faith looks like in the ups and downs of life and how can we keep trusting Jesus co...

What is God's purpose behind miracles? Listen as Ben Camilleri unpacks three reasons why God performed miracles in the time of Jesus - and today.

When Jesus encountered those in need, instead of turning away he was moved with compassion in a vivid picture of God’s heart for people who are hurting or on the margins. What does it mean to follow his example? Hear about our partnership with Compassion and how together we can bring practical help, dignity and hope to children and families in need around the world.

Dave Deane from Questioning Christianity is our guest preacher to close the Beyond Grey Series. Addressing AI & technology, he answers the question: will the future still be human?

Guest preacher Jeff Jones invites us to see God not only as true, but as breathtakingly beautiful — both transcendent in majesty and immanent in nearness. When we are captivated by the beauty of Jesus, our worship, obedience, and even our suffering are transformed. Bible Reading: Revelation 5:6-13 (NIV)

Pastor Matt Sparks speaks on the topic of raising children in the Lord taken from Deuteronomy 6:1-12 and explores how as Christians we ensure that the gospel is passed down to the next generation?

In this message we explore the confusion of a “sexular age,” where culture treats sexuality as ultimate but hollow, and contrast it with God’s good design. We show how the Corinthian problem of viewing sex as just an appetite lives on in today’s consent-only ethic, which is too thin to sustain real flourishing. Instead, the Christian vision of sexuality as covenantal, fruitful, and sacred offers a...

In this message, Matt Sparks explores the question, “Who am I, really?” by contrasting modern identity myths with the biblical story that grounds our worth and purpose in being created in God’s image and redeemed in Christ. You will be invited to rest in the secure identity of being God’s children—loved, chosen, and united with Jesus.

In a world marred by suffering, pain and hardship - where is God? This message explores how Jesus answers this question through the story of Lazarus' death and resurrection in John 11

In a world caught in a “meaning crisis,” this message explores why our hearts long for purpose and how fragile our self-made sources of meaning truly are. Drawing on Ecclesiastes and the hope of the gospel, it invites us to find lasting fulfilment in knowing and living for God.

In this message from our Beyond Grey series, Matt Sparks explores how the person of Jesus reveals the deepest longings of the human heart: truth, beauty, and goodness. Rooted in John 1:1–18, this message invites listeners to encounter the light that overcomes darkness, the glory that captivates the soul, and the truth that brings lasting freedom.

In this message, we explore how the Christian story speaks to our culture’s deepest longings for truth, beauty, and goodness. In a disenchanted world, the gospel invites us to live and tell a better story—one that re-enchants reality with hope and meaning.

In todays sermon, Josh will take us through how Jesus calms the storm, both in Mark but also in our lives.