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What can we learn from the key messages of the movie Creed? How does the good news of Jesus speak to the central themes of the movie? James Wong takes us on a journey through one of his favourite movies while showing how believers can critique and learn from pop culture and mainstream media.

Anchor At The Movies | The Lord Of The Rings

At Christmas we celebrate that Jesus came as King, but not the kind of King you've expect. 

God has pity on a godless nation... but Jonah? Jonah is concerned about a withering vine. Jonah chap 4 is a contrast between our hearts and the heart of God.

God is a God of second chances! Jonah & Nineveh are both given a second chance. But repentance isn't just a ninety degree turn, it's a full one-eighty. It's turning from your ways, to God's ways!

Jonah, the rebel prophet, demonstrates that you simply can't run from the presence and call of God! Are you running?

In the world but not of it. Jesus prays that his followers would be sanctified, holy, AND in the world. How? 

We all have moments of glory… the things that we hang on our wall. Whether it’s a family photo, a trophy from that big game or marathon, or maybe a degree. But if someone was to ask you, what moment of glory would God hang on His metaphorical wall… what would it be? This week, James Ayre takes us through the beginning of Jesus’ prayer in John 17, as Jesus reveals the reality of glory and the reali...

The Upper Room | I Have Overcome The World.

John 16:4-24

If we're honest - most of the time when it comes to giving we tend to view it as an act of deprivation. What will it cost me to give these resources away? But what if Jesus was right when he said “It is more blessed to give than to receive"? What if the act of giving is more an invitation into blessing than an act of deprivation?

Turning Problems into Praise.

If you give attention to this one thing in your life, it will lead to abundant, lasting fruitfulness! The one thing? Friendship with Jesus! 

Sermon By Lead Pastor Matt Sparks 

Pastor: James Ayre  Recorded at Factory Theatre Sydney 

Our inward love has an outward impact. The love we display as a community of Jesus followers ought to be a magnet that draws people to Christ.

Jesus love for his people is complete, practical, intimate, and unconditional. 

Global Mission Sunday

Everything is meaningless... unless of course God is judge, then everything matters! To be fully human is the fear God and keep his commandments!

In Ecclesiastes 9 the Teacher brings to our attention the vanity of life as he highlights the reality of physical death in this life. How do we respond to this sobering reality? James Wong explores this topic further and offers a hope-filled message for followers of Jesus.

If there is no God then justice and human dignity are meaningless. Ecclesiastes confronts a god-less worldview with tough questions. Thankful God is committed to both justice and human dignity and he demonstrates that most clearly in Jesus.

Western culture has a many ideas of who God is and what He is like. In this stand-alone sermon, James Ayre shows us from Psalm 103 that God is a loving father.

We’re in a season where it’s natural to have hesitancy towards being involved in community; over the past few years we’ve faced legitimate health concerns while also being conditioned to live in an isolated way. How do we move forward as a community? James Wong reminds us of the invaluable part we have to play in community and encourages us to lean into that.

On Church Planting Sunday we see the TYPE of church we need to be in post-Christian, secular Sydney. We are simultaneously called out of, and send into the world. We are chosen exiles, a holy nation, and a royal priesthood.

There is a vanity to time. It is fleeting and we cannot control it: we cannot change the past, and we cannot predict the future. How do we live in light of this universal reality? James Wong explains what this means for us as the people of God.