Chatswood Baptist Church

Verses 1-6 – The Appearance of God V1 God speaks. This is what we spoke about from Psalm 33 last week. God spoke in Genesis 1, and all was created. Well, this time when the Lord speaks he summons the …

We don’t always feel like praising God do we. There can be many reasons for this. You might be tired; you may have had an argument with your better half on the way to church this morning. The kids might …

1. Songs Songs are an important part of life. Just about every culture makes music and sings songs. We sing them when we are in love and want to tell the world. We sing them when we are happy and …

1. A baptism A little later today we are going to witness the baptism of Helen. Helen hasn’t been with us here at Chatswood Baptist for long just a few months. However, Helen has come to that point in her …

1. Birth announcements The arrival of a newborn baby is good news that parents love to share with others. 1.1 Our first child When our first child was born, it was long enough ago that when it came to telling …

Some things are just meant to be shared Some things are just meant to be shared. We ought not to keep them to ourselves. Movies While you can go to the movies by yourself, I think that the whole experience …

Introduction If something is important or valuable that it needs to be guarded doesn’t it. Now that could be the crown jewels in the tower of London. Or perhaps the President of the United States. Imagine for a minute that …

Deliberately Forgetting We often ignore things that we shouldn’t overlook or forget things that we shouldn’t forget. In our minds we seem to have this capacity to  somehow manage to push to one side those things that we don’t want …

Springs without water Water is essential to life. I’ve read that without food we can survive weeks even months but without water we can only survive about 2 to 4 days, a week at most. I’m not sure how accurate …

A few years ago at Cambridge University in England, there was a debate between a Christian professor and a professor who didn’t believe in God, an atheist. The Christian professor was a retired professor of Divinity from Oxford University and …

Introduction I am sure like me you get reminders for things every day. Some of them are important and some well not quite as much. I use my phone and my electronic diary to remind me of everything that is …

1. Not long to go What would you do if you found out that you didn’t have long to live? Of course, unless the Lord suddenly and unexpectedly takes us home to be with him we will all the face …

1. The Lordship of Christ What does the lordship of Christ mean for you? What has it changed in your life? How are you different to others who don’t acknowledge Jesus as Lord? Filters through everything I remember a conversation …

Introduction It is not I’m sure unusual if you have more than one child to hear them say at some stage in their lives something like this. Dad, I know that I am your favourite and that you love me …

The latest results from the 2021 National Census showed an increase in Australians ticking the ‘no religion’ box. It appears religious affiliation is on the decline.   The church and Christianity have appeared to decline, particularly since ‘no religion’ was …

1. Following a pattern Today I want to look with you at Ephesians 5:22-33 and God’s pattern for marriage. A dress maker will have pattern that she or he needs to follows to put together a dress as the designer …

1. Being like dad Lots of boys grow up wanting to be like their dads, some more than others and maybe not in every way, but at least in some ways. Of course, sometimes girls also want to grow up …

It was 2014, and my wife and I and 2 other friends were hiking through the New Zealand bushland. At the end of the first day of hiking, as we were resting overnight in a hut, we were told that …

Introduction There is a worthy or right way to do many things. There is a way to be a worthy accountant, there is a way to be a worthy medical doctor and there is a way to be a worthy …

1. On bended knee My grandmother When I was a boy there were only a couple of occasions when I stayed over at my grandmother’s house. There wasn’t a lot of times that this happened for my grandmother lived close …

Given to share Have you ever been given something that you were meant to share with others, but didn’t do so? I must admit that on a few occasions I’ve been guilty of this. At times people have given me …

I’ve been to cities that never close down From New York to Rio and old London town But no matter how far or how wide I roam I still call Australia home Many of us may be familiar with these …

1. The Before and after photo A common way of promoting something is to use the before and after photo. You take a picture of a person before they used your product and then you take another photo after they …

Introduction Last week Pastor Philip started our new series in the book of Ephesians and showed us through Ephesians 1:1-14 just what believers in Christ have, what God has done for us in Christ. This week as we look at …

Our plans What have you had to plan well in advance for? Sometimes we just can’t leave things to the last minute. You need to make your plans a long way ahead of whatever it is that you want to …