Essendon Presbyterian Church

Gal 4.1-20 'Can a man live as a Christian?' presented by Rev Len Pearce on 15th of October 2023

Can God be tempted by Evil? Why does he allow people to suffer?

Romans 11:1-5 ‘A Remnant Believes’ ‘ Why is the question of if God has failed to keep his covenant promises with Israel so important? Well, we could apply the same thinking to the church, could God fail to keep His promises to the church? Well Paul answers this in Romans 11, with an emphatic answer, God has not rejected Israel. Evidence is Paul’s own salvation, who was a Pharisee, an Israelite, a...

Psalm 53 'A Fool says there is no God' presented by Rev Chris Duke 2023 October 1st, 6 pm

Romans 10:14-21 ‘Where does faith come from?' Why is it that people reject the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ? That’s a question we explore today. Paul says in Romans 10:14-15, How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are se...

'A desire to make clean’ presented by Mr Leighton Rowe on Sept 24 2023 at 6pm

'God's Righteousness and law'

Psalm 51 ‘True Confession' Accepting your fault and your transgressions is the step of true repentance.

Romans 9:25-33 ‘God’s sovereignty in choosing His people’ presented by Rev Chris Duke The mercy of God has been extended beyond Jewish people to gentiles. We are adopted into God’s family and experience His affection. There is nothing lovely in us for God to choose us but He is please to call us His people. In Christ He calls His beloved. Paul sights the Old Testament prophet, “And it shall come t...

Story of Jesus, His Life, His Death, His Resurrection foretold by David some 1000 years before.

Daniel 9:1-27 ‘The prayer of Daniel’ Why is it difficult to pray and how should we pray? True Prayer comes God’s Word In Daniel 9 when he was praying, while reading his scriptures. He was reading his bible, specifically reading from the book of Jeremiah. True Prayer reveals God and our relationship with Him. We know that Daniel was a fervent pray-er. Prayer got Daniel into trouble in chapter 6, th...

Security or In-security - that is the question, which one do you subscribe to?

Luke 15:11-32 In search for significance Our story today comes from a parable of Jesus which is well known to us, and there are three characters in this drama. There’s the younger brother, who takes his inheritance and squanders it. There’s the older brother, who stays at home working for his father. And there’s the father himself, who has to deal with his two boys, and deals with them with remark...

'The Plan' The Master Plan, no plan is greater that that. presented by Rev Bill Medley 2023 08 27 pm

Jesus’ authority over the spiritual world is not limited by the distance or even time. It is not limited to the spiritual world either. He's the ruler of All.

What's the most important thing to YOU? Col 1.15-20 'The Supremacy of Christ' Mr Daniel Soong 2023 08 20 pm

Why do the righteous (good) people suffer if God is the God of Mercy and Love? Where is God when people suffer? Search for Earths greatest treasures What is Wisdom? Where can we find wisdom ? Job 28 - 'The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom' presented by Rev Willem Vandenberg at 10am on 20th of August 2023

John 17.6-20 ‘Jesus Praying’ for you if you are a believer presented by Rev Bill Medley 2023 08 13 pm

In v19, ‘Why does God find fault for any who resists His will?" The objection is, ‘How can it be just for God to still find fault since there is no one who can resist His will?’ The questioning is that, because God is sovereign, then we cannot be held responsible. If the apostle Paul wasn’t teaching us, about God’s sovereignty and election here, if he wasn’t teaching us about judgement and et...

Psalm 8 'The Glory of God' presented by Rev Chris Duke on the 8th of August 2023 6pm

Romans 9:14-18 ‘Is God Fair?’ When was the last time you went through a difficult situation and may have questioned God’s love? After reading this passage of Romans, do you think God’s love for you was ever in jeopardy? When similar hard times arise in the future, what might you do differently? Paul has been writing about God’s sovereignty over death (Romans 5), over sin (Romans 6–7), and over str...

'A Great Storm' presented by Mr Leighton Rowe

In Psalm 95, David is quoting about the time of Moses, recalling the time when the Israelites, we’re wandering in the wilderness. And Psalm 95:7-11 are identical to Hebrews 3:7-11, reflecting Israel's disobedience in the Exodus wanderings. Most of you know the history. Israel's in the land of Egypt, in captivity. They've been there 400 years making bricks. It even got so tough that Pha...

The psalmist addresses the question of doubting faith in light of challenging circumstances or providence that believers encounter in life in comparing himself to those who seem to prosper who don’t live by God’s word.

Paul continues to address the issue around God’s sovereignty and election concerning Israel where the majority have rejected the true Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. He states in v6b that not all Israel is Israel. So we will endeavour to unpack this today. Does being an ethnic Jew guarantee salvation? Does belonging to a Christian family give you a front position in the que to eternity? Does going...