Eternal Hope Anglican Church Podcast

Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Our Lord offers rest to the weary — and in almost the same breath hands them a yoke. How can a yoke be rest? In this sermon from Matthew 11:25–30, Fr. Devin Hunt explores one of the most beloved invitations in all of Scripture, and the paradox at its heart. Jesus speaks these words not from a hillside of success but ou...

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." Some of Jesus' hardest words — and the surprising tenderness hidden inside them. In this sermon, the first in our summer series Now and Not Yet: A Summer in Matthew , we ask what it means to follow a King who claims to come first in everything: above comfort, above family, above...

Most of us have received the gospel. Far fewer of us are actually living from it. In Romans 5:1–11, Paul moves beyond the forensic declaration of justification into something richer and more demanding — the inhabited life that declaration makes possible. Peace with God. Access into grace. Hope that does not disappoint. A love poured out by the Spirit with the extravagance of water on dry ground. B...

What's the difference between applying for something and inheriting it? An applicant performs. Assembles credentials. Hopes the verdict comes back yes. An heir simply receives — because someone else has already secured what is given. Most of us, if we're honest, spend far more of our lives as applicants than as heirs. Not because we reject grace, but because living from grace is harder t...

"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all." Many Christians can recite these words from memory. They conclude worship services, appear in liturgies, and are spoken at some of the most significant moments of our lives. But do we truly understand what we are saying? In this Trinity Sunday sermon, we explore Paul's f...

Have you ever felt trapped behind the "locked doors" of fear, failure, or grief?  ✨In this powerful Pentecost Sunday message, we dive into John 20:19–23 to explore what happens when the risen Christ meets us in our most hidden, guarded places. Just as Jesus stepped through the locked doors of the frightened disciples, He meets us today—not with condemnation, but with a profound declarat...

Are Christians being quietly shaped by the world more than by Christ? In this Easter 3 sermon from 1 Peter 1:13–25 , we explore Peter’s call to live as elect exiles in a culture that forms us through what this sermon calls imaginative drift, affective drift, and practical drift. Drift is rarely dramatic. It is often imperceptible. But Peter calls the Church not to passive survival, but to delibera...

What does it mean to follow Christ in a world that quietly demands your allegiance? In this Easter II sermon on 1 Peter 1:3–9, we consider Peter’s vision of the Church as “elect exiles”—chosen by God, yet strangers in the world. Written to Christians living under the pressure of the Roman imperial cult, this passage speaks with striking clarity to our own moment. Peter does not begin with strategy...