Lutheran - St. Paul's Sydney Podcast

This Sunday we continue living in the Easter season, with a focus on loving....loving as Jesus loves us based on John 13:31-35     Support the show

This Sunday we continue living in the Easter season, with a focus on listening....Do you find it easy to listen?   Some research suggests that the busier you are or the more convinced you are right...the more intentional you need to be in listening.   And this week we are reminded of the blessings in listening to Jesus, our Good Shepherd.   Also this week in our worship we will be celebrating Moth...

This Sunday we continue living in the Easter season, with a focus on transformation Acts 9:1-20 and John 21:1-19.   Richard Fox from Lutheran Media will also be presenting at both St Pauls and Redeemer to share how Lutheran Media is helping people to connect people in the wider community to the transformation message of Jesus.     Support the show

Last Sunday we stepped into the Easter Season remembering and celebrating what Jesus has made possible for us, through His death and resurrection....and over the next 6 weeks we unpack what it means to be living as Easter people, living because of Jesus' resurrection.   This week we look how living as Easter people we live with a belief in Jesus and all His actions....based on John 20:19–31  ...

Our worship services this Easter Weekend cover different and important aspects of Jesus and the Christian life...Maundy Thursday JESUS=SERVICE, Good Friday JESUS=SACRIFICE, and Easter Sunday JESUS=LIFE.   I look forward to worshipping with you in person and online.  Support the show

Our worship services this Easter Weekend cover different and important aspects of Jesus and the Christian life...Maundy Thursday JESUS=SERVICE, Good Friday JESUS=SACRIFICE, and Easter Sunday JESUS=LIFE.   Support the show

Our worship services this Easter Weekend cover different and important aspects of Jesus and the Christian life...Maundy Thursday JESUS=SERVICE, Good Friday JESUS=SACRIFICE, and Easter Sunday JESUS=LIFE.   Support the show

This week we begin Holy Week, with the celebration of Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.   And the way Jesus enters is significant, on a donkey, it is a sign of peace....this week based on Ephesians 2:14-18 we explore how Jesus truly brings us peace.      Support the show

As we continue our Lent focus on God's cleaning hearts, we explore this week that as God cleans our hearts, he is leading us to humility.  Some people struggle with being humble, however Pastor Rick Warren, encourages us to see humility as not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.  We will explore humility through the eyes of St Paul drawing upon Philippians 2:5-11.     Su...

This week I was again reminded on at least 3 occasions of why it is important to understand that our focus for living is about building and nurturing relationships....and this week's readings reminds us that this is God's focus.....in 2 Corinthians 5:16–21 we see that God takes the initiative in reconciling himself to us and invites us to continue this ministry of helping others discover...

As we continue our Lenten journey, this week we explore how God is cleaning our hearts from idols.   Now the challenge for us in life is that it is not the terrible or bitter looking things that become idols in our lives often, it is the good looking, beautiful tasting and feel good things that often become idols in our lives.   They become idols when we allow them to replace God in our lives.   T...

As we continue on our focus in Lent this week we explore how God is cleaning hearts with and through His community, the church, based on Philippians 3.17-4.1.  Support the show

The season of Lent has begun, with our focus being God is cleansing our hearts, influenced by Psalm 51.  This week we explore how God is cleansing our hearts through His word, as we explore more deeply Romans 10:8-13.     Support the show

Some years ago a friend of mine asked my to reflect on how has my life changed because of Jesus?  This was a challenging and deep thought provoking question, and the answers led me to appreciate the importance of Jesus for my life.  This week is Transfiguration Sunday where we hear stories of how the glory of God affect people, and now because of Jesus this glory is truly revealed to all who liste...

This week we continue Jesus' orientation program where He reveals to us His way of life, and in Luke 6:27-38 he invites us to a life of grace.  We explore how this life involves both receiving and sharing grace.     Support the show

Throughout history and even in our lives today there seems to be some people who think they are better than or more important than others, and others who feel they are not good enough.   In our Gospel reading this week from Luke 6:17-26 Jesus challenges us to see life differently and to see that all not one group of people are open to being part of His kingdom.   Support the show

Have you ever picked up something and thought, what can I do with that or this?   Perhaps you have looked at someone and thought what on earth can anyone do with them...in this week's worship we look at Jesus and what He can do with you and me, as we explore Luke's perspective of Jesus calling His first disciples.        Support the show

This week we continue discovering more about Jesus and His ministry, where He introduces us to a different worldview of living for others, encouraging us to adopt His world view and let go of the world views that we may pick up from other sources, which encourages us to focus on ourselves.     This is one of the main reasons that regular worship and bible study is important as through these activi...

What do you think God is saying to you?  Is it rules and that you are not good enough?  or Have you also heard God say more....that He loves you and because of Jesus you have a future?  This week we will explore why it is important to keep listening to God, because His story and message for us, ultimately will bring us joy and great news.      Support the show

This week we look at one Jesus first and most well known miracles, turning water into wine.  With Pastor Richard on holidays, our sermon this week will be read by  Marianne Hammerton.  Support the show

This week we look at the Baptism of Jesus.  With Pastor Richard on holidays, our worship this week will be led by Pastor Tim Zanker and Jerome Mafuru at St Paul's and Rene van den Tol at Redeemer.  Thank you for their service and care.   Also thank you to everyone who is assisting with worship on Sunday  Support the show

This week we begin a new year, with the encouragement that God's light has come and is present in the world we live.   As part of our service we will consider what does it mean for us to go forward into 2022 with God.        Support the show

This week we embrace the Christmas celebration over 3 days:  Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and St Stephens/Boxing Day.   I pray you the message of Jesus coming to your life saturates your Christmas celebrations.   Support the show

This week we embrace the Christmas celebration over 3 days:  Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and St Stephens/Boxing Day.   I pray you the message of Jesus coming to your life saturates your Christmas celebrations.   Support the show

This week our focus turns to the Christmas story.  At St Paul's the children tell us the story of Jesus' birth and the blessing this gives us, whilst at Redeemer we hear the story of Christmas and sing the songs of Christmas.  Support the show