Lutheran - St. Paul's Sydney Podcast

This week in our Gospel reading , John 1:1-14 , we hear how Jesus is the true light come into the world, who has given us the right to become children of God. As children of God, we are guided by our heavenly Father, and nurtured by Christ's church, so that we may reach the full height of our faith and be conformed to the image of the only begotten Son of God. Just as trees bear fruit with se...

This week in our Gospel reading , John 6:56-69 we hear Jesus speaking with His disciples, knowing from the beginning who would believe and who would betray Him. St Peter, also known as Simon Peter, was the first disciple to acknowledge that Jesus was the Christ, the Messiah, and at this confession of faith , Jesus declared that Simon, son of Jonah, would be known from then on as Peter. But St Pete...

This week in our Gospel reading ,  John 6:51-58 , we hear how whoever feeds on the flesh of Christ will live forever.   When we come to Holy Communion, we are the Church, the Body of Christ, come to receive the Body and Blood of Christ. That which we receive nurtures who we are and who we are becoming, as we grow to be conformed to the image of the Son of God.   How does knowing that you are a par...

This week in our Gospel reading , John 6:35, 41-51 we hear how Jesus is the living bread that came down from heaven.   The word 'eucharist' that we use for Holy Communion comes from a Greek word that means gratitude or thanksgiving.   How do you express your gratitude to God in response to Him giving us the gift of His Body and Blood, so that we may have eternal life?    Today's mes...

This week in our Gospel reading , John 6:24-35 , we hear how Jesus is the true Bread of Life, come down from heaven.   We're all familiar with bread, whether fresh baked or days old and turning hard, but that's the bread of earth, kneaded together by human hands and destined to perish and return to the dust.   But Jesus, the true Bread of Life, sustains us both in this world and into our...

This week in our Gospel reading Mark 6:30-34; 53-56 , we hear how Jesus brought His disciples to a solitary place to rest. But when a crowd followed them there, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd.   How does the love of Jesus draw people to you?   How do you find rest in Him when you need a quiet place, but the people around you are still in need of His love...

This week in our Gospel reading ,  Mark 6:14-29 we hear how King Herod originally protected John the Baptist even though his wife was angry that he called their marriage unlawful, because he believed him to be a righteous and holy man.    But after making an oath to his wife's daughter, he had John executed to protect his own reputation in front of his dinner guests.    Even today in our own...

How do you feel when expected to give generously?  This week in our Gospel reading, Mark 5:21-43 a woman desperate to be healed reaches out to Jesus without asking first, and He blesses her with healing and peace.  How do you react when someone is so in need of help that they might seem rude or demanding?   Support the show

How do you react when storms come in your life?   In today's Gospel reading, Mark 4:35-41, the disciples are in a situation where they face a storm, Jesus is with them, yet initially Jesus is asleep and then later when he acts the storm stops, and calmness occurs.  This week we will explore what it means for us to have calmness amongst the storms.        Support the show

In this week's Gospel reading from Mark 4:26-34 Jesus gives us some important images of how the Gospel grows in individuals and the community...we are called to sow the Gospel, but then allow God to grow the Gospel...it is God who will produce Gospel fruits in our lives and the lives of others...this week will explore what this looks like and why this understanding is important for us.   Supp...

This week in conjunction with the launch of Lutheran Simultaneous Art Exhibition our focus is on the Tree of Life based on Revelation 22:1-5.  The sermon was presented by Dr. Wendy Mayer. Support the show

In this week's reading from Mark 2:23-3:6 we see Jesus refocussing us on what is important about the Sabbath, moving the focus from the rules about the Sabbath to the blessings of the Sabbath.  This week we explore what living the Sabbath means for us today, the blessing the Sabbath brings and why it is important to be blessed and not burdened by the Sabbath.    Support the show

This week we celebrate Trinity Sunday with probably the most well known bible verse, John 3:16-17...For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.   Now the back story to this is a man came seeking clarity about God...

This Sunday we get to celebrate a great celebration of the church, Pentecost Sunday.   We celebrate the gift of God's Spirit for us, that helps us in our Christian journey of knowing Jesus and growing in relationship with Jesus.  Not only that the Spirit unites people with differing view points, bakcgrounds and cultures together focussing them on God and his love.  Support the show

Have you ever felt Jesus has disappeared?  Perhaps you are going through a difficult patch and nothing is working out.  Perhaps you have a feeling of unsettledness.   This week we are celebrating Ascension Day on Sunday (it actually took place on Thursday), in Germany the day is called Himmelfahrt (meaning goes to heaven), the day when Jesus left this earth to sit at the right had of His father.  ...

Some years ago in discussion with a nonChristian friend, they asked the question.....What is the central meaning of Christianity?   At the time I hadn't give a lot of thought to it, because I had grown up in the church, but since then I have been asked this question or questions along the same line, and my response is that it is all about God's love, God loving us and God loving others t...

What are you connected to?   What are you listening to and taking notice of for life?  In our Gospel reading for this week from John 15, Jesus encourages us to be connected to Him and allow Him to be affecting us so we can the Godly fruit of love.   This week are exploring how Jesus helps us to be fruitful.   Support the show

This week is Good Shepherd Sunday, and in our reading from John 10, Jesus shares with us what it means for Him to be our Good Shepherd. The message was prepared and presented by Anthony Fawcett. Support the show

In our Gospel reading this week from Luke 24:36-48, Jesus comes unexpectedly amongst His disciples, and helps them understand what the scriptures are on about....forgiveness and that they will be witness of this forgiveness from God....this week will explore the significance of Jesus' presence in our lives and what it means for us to be witness of the forgiveness God gives us. Prepared by Ric...

Easter Sunday changes everything.....the resurrection of Jesus gives us a life where peace and belief can exist beyond amongst the troubles and difficulties of life...because we have a life to look forward to....and this then changes how we live today.   Our focus this week comes from the Gospel of John 20:19-31     Support the show

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Our journey of true love (our Lenten theme), continues with this week, Palm Sunday, as we focus on Praise, Praising God for not only what He has done, but also what He is doing and will do!     Support the show

Our journey of true love (our Lenten theme), continues with this week with an emphasis a life of serving, focussing on the service of Jesus and how this then affects us.     Support the show