Merri Creek Anglican

Christmas day 2015, Peter looks at the contrasting stories of Herod and The Magi. These strange religious scholars from Babylon make their way across 900 km of desert, following astrological and astronomical cues in the night-sky, all to find this newborn baby Jewish King. Meanwhile the Machiavellian King Herod is plotting to send them on a manhunt so that he can ultimately kill the baby. What doe...

Have you every wondered what the virgin birth is about? Well, the first thing you'll learn is that really, we should be looking at the virgin conception (because that's the miracle). In this sermon, Peter explains four reasons why the virgin conception is important.

In this, the last of the Monarchy series, Peter teaches on the final distraction of Judah by the Babylonians. This national experience of political, geographical, relational and spiritual disorientation shook Judah. They had to bandy together and stay obedient. While we may not experience national exile like this, we do experience extreme disorientation at different times in our lives. Listen to h...

In this sermon, Peter talks about Jeroboam - the first King of the North. Jeroboam started off as a great liberator who provided leadership to the majority 10 tribes (or 11 depending on your maths). However, Jeroboam's desire to rule caused him to lead Israel into apostasy. He became the King of Sin - the worst kind of king - the one that all other bad Israelite kings would be compared to. Instead...

In this sermon, Peter discusses the concept of God's desire to bring harmony to human relationships: harmony between people and God, people and each other, and people and the creation. King Solomon was a ruler who began understanding this idea. He desire to lead Israel into God's good order. He desired to be a servant King who pursued Godly character. He prioritised God's kingdom over his own king...

In the second of our series 'Monarchy,' Peter Carolane speaks about the central passage from the Samuel corpus, 2 Samuel 7. Here, the triumphant David plans to serve God by building the first Temple in Jerusalem. But God says "No Thanks!" This sermon look at a King who God humbled and then showed grace to with an extraordinary counter promise.

In this first talk from the sermon series 'Monarchy,' Peter Carolane talks about King Saul and what went wrong? Given that he sinned and repented equally to David, why did he fail? The story of Saul prompts us to check if we are like Israel of old, looking to kings after our own heart, rather than the true King of Kings, after God's own heart.

Anthea McCall preaches on how to pray for others, using the great opening passage from Ephesians 1:15-23.

Tim Clare preaches on how you pray when you find it really hard to pray. (Matthew 26:36-46)

Rob Miller preaches on how to use the Lord's Prayer to pray, from Matthew 6:9-13.

Do you practice the Christian discipline of confession? Perhaps you are a Christian Atheist who, on the one hand, believes in a God of Justice who is watching over the universe and providing a moral centre to everything, and on the other hand, you live as though this God is not watching you? In this sermon Peter Carolane addresses why you should confess your sins, and how this will help you grow a...

How should a Christian manage their time? The Thessalonians had lazy and disruptive people, but Paul wanted them to imitate him and be 'busy'. How do we get our productivity right? How do we fit it all in? How do we glorify God with our time? The answer lies not so much in todo lists, but in our attitude.

How To Wait For Jesus To Return 2 Thessalonians 2 by Merri Creek Anglican

How To Have A Healthy Church (Pastoral Care) - 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15 by Merri Creek Anglican

Waiting For The End (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11) by Merri Creek Anglican

Our Exciting Future by Merri Creek Anglican

Love As A Strategy (1 Thessalonians 4:9-12) by Merri Creek Anglican

Living to Honour God (1 Thessalonians 4:1 - 8) by Merri Creek Anglican

The Concerns Of Leadership (1 Thessalonians 2:17–3:13) by Merri Creek Anglican

How To Have A Fruitful Church (1 Thessalonians 2:1-16) by Merri Creek Anglican

The Gospel That Changes Us by Merri Creek Anglican

How Should I Give At Merri Creek? by Merri Creek Anglican

How God Changes Us - Fruit by Merri Creek Anglican

A Cross Shaped Life by Merri Creek Anglican

How God Changes Us - The Thorns of Sin that Entangle Us by Merri Creek Anglican