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Preacher: Jonathan Smith Reader: Judy Carr Pastor Jonathan is preaching from Mark 10:17-27. He explains that one of the issues, if not the greatest, that the church is facing today is consumerisn. Consumerism is subtle - everybody is involved in consumerism, but it is counter-cultural to anyone following the Christian faith. It makes us wanting and desiring the next 'new' thing, causes us to covet...

Preacher: Neville Naden Reader: Joanna Justus Neville is Bush Church Aid's first Indigenous Ministry Officer, and together with his wife Kathie, he seeks to support those who minister to our First Nations people. Neville makes it very clear that reconciliation cannot occur without God. It is what God has done through Jesus that we have reconciliation. God's grace and mercy means that we who have b...

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia. We exist to be a community of people helping people make all of life all about Jesus.

Preacher: Naomi Chua Reader: Doug Carr Naomi is founding director of Embrace Refugees Australia. Here she teaches the true meaning of the Hebrew words Shemah and Shalom, describing how the world should be. She then shows the issue of millions of people being forcibly displaced from their homes, but then paints the picture of what the world can be like when the church does what it's meant to do, by...

Preacher: Glen Fairweather One of the most remarkable things about the early church was its commitment to care for those in prison. At the time, prisoners were some of the most neglected members of society, but Christian communities made it their ministry to visit and care for them. Witness the writer to the Hebrews in chapter 13: "Remember those in prison, as though you were in prison with them,...

Preacher: Rhys Bezzant Reader: Graeme Miller This is the first message in a series titled 'We've Got Issues' where we look at issues affecting both society and the church. Today Rhys Bezzant takes us through the biblical perspective of Same-sex Attraction. The church has not been good at supporting people who are same-sex attracted, so Rhys provides a clear message on how to support these people,...

Preacher: Doug Carr Reader: David Veale Doug goes over some of the recent teachings that we've had at Red Door from Jesus' sermon on the mount, and from Jude's letter. From this, Doug taught that it is not IF we pray, rather WHEN we pray. He tells us how prayer needs to be a staple in our relationship with God, and why. He then gives some practical examples to help us get started in prayer. Red Do...

Preacher: SJ Beasy Simon takes us through why John was called the "Disciple that Jesus loved" and poses to us the question how can I be loved by Jesus like John was? Simon then gives us some simple answers, but the solution involves us working on our relationship with Jesus. Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia. We exist to be a community of people helping people make all of life...

Preacher: Jonathan Smith Reader: Marios Kyriakou This is the second part a two-week mini-series in the Book of Jude. This short letter, written by Jesus' half-brother, could be alternatively titled: Be Alert, Not Alarmed. In it, Jude raises serious concerns about the safety of the early church. False teachers abound, and the church is at risk of being lead astray. Jude sounds a wake-up call to fol...

Preacher: Jonathan Smith Reader: James Truong This is the first part a two-week mini-series in the Book of Jude. This short letter, written by Jesus' half-brother, could be alternatively titled: Be Alert, Not Alarmed. In it, Jude raises serious concerns about the safety of the early church. False teachers abound, and the church is at risk of being lead astray. Jude sounds a wake-up call to followe...

Preacher: Jonathan Smith While away on the parish camp, Jonathan took this opportunity to use Psalm 19 to teach us how we do not listen well to God through His creation. Maybe it's because of the way our education system works, where we tend to read and listen, but it means that we're not very good at "listening" to what God is saying to us through our environment. God reveals Himself to us not ju...

Preacher: Jonathon Smith Reader: Anne Miller With this passage, we reach the conclusion of our journey through the Sermon on the Mount. It’s fitting, then, that Jesus finishes his sermon by driving home some of its key themes. Using three metaphors, the Preacher reminds us of the fundamental different between external appearance and internal reality. He puts before us the stark choice between two...

Jesus’ confident invitation to ask, seek, and knock flows form the same spring of teaching in Mat 6:25-34 - namely that God is a good Father who loves us and delights to provide good things for us. The whole section of Mat 6:19-7:11, which has focussed on living righteously in relation to the world, reaches its climax in v12. The so-called Golden Rule is known around the world and rightly serves a...

Preacher: Jonathan Smith Reader: John Hargrave In today's message, Jesus teaches that we should not judge, but what we mostly miss from this teaching is that we need to exercise discernment. We can be very quick to judge, but do not like being judged ourselves. It is okay to show constructive criticism, but it is hypocritical when we do not allow others to apply that same constructive criticism to...

Preacher: Jonathan Smith Reader: Joanna Justus In today's message, Jesus teaches that worrying will not help us. Society sells us the premise that if we have many things, we will not have to worry as all our desires will be met. We know this is false, and Jesus tells us the same. In Pastor Jonathan's message, we hear that the three best antidotes to anxiety and worry are: 1. Generosity, 2. Devotio...

Preacher: Jonathan Smith Today's message is from Matthew 6:16-21 where Jesus teaches on fasting. Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia. We exist to be a community of people helping people make all of life all about Jesus.

Preacher: Jonathan Smith Reader: David Veale Today Pastor Jonathan moves on to Jesus teaching about prayer. The focus is on the Lord's Prayer and the 3 'P's it encompasses - Provision, Pardon and Protection. We need to be concerned with Mat 6:14-15, where Jesus emphasises that if we cannot forgive others, then God cannot forgive us. This is not God behaving in a tit-for-tat manner, but rather, if...

Preacher: Jonathan Smith Reader: Suzanne Hargrave Today Pastor Jonathan moves on to Jesus teaching about prayer. Again, the emphasis is on the reason we pray - to glorify God and to do His will, rather than seeking praise from people, or "bargaining" with God for something. If all of our prayers start with the intent of the first part of the Lord's Prayer, we will well on the way to be praying for...

Preacher: Jonathan Smith Reader: Graeme Miller Today Pastor Jonathan moves on to the start of Matthew chapter 6, where Jesus teaches that when we give to the poor (not IF, but WHEN), we should do so for the right reasons - not to gain acknowledgement and praise from those around us, but to gain rewards stored up for us in heaven. Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia. We exist to...

Preacher: SJ Beasy Reader: Doug Carr Today SJ shows us the biblical mandate for having small groups in the modern day church. We always want our churches to be like 'The Early Church". He explores what that means and then demonstrates to us that the modern church cannot be like the early church WITHOUT small groups. Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia. We exist to be a community...

Preacher: Peter Adam Reader : Kana Koo Today, guest preacher Dr Peter Adam teaches from Rev 5 where John has a vision into the throne room of God and worships. This chapter asks who is worthy to open the scroll - answer, no-one, except the Lamb who was slaughtered. From this, Peter asks who will take this message of the gospel to the world so that people can come to worship the one true God? Answe...

Preacher: Akhil Gardner Reader : Marios Kyriakou Today, guest preacher Ps Akhil Gardner teaches from 1 Cor 1:18-25 where Paul tells that the cross, and its message of hope and redemption is folly to those who do not believe the message, but the Power Of God to those who do. Akhil challenges us to not only decide whether we believe or not, but then continues to challenge us on how we then present t...

Preacher: Jonathan Smith Reader: Thanh Nguyen Today is the half-way point in The Sermon On The Mount Series, so this is a great opportunity to recap what we've learnt over the past 10 weeks. All of Jesus' teaching in chapter 5 of Matthew's gospel is summarised in in verse 48 - "Be perfect therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect" - but is this the best translation of this verse into English?...

Preacher: Chad Loftis Reader: Suzanne Hargrave Chad looks at Matthew 5:43-48, where Jesus tells us to love our enemies. This is something that we all struggle with. Our natural tendency is to what revenge on our enemies - but what we fail to see is that we too are the enemy! If we choose to love our enemy we can stop the hatred and cause real change to happen. We need to realise that while we were...

Preacher: Jonathan Smith Reader: John Hargrave In Matthew 5:38-42 Jesus about retaliation where he uses the "you heard it said, but I say" teaching style again. We need to be careful with this passage, because if we do not read it in the context of the whole Sermon On The Mount, it appears that Jesus is asking us NOT to resist evil. In reality, He is testing us to examine our hearts when we consid...