The people of the ancient world believed that the creation of the Universe had occurred after a violent battle between two gods. The male god kills the female god, then tore her body apart and used half of her to create the heavens and half to create the earth. The driving engine of this story is violence, carnage, and destruction. Not a children’s bedtime story. The Jews on the other hand, who were in exile at the time, had a different story - a story that had lived in their bones - a story that had been passed down from...
Senior Assistant Pastor Geoff Leader leads us through Jesus’ fourth appearance after his resurrection, continuing in our series, Johns Gospel. Unlike earlier parts of John, which transpired mainly in Jerusalem, this account begins with the resurrected Jesus and seven of his disciples on the beach of the Sea of Tiberius....
Christianity has only ever been one stinky corpse away from being disproved. But the account of the tomb has rung out consistently for two millennia just as it was spoken first to the women who went to anoint His dead body; “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was...
Listen together with us at NewLife Oran Park, as Lead Pastor Stuart Starr retells the story of the man, who stood up to the most powerful conquerors of his time, by standing up for the broken; and being broken himself, broke an empire and a system, so everyone could know...
The writer of Johns Gospel continually presents us with the question, “How do we receive joy?". Does it elicit thankfulness, or does it reveal emptiness? Does it draw out grace, or does it bring condemnation with judgment? Our response to these questions should seem simple, but it can often reveal...
Jesus’ disciples were the first to see him revealed as who he really was - The Christ. They lived with him, they ate with him, they walked the same dusty roads from city to city as he taught, ministered and performed miracles. They lived in the assurance that God was real, that God cared for the sick, that He fed the hungry and that He was ever present in their midst. But what happens when that assurance is taken away? Where do you find purpose and mission? The disciples had experienced the “Oneness” of the Divine and man personally over...
The sermons from our weekly series at NewLife Anglican Church in Oran Park, Sydney, Australia. Sermons are preached by Lead Pastor Stuart Starr, Senior Assistant Pastor Geoff Leader and Kids, Youth and Families Pastor Michael Mak. Subscribe on iTunes below.
