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Anchor Church City
Weekly preaching audio from Anchor City. Find Home. Weekly Gatherings: 10am Factory Theatre, Marrickville 2204. Lead Pastor: Matt Sparks
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Anchor Church CityThe Church in Philippi
Whose plans do you think are better? Yours or God's? In Acts 16, Paul’s plans changed dramatically. The Holy Spirit kept shutting doors and steering him…
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What God taught me about...
This mornings panel of messages are linked by the idea, ‘What God Taught me…’ Gina’s sharing on what it means to Wear Christ, Jocelyn on our Imperishable Crown…
Anchor Church CityContentment: Living the Scandalous Life of Enough
Join us this week as guest speaker Hugie from Anchor Northern Beaches explores Philippians 4:10-13, and what it means to live with contentment. In our lives…
Anchor Church CityA Call to Remain
Deuteronomy ends in a way not many stories do; with a grave, an unfinished promise, and a leader who spent forty years walking toward a land he would only ever…
Anchor Church CityA call to choose Life
Every day we are faced with thousands of decisions, but the ultimate choice set before us is between life and death. In Deuteronomy 30, Moses calls God's…
Anchor Church CityA Call to Everyday Holiness
Deuteronomy's long stretch of law lands on one declaration: Israel is the LORD's, and the LORD is Israel's; a treasured, holy people. But holiness was never…
Anchor Church CityA Call to Consecration
We spend a lot of energy trying to feel "clean", chasing quick fixes like digital breaks and fresh starts. Yet Deuteronomy 12 challenges us to look deeper at…
Anchor Church CityA Call to Remember
It's easy to feel like you need God when you've got nothing left. Deuteronomy 8 asks a harder question: do you still need him when you've got everything? Moses…
Anchor Church CityA Call to Love
What do we do when we want to love God, but keep forgetting him? Deuteronomy 6 speaks to that very human problem. In this sermon, we look at why our attention…
Anchor Church CityA Call to Covenant
We tend to hear the Ten Commandments as a courtroom: rules to keep, or rules you've broken. But that's not how they were given. Before God says a single "you…
Anchor Church CityA Call to Obedience
Everyone worships something, you just might not call it worship. In this message from Deuteronomy 4, we ask why an ancient warning against idol-worship might…
Anchor Church CityA Call to Trust
Forty years after fleeing slavery in Egypt, God's people stood on the edge of everything they'd been promised and chose fear over trust. In this message, we…
Anchor Church CityHow to Grasp and Know God
Today we will be diving into Paul's letter to the Ephesians, prompting us to ask ourselves, what does our heart desire when we wonder? Do we ever wonder about…
Anchor Church CityFaithful Work, Loving Deeds, Enduring Hope
Most of our prayers are focused on the next day or week, but what would it look like for our prayers to be shaped by eternity?In 1 Thessalonians, the Apostle…
Anchor Church CityEnlightened Eyes
Jacqui shares Paul's prayer from Ephesians 1:15-23 - a prayer that God would enlighten the eyes of our heart to know him and to know the hope, inheritance and…
Anchor Church CityA Foundation for Gratitude
Most of our prayers orbit our own lives; jobs, health, the small stuff. But the Apostle Paul prayed for a church he'd never met, and what he asked for wasn't…
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Tithing is Trusting
Money reveals what we actually trust. In this talk from 2 Corinthians 9, Matt explores why consistent, gospel-motivated generosity isn't a financial strategy…
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The Comparison Trap
We all know the feeling: someone else has what we want, and the maths just doesn't add up. This week, Ps. Matt opens up Psalm 73, where the ancient songwriter…
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Reframing the Cost of Living Crisis
In this week's message, we're taken to the Sermon on the Mount to reframe the cost of living crisis; not as a financial problem, but as a test of faith. The…
Anchor Church CityMOVEMENT SUNDAY
On this special day, guest speaker Pastor Ashley Brown from Wasilla Bible Church reads from 1 Corinthians:15 and discusses how Jesus' resurrection opens the…
Anchor Church CityFamiliar Stranger: Pentecost Sunday
In this Pentecost Sunday message, our Lead Pastor Matt, explores why the Holy Spirit came not to make us comfortable, but to make us courageous, and what it…
Anchor Church CityFamiliar Stranger: Clothed with power
In this penultimate Sermon of our Familiar Stranger series, Jacques explores how we can live the Christain life in timidity but we are to trust in the power of…
Anchor Church CityFamiliar Stranger: Keep in step with the Spirit
Are you white-knuckling your faith and wondering why you keep losing the exact same battles with sin day after day? A lot of us treat the Holy Spirit like a…
Anchor Church CityThe Familiar Stranger: A Story of Extremes
Most of us know about the Holy Spirit — we've sung about Him, read about Him, maybe even preached about Him — but if we're honest, He often feels more like a…
Anchor Church CityThe Familiar Stranger
Most of us know about the Holy Spirit — we've sung about Him, read about Him, maybe even preached about Him — but if we're honest, He often feels more like a…
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Hungry for the word
In a world designed to keep us scrolling, how do we cultivate a genuine hunger for what actually matters? Join us as we explore 1 Peter 2:2-3 and the "Power of…
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Once for all
When so much of life feels uncertain and unfinished, we’re always seraching for something solid to stand on. Hebrews 10 shows the beautiful contrast between…
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Easter Sunday
In a world where evil often feels impossible to overcome, the "Easter Paradox" reveals that what appeared to be a victim on a cross was actually a Victor…
Anchor Church CityWork & Rest
Discover how a "Rule of Life" and the practice of Sabbath offer a subversive rebellion against the modern cult of busyness and "striving". By embracing our…
Anchor Church CityCareer and Calling
Stop waiting for a "sacred" calling and start seeing your Monday-to-Friday as an act of high worship. Drawing from the story of the artisan Bezalel, this…
Anchor Church CityWork and the Curse
Discover how the "Fall" chapter in God’s story transforms our unmet expectations into a realistic perspective of work that balances fruit with frustration. By…
Anchor Church CityThank God it's Monday
The Goodness of God, the Goodness of WorkGod has created work for each and everyone of us. As we find our purposes, partner with God and seek pleasure in the…
Anchor Church CityNot For Display: Raise em Up
Inspired by the vision of Psalm 78, this message explores the critical "three-generation slide" and the danger of gospel amnesia. Join us as we look at how to…
Anchor Church CityNot For Display: No Spectators
In this sermon, Matt explores how the Bible calls each one of us to play our part when it comes to ministry. There are no spectators when it comes to our faith.
Anchor Church CityNot For Display: Discipled by the Algorithm
Discipled by the Algorithm explores how Psalm 1 and John 15:4–5 confront the quiet forces shaping our desires, attention, and habits every day. Jesus invites…
Anchor Church CityNot For Display
Not For Display: Faith that only looks good on the outside is useless. In this episode, we unpack James 2:14‑26 and challenge our church to move from passive…
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When Jesus Walks you Home
Joel Bennet - Guest PreacherWhen Jesus walks you home.Jesus walks with us in what feels insignificant.Jesus walks with us through disappointment.Jesus walks…
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Keeping Score before God
Jesus tells a story for people who feel spiritually fine. In Luke 18:9–14, He exposes the quiet sin of self-righteousness and the hidden ways we justify…
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Jesus Loves Me , This I Know!
A teaching from John 13 that invites us beyond knowing about Jesus’ love to being personally affected by it. This sermon explores how Christ loves us…
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Love One Another
How do you actually know if you’re following Jesus? John’s answer is simple and challenging—love. Not vague feelings or good intentions, but a love shaped by…
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Better Than Our Plans
The story found in Luke 8:40-56 disrupts the self reliance we reach for at New Year and the belief that our plans can secure the future we want. Jesus alone…
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Christmas Service
In this sermon, we reflect on what Christmas means to us as Christians: a reminder of God's promise to us.
Anchor Church CityUnbroken
How can I be sure God really loves me? Paul gives us the answer in Romans 8:31-39, reminding us that if God didn’t hold back His own Son, there’s…
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CELEBRATION SUNDAY
How can we remain thankful and joyful in a world full of disappointment and hurt? This is a rally call to defiant joy based on the firm conviction that God…
Anchor Church CityNo wasted pain
Romans 8:28-30 contains a promise that there is No Wasted Pain for those who follow Jesus. But what does that mean when we encounter suffering and evil in a…
Anchor Church CityBreathe in the bones
Drawing on Romans 8:22–27, this sermon reflects on the Spirit’s groaning intercession as the reason Christians can hope even while we wrestle with sin and…
Anchor Church CityThe weight of glory
In this message, The Weight of Glory from Romans 8:18–22, we explore Paul’s breathtaking vision that present suffering is not worth comparing to the glory that…
Anchor Church CitySpirit of Adoption
The Bible calls us Children of God, a truth readily acknowledged but rarely lived out. Jacques explores 1) The uniqueness of the Father – child relationship…
Anchor Church CitySpirit vs flesh
Many people feel trapped in habits they can’t shake—but Romans 8:5–13 explodes the myth that change is impossible. In this message, we’ll discover how the…
Anchor Church CityUncondemnable
Romans 8 is often called 'the greatest chapter in the Bible'. Join us as we begin a seven week journey through the riches of this part of God's word, beginning…
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Healing the Boy with an Unclean Spirit
The disciples had seen God move before—but this time, what worked in the past didn’t work again. It’s a powerful reminder that when it comes to faith, past…
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Wonder-Working God: Miracles
What is God's purpose behind miracles? Listen as Ben Camilleri unpacks three reasons why God performed miracles in the time of Jesus - and today.
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Compassion Sunday
When Jesus encountered those in need, instead of turning away he was moved with compassion in a vivid picture of God’s heart for people who are hurting or on…
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Will The Future Still Be Human?
Dave Deane from Questioning Christianity is our guest preacher to close the Beyond Grey Series. Addressing AI & technology, he answers the question: will the…
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Infatuated with a Beautiful God
Guest preacher Jeff Jones invites us to see God not only as true, but as breathtakingly beautiful — both transcendent in majesty and immanent in nearness. When…
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Baby Dedications | Father's Day
Pastor Matt Sparks speaks on the topic of raising children in the Lord taken from Deuteronomy 6:1-12 and explores how as Christians we ensure that the gospel…
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Made for Love
In this message we explore the confusion of a “sexular age,” where culture treats sexuality as ultimate but hollow, and contrast it with God’s good design. We…
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Who Am I, Really?
In this message, Matt Sparks explores the question, “Who am I, really?” by contrasting modern identity myths with the biblical story that grounds our worth and…
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Beauty in the Ashes
In a world marred by suffering, pain and hardship - where is God? This message explores how Jesus answers this question through the story of Lazarus' death and…
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When Life Feels Empty
In a world caught in a “meaning crisis,” this message explores why our hearts long for purpose and how fragile our self-made sources of meaning truly are…