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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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Is There More Than This?
In this message from our Beyond Grey series, Matt Sparks explores how the person of Jesus reveals the deepest longings of the human heart: truth, beauty, and…
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A Story Worth Living
In this message, we explore how the Christian story speaks to our culture’s deepest longings for truth, beauty, and goodness. In a disenchanted world, the…
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Calming the Storm
In todays sermon, Josh will take us through how Jesus calms the storm, both in Mark but also in our lives.
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Healing the Demoniac
In Mark 5 we see Jesus heals a demon-possessed man but it results in the pigs, a great resource for the town, being drowned. This causes the people to reject…
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Prayer & Faith
In this message from James 5:13–20, Matt Sparks calls our church to renewed confidence in the power of prayer—especially prayer for healing. With honesty about…
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Patience & Hope
How do we endure seasons of suffering and continue to trust in God? James 5 gives us a pathway for doing so.
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Gold & Silver
How can we face the future free of anxiety? James explores how faith transforms our outlook, frees us from anxiety, and re-centres us on what truly matters…
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Submit & Resist
How do we experience true friendship with God and resist the pull of friendship with the world? In James 4 we're encouraged to take three specific actions and…
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Demonic Wisdom
What does true wisdom look like? An in an age of endless information and opinions, how do we become people who are wise and understanding? The words of James…
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Horses, Ships & Fire
How do we tame our tongues? James 3:1-12 offers us a strong warning and a pathway to living like Jesus
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MOVEMENT SUNDAY
Today was an exciting day as Anchor's four churches gathered together to comission Anchor North Shore. Join us as we explore the future of the Church, and what…
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Visible Faith
Faith is never invisible. There is no such thing as 'word-only' or 'belief-only' Christianity. True faith always transforms our lives.
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Favouritism & Love
How do we become people who love others without favouritism? James 2:1-13 invites us to consider this question
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Doers & Deceivers
What is the mark of a genuine faith? How can you tell if you really know Jesus? James says that the one who has true faith listens and obeys, but the one who…
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Perfect & Complete
Our Lead Pastor Matt Sparks kicks off a new series in the book of James called Horses, Fire & Ships. In this message he unpacks James' counter-cultural wisdom…
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Easter Sunday
Why do we long for more than this life? Why does death feel like an intruder? This Easter message explores how the resurrection of Jesus answers our deepest…
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Devoted to prayer
How do we become people who are devoted to prayer? We consider the pattern of Jesus' prayer life and the pattern of the early church and how this should inform…
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What is the future of the church?
Our future reality directly informs our present perspective. James Wong gives us two glimpses of the future of the church from the book of Revelation; before…
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What roles does the church play in the world?
Sermon Description for Podcast: What happens when the church loses her sense of purpose and role in the world? We are called to be a worshipping…
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Foundations of a Healthy Church
What makes a church healthy? What are the foundations and makers of a Spirit-filled, Gospel-centered community? Pastor James Wong unpacks a description of the…
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Why the Lord's Supper?
The Lord’s Supper is more than a ritual—it’s a profound encounter with Christ. In this sermon, Matt Sparks explores how communion is a moment of remembrance…
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Rediscovering Church | Why do I need the church?
In part two of our series called (re)discovering church, we're considering the question 'why do I need the church?'
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Rediscovering Church: What is church?
Matt Sparks opens a new series called Rediscovering Church, in it we (re)discover the biblical nature of the church as the people of God, called to follow…
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Rule of Life
A rule of life is a set of intentional rhythms and relationships that form us into the image of Christ, by becoming people who love God and others in…
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DRAW NEAR (2025 VISION) Fishing off the other side of the boat
Fishing off the other side of the boat is part 3 of our 2025 vision series.
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DRAW NEAR (2025 VISION) Still Setting the Sail
Still Setting the Sail is part 2 of our 2025 vision series. Our Lead Pastor Matt Sparks, calls on our church to be a people of prayer because we have a Father…
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DRAW NEAR (2025 VISION)
Our Lead Pastor Matt Sparks casts vision for the year ahead, calling us to draw near to God with renewed devotion. Preaching from James 4:8, he challenges us…
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Wonder-Working God | Feeding the Multitude
We all know what it's like to hunger; not only physically but also more deeply. Every man and woman alive knows what it's like to experience a deep 'hunger' of…
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Wonder-Working God: Cleansing The Leper
How are we made clean in the sight of God? Discover how Jesus healing a man with leprosy points us to the spiritual cleansing that we all need. Mark 1:40 - 45
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Let Hope Rise | Advent
Life is full of disappointment. Where can we find a hope that will not disappoint? The true story of Christmas reminds us that real hope is found in the birth…
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Waiting & Hope | Let Hope Rise (Advent)
In a culture of instant gratification and immediacy, how do we learn to wait with hope for our Saviour this Advent season?
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Let Hope Rise (Advent) | Where Can Hope Be Found?
Where can hope be found this holiday season? Our world would tell us to put our hope in all that this season brings; but the problem with that, is that it's…
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Celebration Sunday
Celebration Sunday is an annual marker for us to pause, remember what God has done! 1 Samuel 7:12, 7-9
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Set the Sail | A Consecrated Life
the world is yet to see what God can do with a people who are fully consecrated to Him.
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Set the Sail: God Uses Our Prayers!
Do you know God wants to use your prayers? God wants to use our prayers to bring about revival and His kingdom purposes here in Sydney… the question is: are we…
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Set the Sail: Presence at the Centre
How do we become present to God's presence in our midst? Psalm 24
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Set The Sail - Build the Altar
Listen to the second sermon from our 'Set the Sail' series to hear about what it means for us to build altars today.
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Set the Sail - Return to the Lord
G. Campbell Morgan said that “we cannot organize revival, but we can set our sails to catch the wind from Heaven when God chooses to blow upon His people once…
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The Parable of the Rich Fool
How do we live a life that is rich toward God in a culture that is concerned with accumulating riches on earth? Luke 12:13-34
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The 'Everyday' Christian Life
A message on Paul's final instructions and exhortations from 1 Corinthians 16 by James Wong.
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The Gathering: His Resurrection & Ours
How do we come to possess resurrection hope? 1 Corinthians 15:29-58
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The Gathering: Of first importance
What things are most important for a vibrant faith? 1 corinthians 15:1-11
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The Gathering: Tongues, Prophecy & Order
In our worship gatherings all our words should do three things: 1) makes sense, 2) strengthen the believer and, 3) convict the unbeliever.
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The Gathering: Membership
Diversity should not mean disunity. God has intentionally arranged the gifts for the good of the body! We need each other!
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The Gathering: Gifts
The church is Corinth had all the gifts, but lacked in character and holiness. We probably have the opposite problem; we have character and holiness but are…
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The Gathering: Lord's Supper
How do we learn from the mistakes at Corinth and remember the centrality of Jesus in the Lord's Supper?
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Baby Dedications
How do we ensure the gospel is passed down to the next generation? Deuteronomy 6:6-9
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The Gathering: Head coverings
In a world of gender confusion, what does it mean to be men and women gathered in worship? 1 Cor 11:2-3, 4-6, 7-12, 13-16, Gal 3:28
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For the Sake of the Church | The Glory of God
Bible Reading (Translation): 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1 NIV Paul indicates that our behaviour should not be dictated by what we may consider to be our rights or…
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For the Sake of the Church | Flee From Idolatry
Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:1-22
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For the Sake of the Church | All Things to All Men
We have a low commitment version of Christianity that is out of sync with Paul's vision of apprenticeship to Jesus. This is a call to break up with…
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For the Sake of the Church | Food & Freedom
Knowledge puffs up but love builds up. In this chapter Paul deals with the issue of the Corinthians conduct regarding food sacrifices to idols, and exhorts…
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For the Sake of the Church | Marriage, Singleness, Divorce & Dating
All around us we find advice about how to handle our romantic relationships; and much of the advice is bad. In 1 Corinthians 7, the Apostle Paul shows us God's…
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For the Sake of the Church | When Siblings Fight
Our futures determine how we move in the present. This week Arnaldo, Lead Pastor at Anchor South West brings the word from 1 Corinthians 6:1-11. The witness of…
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10th Birthday
God has done and we believe will continue to do immeasurably more than all we ask for imagine! Today we give God all the glory he deserves for all he's done in…