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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 CityExodus: A New Humanity // One Thing Led to Another // Exodus 32
The "Golden Calf" ... even if you don't consider yourself religious, you may have heard of it. It's one of the most iconic scenes in the Old Testament It's a…
Anchor Church CityExodus: A New Humanity // Tying the Knot // Exodus 24
In Exodus 24, we witness a covenant ceremony where Israel "ties the knot" with Yahweh—a relationship established by grace, enjoyed in obedience—expressing her…
Anchor Church CityExodus: A New Humanity // Ten Words // Exodus 19–20
Our late-modern age is indelibly shaped by the Ten Words given to a group of freshly-emancipated slaves 3,000 years ago. We know them as the Ten Commandments…
Anchor Church CityCompassion Sunday 2021
The reason God calls us to love the foreigner is because it's the way he has loved us. In the story of redemption, we are the outsider. Understanding this…
Anchor Church CityExodus: A New Humanity // Burned-Out Deliverer // Exodus 18
We’re called to embrace the limitations of our humanity as gifts of God's grace.
Anchor Church CityExodus: A New Humanity // Grumbling People, Gracious God // Exodus 15–17
The Israelites gain their freedom! Rather, they're gifted their freedom as Yahweh leads them through the Red Sea and there is a celebration like no other. But…
Anchor Church CityExodus: A New Humanity // How's Your Praise? // Exodus 15
Many of us may be finding it hard to praise God in this current moment of history. Coronavirus, global conflict, loss of loved ones, and much more. By studying…
Anchor Church CityExodus: A New Humanity // The Great Liberation // Exodus 14
Sometimes God's way just doesn't seem to make sense. In Exodus 14 we explore three puzzling commands from God that all work our for Israel's deliverance and…
Anchor Church CityExodus: A New Humanity // Ten Pandemics // Exodus 7–12
Our faith is an embodied faith. As Israel reenacted the passover, so we reenact and experience God's grace, remembering Jesus in the Lord's Supper.
Anchor Church CityExodus: A New Humanity // I Will Redeem You // Exodus 5–6
When life is hard, it can be hard to trust God. But in every hardship, there is an invitation to experience God's formation. God uses suffering to develop our…
Anchor Church CityExodus: A New Humanity // YAHWEH // Exodus 3–4
God calls each and every one of us to partner with him in the renewal of all things. St. Augustine said: “Without God, we can’t … but without us, He won’t.”…
Anchor Church CityExodus: A New Humanity // God Saw, God Knew // Exodus 1–2
As we kick off our new series in Exodus, we explore the reality that the God of the Exodus is a God who is never far from his suffering people. While we may…
Anchor Church CityGlobal Mission Sunday // Acts 1:6–11
Global Mission Sunday: God's heart for the nations and our Great Commission to make disciples of all nations has not changed despite this global pandemic. Join…
Anchor Church CityTear Down These Walls // We Stand Up To The Devil // Ephesians 6:10–24
Paul's letter to the Ephesians ends with a call to warfare. But our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the Powers and Principalities who seek…
Anchor Church CityTear Down These Walls // Gentle Fathers & Loving Bosses // Ephesians 6:1–9
This week, Anchor South West Lead Pastor Arnaldo Santiago Jr. will be walking us through Ephesians 6:1–9. As Paul unpacks a new household code, he will use the…
Anchor Church CityTear Down These Walls // A Picture of Marriage // Ephesians 5:20–33
A Spirit-filled marriage is one of mutual submission and wholly giving of yourself to the other, as a picture of the grand narrative of Jesus and his bride…
Anchor Church CityTear Down These Walls // Loving & Living Like Jesus // Ephesians 5:1–20
The Christian life is about imitating. As we keep company with Jesus we learn a life of love. This sermon explores what it means to walk in love, walk in the…
Anchor Church CityTear Down These Walls // The Old Way Must Go! // Ephesians 4:17–32
Fundamental change happens to us when the sense of who we are is revolutionised. Behaviour follows our sense of identity. Listen as we unpack and understand…
Anchor Church CityRadiant: Enjoying God // In every blessing we can enjoy the Father's generosity // Psalm 65:9-13
Inspired by Tim Chester's book, Enjoying God, we discover that God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, are relating to us day-by-day…
Anchor Church CityTear Down These Walls // Growing Up Together // Ephesians 4:1–16
In Ephesians 4, Paul turns from theology to practice, introducing us to the concept of spiritual fitness. The people of God are joined together as a body. Our…
Anchor Church CityKingdom Come // Church-Planting Sunday // Acts 2
On Pentecost Sunday we look at the role of the Holy Spirit in empowering the church to fulfil the mission Jesus had given them. If we want to be a true…
Anchor Church CityTear Down These Walls // Praying For Power // Ephesians 3:14–21
We live in a hyper-individualised world. This is no surprise; but the way in which this posture in the world has affected the church has been nothing short of…
Anchor Church CityTear Down These Walls // A New 'Us' // Ephesians 2:11–22
The cross of Christ doesn't just deal with the vertical but the horizontal. It obliterates not just the alienation between us and God, but the alienation…
Anchor Church CityGetaway 2021 // Cheap Grace // Grace Made Visible
Getaway 2021: Sunday Morning Session As a people who have been transformed by grace, how do we make God's grace visible to others? Jame Ayre explains from Acts…
Anchor Church CityGetaway 2021 // Cheap Grace // The Way Grace Changes Us
Getaway 2021: Saturday Afternoon Session So often, we struggle to leave our old life behind because we don't know how to walk in our new identity. We continue…
Anchor Church CityTear Down These Walls // God's Masterpiece // Ephesians 2:1–10
Our world is overly optimistic about human nature. We need a biblical anthropology in order to shape our thinking. Outside of Jesus, we are spiritually dead…
Anchor Church CityTear Down These Walls // Praying for Spiritual Wisdom // Ephesians 1:15–23
We desperately need a fresh vision of God and what he has done for us, otherwise we will just manage the decline of the Church. Paul's prayer for the Ephesians…
Anchor Church CityTear Down These Walls // A New Identity // Ephesians 1:1–14
We can't really know ourselves by looking out to others, or into ourselves, but up to God. Ephesians 1 lists six identity statements that are your true…
Anchor Church CityResurrection Sunday // Encounters with a King // A Grieving Woman
As Mary weeps by the tomb of Jesus, what will become of her tears? Watch as she encounters the risen Jesus, who turns her weeping to joy, whose resurrection…
Anchor Church CityGood Friday // Encounters with a King // A Death Row Inmate
At the heart of the Easter story is a substitution. Jesus dies in our place. In the face of Barabbas we see ourselves. Our chains are gone, we are set free.
Anchor Church CityEncounters with a King // A Donkey
As Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday he receives a victorious, celebratory reception from the crowds. But what kind of victory does Jesus bring? What kind…
Anchor Church CityEncounters with a King // The Apprentices
What does 'greatness' look like? Jesus tells us that the way up is down! This is his counter-cultural manifesto for incarnational, embodied service!
Anchor Church CityEncounters with a King // A Rich Man
Jesus flips the cultural script about where we find our worth and value. He doesn't want us hedging our bets but living in fullness, withholding nothing from…
Anchor Church CityEncounters with a King // The Angry Cousin
Even the greatest doubted! How do we navigate seasons of doubt and come out with a stronger faith?
Anchor Church CityEncounters with a King // A Confused Pastor
Come on a journey as a curious but confused rabbi encounters Jesus and have his soul quickened and life transformed!
Anchor Church CityEncounters with a King // A Hungry Crowd
As Jesus feeds a hungry crowd in John 6:1–15, we're confronted with our own experience of hunger and desire. Where can we find "bread that lasts"? Where can we…
Anchor Church CityEncounters with a King // A Paralytic
As a paralysed man encounters Jesus, why is it that Jesus would initially overlook the man's obvious need? Jesus responds to risky faith in a surprising way.
Anchor Church CityWinning at Happiness
Happiness is elusive. We think "If I just had this, then I'd be happy". Jesus offers us a path to human happiness that doesn't depend on getting more, but…
Anchor Church CityWinning at Personal Growth
Growing in your faith is not automatic, it requires effort and intention. What part do I play, and what part does God in our spiritual growth?
Anchor Church CityWinning at Relationships
Relationships are at the heart of what it means to be human! In this message, James Wong shares two essential, practical principles that we should incorporate…
Anchor Church CityWinning at Finances
Money makes a terrible master, but a good servant. As we live with Jesus as our Master, the principle of stewardship has the potential to revolutionise our…
Anchor Church CityWinning at Emotional Health
Our generation is more aware of the brokenness in the world and within ourselves than ever before, leaving us overwhelmed and emotionally fractured. Jesus…
Anchor Church CityThe Mess of the First Christmas
We're used to the photoshopped version of nativity scenes at Christmas. The reality is the first Christmas was a mess. Find out how God was and is at work in a…
Anchor Church CityThe Day of the Lord
Whatever you wait for will give shape to your life. In a year of acute despair, how does waiting for Jesus's return make us into a people of hope and faith?
Anchor Church CityLearning to Wait for God
More important than what God can do for you to end your waiting is what God is doing in you while you’re waiting. And this is what Advent is all about … about…
Anchor Church CityWaiting for the Kingdom
Advent helps us enter into the drama of history, waiting for God’s kingdom to bring a better world.
Anchor Church CityCelebration Sunday
The Psalms take us on a journey from lament to praise. Psalm 150 climaxes in a rowdy, raucous and holy noise of praise! It reminds us that God is worthy of our…
Anchor Church CitySelah // Psalm 139
We all desire to be known. But how can we feel safe to be real about our inner darkness?
Anchor Church CitySelah // Psalm 73
Envy is a distorted interpretation of what is. It robs us of our joy. How do we have a perspective shift away from envying this world to desiring God above all…
Anchor Church CitySelah // Psalm 51
Psalm 51 confronts us with the dark reality of sin and guilt. As David confesses to God, we're left with the question: How can I experience cleansing from sin?
Anchor Church CitySelah // Psalm 42
What do we do when we feel spiritually dry and drowning under life waves? Psalm 42 is an honest and determined cry to experience more of God.
Anchor Church CitySelah // Psalm 23
Who can I trust to lead and care for me? We get a compelling vision of the contentment and wholeness that comes with a life led by God. A God that isn't just…
Anchor Church CitySelah // Psalm 19
In this Psalm, David marvels at how creation reveals the glory of God, praises the Word of God as life-giving and valuable, and calls upon God to Redeem him…
Anchor Church CitySelah // Psalm 8
If you were asked: 'what is a human being?' how would you answer? There are a million and one ways to think about or to explore the complexity of the human…
Anchor Church CitySelah // Psalm 1
The blessed, happy and fulfilled life is one that has God's word as it source and check's its circle of influence.
Anchor Church CityCompassion Sunday 2020
As we celebrate Compassion Sunday, Brad Konemann teaches us about God's heart for the poor, and how Jesus brings justice to the oppressed.
Anchor Church CityWayward // The Household of God
The church is a family to belong to, not an event to attend. Originally presented on June 17, 2018.
Anchor Church CityWayward // God Is Not Hiring
God is not hiring employees, he's adopting children! Originally presented on June 10, 2018.
Anchor Church CityWayward // The Reckless Love of God
In his famous parable of the Prodigal Son, Jesus reveals the heart of God—full of compassion and love for his lost and wayward children. Originally presented…
Anchor Church CityDeconstructing God // What To Do When The Church Fails You
James Wong closes out our series Deconstructing God with a message on what to do when you encounter hypocrisy and brokenness in the church.