Merri Creek Anglican

Beck explains how Jesus is no ordinary man or Rabbi. This sermon shows how Jesus has a unique kind of authority that comes from God.

This sermon is about one of the unsung heroes of the Christmas story: Anna the prophetess. In this sermon Peter talks about why she was included by Luke in the narrative, and what it means for us today.

Jesus was born from an unimpressive people in humble circumstances. See how this is important in our understanding of the Christmas story.

This talk discusses the good news that that if you have put your faith in Jesus, God has sent his Holy Spirit to you, filled you, and set you free. You are no longer condemned by God for your sin. And you can call God father.

The law is good, and spiritual, yet it functions as a catalyst for sin. See how Paul looks back on his old life under the law, struggling with sin.

Peter teaches on Paul's illustration from marriage for why Christians are no longer bound by the law. Instead, we live in the new way of Spirit.

Mick Pope tells us how being with Jesus saves us from being tangled in sin.

Mick Pope tells us why it's better to be on team Jesus rather than team Adam.

Richard returns to the Romans series and teaches us about the extraordinary power of God's grace and the kind of hope we can have as a result.

Forbearance is not exactly forgiveness – but it's related – and it's much more than tolerance. It comes out of a desire for a flourishing community. See how to cultivate forbearance and grow in Christlikeness.

C.S. Lewis writes in the Four Loves, "To the ancients, friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves; the crown of life and the school of virtue. The modern world, in comparison, ignores it." Here theologian and author Wes Hill talks about how friendship is, in fact, important in Christian discipleship. Jesus was, not just the Saviour of the world, but also a great friend to a few people. What does that mean for us?

Restraint is an unfashionable Christian virtue. But how do we know how to be restrained? Why is restraint a Christian virtue? How is restraint different from being stingy?

[Peter Carolane] Unfashionable Christian Virtues: Steadfastness (Luke 9:51-62;Prov 4:18-27) 19.08.18 by Merri Creek Anglican

The person who speaks frankly will – in the end – gain more favour than the person who speaks flattery - so the proverb goes. In this sermon, Peter begins a series on unfashionable Christian Virtues (based on the series of a similar name from the ABC Radio National program The Minefield with Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens). This week is focused on Frankness - and we look at Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well.

Paul looks at Abraham to show us that faith alone is enough for our salvation, and it has always been the case - look at Abraham!

After about two chapters of heavy explanation from Paul about human sin and the need for a solution – we learn about what God has done in providing salvation through faith in Jesus.

Beck talks talks more about the despearate need we all have - even if we think we are 'religious' -

This is the beginning of Paul's letter to the Romans. Here he writes about the gospel that he wants them to know, which he is not ashamed of. What does it mean for us to not be ashamed of the gospel?

This is the end of Exodus but it is the beginning of forever. God spirit descends on the newly built Tabernacle and it marks a new era for Israel where God will be with journey with them to the promised land.

One of the benefits of Having the Holy Spirit living inside of us is that He gives us spiritual gifts with which to serve the wider church and community. Find out about what this means for you.