On Easter Sunday, Alan reiterates the opportunity for renewed, enriched fellowship with Jesus, looking toward the renewal of all things.

On Palm Sunday, Jon speaks on the three betrayals in Mark 14, proposing that all people are betrayers.

Jon concludes from what we've seen in Mark so far that faith itself is a miraculous transition from blindness to sight, and one requiring no less divine intervention than the literal conversion from lack of sight to vision.

Jon discovers where experience should be "plugged in" to faith based on the Disciples and Pharisees approach to signs.

Alan unpacks Jesus' conversations regarding the real origin of Spiritual uncleanness and the one source of spiritual cleansing.

Bishop Rob Forsyth attending again for the confirmation service at 7PM, ponders what it is about children that makes it easy for them to enter the kingdom of God.

Jon speaks about Mark's flashback to when Herod killed John the Baptist in order to preserve his lifestyle despite his interest in John's criticism of his morality.

Alan preaches on the passage where two people with very different social standing depend on Jesus at times of crisis in their lives.

Alan speaks on the moment when Jesus casts out the demons called Legion in demonstration of his power to rescue people from evil.

The Disciples are challenged about who they believe Jesus is and whether they can trust him when their boat is caught in the storm. Alan challenges whether you know who Jesus really is.

Jon speaks on the parable of the sower. It matters how you listen because God speaks in words, how you listen affects how much you understand and good listening is always fruitful. 

Continuing the series on Mark, Jon preaches that the way we explain Jesus is central to our response to Him and has relational consequences when we hear the call to follow Him.

Jon speaks on the paradigm shift that Jesus presents to the Pharisees when he provides for God's people independently of the Law.

Alan reports that Jesus has not come to call the righteous, but sinners into the kingdom. The lure of respectability is the great enemy of grace.

Alan preaches on the very familiar incident when Jesus heals the lame man, lowered through the roof.

Alan challenges whether you have your own personal version of Jesus.

Alan commences his preaching ministry at St James at the beginning of Mark's Gospel.

On Easter Sunday, Colin speaks on Mark's record of the resurrection at a combined evening service.

Larry visits from Greenacre to speak on the passage in Mark where Jesus looks toward the suffering that he will face on the cross, and prays that though he doesn't want to do it, he will obey the Father's will. Larry indicates that if we are to truly follow Christ, our whole lives will be our ministry and in this we will do hard things that we don't want to for the benefit of others.

(Note that this recording contains a fairly explicit description of the torture of Jesus)

Barry speaks on Peter's denial of Christ, and applies his experience to our proclamation of Christ in a world that hates Him. Peter failed because he was afraid, confused about Jesus' identity and didn't pray. However, Christ expects us to be faithful to the point of death, to be confident we must have a strong conviction that Jesus is God and died for our sins and we need to pray so that we can witness powerfully.

(This sermon is from the series being preached on Mark at The Good Shepherd Anglican Church at Greenacre)

Follow this link for the sermon that Barry preached on the Theology of Dating at the 7PM service this week.