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Community is something we all need, and yet as so many people have observed, we are increasingly struggling to get it. How do we find a way to live with each other? And where does community fit into a spiritually fulfilling life? In this sermon, Phil looks at Paul's letter to the Galatians churches and argues that the life of the Holy Spirit only h…

"I'm free to do what I want any old time" sang Mick Jagger. Ok Mick, what do you want? And is it what you really need? How do you know? In this sermon, Phil explores what the gospel has to say about how to live free.Por Christ Church Hawker

Chill. It's that attitude that says, it's all good, I don't mind, do whatever you like. Chill seems to be a way to avoid fights and avoid being a jerk. But it's also a way to avoid real relationships and it's a terrible substitute for love. In this sermon, Phil considers how love requires us to give up being chill and instead have an opinion, embra…

Dr Amy Erickson from St Mark's National Theological Centre explores what Jesus has to say about the nature of true freedom. Amy drew from the lectionary passages of Numbers 11.4-29, Psalm 78:17-31, James 5.12-20 and Mark 9.38-50Por Christ Church Hawker

Living a life of freedom, where you are forced to trust God for your sense of self, your worth, and your future can be exhilarating. Like that first time riding a bike without training wheels, it's a rush. But, if you're not familiar with that feeling, you instinctively hit the brakes and put your feet out. Sometimes, people come along and offer us…

Every single day there are thousands of voices telling us who we are, what we are for, what to do, and where to go. In such a cacophony it can be hard to figure out who we really are. Is there some way to mute all these voices? And what might Jesus have to say about it all? In this sermon, Phil explores how in the gospel, God speaks to us with an i…

Have you ever received one of those URGENT!!!! emails? If Galatians were written today, it may well have had all the punctuation!!, ALL-CAPS, bolding, and underlining of this kind of email. But why? What is the problem? Why is the apostle Paul so worked up? In this message, Laura gets to the root of the issue: to change the gospel is to end up with…

Ever had a brain explosion? A moment where what's in your head just didn't make it to the rest of your body? Sometimes, what we claim to know about Jesus doesn't make it out of our heads and that can lead to us doing things that send a very different message to the one we believe. In this message, Phil takes us through the second half of Galatians …

We all want to change things about ourselves. Our habits, our negative emotions, and behaviours we realise are hurting us and others. But how? If you've been trying for a while and getting nowhere, it's easy to feel stuck. For people who love Jesus, that feeling can be mixed with anxiety, or even doubt - "I thought the Holy Spirit was supposed to w…

The world is constantly changing. Technology is constantly speeding up the pace of life. The way we live today would've been unimaginable to people just a few generations ago. Given the huge changes that many of us have seen in our lifetimes, why would the spiritual reflections of people living 2000 years ago have any use or meaning for us today? C…