Lutheran - St. Paul's Sydney Podcast
286 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 19 hours ago -St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Sydney, Australia.A regular podcast from Pastor Richard Schwedes and guests at St Paul's Sydney Lutheran Church, Australia. www.sydney.lutheran.org.au
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Sermon: 21 November 2021 - King Jesus - using power for good
November 21, 2021 02:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBThis week we come to the end of the church year, where we explore what it means for Jesus to be our king, with power, that He uses not for His benefit but for ours. As disciples of Jesus this is also an encouragement for us to be people who use the power we have to connect people to Jesus our loving king Support the Show.
Sermon: 14 November 2021 - Persevering Faith
November 14, 2021 03:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBLife can be challenging in many ways. Sometimes these challenges, also present challenges to our faith in God. Our focus this week from Hebrews reminds us that God gives us a long lasting faith and encourages us to tap into this faith by not giving up meeting together (see Hebrews 10:23-25). So this week we will explore what it means for us to have a persevering faith. Support the Show.
Sermon: 7 November 2021 - All Saints Sunday - Together we have a future
November 07, 2021 03:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBAs I think about my life, there have been many people who have encouraged me to know Jesus. Not all of these people would the world look at as saints, they not all of them were overly attractive, some were pretty rough but in God's eyes they are saints. They are saints because they helped me and others connect to Jesus. Who are some of the saints in your life? Support the Show.
Sermon: 31 October 2021 - The Grace Way - God calls us to a new way
October 31, 2021 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week in celebrating the Reformation there is a strong reminder that God is calling us to a new way of living, a Gospel shaped way of living. This week we will explore how that leads into living in God's grace and with a purpose of sharing God's grace to all we encounter. Support the Show.
Sermon: 24 October 2021 - The Grace Way - God’s focus for us
October 23, 2021 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBThere are many thoughts about what church should look like and be, this week in our worship series - The Grace Way, we explore the focus God gives us as His church. Support the Show.
Sermon: 17 October 2021 - The Grace Way - God’s focus for us
October 23, 2021 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBThere are many thoughts about what church should look like and be, this week in our worship series - The Grace Way, we explore the focus God gives us as His church. Support the show (https://donation.lca.org.au/project?id=P35241)
Sermon: 17 October 2021 - The Grace Way - God speaks life to us
October 16, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBThis week in our worship series - The Grace Way, we explore how God speaks life to us through His living Word. Support the Show.
Sermon: 10 October 2021 - The Grace Way - God comes to us
October 09, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week we commence a new worship series - The Grace Way, exploring some of the foundational matters on what it means to be a Christian. We begin with a focus on exploring what it means for our relationship with God to be based on God coming to us. Support the Show.
Sermon : 3 October 2021 - Covid, God and Life: Living in Change
October 03, 2021 00:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBThis week continue our worship series Covid, God and Life, with a focus on living in change. Support the Show.
Sermon : 26 September 2021 - Covid, God and Life: Living loving God and loving others
September 25, 2021 23:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBThis week continue our worship series Covid, God and Life: Living loving God and loving others, exploring how our Christian life influences how we respond to the situations we face as a result of Covid. Support the Show.
Sermon : 19 September 2021 - Covid, God and Life: Hope amongst fear
September 18, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBAt times it is easy to lose hope, particularly when life is not going according to plan or you are surrounded by constant problems. In our worship this week, as part of our worship series; God, covid and life, we explore what it means to live with hope amongst the fears. Now this could be fear we have or fears others have. Support the Show.
Sermon : 12 September 2021 - Covid, God and Life: Lamenting
September 11, 2021 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBThis we return to our worship series Covid, God and Life, discovering Lamenting well, influenced by Psalm 13. Support the Show.
Sermon : 5 September 2021 - Father’s Day – God the Father
September 04, 2021 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBThis week we celebrate Father's Day, by focussing on a discussion Jesus the Son has with His (and our) Father, in John 17 and what this discussion means for us. Support the Show.
Sermon : 29 August 2021 - Covid & Life: God, GOD!!!
August 28, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBThis week we begin a new worship series; Covid, God and Life. This week we explore what we can learn about living in this season of Covid, by focussing on God. Support the Show.
Sermon : 22 August 2021 - Being united – prepared for trouble
August 21, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBA constant theme throughout the New Testament is that Christians encounter difficulties, challenges and trouble because of their faith. This week we explore Ephesians 6:10-20 to explore what God gives us so we can respond well to these situations. Support the Show.
Sermon : 15 August 2021 - Being united – thanking God
August 14, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBThroughout the scriptures people are constantly being thankful, not just because they have received something, not just in good times and not just when they feel like it. As God's people we are encouraged to develop and grow into a posture of thankfulness, which is our focus this week flowing from Ephesians 5:15-20. Support the Show.
Sermon : 8 August 2021 - Being united – influenced by Jesus
August 07, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBOne of the challenges we face during times of lockdown and increased Covid transmission is that we can be tempted or encouraged to respond in judgemental, fearful and ungraceful ways. In our worship this week we will explore what it means to be United by being influenced by Jesus, based on Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Support the Show.
Sermon : 1 August 2021 - Being united – Growing Together
July 31, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBIn this week's worship, we continue learning from the book of Ephesians (Ephesians 4:1-16), as God through St Paul encourages the Ephesians and us to be united by growing together. Support the Show.
Sermon : 25 July 2021 - Being united where God is working
July 24, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBIn this week's worship, we continue learning from the book of Ephesians (Ephesians 3:14-21), as God through St Paul encourages the Ephesians and us to be united by focussing on the work He is doing for us and through us. Support the Show.
Sermon : 18 July 2021 - Being united in the presence of God
July 17, 2021 06:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBIn this week's worship we continue learning from the book of Ephesians (Ephesians 2:11-22), as God through St Paul encourages the Ephesians to see how He is uniting them to be in His presence but not only this that He is then calling them (and us) to be His presence wherever we go. Support the Show.
Sermon: 11 July 2021 - Being united by Jesus
July 11, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBThis week we also begin a new worship series - Being United, based on our lectionary readings from Ephesians. Our focus this week is Being United by Jesus. Support the Show.
Sermon: 4 July 2021 - Why we live relying on grace
July 04, 2021 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBGrace is foundational for our lives as Christians and this week's worship we are exploring Why we live.....relying on God's grace, based on 2 Corinthians 12:2-13. Support the Show.
Sermon: 27 June 2021 - Why we live not to give up giving
June 29, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes - 7.97 MBThis week we continue our worship series Why we live.....exploring why we live never giving up giving, based on 2 Corinthians 8:7-15. Bishop Robert Bartholomaeus will be preaching and leading our service Support the Show.
Sermon: 20 June 2021 - Why we live for others
June 20, 2021 02:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBThis week we continue our worship series Why we live.....exploring why we live for others, based on 2 Corinthians 6:1-13. This week's reading reminds us that the relationship we have with Jesus is quite different to many of the relationship we have with other people, and it leads us to thinking and living differently. Support the Show.
Sermon: 13 June 2021 - Why we live driven by Jesus
June 13, 2021 03:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBThis week in our worship series we explore Why we live.....driven by Jesus. Based on 2 Corinthians 5:6-19 we will explore how the grace of Jesus affects how we live in this world, and how it leads us to being the people God calls us to be. Support the Show.
Sermon: 6 June 2021 - Why we live for the future and not today
June 06, 2021 03:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBThis week we begin a new worship series....Why we live. Our opening theme is Why we live focused on the future and not today, based on our reading from 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1. Support the Show.
Sermon: 30 May 2021 - Trinity Sunday: with God there is always more!!
May 30, 2021 03:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBThis week we celebrate Trinity Sunday, remembering that with God there is always more, more to discover, more to understand, more to grasp. Our focus this week will touch on our 3 readings, Isaiah 6:1-8, Romans 8:12-17 and John 3:1-17 Support the Show.
Sermon: 23 May 2021 - Pentecost Sunday: Spirit inspired Spirit led
May 23, 2021 03:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBThis week we celebrate Pentecost Sunday, focusing on how we are Spirit inspired and Spirit led, based on Acts 2:1-11. Support the Show.
Sermon: 16 May 2021 - Ascension Sunday: God’s mission continues
May 16, 2021 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBThis week we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus, based on Acts 1:1–11, exploring how Jesus Ascension reveals that God's mission continues on heaven and earth. Support the Show.
Sermon: 9 May 2021 - Easter 5: Easter gives life to love for all
May 09, 2021 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBAs Christians we talk a lot about love, and that is because as we heard last week in listening to 1 John 4, God is love. This week we explore how God's love and our love as His disciples is not a selective love, but a love for all people. Our focus will be shaped by Acts 10:44–48 and John 15:9–17. Support the Show.
Sermon: 2 May 2021 - Easter 4: Easter gives life to growth
May 02, 2021 03:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBWho we connect with is important. Our connections will affect who we are, what we can do, how we see life and even how we live. This week Jesus in the Gospel reading Jesus encourages us to remain connected to Him. We will explore how our connection with Jesus means that Easter gives life to growth, and what this growth looks like....our focus comes from John 15:1-8 and Acts 8:26-40. Support the Show.
Sermon: 25 April 2021 - Easter 3: Good Shepherd Sunday - Easter gives life to clarity
April 25, 2021 03:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBThis week we look forward to exploring with you how Easter gives life....with our focus on Easter gives life to clarity based on Acts 4:5–12 and John 10:11–18 Support the Show.
Sermon: 18 April 2021 - Easter 2: Easter gives life to restarting
April 18, 2021 03:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBThis week we look forward to exploring with you how Easter gives life....with our focus on Easter gives life to restarting....based on Acts 3:12-19. Support the Show.
Sermon: 11 April 2021 - Easter 1: Easter gives life to a Jesus focussed community
April 11, 2021 03:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBThe Easter saying - CHRIST IS RISEN, is a chorus that continues for the rest of our lives, and even at our earthly passing. It is the major message of Christianity, that because of Jesus we have hope and new life. This is our Easter season theme....Easter gives life, and this week our focus is Easter gives life to a Jesus focused community. Our main reading for this week is Acts 4:32-35 Support the Show.
Sermon 4 April - Easter Sunday - a witness to life
April 04, 2021 03:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBThis Sunday we celebrate Jesus conquest over death with a message based on Mark 16:1-16. Support the Show.
Sermon 2 April - Good Friday - The Last Words of Jesus
April 03, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 3.8 MBMessage for Good Friday - The Last Words of Jesus - based on Mark 15:1-32 Support the Show.
Sermon 1 April 2021 - Maundy Thurs - Easter Preparation
April 01, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.01 MBTonight we had a special message from visiting Pastor Christian Hohl of the German Lutheran Church Sydney. Support the show (https://donation.lca.org.au/project?id=P35241)
Sermon 1 April 2021 - Maundy Thurs - Easter Preparation
April 01, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.01 MBTonight we had a special message from visiting Pastor Christian Hohl of the German Lutheran Church Sydney. Support the Show.
Sermon: 28 March 2021 - Lent 6: Renewed by God's leading
March 28, 2021 23:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBThis week we continue our Lenten focus Renewed...exploring how we are Renewed by God's determined faithfulness based on Jeremiah 31:31-34 Support the Show.
Sermon: 21 March 2021 - Lent 5: Renewed by God's determined faithfulness
March 21, 2021 04:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThis week we continue our Lenten focus Renewed...exploring how we are Renewed by God's determined faithfulness based on Jeremiah 31:31-34 Support the Show.
Sermon: 14 March 2021 - Lent 4: Renewed by God's Rescuing
March 15, 2021 01:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBThis week's sermon is based on Numbers 21:4-9. Pastor Richard helps us explore how God renews our lives by his history of rescuing people, and how an ancient and weird story from the Old Testament, helps us see Jesus. Support the Show.
7 March 2021: 3nd. Sunday of Lent - Renewed by God’s Directions
March 07, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBThis week we continue our Lenten focus Renewed...exploring how we are Renewed by God's direction, looking more closely at the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20:1-17, Support the Show.
28 February 2021: 2nd. Sunday of Lent - Renewed by God’s blessings
February 28, 2021 03:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBThis week we continue our Lenten focus Renewed...exploring how we are Renewed by God's blessings as we have a closer look at Genesis 17:1-16, Support the Show.
21 February 2021: 1st. Sunday of Lent - Renewed by God’s promises
February 21, 2021 02:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBThis week we begin the season of Lent, a time of renewal and preparation for Easter. Our sermon series throughout Lent will focus on being renewed...this week we are looking at part of a well known story where God faithful promise to all creation, that he will no longer cause destruction by floods. In our worship we will explore why this promise is so significant for us, and how God's promises renew us. Our worship this week is Renewed by God's promises. Support the Show.
14 February 2021: 6th. Sunday after Epiphany - Transfiguration – Peeking at true glory
February 14, 2021 02:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBThis week is Transfiguration Sunday, where we will explore how through Jesus we get to have a peak at God's glory, and how God's glory then affects who we are and how we live. Support the Show.
7 February 2021: 5th. Sunday after Epiphany - The focus of Jesus - Many
February 07, 2021 02:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBThis week's focus from Mark 1:29-39 reveals a number of things about Jesus that are helpful for us, both as people loved by God and people called to be involved in revealing His love in the world. Jesus has care and concern for individuals, whilst at the same time he has care and concern for many people. This week in worship we will explore how God is caring for individuals in our life and caring for many people in the world. And why such care is often different to others who try to be c...
31 January 2021: 4th. Sunday after Epiphany - God’s power – destroys and restores
January 31, 2021 02:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThis week's focus from Mark 1:21-28 leads us to seeing how Jesus has significant power and authority that He uses to bring healing and restoration to people and His community. Support the Show.
24 January 2021: 3rd. Sunday after Epiphany - Following the Good News and not the bad
January 24, 2021 02:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBOn a number of occasions this week I was confronted with news about someone or something that was not so good, but as I engaged further with the situation I also saw and heard some good news....in our Gospel reading for this week that is the situation the disciples are facing. John the Baptist has been arrested because of his actions and words in trying to point people to Jesus, if his arrest was the only thing people saw or heard about then they would have some concerns about following Je...
17 January 2021: 2nd. Sunday after Epiphany - The focus for your life
January 17, 2021 02:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBHave you ever thought about what your life would look like if Jesus was the shaper and influencer of your entire life? Well this week we are exploring how Jesus' call to us to follow Him, leads us to a different life which is far better than we could imagine, influenced by John 1:43-51. Support the Show.
10 January 2021: 1st. Sunday after Epiphany - Jesus Baptism
January 10, 2021 02:00 - 11 minutes - 8.2 MBThis week in worship we explore how the baptism of Jesus affects our lives as Christians, through the eyes of John the Baptist. Support the Show.