Latest Parramatta Podcast Episodes
The Importance Of Unity - Unstoppable #5
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - July 10, 2022 10:30Acts 4:36-5:11. Susan Moore continues our Acts series by considering unity and the threats that come against it. We see a budding community of believers that cared deeply for one another, and that unity being threatened by pride and dishonesty. The challenge for us in our day is be sure of what m...
Taking The Opportunities - Unstoppable #4
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - July 03, 2022 10:30Acts 4. Ps Hilary Williams continues our Unstoppable series looking at Acts 4. We find Peter and John on trial for healing in Jesus' name - and their emboldened response. We may not have the exact situation as in Acts 4, but like Peter - the opportunities to share Christ's love are before us. Eve...
His Last Words
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - June 29, 2022 10:30Luke 24:36-49. Hitting pause on our Unstoppable series, Andrew Mihaleff takes a look at the lead up to Acts 1, from Luke 24. Jesus' final words remind us that He was always the plan, His death and resurrection was always God's way for our redemption. He calls us to respond by living our lives for...
Through Christ, For Christ - Unstoppable #3
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - June 19, 2022 10:30Acts 3. Anoj Joseph continues our series on Acts looking at the healing of the cripple at the Gate Beautiful. As Peter was quick to point out, this was not by his doing, but by the power of the Holy Spirit, for the glory of Christ. Like the cripple, we must be open for Jesus to meet our deepest n...
A New Era - Unstoppable #2
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - June 12, 2022 10:30Acts 2. Ps Hilary Williams continues our series on Acts, looking at the day of Pentecost. This day marks the turning point for God's people - His church is born! God's very presence comes upon a church which serves as a reminder that God no longer just gives His spirit to the elite or the corpora...
Introduction to Acts - Unstoppable #1
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - June 05, 2022 10:30Acts 1. On Pentecost Sunday, Ps Hilary Williams kicks off our new series on the book of Acts. A book that poses many challenges to us, we should see Acts as assurance of how the Holy Spirit empowers His people. In Acts 1, we observe Jesus laying the groundwork for His church. One lesson we would ...
I Will Give You Rest - Promises Jesus Made #13
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - May 29, 2022 10:30Matthew 11:28-29. Ps Christian Kahnt wraps up our series on Jesus' promises with this well-known passage. Religion gives us rules; self-help gives us programs - but Christ invites us to Himself, and His rest. The invitation is not for those who have it together, but for those who are needy and ti...
I Will Be With You - Promises Jesus Made #12
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - May 22, 2022 10:30Matthew 28:18-20. Dharsh Williams continues our series on Jesus' promises looking at His last words in Matthew's gospel. Our Saviour promises to be with us in the context of the Great Commission. As His disciples, and in us going out to reach people for His kingdom - while ever we are on mission,...
To Those Prepared To Let Go - Promises Jesus Made #11
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - May 15, 2022 10:30Luke 9:18-26. Andrew Mihaleff continues our series on the promises of Jesus. We are promised here that our lives can and will be saved through Christ. Although this has the appearance of a command, Jesus is really telling us that those who are truly His, will be obedient to the point of surrender...
I Will Come In And Eat With Him - Promises Jesus Made #10
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - May 08, 2022 10:30Revelation 3:14-22. Ps Hilary Williams continues our promises series by considering Jesus' famous words to Laodicea. This church had a false sense of itself; the "Faithful and True Witness" tells them that they have compromised and become ineffective. Yet in the context of required discipline, we...
Living Waters - Promises Jesus Made #9
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - May 01, 2022 10:30John 4:1-30. Anoj Joseph continues our series on Jesus' promises by looking at the promise of living water. Meeting the Samaritan woman at the well, we see that Jesus can offer something more than meeting physical thirst. We look to satiate our souls with relationships, prestige or material thing...
His Prevailing Church - Promises Jesus Made #8
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - April 24, 2022 10:30Matthew 16: 13-20. Ps Hilary Williams continues our series on Jesus' promises by sharing this timely word. Our Saviour promises that His church would be built and prevail against the gates of Hades. This is not to say that challenges and attack will not come, but rather Jesus will preserve His ch...
I Am The Resurrection - Promises Jesus Made #7
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - April 17, 2022 10:30On Resurrection Sunday, Ps Hilary Williams continues our series by considering Jesus' promise of eternal life. Many faiths claim there is life beyond the grave, but Christ stand alone. It is He alone that provides a way by His own death -and His work is confirmed forever by an empty grave! We can...
Forgiven - Promises Jesus Made #6
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - April 15, 2022 10:30Luke 23:39-43. On Good Friday, Ps Hilary Williams continues our series looking at one of Jesus' final words. While He was goaded to come down from the cross, the fact Christ did not is the best news for us! The penitent thief, crying out to the Saviour, receives this incredible promise from Jesus...
God Will Not Forget You - Promises Jesus Made #5
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - April 10, 2022 10:30Matthew 1:1-17. As we turn the corner to Passion Week, Josh Lau shares a timely word on the coming of Jesus. Like many in this list in Matthew, we might feel like God has forgotten us. There are stories of triumph and tragedy which we might miss, and they could not see the end from the beginning....
Greater Things - Promises Jesus Made #4
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - April 03, 2022 10:30John 14:12-14. Ps Hilary Williams continues our series on Jesus' promises, by looking at one of Christ's final words before the cross. This promise - that we might do "greater things than these" - is often misapplied to simply be saying that Jesus is focused on the spectacular. While we should in...
God Knows What We Need - Promises Jesus Made #3
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - March 27, 2022 10:30Matthew 6:25-34. Ps Chris Smith continues our series looking at Jesus' charge not to worry. In the midst of our chaos, we can lose heart and hope. Jesus reminds us that He will look after and provide for us, because we are valuable to Him. Knowing this, our Saviour invites us to seek Him first. W...
The Promise of The Holy Spirit - Promises Jesus Made #2
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - March 20, 2022 10:30John 14:15-17. Rohan Arudselvam continues our series on the promises Jesus made. This time, we find ourselves in one of Jesus' final discourses, when He promises the Holy Spirit. The promise unfolds in other scriptures that we would be sealed, restored and gifted - all through the power of the Sp...
The Second Coming - Promises Jesus Made #1
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - March 13, 2022 10:30Revelation 22. Anoj Joseph starts our new series by considering Jesus' promised return. The triumphs and tragedies of this life can leave us feeling this is all there is. The return of Christ and our ultimate union with Him is the antidote to being earthbound. When we see eternity in its proper f...
Guard Your Heart - New Year's Attitudes #9
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - March 06, 2022 10:30Deuteronomy 6:10-19. Ps Hilary Williams concludes our Attitudes series by looking at guarding our hearts. This message begins with a refresher of our vision and why we value transformation. Following that, we consider that the gods of this age - power, autonomy, comfort - continue to bombard us. ...
Love - New Year's Attitudes #8
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - February 27, 2022 10:30Deuteronomy 6:1-9. Ps Hilary Williams begins a two-part conclusion to our Attitudes series by looking at love. Our culture defines love as pure freedom, but this is not a Biblical concept. Over and over again, God defines love as a delight in God that is devoted and obedient. If ever we wonder wh...
Confidence - New Year's Attitudes #7
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - February 20, 2022 10:30Susan Moore continues our New Year's Attitudes series by looking at confidence. While God commands holiness in his presence, we must remind ourselves that through Jesus, we can boldly approach Him. Condemnation is replaced with the mercy of Christ. While we often gloss over this, we need to recog...
Peace - New Year's Attitudes #6
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - February 13, 2022 10:30Ps Hilary Williams continues our series on New Year's Attitudes by looking at peace. The world tends to think peace is peaceful circumstances, when the reality is God's peace sustains us regardless of circumstances. As with all these attitudes, the key for us is not pursuing peace as an end, but ...
Contentment - New Year's Attitudes #5
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - February 06, 2022 10:30Philippians 4:10-13. Anoj Joseph continues our New Year's Attitudes series with a look at contentment. We often confuse contentment with asceticism or a bunch of "dos and don'ts". Perhaps the reason is because of this world's gravitational pull of discontent. True contentment begins from within, ...
Humility - New Year's Attitudes #4
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - January 30, 2022 10:30Ps Hilary Williams continues our New Year's Attitudes series by considering humility. In a day when we are told to have pride in ourselves, we must remind ourselves that pride is the root of all sin. Humility rightly recognises His greatness and power. We need this humility to accept and embrace ...
Hope - New Year's Attitudes #3
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - January 23, 2022 10:30Dharsh Williams continues our New Year's Attitudes by looking at hope. Rather than blind optimism, hope is faith looking forward to what God has promised. Hope in God requires us to die to self so that we can walk in the way God has ordained for us, and ultimately see our hope fulfilled. Because ...
Joy - New Year's Attitudes #2
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - January 16, 2022 10:30Andrew Mihaleff continues our New Year's Attitudes series with a study on joy. While the world is wired to pursue pleasure, joy is a state of being that springs from right relationship with God. This joy is often elusive for Christians because we have failed to treasure the gospel. When we pursu...
Fear - New Year's Attitudes #1
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - January 09, 2022 10:30Ps Hilary Williams kicks off 2022 looking at New Year's Attitudes. Rather than certain resolutions we strive for, we pray this series might cause us to cultivate these attitudes by the shaping of God's Word and by the Holy Spirit. We begin by considering the fear of the Lord - which may sound str...
Wonder - Love Came Down #3
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - December 19, 2021 10:30Luke 2:8-20. Anoj Joseph continues our Advent series looking at the night of Jesus' birth. We see the shepherds left in awe - first by the angels proclaiming the Messiah has come, followed by meeting Jesus Himself. We often miss the wonder of Christmas because we miss the details - but the shephe...
Worship - Love Came Down #2
Parramatta Christian Church Podcast - December 12, 2021 10:30Matthew 2:1-12. Ps Hilary Williams continues our Advent series by comparing the Magi and Herod. While the "king" was but a few kilometres away from Bethlehem, the Magi travelled for months to worship Jesus. Christmas can lead us to identify with the complacent, arrogant king rather than the curio...