Anchor South West

If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready.

Peter calls Christians to always be prepared to give an account for the hope that is within us. While this has spawned many an apologetics ministry - Peter's call is far more defensive than offensive. His main concern is that we live such good lives amongst people of other or no religions that they would be compelled to ask us about the hope we have within us.

Listen in as Pastor Arnaldo dives into 1 Peter 3:8-22 and calls us to always be ready.

We pray this was a blessing to you and hope to see you at one of our Gatherings soon.

Peter, in his letter to the church, calls followers of Jesus to live lives of gospel beauty, but what does this look like?

This week, Pastor James opens up 1 Peter 2:11-3:7 to show that lives of gospel beauty are lives living out bold submission.

One of the most profound shifts you can make in your Scripture reading is moving from reading every "You" in the Bible as singular to reading it as collective. It's often the case that Scripture is addressing a whole group of people at once and this can dramatically change the way we understand Scripture.

This week, our Pastor Arnaldo will take us through one of the most explosive verses in all of Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9 - we've been saved to be sent.

We pray this teaching was helpful to you and hope to see you at the Gathering soon.

"Be holy, as I am Holy" sounds daunting. Is it even possible? What is holiness and how can we pursue it for the sake of the world?

This week Pastor Arnaldo will walk us through what holiness is, why it's vitally important, and how we get it.

We pray this teaching was a blessing to you and hope to see you at one of our Gatherings soon.

The church exists to set up in the world a new sign which is radically dissimilar to the world’s own manner and which contradicts it in a way that is full of promise. Karl Barth

The only way we can become the disciples this world needs is by embracing tension. The tension of being rejected by the world, but chosen by God; the tension of experiencing trials that grieve us and the experiencing the joy of our salvation; the tension of the great suffering and subsequent glories of Jesus.

If we're going to live out a scandalous witness to this world we must embrace these tensions.

We pray this teaching was helpful for you and hope to see you at one of our Gatherings soon.

08/10/23

The story of faith is one full of complexity. This week, Pastor Arnaldo will walk us through Asaph's journey with God in Psalm 73. Asaph moves from being safely orientated with God and faith into the liminal space of disorientation where his theology and experience don't seem to match up. As he continues to stay tethered to God and community he finds himself with a much truer and deeper faith on the other side of his deconstruction. We pray this teaching was helpful and hope to see you at one of our Sunday gatherings soon.

Join us this week as we hear from guest speaker Gavin Mork as he shares with us where true happiness can be found.

We pray this teaching was a blessing to you and hope to see you at our Gathering soon.

What's love got to do with freedom, with justice? Apparently, everything!

Cornel West said that we must remember that justice is what love looks like in public.

The good news of Jesus propels us to give of our time, talent, and treasure to those that may find themselves in a less fortunate state. The gospel is not an enemy to justice but the place where justice and mercy meet. Join us as Pastor Arnaldo highlights our relationship with IJM this Freedom Sunday as we discover that the God of Justice seeks to form a people of justice for the good of the world and for his namesake.

We pray this teaching was a blessing to you and hope to see you at our Gathering soon.

You hear the statistic that about 50% of marriages end in divorce everywhere; while the actual number in Australia rests at about 40% of first marriages, the state of marriage in our world and in the church is in trouble.

This week, our Lead Pastor Arnaldo will take a look at the topic of marriage - what it is, what it's for, and how to pursue and maintain a life-long union. He's take us on a journey to help us realise that if we want to pursue, build, and maintain healthy marriages we need to be aware of:

- The Goodness of Marriage

- The Danger of Marriage

- The Struggle of Marriage

We hope and pray that this teaching was helpful for you and hope to see you at one of our Sunday Gatherings.

Join us as Pastor Arnaldo looks to 1 Corinthians to help us explore the realities of singleness. For many of us the topic can bring up disappointment, or even shame. We pray that as we look at God's design for singleness you will be encouraged and equipped to live out of the love of God in Christ.

We pray this teaching is a blessing to you and hope to see you at the Gathering soon.