Anchor South West

How many times have you heard this? It's not necessarily a bad thing, and can actually be a really good and healthy thing to do. But growing up also comes with some dangers. In our growing up, we can be tempted to believe the lie that we must earn everything we get. But the Kingdom of God doesn't work this way.

This week we hit pause on our Relationship Series 2023 to explore the paradox of the kingdom; i.e., that in order to receive the kingdom of God, we must first become like little children. Join us as Pastor Arnaldo guides us through Mark 10:13-16.

We pray this teaching was a blessing and hope to see you at our Gathering at 10am Sundays in Panania.

What does it mean to be a true friend?

In this first instalment of our 'Relationship' series, Pastor James shares what the Bible says about friendship. Through the wisdom of Proverbs and the example of Jesus, we see what a true friend is and how Jesus' life, death, resurrection and future return shapes what it means to be a true friend to those around us.

What is the book of Job really about?

While suffering usually takes centre stage when we think about the book of Job - suffering sets the scene for the real question the book is seeking to answer: Do we worship God because he blesses us or do we love God for God's sake?

Join us as Pastor Arnaldo closes out our series through the book of Job. We pray this teaching is a blessing and hope to see you at one of our Gatherings soon.

In our pain and suffering, we've often cried out: "Why me?!" In some of our most honest moments we've doubted the goodness and wisdom of God.

"Why would God allow ... that to happen...?" And more often than not, unless we understand the reason by pain comes into our lives, we can't see how it could ever serve a purpose.

We protest and ask God to give an account for his ways.

This week, Job will be granted that wish - he will be granted an audience. While Job had a litany of questions ready to ask God, it was God that put Job back on his heels and helped him to realise the most important lesson: God is God - Job is not.

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

We don't really have the choice of whether or not we will suffer in this life; it's going to happen.

We do, however, choose how we walk through the furnace of affliction. What do we need to know, be, and do if we're going to walk with God through suffering? How can we make it to the other side?

Join us as Pastor Arnaldo walks through Job's defence and how we're called to walk through our own valley.

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

At one point or another we've either given or received platitudes or cliches in the midst of suffering. This serves no one well.

This week we'll encounter Job's friends vigorously defending the retribution principle - the idea that what you put in is what you get out as a strict measure of running the world. Job will end up calling them "miserable comforters". So join us this week as Pastor Arnaldo walks us through the arguments of Job's friends and how we can become generous comforters to those in the furnace of affliction.

Join us as Pastor Arnaldo starts a new series on the book of Job.Job is one of the most fascinating pieces of literature. Ancient, it speaks to the modern dilemma of suffering. We'll learn that ultimately, suffering is a deep mystery that the book of Job doesn't so much answer; but a guide to faithfully wrestling with the inevitable suffering that we'll all experience.

We hope you've enjoyed this teaching and look forward to having you at one of our Gatherings.

God's mission is unstoppable and unhurried.

Join us as Pastor Arnaldo delves into a topic that sits close to the heart of who we are as a church. We believe that one day the knowledge of the glory of God will cover the face of the earth and God calls us to partner with him to bring about the renewal of all things. We pray this teaching was a blessing to you and hope to see you at our Gathering on Sunday.

If you want to understand your life and the world, Genesis 3 is absolutely essential. Our Lead Pastor Arnaldo will explore the way Adam & Eve's fall under the Power of Sin has affected and infected our bodies, our gender, and our spirituality. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out via our social media pages.

We pray you've found this teaching helpful and hope to see you at our Gathering soon.

One of the most important questions we could ever ask is: 'what is a human being?'

Are we a clump of cells and nothing more? Are we minds and personalities housed in this bag of meat we carry around that we call the body? What exactly *are* we?

This week our lead pastor Arnaldo launches a new mini-series looking at creation, gender, and the gospel. This week we will look at what it means to be made in the image of God.

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