Toongabbie Anglican Church Audio Podcast

David’s kingship points to a greater forever king and kingdom that we now have access to by grace!

In the wild story of Saul pursuing David we see in David an (imperfect) example of courageous faith; a righteousness under fire. This passages encourages us to look to Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, as we struggle through various pressures, longing for justice and grace.

1 Samuel 18 on the surface sets up another classic dichotomy between Saul and David as David’s influence increases while Saul’s decreases. However, underlying this is an outward sign of their relationship with the Lord. What this highlights for us is our need to fix our gaze on Him like David, to fix our eyes […]

With David chosen as God’s king, we see how God will work through him as Israel confronts one of their greatest fears – the Philistines. While Saul was unable to overcome them, this passage reminds us that the battle belongs to the Lord, who is our strength.

In recent times we’ve had the King and Queen visit us and we have also had the elections in the USA. We note that leaders and leadership matters. Today we return to the book of 1 Samuel (some 3,000 years ago), where we will see what God will do after the King they chose has […]

Ephesians 4 is the celebration of unity we have in God expressed in a diversity of gifts used to serve one another as we together mature in faith.

We are the demonstration of God’s wisdom and saving grace!! The church is the new humanity forged in God’s saving grace. As Paul zooms out to help us see God’s big plan He sees his purpose so clearly to hold out this grace to the world.

We are a new humanity in Christ who has given us peace with God and with each other. He has torn down the dividing wall between Jews and Gentiles and therefore let us be attentive to ways that we inadvertently create new walls that divide so that the peace of Jesus will extend to others.

This week we kick off vision month and it’s theme of “God is at work” celebrating God’s grace and that we are his handiwork.

Romans 5 steps into the implications of Justification by Faith. Because we are justified, we have peace with God. This peace is filled with hope as God fills us with the love of Christ.