Lutheran - St. Paul's Sydney Podcast Pastor Richard Schwedes

This week we celebrate Trinity Sunday with probably the most well known bible verse, John 3:16-17...For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Now the back story to this is a man came seeking clarity about God to Jesus, Jesus response was not to give him more rules, but to reveal the real focus and c...

This Sunday we get to celebrate a great celebration of the church, Pentecost Sunday. We celebrate the gift of God's Spirit for us, that helps us in our Christian journey of knowing Jesus and growing in relationship with Jesus. Not only that the Spirit unites people with differing view points, bakcgrounds and cultures together focussing them on God and his love. Support the Show.

Have you ever felt Jesus has disappeared? Perhaps you are going through a difficult patch and nothing is working out. Perhaps you have a feeling of unsettledness. This week we are celebrating Ascension Day on Sunday (it actually took place on Thursday), in Germany the day is called Himmelfahrt (meaning goes to heaven), the day when Jesus left this earth to sit at the right had of His father. We will explore why the disciples were joyful when this happened, and why Je...

Some years ago in discussion with a nonChristian friend, they asked the question.....What is the central meaning of Christianity? At the time I hadn't give a lot of thought to it, because I had grown up in the church, but since then I have been asked this question or questions along the same line, and my response is that it is all about God's love, God loving us and God loving others through His church, people like you and me. One theology even went onto challenge His students to...

What are you connected to? What are you listening to and taking notice of for life? In our Gospel reading for this week from John 15, Jesus encourages us to be connected to Him and allow Him to be affecting us so we can the Godly fruit of love. This week are exploring how Jesus helps us to be fruitful. Support the Show.

This week is Good Shepherd Sunday, and in our reading from John 10, Jesus shares with us what it means for Him to be our Good Shepherd. The message was prepared and presented by Anthony Fawcett.Support the Show.