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Christianity Explored | Mark 1 from 2023-12-14T03:05:40.771635
This is the first sermon in our Christianity Explored series.
ListenChristianity Explored | Mark 1 from 2022-03-07T09:29:04.185528
This is the first sermon in our Christianity Explored series.
ListenChristianity Explored | Mark 1 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.969351
This is the first sermon in our Christianity Explored series.
ListenChristianity Explored | Mark 2:2-13 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.968425
ListenChoices | Prayer | John 15:5-8 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.961135
Mark Coleman continues our series in Choices with this sermon on Prayer.
Jesus calls us to live a life that relies on Him.
New Horizons | Acts 17: 22-31 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.958283
ListenEssentials in Proverbs | Proverbs 11:25 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.957363
Essentials in Proverbs - Sermon 1
ListenEssentials in Proverbs | Proverbs 25:16 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.956520
This is the second in a series on the Essentials in Proverbs.
ListenEssentials in Proverbs | Proverbs 14:12 & 16:25 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.955738
This is the third in the series 'Essentials in Proverbs'.
ListenFor Unto Us a Child Is Born | Isaiah 9:2-7 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.951780
For Unto us a Child is Born
ListenJesus and the Sydney Morning Herald | Hope | Ephesians 1:15-23 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.946873
Hope is found in knowing God, which transforms not only the future but also our present.
ListenAs Family We Go | Genesis 12:1-9 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.941714
As Family we Go - a five week series on the life of Abraham.
For LifeGroup study notes, click here.
As Family We Go | Psalm 40:1-5 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.931939
How do we 'bear witness'? The Psalmist says that when people see his life - people will see God and bless Him.
ListenSunday, April 3rd, 2016 – New Mission statement from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.788673
Everywhere we go and in everything we do, we will invite everyone to follow Jesus.
ListenSunday, May 8th 2016 PM – Parables of Jesus from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.782043
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
ListenSunday, May 8th 2016 AM – Revelation from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.781006
Did the early Christians have 'buyers remorse' after they were hit with persecution?
ListenSunday, June 5th, 2016 PM from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.771385
ListenSunday, July 3rd, 2016 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.757736
In the Power of the Spirit: Studies in Acts
ListenSunday, September 4th, 2016 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.746314
Ananias and Sapphira sell some property.
ListenWomen in Ministry – March 2014 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.745406
This is a 2014 sermon by Marc Rader on the subject of Women in Ministry
ListenSunday, October 2nd, 2016 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.742470
A reflection on our Studies in Acts
ListenSunday, October 9th, 2016 – All Services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.741602
An introduction to Joshua.
ListenSunday, November 6th, 2016 – All Services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.737856
The goal determines the preparation.
ListenSunday, December 4th, 2016 – AM from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.734031
Jodene Watling's Commissioning Service with guest preacher, Brett Davis.
ListenSunday, December 4th, 2016 – PM from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.733139
Jodene's sermon, after her commissioning.
ListenJodene Watling – Commissioning from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.732151
Commissioning Service for Jodene's new role as Associate Pastor.
ListenJodene Watling – Interview from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.730888
Marc Rader interviews Jodene Watling on her new role of Associate Pastor.
ListenSunday, January 1st, 2017 – New Years Day from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.688661
Hygge (pronounced hue-gah) is a Danish word that is a feeling or mood that comes taking genuine pleasure in making ordinary, every day moments more meaningful, beautiful or special. So what has Hyg...
ListenSunday, January 8th, 2017 – Post Truth from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.687828
Please note: There are a number of short (1-2 seconds) gaps in the second half of this sermon, due to a digital recording problem.
ListenSunday, February 5th, 2017 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.684164
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
ListenSunday, April 2nd, 2017 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.676112
ListenInterview – Marc Rader interviews Mark Coleman from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.675291
Following his ordination, Mark Coleman is interviewed by Marc Rader
ListenSunday, April 9th, 2017 – Mark Coleman’s ordination from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.674153
ListenMark Coleman’s ordination service from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.673269
Mark Coleman's ordination with Steve Bartlett and Viv Grice from the Baptist Union of NSW/ACT
ListenSunday, June 4th, 2017 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.664682
ListenSunday, July 2nd, 2017 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.659906
ListenSunday, July 9th, 2017 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.658559
ListenSunday, August 6th, 2017 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.654704
ListenSunday, September 3rd, 2017 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.651361
ListenSunday, October 1st, 2017 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.646707
ListenSunday, October 8th, 2017 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.645892
ListenSunday, November 5th, 2017 – All Services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.640504
ListenSunday, December 3rd, 2017 – The End of Fear from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.636823
ListenSunday January 7th, 2018 – AM from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.629431
ListenSunday, January 7th, 2018 – PM from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.627879
ListenSunday, February 4th, 2018 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.583216
ListenSunday, March 4th, 2018 – AM Service from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.577075
ListenSunday, March 4th, 2018 – PM Service from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.576270
ListenEaster Sunday, April 1st, 2018 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.570428
ListenSunday, April 8th, 2018 – All services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.569382
ListenMay Mission Month 2018 – Week One FEBC from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.565885
The is the presentation by Kevin Keegan on our FEBC Project.
ListenSunday, 6th May, 2018 – May Mission Month Week 1 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.565035
Guest Speaker: Carolyn Cousins on Domestic Violence - message from AM service plus Q&A from our PM service.
ListenSunday, June 3rd, 2018 – AM Service from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.558755
ListenSunday, June 3rd, 2018 – PM Service from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.557953
ListenSunday, July 1st, 2018 AM Services from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.552024
ListenEveryday Church: 1 Peter 1:1-12 | Marc Rader from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.547160
Sunday 5th August 2018 6pm 1 Peter 1:1-12
ListenEveryday Church: 1 Peter 3:8-17 | Marc Rader from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.543735
Sunday 2nd September 2018 10:30am 1 Peter 3:8-17
ListenEveryday Church: 1 Peter 4:1-11 | Matt Willis from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.542715
Sunday 9th September 2018 08:30am 1 Peter 4:1-11
ListenLife Hacks | Proverbs 16:32 | Mark Coleman from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.538161
Sunday 7th October 2018 6pm Proverbs 16:32
ListenLife Hacks: Proverbs 12:9 | Marc Rader from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.537250
Sunday 7th October 2018 8.30/10.30am Proverbs 12:9
ListenFree? Revelation 18:9-14 | Marc Rader from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.532123
Sunday 28th October 2018 8.30/10.30am/6pm Revelation 18:9-14
ListenWe are Not Alone: Mark 1:40-45 | Mark Coleman from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.528224
Sunday 2nd December, 2018 8.30/10.30am Mark 1:40-45
ListenWe are Not Alone: Mark 5:1-20 | Roxane Lawler from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.490448
Sunday, 2nd December November, 2018 6pm Mark 5:1-20
ListenWe are Not Alone: Mark 3:1-6 | Brett Robinson from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.392874
Sunday 9th December, 2018 8.30/10.30am Mark 3:1-6
ListenWe are Not Alone: Mark 5:25-35 | Shandri Brown from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.392092
Sunday 9th December, 2018 6pm Mark 5:25-35
ListenRE:VIEW | Word of the Year | Ephesians 4:29-32 | Marc Rader from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.386377
Sunday 6th January 2019 | Word of the Year | Ephesians 4:29-32
ListenUnfolding | God’s Unfolding Plans | Psalm 103:1-13 | Marc Rader from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.383176
Sunday 03rd February 2019 | God's Unfolding Plans | Psalm 103:1-13 | Marc Rader
ListenSpecial Guest | Taking The Right Trail | Matthew 7:7-14 | Brandon Chaplin from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.379605
Special guest Brandon Chaplin (Senior Pastor at Blackwood Hills Baptist in Adelaide) reminds us of the most important decision we can make from Matthew 7:7-14.
ListenSpecial Guest | Don’t Get Hung Up About The Future | Matthew 6:25-34 | Brandon Chaplin from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.378560
Special guest Brandon Chaplin (Senior Pastor at Blackwood Hills Baptist in Adelaide) encourages us to place our trust in God and not get hung up on the future as he looks at Jesus’s words about wor...
ListenBehold | We Have Seen His Glory | John 1:1-18 | Marc Rader from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.374432
As we prepare for Easter we turn to the Gospel of John to consider again the significance of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. In this message, we are reminded that in Jesus we encounter God di...
ListenExodus | Pharaoh’s Heart | Exodus 7:1-5 | Marc Rader from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.368296
This Sunday we are going to take a theological detour in the book of Exodus to explore the Lord’s hardening of Pharaoh’s heart. This action of God seems to tilt the playing field unfairly against P...
ListenExodus | Deliverance at the Red Sea | Exodus 13:17-15:21 | Marc Rader from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.364725
This week we look at one of the most iconic and dramatic acts of God’s salvation in the pages of Scripture and consider how difficult – even in the face of such a dramatic rescue – faith can be.
ListenHearing The Invitation of God | Listening for God’s Invitation in His Word | Psalm 119:9-16 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.359007
We believe that God speaks to us through the Bible. However, we often have a hard time deeply engaging with it. In this week’s message we explore some of the steps we can take to deepen our engagem...
ListenHearing The Invitation of God | Active Listening | Mark 14:1-9 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.358
Stepping out of your ‘comfort zone’ & into the ‘courage zone’ takes wholeheartedness, vulnerability and requires us to show up. Through courage, we can find unimagined places of peace, connection t...
ListenExodus | The Battle is the Lord's | Exodus 17: 8-16 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.354577
How do you handle opposition? It can end up consuming our mental and emotional energy; distracting us from nearly everything else. Is there a better way to handle it? Especially when the opposition...
ListenExodus | The Covenant Confirmed | Exodus 24:3-13 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.351234
The stories in Exodus are absolutely foundational to the entirety of Scripture. That is true of the mighty acts of the Lord’s rescue of Israel from Egypt, but is even more true of the central act o...
ListenExodus | The Tabernacle | Exodus 25:1-9 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.350137
Sometimes, reading the Bible can be hard work. The instructions given to Moses regarding the construction of the tabernacle is one of those sections. At the same time, we believe that all of Script...
ListenExodus | Setting Up The Tabernacle from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.347702
The only constant is change. I don’t know who coined that phrase but it’s pretty spot on. Sometimes things change so quickly in our lives or our world that it is difficult to find enough time to re...
ListenAll Things New | New Wine | John 2:1-12 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.346561
Of all Jesus’ miracles, changing water to wine is one of the most unique. As the first of the signs that John recounts in his gospel it also holds an importance to understand all the rest of them. ...
ListenAll Things New | A New Temple | John 2:13-25 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.345749
Passion. We all have it. It may be about a particular relationship, hobby, sport, author, or entertainer, but regardless of focus, we are all passionate about something or someone. And our passion ...
ListenRefresh | Transformed Lives | Matthew 4:18-22 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.340276
As followers of Jesus, like every area of our lives, we do not mature or grow in isolation. Off the top of my head I can think of a handful of people who’s lives as followers of Jesus impacted my o...
ListenRing The Bells | Desire Lines | Isaiah 2:1-5 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.337051
The calendar has ticked over to December which means that Christmas mustn’t be too far away. Of course, there have been hints and indicators of this in our shopping malls and pop-up ads for months...
ListenRing The Bells | Hopeful Leadership | Isaiah 11:1-10 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.336205
It’s a bit of cliche, but world peace wouldn’t be a bad Christmas gift would it? And if not world peace, what about strong, courageous leadership? Leadership that isn’t self-seeking or self-serving...
ListenThe Feels | Envy | Galatians 5:19-26 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.331991
This week we begin a new series entitled “The Feels: A heart encounter with the good news” in which we will be exploring a series of emotions and the difference Jesus makes. Emotions are given to u...
ListenThe Feels | Disappointment | Philippians 4:4-7 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.330908
One response to disappointment is to lower our expectations to such a degree that we stop hoping for anything. This isn’t a great response, but is especially devastating in a relationship with God....
ListenYou Are Here | God At Work | John 5:1-16-21 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.284961
Our Father is always at his work to this very day - present and active and asking us if “we’ll give him a hand”. As a community of faith that is seeking to be spiritual first-responders we are call...
ListenSpecial Guest | Allan Demond | 2 Chronicles 16:9 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.280891
Allan Demond is the Senior Pastor at New Hope Baptist Church in Melbourne and is a good friend and mentor of mine. Allan reflects on 2 Chronicles 16:9, “The eyes of the Lord range throughout the ea...
ListenThe Crux Of Community | Whole-Life Learners | Proverbs 1:1-7 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.280021
What do you wish to learn or experience about God? Who are you going to approach to learn from? And what have you learned or experienced of God that you can share with others? These are critical qu...
ListenYou Are Here | The Church At The Crossroads | Hebrews 12:1-3 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.275442
ListenGood Friday | The Triumph of the Lamb | It Is Finished | John 19:16b-24 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.274428
Good Friday | The Triumph of the Lamb | It Is Finished | John 19:16b-24
ListenAnchored | An Examination Of The Heart | Hebrews 3:7-13 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.271289
Join Matt Willis (Youth and Young Adults Coordinator), Mark Coleman (Associate Pastor) and Jodene Watling (Associate Pastor) as they Read The Bible Together and discuss Hebrews 3:7-13.
ListenAnchored | The Anchor Of A Better Promise | Hebrews 8:1-6 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.267776
Our sermon series is focused on the Book of Hebrews and in this week’s message the author continues to explore the greatness of Jesus’ ministry as high priest by focusing on the greater promise tha...
ListenYou Are Here | In Your Neighbourhood | Luke 10:25-37 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.266759
This week is an extended interview between Senior Pastor Marc Rader and Karina Kreminski Co-Director of Neighbourhood Matters a ministry dedicated to helping Christains be salt and light in their c...
ListenAnchored | The Anchor of Discipline | Hebrews 12: 4-13 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.263502
In our passage today, Hebrews 12:4-13, the author continues to reframe the experiences of his hearers; changing how they perceive their struggles and hardships. Opposition and difficulty is not evi...
ListenThe Church Reimagined | We Are Family... ( And That Means Something) | Ephesians 2:19-22 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.260065
Imagine if every follower of Jesus found their place in God’s mission. If every follower knew where they fit. If every disciple knew they belonged; felt connected; and encouraged to respond to the ...
ListenA Celebration of Joan Elley | Gymea Baptist Church from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.256
Welcome to this special podcast from Gymea Baptist Church, in Sydney Australia. We celebrate together the life of Joan Eley, who passed away peacefully on the 30th of August, 2020 in Venezuela. Joa...
ListenSongs of the People | Psalm 149 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.255183
This week we begin a new series entitled, Songs of the People in which we are going to explore the invitation, encouragement, and challenge of the psalms. The psalms we will be looking at are deter...
ListenSongs of the People | Psalm 19 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.251661
Where do we see God at work in the world? How can we know more about Him? And how can our lives be shaped by Him? This week, in the second to last message from our series Songs of the People, Roxan...
ListenPlan A | Knowing | Matthew 9:9-13 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.247923
This week as part of our series Plan A: The Great Commission for Every Christian. Matt Willis is looking at the second principle of Knowing and in this passage he's going to be looking at the examp...
ListenPlan A | Sowing | Matthew 13:1-9 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.246695
This week we continue our series Plan A: The Great Commission for Every Christian, a series in which we're exploring five principles of evangelism developed by Balinda Lakelin. This week, Jodine Wa...
ListenSongs of Hope | Psalm 85 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.243011
This week we continue our Christmas series, Songs of Hope and have a look at the invitation for each of us found in Psalm 85.
ListenThe Space Between | Hope In The Lord from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.238155
Today we begin a short series entitled "The Space Between" in which we will explore the new normal that God is inviting us into as a community of faith. We always face changes and the journey from ...
ListenGo...Make Disciples | An Irresistible Current | Matthew 28:16-20 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.234168
This week we launch our theme for 2021 - "Go... make disciples". We've been looking forward to sharing this message with you for quite a while now and hope that you are encouraged and inspired by it.
Listen7 Letters 7 Lessons | The Church in Ephesus: Remember Your First Love | Revelation 2:1-7 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.233304
Our theme as a community of faith for 2021 is Go...Make Disciples and today we start our first discipleship series entitled 7 letters 7 lessons, in which we'll be exploring the discipleship lessons...
Listen7 Letters 7 Lessons | The Church at Sardis: Recognising the Times | Revelation 3:1-6 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.227567
As we continue to listen to the discipleship lessons in the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2-3 we are up to the church at Sardis who are encouraged to complete their "deeds" whic...
ListenRegeneration | Easter Sunday | 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 & 12-19 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.178580
Our theme for Easter this year has been regeneration; inspired by the miraculous regeneration of the Australian bush after fires. This is the imagery that we are using to reflect on the hope we hav...
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | The Light Of The World | John 8:12-20 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.174961
This week we continue to explore the ways that John describes discipleship in his gospel. In this message, the first of two different sermons this week, considers Jesus' invitation to follow him; t...
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | Filled With Uncertainty | John 6:60-66 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.174021
In this message, the second of two different sermons this week, Belinda Lakelin - an evangelism consultant with the Baptist Association of NSW & ACT and with us here at GBC - shares insights from t...
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | Bound To Jesus | John 21:21-28 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.167444
In this week's message we turn to another "follow me" passage in John's gospel but with a twist; instead of an open invitation to follow Jesus tells his disciples there are limits placed around our...
ListenOn This Rock... | We Will Not Fear | Psalm 46 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.162414
This week we continue our series "On This Rock" but with a twist. Instead of sharing personal reflections on a foundational text, our senior pastor Marc Rader reflects on a passage that is foundati...
ListenThe Topography Of Discipleship | Trailer from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.161486
In this special 'Trailer' Associate Pastor Matt Willis and Senior Pastor Marc Rader have a discussion on our new upcoming series The Topography Of Discipleship. This new series is based on the Book...
ListenThe Topography Of Discipleship | The Transparent Context - Part 1 | 1 Samuel 24:1-7 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.157716
This week we continue our current sermon series entitled "The Topography of Discipleship: Finding Our Way as the Church Today". Based on the book "Discipleship That Fits" we are exploring five rela...
ListenThe Topography Of Discipleship | The Transparent Context - Part 2 | Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.156764
This week we continue our current sermon series entitled "The Topography of Discipleship: Finding Our Way as the Church Today". Based on the book "Discipleship That Fits" we are exploring five rela...
ListenThe Topography Of Discipleship | The Social Context - Part 2 | Romans 12:3-8 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.153054
This week associate pastor Roxane Lawler explores some of the features of the social context, where more than 20 people engage in a mission community.
ListenLives Changed by Jesus. | The Paralytic - Forgiven and Healed | Mark 2:2-12 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.149308
In our message this week, Roxane Lawler, reflects on the story of the paralytic in Mark 2:1-12 and the change that occurred in his life when his friends brought him to Jesus.
ListenLives Changed by Jesus. | The Leper – Come As You Are | Mark 1:40-45 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.145426
Welcome to the GBC Sermon Podcast, a weekly podcast from Gymea Baptist Church in Sydney Australia. I'm Marc Rader, senior pastor here at GBC and I hope that you are available to hear the invitation...
ListenLives Changed by Jesus. | The Syrophoenician Woman - Jesus Honours Faith | Mark 7:24-30 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.144523
This week we learn an important lesson about the kind of faith that Jesus honours in the story of the Syrophoenician woman in Mark 7.
ListenRenovation | Vision Sunday | Nehemiah 2:11-18 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.140722
This week we launched our theme for 2022 - Renovation: Rebuilding for Purpose. After two years of disruption and displacement we are in need of a renovation. Marc reflects on the example of Nehemia...
ListenJesus and The Sydney Morning Herald | The Great Resignation | 1 Kings 19:9-18 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.134884
This week we begin a series entitled "Jesus and the SMH" where we consider contemporary issues from the perspective of faith. Over the next few weeks we will be considering mental health and faith,...
ListenRenovation | Confidence in God's Plans | Nehemiah 2:1-10 from 2022-02-21T22:38:23.130108
This week we continue our theme for 2022 - Renovation: Rebuilding for Purpose and our study of Nehemiah. In this week's text Nehemiah puts his bold plan into action as he makes his request to the k...
ListenRenovation | Those Who Say Yes | Nehemiah 3:1-12 from 2022-02-20T23:10:03
As we continue our study of Nehemiah's memoirs as part of our theme series "Renovation: Rebuilding for Purpose" we come to a curious text. Nehemiah 3 contains a long list of the people who repaired...
ListenRenovation | Inspecting Our Walls | Nehemiah 2:11-20 from 2022-02-14T05:50:47
This week we continue our theme for 2022 - Renovation: Rebuilding for Purpose and our study of Nehemiah. In this week's sermon, preached by Matt Willis, Nehemiah surveys the broken down walls of Je...
ListenRenovation | A Heart Stirred By God | Nehemiah 1:1-11 from 2022-01-31T02:47:16
This week we launch our theme for 2022 - Renovation: Rebuilding for Purpose - and do so by starting a series in the book of Nehemiah. In this first chapter Nehemiah hears about the situation facing...
ListenJesus and The Sydney Morning Herald | A Mental Health Pandemic | Psalm 13 from 2022-01-24T04:07:09
This week we conclude our summer series "Jesus and the SMH" where we reflect on contemporary issues from the perspective of faith. In this message, associate pastor, Matt Willis, considers the chal...
ListenJesus and The Sydney Morning Herald | Christians and Conspiracies | Nehemiah 6:1-9 from 2022-01-24T03:40:01
This week we continue our summer series "Jesus and the SMH" where we consider contemporary issues from the perspective of faith. Our topic this week is "Christians and Conspiracies".
ListenJesus and The Sydney Morning Herald | Creation Care | Colossians 1:15-20 from 2022-01-24T03:37:32
We are two weeks into our summer series "Jesus and the SMH" where we reflect on contemporary issues from the perspective of faith. In this message, associate pastor, Roxane Lawler, considers the th...
ListenFinding Yourself in Christmas | Herod and the Wise Men | Matthew 2:1-12 from 2021-12-26T07:00
Our theme for Christmas is "Finding Yourself in Christmas" and today, Matt Willis leads us in a reflection on what we can learn from Herod and the wise men.
ListenFinding Yourself in Christmas | Come and See This Thing That Has Happened | Luke 2:8-20 from 2021-12-24T23:30
This Christmas our theme has been "Finding Yourself in Christmas" and in our Christmas Day message I consider what this means and what we can learn from the shepherds.
ListenFinding Yourself in Christmas | Finding Ourselves in Jesus’ Family | Matthew 1:1-17 from 2021-12-22T02:44:22
This week, Roxane Lawler launches our brief Christmas series, "Finding Yourself in Christmas" looking at the genealogy in Matthew 1.
ListenRoxane Lawler Ordination | Roxane's Story from 2021-12-13T04:06:56
On Sunday we ordained Roxane Lawler, one of our associate pastors. Roxane has undergone a years-long process of becoming accredited by the Baptist Association and, upon completion of that process w...
ListenRoxane Lawler Ordination | Strengthen Your Stakes | Isaiah 54:2 from 2021-12-13T03:37:22
This week's sermon is kind of a two-parter. On Sunday we ordained Roxane Lawler, one of our associate pastors. Roxane has undergone a years-long process of becoming accredited by the Baptist Associ...
ListenLives Changed by Jesus. | Paul the Apostle | Acts 9:1-19 from 2021-11-29T04:25:42
In today's message we consider what we can learn about Jesus - his ministry, mission, and motivation - in the account of his encounter with Paul.
ListenLives Changed by Jesus. | The Gerasene Demoniac | Mark 5:1-20 from 2021-11-22T02:52:38
In today's message we consider what we can learn about Jesus - his ministry, mission, and motivation - in the account of his encounter with the Gerasene demoniac.
ListenLives Changed by Jesus. | The Bleeding Woman – “Daughter” | Luke 8:40-56 from 2021-11-16T07:13:54
In today's message, Belinda Lakelin, our evangelism coordinator here at GBC, contemplates the way Jesus changes the lives of two daughters and the lessons we can learn.
ListenLives Changed by Jesus. | Timothy – Fan into Flame the Gift of God | 2 Timothy 1:1-6 from 2021-10-26T06:46:27
Welcome to the GBC Sermon Podcast, a weekly podcast from Gymea Baptist Church in Sydney Australia. I'm Marc Rader, senior pastor here at GBC and I hope that you are available to hear the invitat...
ListenLives Changed by Jesus. | The Forgiven Woman – Honouring Jesus With What We Have | Luke 7:36-50 from 2021-10-18T07:06:54
This week we continue our series entitled: Lives Changed by Jesus. Ten stories from the New Testament of people whose lives were changed by a single, common factor: encountering Jesus. This week, B...
ListenLives Changed by Jesus. | The Ethiopian Eunuch – Understanding, Faith, and Inclusion | Acts 8:26-40 from 2021-10-12T10:26:07
This week we continue our series entitled: Lives Changed by Jesus. Ten stories from the New Testament of people whose lives were changed by a single, common factor: encountering Jesus. In this week...
ListenLives Changed by Jesus. | Lydia – A heart opened by the Lord | Acts 16:11-15 from 2021-09-27T09:58:58
We're back after a one-week break with a new sermon series: Lives Changed by Jesus. Ten stories from the New Testament of people whose lives were changed by a single, common factor: encountering Je...
ListenShoutout Sunday | Colossians 1:3-14 from 2021-09-20T10:26:18
This past week we celebrated what we called Shoutout Sunday a chance to take a deep breath after 12 weeks of lockdown to express thanks for those people who have kept us sane and for those small vi...
ListenThe Topography Of Discipleship | The Public Context | Acts 2:42-47 from 2021-09-13T06:44:34
This week we explore the last of the five relational contexts that God uses to help us grow as followers of Jesus; the public context.
ListenThe Topography Of Discipleship | The Social Context - Part 1 | Romans 16:3-16 from 2021-08-30T09:44:45
This week we explore the fourth discipleship context that God uses to help us grow as followers of Jesus; the social context. In this context more than twenty people relate and connect and disciple...
ListenThe Topography Of Discipleship | The Personal Context - Part 2 | Hebrews 10:23-25 from 2021-08-23T04:37:07
In this week's message we continue to explore the third relational context that God uses as we follow Jesus; the personal context. In the personal context between 5-12 people regularly gather to ex...
ListenThe Topography Of Discipleship | The Personal Context - Part 1 | Mark 8 14-21 from 2021-08-15T14:00
In this week's message we turn to the third relational context that God uses as we follow Jesus; the personal context. In the personal context between 5-12 people regularly gather to experience clo...
ListenThe Topography Of Discipleship | The Divine Context - Part 2 | Jonah 3 from 2021-07-25T14:00
This week we continue our new sermon series entitled "The Topography of Discipleship: Finding Our Way as the Church Today" looking at the Divine context; how do we, as a community of faith, create ...
ListenThe Topography Of Discipleship | The Divine Context - Part 1 | Luke 3:1-13 from 2021-07-19T05:21:29
In this first message of our series The Topography Of Discipleship, we look at the Divine Context; our time alone with God - and focus on the "why". In other words, what does spending time do to he...
ListenOn This Rock... | The Greatest Of These Is Love | 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 from 2021-07-12T05:49:26
This week we continue our series "On This Rock" but with a twist. Instead of sharing personal reflections on a foundational text, Matt spoke on a passage that is foundational for us right now; in t...
ListenOn This Rock... | Don't Care, Didn't Ask | John 15:1-17 from 2021-06-28T09:36:42
This weekend in Sydney we entered another period of lockdown due to a resurgence of COVID 19. This lockdown is the first city-wide lockdown since March 2020 and I think it's fair to say that we're ...
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | The True Vine | John 15:1-17 from 2021-06-21T04:00:16
This week we finish our series entitled "Following Jesus in John's Gospel" in which we are exploring John's somewhat unique way of describing discipleship in his account of Jesus' life, death, and ...
ListenGBC Discipleship Cycle | Baptism from 2021-06-16T00:03:15
The message was given on the occasion of a baptism service in our evening congregation. It is a word directed to those who were about to be baptised. I hope that, by listening in, you will be chall...
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | Resourced Abundantly | John 21:15-19 from 2021-06-15T02:24:37
This week we continue our series entitled "Following Jesus in John's Gospel" in which we are exploring John's somewhat unique way of describing discipleship in his account of Jesus' life, death, an...
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | Smell The Perfume | John 12:1-11 from 2021-05-31T20:00
In the second of two different messages this week, Marjy Robertson who oversees our Serve Team here at GBC, shares some insights from Mary's anointing of Jesus in John 12 and what it means for us.
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | The Turning Point | John 12:20-36 from 2021-05-31T02:20:54
In the first of two different messages this week, we have a look at a turning point in John's gospel and what it means for us to follow him through death.
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | The Resurrection And The Life | John 11:1-27 from 2021-05-25T01:00:57
This week Belinda Lakelin shares some reflections on the raising of Lazarus in John 11 and what we learn about Jesus from this sign and what it means to follow him.
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | The First Steps | John 9:1-38 from 2021-05-18T08:00
This week we heard two different sermons on two different passages in John's gospel. This is the second of them, preached in our evening congregation by Matt Willis. In this message Matt takes us t...
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | Recognise/Receive | John 3:1-10 from 2021-05-18T00:22:58
This week we heard two different sermons on two different passages in John's gospel. The first, preached in our morning services by Roxane Lawler, explored Nicodemus' night-time visit to Jesus in J...
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | The Good Shepherd | John 10:1-42 from 2021-05-10T04:06:54
As we continue to explore John's unique perspective on following Jesus we turn to yet another "I am" passage; "I am the Good Shepherd" in John 10 where we learn again that following Jesus begins wi...
ListenFollowing Jesus In John's Gospel | The Invitation | John 1:35-42 from 2021-04-27T00:39
As Term 2 begins we launched a new series entitled "Following Jesus in John's Gospel" in which we want to listen to John's unique take on discipleship. In this first message we have a look at the f...
ListenOn This Rock... | For The Whole World? | Mark 8:27-38 from 2021-04-19T04:42:25
Today we continue our short little series entitled On This Rock, Personal Reflections on Foundational Texts. This title is taken from Matthew Chapter 7, where Jesus says that anyone who hears his w...
ListenOn This Rock... | The Art of Waiting | Genesis 17:19-21 from 2021-04-12T00:30:04
This week we start a sermon series that will recur throughout the year entitled "On this rock.. - personal reflections on foundational texts". Each sermon will be on a text, biblical character, or ...
ListenRegeneration | Regeneration Service from 2021-03-30T22:48:57
This special sermon podcast is from the first of our Easter Services. This Regeneration Service is an opportunity to reflect on the difficult year that was 2020 and what was lost but also celebrate...
Listen7 Letters 7 Lessons | The Church at Laodicea: One Last Word | Revelation 3:14-21 from 2021-03-21T13:00
This week we conclude our series in Revelation 2-3 that we've called "Seven Letters, Seven Lessons" in which we have been listening to the discipleship lesson that Jesus has for the churches. In th...
Listen7 Letters 7 Lessons | The Church at Philadelphia: Jesus Loves Me | Revelation 3:7-13 from 2021-03-15T03:36:25
We are nearing the end of our series in Revelation 2-3 that we've called "Seven Letters, Seven Lessons" in which we are seeking to listen to the discipleship lesson that Jesus has for the churches....
Listen7 Letters 7 Lessons | The Church at Pergamum: Check Your Blind Spots | Revelation 2:12-17 from 2021-02-23T00:54:56
This week we continue our "discipleship" series entitled "Seven Letters, Seven Lessons" in which we are listening "to what the Spirit says to the churches" in Jesus' letters to the seven churches i...
Listen7 Letters 7 Lessons | The Church at Smyrna: Counting the Cost of Following Jesus | Revelation 2:8-11 from 2021-02-15T02:03:28
Our theme as a community of faith for 2021 is "Go... make disciples" and today we continue our first "discipleship" series entitled "Seven Letters, Seven Lessons" in which we will explore the disci...
ListenThe Space Between | Peace In Change | Isaiah 49 8-21 from 2021-01-26T23:22:38
This week we conclude our series we've called "The Space Between" in which we are thinking about how we journey through change. In this message I reflect on the difference going though change with ...
ListenThe Space Between | When the Oceans Rage | Mark 4:35-41 from 2021-01-18T04:39:56
In this week's message, part of our series entitled The Space Between, wherewe explore The Space Between our desire for stability and our need for peace and the blueprint for peace that is found in...
ListenThe Space Between | The End Game from 2021-01-11T02:14:17
Heading into 2021, today we want to reflect on a new perspective and an opportunity that we believe we have as a community of faith.
ListenSongs of Hope | Psalm 148 from 2020-12-27T19:00
With Christmas in the rear vision mirror we wrap up our Songs of Hope series in Psalm 148 and its extraordinary call to praise the Lord.
ListenSongs of Hope | Psalm 96 from 2020-12-24T23:30
Merry Christmas! 2020 has been a year filled with uncertainty and we face a strong temptation to seek control to re-establish our sense of certainty. The birth of Jesus, however, offers little in t...
ListenSongs of Hope | Psalm 89 from 2020-12-22T02:57:22
In this week's message, we will be diving into Psalm 89, which reflects on the eternal promises of God to David's house and the tension of faith. The psalmist experiences as he tries to hold togeth...
ListenSongs of Hope | Psalm 126 from 2020-12-14T23:02:24
This week associate Pastor Mark Coleman continues our Christmas Series Songs of Hope, and together we have a look at the invitation found in Psalm 126.
ListenSongs of Hope | Psalm 80 from 2020-11-30T04:51:14
This week we begin a new series that will take us up to Christmas, entitled Songs of Hope, for the next few weeks will be returning to the Psalms and listening to the messages of hope that they con...
ListenPlan A | Showing Up | 2 Corinthians 4:1-12 from 2020-11-23T03:08:34
In this week’s message, Roxane Lawler concludes our Plan A sermon series looking at the fifth principle: Showing up. This principle states that we must rely on God’s activity in the lives of those ...
ListenPlan A | Rowing | 1 Peter 4:7-11 from 2020-11-17T04:04:36
In this week’s message, Mark Coleman continues our Plan A sermon series looking at the fourth principle: Rowing. This principle states that we do not engage in God’s Plan A on our own but with othe...
ListenPlan A | Growing | Mark 1:14-20 from 2020-10-26T03:21:14
This week we continue or start our series around Plan A, The Great Commission For Every Christian. This week we look at the first of five principles that make up God's "Plan A", his only plan for e...
ListenPlan A | The Great Commission for Every Christian | Matthew 28:16-20 from 2020-10-19T02:25:10
What comes to mind when you think of the gift of evangelism? Is evangelism something that you feel equipped for? Where do we even start taking part in this journey?
ListenSongs of the People | Psalm 106 from 2020-10-13T01:49:52
What do we do with our own flaws and failings? What is God really like? How do we grow in our relationship with Him?
This week, in the final message from our series Songs of the People, Br...
Songs of the People | Psalm 25 from 2020-09-27T10:00:10
This week, as part of our series “Songs of the People” we are looking at Psalm 25. This acrostic psalm of lament challenges us to consider what we truly need from the Lord.
ListenSongs of the People | Psalm 145 from 2020-09-25T07:41:18
This week we continue our series, Songs of the People, in which we are exploring the invitation, encouragement, and challenge of the psalms. The psalms we will be looking at are determined by the l...
ListenSongs Of The People | Psalm 114 from 2020-09-14T02:25:49
This week Mark Coleman shares some reflections on Psalm 114. This psalm considers the exodus, that definitive act of salvation in the Old Testament, but with a specific focus on God’s power and the...
ListenThe Church Reimagined | The More Things Change… (The More They Stay The Same?) | John 20:19-23 from 2020-08-30T21:00:23
This week we conclude our series entitled “The Church Reimagined” and I return to a foundational text for us: John 20:19-23 where Jesus sends his followers, then and now, to continue the work he ha...
ListenThe Church Reimagined | The Medium Is the Message... (And Our Lives Are the Medium!) | 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 from 2020-08-24T04:35:35
In this week’s message we turn again to the issue of discipleship and the importance of translating our faith in Jesus into every aspect of lives.
ListenThe Church Reimagined | We Celebrate What Matters... (But What Really Matters?) | Luke 15:1-7 from 2020-08-16T19:00:11
When we are clear what matters we can count the right sorts of things, allow what really matters to shape our ministry, and celebrate what really matters. While counting has its place, and ministry...
ListenThe Church Reimagined | We Are Family... (Are You Available?) | Ephesians 4:11-14 from 2020-08-10T01:46:33
As we continue to consider what it means for us to be a community of faith, I want to continue on from where we left off last week when we considered what means to be a community of communities. If...
ListenThe Church Reimagined | We Are Following Jesus (And That’s All That Matters) | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 from 2020-07-27T00:19:24
This week we continue our new series entitled “The Church Reimagined” in which I want to explore where I believe God is inviting us to reflect on what it means to be the community of faith. In part...
ListenThe Church Reimagined | We Are The Church Ungathered... (And That's Okay) | Acts 8:1-14 from 2020-07-21T00:28:56
This week we begin a new series entitled “The Church Reimagined” in which we want to explore where we believe God is inviting us to reflect on what it means to be the community of faith. In a world...
ListenAnchored | Come On! | Hebrews 13:20-22 from 2020-07-15T01:26:45
This week we conclude our series in Hebrews and Mark Coleman, our associate pastor, summarises some of the primary invitations of the book with an eye to chapter 13.
ListenAnchored | Together | Hebrews 11:39-12:3 from 2020-06-29T00:14:56
Today we come to the soaring reflection on faith as the author of Hebrews continues to encourage his readers, and by the Holy Spirit us, to endure and to fix our eyes on Jesus. So who is in your Le...
ListenAnchored | Therefore ... Persevere! | Hebrews 10:26-31 from 2020-06-21T23:55:24
As we continue our exploration of Hebrews we have come to the end of main block of teaching. But before the author turns to his soaring reflection on faith in action he summarises his teaching to t...
ListenAnchored | The Anchor of Perfect Forgiveness | Hebrews 10:1-10 from 2020-06-15T00:32:40
This week we continue our exploration of Hebrews and the perfect forgiveness that Jesus has won for us and the tremendous implications this has for us. This is the culmination of the author’s centr...
ListenAnchored | The Power Of An Indestructible Life | Hebrews 6:19-7:3 from 2020-05-25T00:15:09
Today we continue our series in the letter to the Hebrews entitled Anchored and Roxane Lawler, our Children’s Coordinator tackles the tricky character of Melchizedek. This mysterious Old Testament ...
ListenAnchored | A Warning | Hebrews 5:11-6:8 from 2020-05-17T23:10:53
ListenAnchored | Jesus Makes A Way | Hebrews 4:14-16 from 2020-05-11T09:01:08
ListenAnchored | Jesus Is Better | Hebrews 2:9-18 from 2020-04-27T01:38:17
In this weeks sermon Matt Willis, our Youth and Young Adults Coordinator, challenges us to concider the question "Why, if Jesus is so great are we tempted to drift away at all?" and remids us of th...
ListenAnchored | Do Not Drift Away | Hebrews 2:1 from 2020-04-21T01:13:43
What do you need to pay more careful attention to as a follower of Jesus and is there someone you can begin to read the gospels with and ask that very question? Let's stay Anchored to Jesus, even a...
ListenEaster Sunday | The Triumph of the Lamb | He Is Worthy | Revelation 5:6-14 from 2020-04-14T03:51:22
Easter Sunday | The Triumph of the Lamb | He Is Worthy | Revelation 5:6-14
ListenYou Are Here | The Church Unbusy | Philippians 4:4-9 from 2020-03-31T23:37:50
ListenYou Are Here | The Church Un-Gathered | Romans 16:3-16 from 2020-03-23T05:43:30
This week has seen some extraordinary things happen in Australia as a result of the coronavirus and we launched our very first online church service yesterday. You can join in our worship together ...
ListenThe Crux Of Community | Trust-Worthy | Psalm 46:1-11 from 2020-03-17T15:14
Due to Covid-19 we never had the chance to explore our fifth and final value of our church Trust-Worthy. In this episode Marc Rader explains and explores what it means for us right now to be Trust-...
ListenThe Crux Of Community | Others-Focused | Acts 20:17-24 from 2020-03-16T06:12:10
This week we continue to explore our values as a community of faith and are up to Others-Focused. Associate Pastor Mark Coleman gets us thinking about how this value might show up in our behaviour ...
ListenThe Crux Of Community | Big-Hearted | Mark 12:28-34 from 2020-02-24T00:31:49
The values of a group, organisation, team, family, or community are reflected in their actions. Even if the values are never explicitly stated, they are on display in the things that group does and...
ListenThe Crux Of Community | On-Purpose | Matthew 8:18-22 from 2020-02-17T05:32:01
Creating and maintaining margin in our lives so that we are available to participate with what God is inviting us to do is a practice that is central to following Jesus no matter what community of ...
ListenThe Crux Of Community | The Values That Shape Us | John 20:19-23 from 2020-02-10T01:37:33
We are launching our new series “The Crux of Community: The Values That Shape Us”. This is an introduction to a set of values that, as a leadership, we believe will give us a common language to use...
ListenThe Feels | Anxiety | 1 Peter 5:6-7 from 2020-01-28T04:18:56
We’ve all felt anxious. Whether it’s a mild case of the butterflies or the chest-constricting, heart-pounding, on-the-verge-of-panic that keeps us awake at night, we’ve all experienced anxiety. I i...
ListenThe Feels | Workaholsim | Ecclesiastes 2:17-23 from 2020-01-20T05:29:08
In a society where long hours seem to be pretty normal and where too many people seem to be lost in some form of workaholism we need a better theology of work; one that allows us to work hard, enjo...
ListenThe Feels | FOMO | Ecclesiastes 2:1-3 & 10-11 from 2020-01-13T20:57:54
In this message, the second this week, we continue “The Feels: A Heart Encounter With the Good News” looking at FOMO - the acronym for the Fear Of Missing Out and consider what difference Jesus mak...
ListenThe Feels | Shame | Hebrews 4:13-16 from 2020-01-12T23:29:59
In this message, the first of two this week, we continue “The Feels: A Heart Enounter With the Good News” where we are exploring the difference Jesus makes to our emotional lives. This message, giv...
ListenRing The Bells | Towards Mercy | Isaiah 63:7-9 from 2019-12-29T08:36:23
Who you are when no one else is watching is as good a definition of character as I’ve heard. How we act when we are on our own, with no one around, is a pretty good guage of our character. What abo...
ListenRing The Bells | I Heard The Bells | Isaiah 9:2-7 from 2019-12-24T23:54:56
Merry Christmas! Welcome to the GBC Sermon Podcast and a special Christmas message. The birth of Jesus really is good news of great joy; a declaration of hope that invites us to live our lives di...
ListenRing The Bells | Hold On To Hope | Isaiah 7:10-16 from 2019-12-23T04:54:55
Have you ever felt like you are in free fall? When you are uncertain about everything except the certain disaster that is surely coming your way? And when things look grim, where do you find hope? ...
ListenRing The Bells | The Way | Isaiah 35:1-10 from 2019-12-16T05:41:11
Life is full of examples of doing hard things for the good that doing that hard thing will achieve. Going to the gym, having a hard conversation, completing the degree, holding the line on a decisi...
ListenUnfolding | Vision 2020 | Acts 2:1-12 + [DV Update] from 2019-11-26T00:20:44
“As the Father sent me, I am sending you.” These words of Jesus to his followers represent what one author calls “the greatest commission”. Regardless of what we title this commission, it is certai...
ListenRefresh | The Necessary Preparations | Acts 10 from 2019-11-11T04:46:42
A wise person once observed that the only constant in our world is change. Change is inevitable and often brings positive benefits. I’m sure you can think of a change in your life that has had mass...
ListenRefresh | People who Participate | John 20:19-21 from 2019-10-28T01:39:02
We love hearing stories of people who have done extraordinary things with their lives; those who have made a real difference in our world. These sorts of accounts are inspirational, but we can some...
ListenRefresh | Getting Ready For A New Season | Mark 1:1-8 from 2019-10-21T03:48:44
Have you ever crossed a creek on a branch and heard it crack? When this happens you generally don’t hang around on the branch but seek to get to the other side as quickly as you can, spending as li...
ListenAll Things New | A New Ethic | John 13:1-17 from 2019-10-16T08:00
John’s gospel often gives us a very different perspective on Jesus’ ministry than the other three do. One of the starkest is the night Jesus was betrayed. Where the other gospel writers describe th...
ListenAll Things New | New Water | John 7:37-44 from 2019-10-14T22:22:19
What is your response to something new? Are you what they call an ‘early adopter’? Or, do you wait until whatever is ’new’ sticks? Or, do you resist it? Chances are, your answer to that is differen...
ListenAll Things New | A New Season | John 4:27-38 from 2019-10-14T04:46:49
Have you ever found yourself somewhere you’d rather not be? If you’re like me, when we find ourselves in these situations we often wonder what God is doing to us. How might our perspective change i...
ListenExodus | The Glory Of The Lord | Exodus 34:1-10 from 2019-09-23T04:10:05
After the debacle of the golden calf the Lord does something so expected that we can actually miss its significance; he forgives his people and renews the covenant with them. See? I can almost hear...
ListenExodus | The Golden Calf | Exodus 32:1-6 from 2019-09-16T04:33:40
Just when things seemed to be going so well. In faithfulness to his promises, the Lord has blessed the descendants of Abraham, rescuing them from Egypt and bringing them to Mount Sinai where he has...
ListenExodus | Will It Be Enough? from 2019-08-26T02:38:42
The Ten Commandments are one of the most well known sections of Scripture and form a constitution of sorts for the nation of Israel, describing the kind of people they are to be in relationship wit...
ListenExodus | Covenant 2.0 | 1 Peter 2:4-10 from 2019-08-19T05:54:22
When we take the time to look back on the relationships we share, we tend to find that the dynamics of those relationships have changed throughout the ebbs and flow of life. But although they may l...
ListenExodus | The Proposal | Exodus 19: 1-8 from 2019-08-12T01:59:06
The book of Exodus continues to move toward its climax – the establishment of the relationship between the Lord and Israel – we might think of it in terms of a marriage (not a perfect analogy, but ...
ListenExodus | Our Daily Bread | Exodus 16: 1-5 from 2019-07-30T00:56:11
Where does generosity begin? Under what conditions are we able to be truly generous? In Chapter 16 the Lord provides bread for his people, but this chapter is about more than lunch, it invites the ...
ListenHearing The Invitation of God | Living An Expectant Life | Ephesians 3:14-21 from 2019-07-22T06:11:08
How can we move from a sense of fear or dread about moments or events that are coming up in our lives, to a sense of expectancy and excited anticipation? How can we live expectant of hearing what G...
ListenHearing The Invitation of God | Listening For Patterns | Acts 9:10-17 from 2019-07-15T06:59:51
We can easily find ourselves waiting for the perfectly packaged invitation of God, before we are willing to take our next faithful step with Him. And whilst God does sometimes speak to us with audi...
ListenHearing The Invitation of God | Listening to God, Prayer - Part B | Matthew 7:7-12 from 2019-06-26T04:57:07
Truly listening to others changes what we know about them, how we feel about them, and how we act. Nicolie Coleman explores how this applies in our relationship with God.
ListenHearing The Invitation of God | Listening to God, Prayer - Part A | Matthew 7:7-12 from 2019-06-24T02:42:25
Listening to God in prayer is as simple as P.R.A.Y. This week Mark Coleman explores why we listen to God and provides a helpful framework to begin to do so.
ListenHearing The Invitation of God | Listening as a Heart Response | John 15:1-5 from 2019-06-17T08:13:56
We are people who want to listen for God’s invitation & seek to participate with him in what he’s doing in the world. Listening to God requires relationship with God so we can RECOGNISE his voice, ...
ListenHearing The Invitation of God | Listening for God’s Invitation | John 20:19-23 | Marc Rader from 2019-06-11T00:56:07
This week we start a new sermon series entitled “Hearing the Invitation of God” exploring the habits of the heart that we can nurture to better hear from God. In this first message we return to a f...
ListenExodus | The Exodus | Exodus 12:31-13:16 | Marc Rader from 2019-05-27T03:58:29
In this message, we reflect on the promise and purpose of salvation that is reflected in the story of the Exodus and in our own encounter with Jesus.
ListenExodus | Passover | Exodus 11:1-12:30 | Marc Rader from 2019-05-22T02:37:52
This week we explore the significance of the Passover meal as a symbol of deliverance and consecration and its implications for followers of Jesus who reinterpreted this meal as an explanation of h...
ListenExodus | The Plagues | Exodus 7:14-10:29 | Marc Rader from 2019-05-13T04:30:40
This week we look at the plagues of Egypt but from a slightly different perspective; that of a character in the story. This first-person narrative is a creative, engaging way to consider a sometime...
ListenExodus | Who Do You Serve? | Exodus 5:1-21 | Marc Rader from 2019-04-28T16:18:04
We have all experienced the feeling of having claims made upon our time, energy, and resources. Many of the claims made of us are part of normal, everyday life. Some, however, are more insidious an...
ListenBehold | I Have Seen The Lord! | John 20:11-18 | Marc Rader from 2019-04-21T15:41:17
The resurrection of Jesus represents the central hope of Christian faith. One of the most simple, but critical, components of this hope is that it is not just for us but includes a commission to mo...
ListenBehold | Not One Of His Bones Will Be Broken | John 19:28-37 | Mark Coleman from 2019-04-19T15:37:05
In this special Good Friday message Mark Coleman draws our attention to the significance to the fact that not one of Jesus’ bones was broken as the fulfilment of Exodus 12:46.
ListenBehold | Lift. Look. Live | John 12:20-36 | Roxane Lawler from 2019-04-17T09:00:14
God’s capacity to transform that which appears only to lead to death and humiliation into life and glory provides a foundation for trusting obedience. We see this in Jesus’ deliberate decision to s...
ListenBehold | The Son Of Man Must Be Lifted Up | John 3:1-16 | Matt Willis from 2019-04-14T15:57:07
The cross invites us to continual reflection on God’s salvation in Christ. As we continue to prepare our hearts for Easter, Matt Willis encourages us to humbly return again to the meaning of the cr...
ListenBehold | We Have Seen His Glory | John 1:29-34 | Brett Robinson from 2019-04-10T08:00:35
As we prepare for Easter we turn to the Gospel of John to consider again the significance of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. In this message we explore the title “Lamb of God” and what it tel...
ListenExodus | The Burning Bush | Exodus 3:1-10 | Marc Rader from 2019-03-31T11:57:10
How do we respond to the invitation of God to join Him in His work? Too often, exactly like Moses does at the burning bush – with a long list of why we couldn’t possibly be the right choice. In thi...
ListenExodus | The Importance of Timing | Exodus 2:11-25 | Marc Rader from 2019-03-24T12:23:19
In this week’s sermon, Marc considers the importance of timing when it comes to participating with God in his mission to change the world.
ListenExodus | The Hidden Hand of God | Exodus 2:1-10 | Marc Rader from 2019-03-17T16:08
In this week’s sermon we look for the hidden activity of God in the birth of Moses and consider the implications of God’s sometimes hidden activity in our own lives.
ListenExodus | The Story So Far | Exodus 1:1-14 | Marc Rader from 2019-03-10T15:26:35
This week, the first of a new series in Exodus, Marc explores the importance of telling the stories of faith to maintain our trust in the big promises of God in the face of delay, brokenness, famin...
ListenUnfolding | Prayer For Others | 2 Kings 5:1-19a | Marc Rader from 2019-02-24T09:31
Looking back at our own journey of faith we can often see God’s fingerprints on our lives long before we placed our faith in him. In this sermon, Marc looks at the story of Naaman (2 Kings 5) as an...
ListenUnfolding | My Story | Psalm 139:1-16 | Marc Rader from 2019-02-17T11:56:17
Marc outlines five areas where we can look for God’s activity in our individual lives and in our world including answered prayers, “coincidences”, experiences of God, invitations to join in his wid...
ListenUnfolding | The Bible Together | Acts 8:26-40 | Marc Rader from 2019-02-10T16:09:52
Sunday 10th February 2019 | The Bible Together | Acts 8:26-40 | Marc Rader
ListenRE:VIEW | Australia Day or Invasion Day | Philippians 3:15-21 | Marc Rader from 2019-01-27T12:47:56
Sunday 27th January 2019 | Australia Day or Invasion Day | Philippians 3:15-21
ListenRE:VIEW | Artificial Intelligence | Genesis 1:26-28 | Mark Coleman from 2019-01-20T11:25:14
Sunday 20th January 2019 | Artificial Intelligence | Genesis 1:26-28
ListenRE:VIEW | Youth Issues | Deuteronomy 6:4-9 | Marc Rader from 2019-01-13T12:40:20
Sunday 13th January 2019 | Youth Issues | Deuteronomy 6:4-9
ListenRE:VIEW | Isolation | Ephesians 2:11-22 | Marc Rader from 2018-12-30T13:39:51
Sunday 30th December 2018 | Isolation | Ephesians 2:11-22
ListenWe are Not Alone: Matthew 2:1-12 | Marc Rader from 2018-12-25T09:28:33
Christmas Day, December 25th, 2018 Matthew 2:1-12
ListenWe are Not Alone: Mark 5:21-24, 35-43 | Matt Willis from 2018-12-23T09:14:14
Sunday 23rd December, 2018 6pm Mark 5:21-24, 35-43
ListenWe are Not Alone: Mark 10:46-52 | Jodene Watling from 2018-12-23T09:05:50
Sunday 23rd December, 2018 9.30am Mark 10:46-52
ListenWe are Not Alone: Mark 10:13-16 | Brett Robinson from 2018-12-16T12:29:03
Sunday 16th December, 2018 8.30/10.30am Mark 10:13-16
ListenWe are Not Alone: John 17:20-16 | Marc Rader from 2018-11-25T10:32:39
Sunday 25th November, 2018 8.30/10.30am/6pm John 17:20-26
ListenFree? Psalm 150 | Marc Rader from 2018-11-18T09:02:48
Sunday 18th November, 2018 8.30/10.30am/6pm Psalm 150
ListenFree? Luke 12:13-21 | Marc Rader from 2018-11-11T14:30:45
Sunday 11th November, 2018 8.30/10.30am/6pm Luke 12:13-21
ListenFree? (corrected) Mark 12:13-17 | Marc Rader from 2018-10-28T07:58:39
Sunday 28th October 2018 8.30/10.30am Mark 12:13-17
ListenLife Hacks: Proverbs 17:28 | Roxane Lawler from 2018-10-21T09:38:22
Sunday 21st October 2018 6pm Proverbs 17:28
ListenLife Hacks: Proverbs 27:17 | Marc Rader from 2018-10-21T08:35
Sunday 21st October 2018 8.30/10.30am Proverbs 27:17
ListenLife Hacks: Proverbs 27:7 | Marc Rader from 2018-10-14T08:30:52
Sunday 14th October 2018 6pm Proverbs 27:7
ListenLife Hacks: Proverbs 19:17 | Marc Rader from 2018-10-14T08:27:41
Sunday 14th October 2018 8.30/10.30am Proverbs 19:17
ListenLife Hacks: Proverbs 21:20 | Marc Rader from 2018-09-30T10:48:33
Sunday 30th September 2018 6pm Proverbs 21:20
ListenLife Hacks: Proverbs 16:34 | Marc Rader from 2018-09-30T10:44:41
Sunday 30th September 2018 8.30/10.30am Proverbs 16:3
ListenEveryday Church: 1 Peter 5:1-11 | Brett Robinson from 2018-09-23T15:17:05
Sunday 23rd September 2018 6pm 1 Peter 5:1-11
ListenEveryday Church: 1 Peter 4:12-19 | Marc Rader from 2018-09-16T13:11:21
Sunday 16th September 2018 10:30am 1 Peter 4:12-19
ListenEveryday Church: 1 Peter 2:11-3:7 | Marc Rader from 2018-08-26T13:10:17
Sunday 26th August 2018 10:30am 1 Peter 2:11-3:7
ListenEveryday Church: 1 Peter 2:4-10 | Mark Coleman from 2018-08-19T10:55:43
Sunday 19th August 2018 8:30am 1 Peter 2:4-10
ListenEveryday Church: 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 | Jodene Watling from 2018-08-12T14:25:37
Sunday 12th August 2018 8:30am 1 Peter 1:13-2:3
ListenSunday, July 29th, 2018 – All services from 2018-07-29T10:41:01
ListenSunday, July 22nd, 2018 – All services from 2018-07-22T10:12:33
ListenSunday, June 24th, 2018 – PM Service from 2018-06-24T14:28:58
ListenSunday, June 24th, 2018 – AM Service from 2018-06-24T14:27:25
ListenSunday, June 17th, 2018 – PM Service from 2018-06-17T10:28:54
ListenSunday, June 17th, 2018 – AM Services from 2018-06-17T10:19:15
ListenSunday, June 10th, 2018 – AM Services from 2018-06-10T09:58:15
ListenSunday, June 10th, 2018 – PM Service from 2018-06-10T09:17:34
ListenMay Mission Month – Week Four Syrian Assist – Lebanon from 2018-05-27T15:06:12
This is the last of our four main projects for May Mission Month, 2018. Syrian Assist Lebanon is a Baptist World Aid project.
ListenSunday, May 27th, 2018 – May Mission Month Week 4 from 2018-05-27T15:05:52
ListenSunday, May 20th, 2018 – May Mission Month Week 3 from 2018-05-20T21:26:26
ListenMay Mission Month – Week Three Christian Surfers from 2018-05-20T21:23
ListenSunday, May 13th, 2018 – May Mission Month Week 2 from 2018-05-13T13:15:28
Ruth Elliot is CEO of Daughter's of Cambodia who seek to bring women out of prostitution and provide them with job training. Here she is interviewed by Marc Rader about how she started Daughters, f...
ListenMay Mission Month 2018 – Week Two Daughters of Cambodia from 2018-05-13T12:31:46
Ruth Elliot from Daughters of Cambodia
ListenSunday, April 29th, 2018 – All services from 2018-04-29T10:50:58
ListenSunday, April 22nd, 2018 – All services from 2018-04-22T18:09:06
ListenSunday, April 15th, 2018 – AM Service from 2018-04-15T10:04:17
ListenGood Friday, March 30th, 2018 from 2018-03-30T08:49:59
ListenSunday, March 25, 2018 – All services from 2018-03-25T09:31:19
ListenSunday, March 18th, 2018 – PM Service from 2018-03-18T12:52:59
ListenSunday, March 18th, 2018 – AM service from 2018-03-18T12:50:34
ListenSunday, March 11th, 2018 – All services from 2018-03-11T14:03:46
ListenSunday, February 25th, 2018 – PM Service from 2018-02-25T08:59:28
ListenSunday, February 25th, 2018 – AM Service from 2018-02-25T08:59:13
ListenSunday, 18th February, 2018 – PM Service from 2018-02-18T09:42:55
ListenSunday, 18th February, 2018 – AM Service from 2018-02-18T09:42:41
ListenSunday, February 11th, 2018 – All services from 2018-02-11T08:47:55
ListenSunday, January 28th, 2018 – PM Service from 2018-01-28T14:08:48
ListenSunday, January 28th 2018 – AM Services from 2018-01-28T14:08:33
ListenSunday, January 21st, 2018 – PM from 2018-01-21T09:09:44
ListenSunday, January 21st , 2018 – AM from 2018-01-21T08:56:15
ListenSunday, January 14th, 2018 – AM from 2018-01-14T13:19:56
ListenSunday, January 14th, 2018 – PM from 2018-01-14T10:37:23
ListenSunday, December 31st, 2017 – All services from 2017-12-31T12:06:40
ListenSunday, December 24th, 2017 – AM Service from 2017-12-24T11:30:01
Christmas Eve morning service
ListenSunday, December 17th, 2017 – AM Service from 2017-12-17T11:28:27
ListenSunday, December 10th, 2017 – PM Service from 2017-12-10T13:56
ListenSunday, December 10th, 2017 – AM services from 2017-12-10T13:55:45
ListenSunday, November 26th, 2017 – Vision Sunday from 2017-11-26T08:43:37
Vision Sunday - setting our Vision for 2018
ListenSunday, November 19th, 2017 – All services from 2017-11-19T09:44:08
ListenSunday, November 12th, 2017 – All services from 2017-11-12T08:57:49
ListenSunday, October 29th, 2017 – All services from 2017-10-29T09:04:41
ListenSunday, October 22nd, 2017 – All services from 2017-10-22T13:38:44
ListenSunday, October 22nd, 2017 – Grays Point. History and Senior Pastor’s comments from 2017-10-22T12:15
Brett Robinson, Student Pastor and Marc Rader, Senior Pastor at Gymea Baptist Church speaking at the Grays Point Thanksgiving service
ListenSunday, October 22nd, 2017 – Grays Point Thanksgiving service from 2017-10-22T12:11:57
This was the final sermon at the Grays Point Campus of Gymea Baptist Church.
ListenSunday, October 15th, 2017 – All services from 2017-10-15T09:16:54
ListenHeather Mullins service – Marc Rader from 2017-09-28T09:17:19
This is Marc Rader's address given at Heather Mullins service on Thursday, 28th September
ListenSunday, September 24th, 2017 – All services from 2017-09-24T10:32:31
The Parable of the Sower
ListenSunday, September 17th, 2017 – All services from 2017-09-17T10:20:10
ListenSunday, September 10th, 2017 – All services from 2017-09-10T14:14:15
ListenSunday, August 27th, 2017 – All services from 2017-08-27T09:52:03
ListenSunday, August 20th, 2017 – All services from 2017-08-20T09:48:55
ListenSunday, August 13th, 2017 – All services from 2017-08-13T10:01:32
ListenSunday, July 30th, 2017 – All Services from 2017-07-30T19:33:07
ListenSunday, July 23, 2017 – All services from 2017-07-23T10:03:16
ListenSunday, July 16th, 2017 – All services from 2017-07-16T13:54:32
ListenSunday, June 25th, 2017 – All services from 2017-06-25T15:23:03
ListenSunday, June 18th, 2017 – All services from 2017-06-18T16:03:09
This is the first in a new series in James: Faith Lived out Loud.
ListenSunday, June 11th, 2017 – All services from 2017-06-11T11:43:42
ListenSunday, May 28th, 2017 – All Services from 2017-05-28T09:58:40
Note: There are some 1 second long audio dropouts in this Podcast. This was a fault with the original recording.
ListenSunday, May 21st, 2017 – All Servcices from 2017-05-21T20:44:31
ListenSunday, May 14th, 2017 – All services from 2017-05-14T09:51:04
ListenSunday, April 30th, 2017 from 2017-04-30T10:22:17
ListenSunday, April 23rd, 2017 from 2017-04-23T15:51:46
ListenSunday, April 16th, PM – Easter Sunday from 2017-04-16T15:18:41
The story of Easter told by Joseph of Arimathea
ListenSunday, April 16th, 8.30am – Easter Sunday from 2017-04-16T15:17:59
ListenGood Friday, 2017 from 2017-04-14T15:17:12
ListenSunday, March 26th – All Services from 2017-03-26T13:55:02
ListenSunday March 19th – All services from 2017-03-19T14:08:16
ListenSunday, March 12th, 2017 – All services from 2017-03-12T08:46:43
Christians and the Environment. Guest preacher, Scott Higgins from Catalyst.
ListenSunday, February 26th – All services from 2017-02-26T09:18:11
We return to our series in Joshua, which started in October last year.
ListenSunday, February 19th, 2016 – All services from 2017-02-19T09:35:23
ListenSunday, January 29th, 2017 – That all May Know from 2017-01-29T11:13:42
ListenSunday, January 22nd, 2017 from 2017-01-22T18:57:29
ListenSunday, January 15th, 2017 from 2017-01-15T12:04:33
ListenSunday, December 18th, 2016 – AM Services from 2016-12-18T11:38:21
ListenSunday, November 13th, 2016 – All services from 2016-11-13T12:43:43
Watching the battle of Jericho though half-closed fingers.
ListenSunday, October 23rd, 2016 – All services from 2016-10-23T08:40:14
ListenSunday, September 18th, 2016 – All services from 2016-09-18T11:57:14
The risk of walking through an open door
ListenSunday, September 11th, 2016 – All services from 2016-09-11T12:26:15
The second out-pouring of the Holy Spirit.
ListenSunday, August 21st, 2016 – All services from 2016-08-21T16:56:09
Jesus - the corner stone you rejected.
ListenSunday, August 14th, 2016 – All services from 2016-08-14T11:24:34
ListenLeadership meeting – Wednesday, 10th August, 2016 from 2016-08-10T16:25:20
Scott Morrison – Senior Leader, Georges River Life Church.
Scott has been the team leader at Georges River since 2002 with many more to come. Scott’s primary gifting and role is in the the area...
Sunday, July 31st 2016 – All services from 2016-07-31T10:12:13
What does this mean - the significance of the Holy Spirit coming at Pentecost.
ListenSunday, July 24th, 2016 – All Services from 2016-07-24T11:18:55
Guest preacher Gil Davis continues our series in Acts - The Day of Pentecost.
ListenSunday, July 17th, 2016 – All services from 2016-07-17T15:06:41
Gymea Baptist's Senior Pastor Marc Rader interviews Karl and Jane Faase on Olive Tree Media and their new series 'Jesus the Game Changer'. Karl then preaches on how he had the idea to create the 'J...
ListenSunday, July 10th, 2016 – All services from 2016-07-10T10:59:55
ListenSunday, June 26th – All Services from 2016-06-26T11:18:30
Going Deeper reprise - The Parable of the Fig Tree
ListenSunday, June 19th, 2016 – Revelation 7 from 2016-06-19T11:29:17
Will there be iPhones in heaven in the New Creation?
ListenSunday, June 12th 2016 – Revelation 6 from 2016-06-12T10:32:21
ListenSunday, May 29th, 2016 PM from 2016-05-29T12:29:46
ListenSunday, May 29th, 2016 – Revelation 4 from 2016-05-29T12:27:42
Guest preacher, Rev Dr Tim McBride from Morling College.
ListenSunday, May 22nd, 2016 – Zacchaeus from 2016-05-22T12:27:55
ListenSunday, May 22nd, 2016 – Revelation 3 from 2016-05-22T12:24:37
ListenSunday, May 15th, 2016 – Revelation 2 from 2016-05-15T14:24:21
Don't compromise but be faithful.
ListenSunday, May 15th, 2016 – The Rich Fool from 2016-05-15T11:04
ListenApril 24th, 2016 – The Invitation of a Contented Life from 2016-04-24T18:46:58
How does a contented life encourage others to follow Jesus?
ListenSunday, April 17th – Angelo’s Farewell from 2016-04-17T12:47:48
Today we said farewell to Angelo and Anne. After 30+ years of ministry (12 at GBC) Angelo is retiring. Here's Marc's tribute to Angelo, his response and our traditional farewell song.
ListenCome and See | Easter Sunday | Matthew 28:1-10 from 2016-03-27T19:58:32
Jesus has been raised from the dead, not just so we can live forever, but that the Kingdom of God might be established in you and me, everywhere we go.
ListenCome and See | Matthew 27:3-10 from 2016-03-25T11:43:38
Judas believed there was no way back after he had betrayed Jesus and so took his own life. But Jesus' death and resurrection means that there is a way back, through faith in Him.
ListenCome and See | Matthew 21:12-17 from 2016-03-20T09:56:10
Living the truly beautiful life that Jesus intended.
ListenConsumerism | Luke 12:13-21 from 2016-03-13T09:27:35
Hear Scott Higgins from 'A Just Cause'
In the last decade, people within Australian Baptist and other Evangelical churches became very involved in campaigns around international justice is...
As Family We Go | Romans 12:3-8 from 2016-02-21T08:53:01
ListenGoing Deeper | Hosea 14 from 2016-01-31T08:23:16
The launch of our Going Deeper theme. To download Bible Study notes, click here to go our Lifegroups page.
ListenJesus and the Sydney Morning Herald | Ephesians 1:3-14 2:10 from 2016-01-24T09:31:06
ListenJesus and the Sydney Morning Herald | The Influence of Technology | Titus 2:1-11 from 2016-01-17T10:29:15
Living under the influence of technology.
ListenJesus and the Sydney Morning Herald | The Environment | Psalm 8 from 2016-01-10T09:55:03
Jesus and the SMH - The Environment
ListenJesus and the Sydney Morning Herald | Sexism | Ephesians 5:1-7 from 2016-01-10T09:53:31
Jesus and the SMH - Sexism
ListenThe Brink of a New Year | Romans 8:31-19 from 2015-12-27T11:54:56
What can we expect in the year to come? Will it be better or worse than 2015, or just different?
ListenFor Unto Us a Child Is Born | Christmas Day | Luke 2:8-20 from 2015-12-25T09:52:10
ListenFor Unto Us a Child Is Born | Philippians 2:1-11 from 2015-12-20T09:04:38
ListenFor Unto Us a Child Is Born | Luke 1:46-55 from 2015-12-13T08:55:25
The term Grinchy shall apply, when Christmas spirit is in short supply.
ListenNew Horizons | John 20:19-23 from 2015-11-22T09:09:31
ListenMark Coleman Induction | John 7:37-39 from 2015-10-18T08:48:31
Guest preacher Steve Bernard from Northside Baptist Church, spoke at the induction of Mark Coleman, our new Associate Pastor
ListenChoices | Following Jesus in a Pluralistic Society | Hebrews 10:19-25 from 2015-09-20T09:26:02
Following Jesus in a Pluralistic Society
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