Village Church Annandale is a creative and friendly Christian Church in the heart of Annandale in Sydney's inner west. Join Dominic Steele, Jon Kwan and other guest teachers for Sunday bible talks, plus on weekdays a five minute daily 'Daily Bible Time.'
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At Village Church there’s a strong emphasis on being known, loved, in Christ and playing our part in Christ’s team. Today we reach the last chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans and Paul shows us a focused team ministry.By Dominic Steele
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The call of God is for Christians to be united not just in our personal relationships but in praise of our Heavenly Father. This will have all sorts of practical outworkings in our everyday relationships and in our intentional actions to entrepreneurially promote Christ’s mission.By Dominic Steele
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How can Christians be united when we are each so different. Dominic Steele takes us to the Apostle Paul’s teachings to the church in Rome - which was at risk of splitting between two massive factions. Romans 14.By Dominic Steele
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There are three challenges today to live totally counter cultural lives. We are in Romans 13:8-14 and the Apostle Paul challenges in relationship to love, living wakeful lives and walking in obedience to Jesus.By Dominic Steele
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What does it mean for us to relate well as Christians to our government? Where should we extend honour? What place to object? How should we think about tax? What if we don't like the government or the way it is administering society?By Dominic Steele
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What does it mean for us to love sincerely. It's not just do what feels right. But God gives us real content to love. We explore that together with our lead pastor Dominic Steele.By Dominic Steele
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In a one-off sermon this week, Dominic Steele helps us explore the topic of guidance, with a special case study on work. How does God guide His people? Where should we look to find God's guidance? How do we make decisions in life, and especially in work?By Dominic Steele
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It’s the end of our journey through the book of Isaiah. And what a spectacular ending! We seen the vision of the end of time, with the Lord creating a new heavens and earth. But there’s also an intensely practical side to this vision as Dominic Steele helps us to see that our right response is to tremble at the word of God.…
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Today we come to a passage which is the heart of the book of Isaiah and potentially the heart of the Old Testament. Dominic Steele is back and will be showing us the last and climax of Isaiah's servant songs. We hear about the coming work of the promised Servant to rescue Israel and sprinkle the nations.…
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Today we explore the issue of rejection. In our passage Israel is feeling rejected by God, like all the promises have failed. In the same way as Israel, the servant is feeling similarly rejected, like he is inadequet for his task and despised by people. But where Israel doubts and is faithless, , the servant trusts and is faithful. As we explore th…
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We live in a world characterised by uncertainty whether it be because of global issues such as climate change, divisive elections and geopolitical tensions or more personal hardships such as job loss, family breakdown or bereavement. In the face of these uncertainties our natural impulse is to ask why is this happening? and who if anybody is in cha…
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Today, Dominic Steele looks at one of the Old Testament’s greatest passages - Isaiah 40. We’re exploring the extraordinary moment when God extends comfort to his chosen people. And we look at them many times in this passenger bunch fulfilment in the new Testament, and especially in the person of Jesus.…
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Today is a major breakthrough in expectations. In the first ten chapters of Isaiah it has mostly been about the judgement of God on wayward Israel and Judah. But today a breakthrough. We discover lots about the coming Messiah and his rule. It's not just a breakthrough in the logic of Isaiah, it's a breakthrough in the logic of the Old Testament.…
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Today we will explore the beautiful passage of Isaiah 7-9 which has not one but two prophecies distinctly pointing forward to God's intent to send a King who will establish peace and rule with Justice. But this promise comes in the context of gloom and dark days for the nation of Israel as they are pressured align themselves with foreign peoples an…
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Today, we will stand in the shoes of the prophet Isaiah and hear the personal call from God to his service - potentially impacting the rest of our lives. With Isaiah, we will see a vision of the Lord. With Isaiah, we will see the importance of Holiness.By Dominic Steele
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Today we start our major series for second term. The gospel of Isaiah. Dominic Steele and Alex Hitchcock will be taking us through this key Old Testament book. We are going to be working really hard to making this book accessible for those who don't know much about the Old Testament and how it fits together as well as those who have done lots of bi…
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The Apostle Peter reminds us today (at a time when people are deliberately forgetting) that there Lord Jesus will return and he will come at a time when we are least expecting. From this, there are massive implications for our lives - to live holy and godly lives, to make every effort to be spotless and blameless and to bear in mind that the Lord's…
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Christian ministry is not a game. We can be tempted to be relaxed about ministry - because so many of us serve in ministry in our 'discretionary time.' But as the Apostle Peter makes clear the ministry stakes are life and death. They involve truth and falsehood. And heaven and hell are at stake. Dominic Steele takes us to 2 Peter 2…
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Truth is a person (John's gospel) | Truth be told by Lionel Windsor | Dominic Steele | 16 April 2024
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Today at Village we are reflecting on final words from the Apostle Peter. As he's about to die, he focuses on the things most important, that he wants his recipients to remember and recall the established truth that he has taught. Peter's letter opens up a perspective on absolute or established truth that in our 'post-truth western culture' sounds …
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Today at Village we think about recalibrating life. We start thinking about where we want to end up in life. And then we reflect on making priority decisions now that will lead to those desired outcomes. Our passage is 2Peter 1:1-11.By Dominic Steele
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