Current Sermon Series - Darling Street Anglican Church

In this teaching we look at chapter 3 of James Bryan Smith's book, The Good and Beautiful You. 

In this episode we discuss chapter 2 of the book, "The Good and Beautiful You" by James Bryan Smith. The topic is "The Sacred Body".

This is a summary of the first session. We are following along with the book by James Bryan Smith, "The Good and Beautiful You"

In this sermon Mark Leach explores the nature of love and the process by which we can become people of love.

A discussion with Australia's leading residential property forecaster, Robert Mellor, on all things property and faith. Robert shares his life story and then ends with a discussion and Q&A about the current market.

In this talk we explore the nature of hope to change our lives

In this sermon Mark Leach explores the way in which God provides a truly radical solution to the  problem of human evil. 2 At dawn Jesus appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing the

A life lesson about meeting needs and growing up - John 6. In this talk we look at the miraculous feeding of the 5000 men (+ another 5 -10,000 women and children). And we learn a great deal about the way in which we are to grow up to be like Jesus as we work with him to meet human needs around us.

In this sermon Mark Leach explores the ideas found in John 5:16-47, in particular how our answer to the question, who is jesus?, has massive implications for every area of life.

Do you want to be well? What does wellness look like? How do we get it? And what does Jesus have to do with this?

In the context of the appointment and resignation of Andrew Thorburn as CEO of the Essendon Football Club, we discuss how we as a culture got to this point, where a football club could consider that membership in an Anglican Church could be incompatible with leadership of the club. 

In this talk we examine the stages of faith displayed by a Jewish official as he encounters Jesus and asks Jesus to heal his dying son

In this exposition of John 4, we see that the key to living well in this world is to see everything in it with eyes of faith, the way Jesus did. 

In John 3 Jesus has an interaction with a religious scholar and leader, Nicodemus, in which he tells Nicodemus that he must be born again. What did Jesus mean by this? What does it mean for us today? 

In this sermon Kara Martin, an academic and practioner, helps us understand prevailing myths and half-truths about work, and points us to the better story that the bible tells.

A careful study of John 2, and Jesus clearing the temple, reveals the need each of us have for Jesus to cleanse our hearts of a work's-based, contractual approach to God, and to receive from Him a covenantal welcome into His Father's home.

As we study the second part of John 1, we see 4 titles given to Jesus, and look at how John the Baptist and Andrew respond to this Jesus

How are we to build truly healthy, inclusive communities? How do we value the truth whilst also showing unconditional acceptance? In this episode we explore how Jesus brings us the capacity to live lives full of grace and truth.

Join us to explore the implications of the view of God, and the world, which we get from a close philosophically informed reading of John 1:1-18

Continuing his series on the 7 Deadly Sins, Mark explores the nature of sloth and lust, and how the energy beneath each of these, for renewal and intimacy, can be directed towards healthy community.