Inner West Church Sermons

Jon Tran explores the nature of redemption in the strange tale of the prophet Jeremiah's real estate portfolio.

The God of the Bible is the God who redeems. Jon Tran preaches on our need for both redemption, and a Redeemer. God's redemption frees us from the consequences of our sinful idolatry and into the hope of the total redemption of all things in the future. SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 32:1-15, 1 Peter 1:18-21

Pete Greenwood preaches on God's purposes in giving his people new hearts, a new covenant, and the promise of a new city. SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 31:27-40, Hebrews 9:11-15

Pete Greenwood preaches on how lament and hope help us to deal with the brokenness within and around us. SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 31:15-26, John 13:1-11

Rhys Bezzant preaches on hope in exile from Jeremiah 30-31, exploring the way in which a hope grounded in God's story not only changes our future destination, but also who we fundamentally are in the present. Scripture: Jeremiah 30:1-11, Acts 3:16-23

Jon Tran continues our series 'Hope in Exile' by uncovering the various ways in which we deal with exile. Self-trust and mistaken religion won't get us home. Only a hope in a God who is both sovereign and faithful is strong enough to carry us through exile and into home. PASSAGES: Jeremiah 24:1-10, 29:15-32

What does it mean to live as spiritual exiles waiting for a heavenly home? Jeremiah's answer: "Seek the peace and prosperity of the city." Pete Greenwood unpacks what that means for us here in this place and at this time.

Campbell Brice helps us consider how to be effective and wise stewards of one of our most valuable resources - our time.

Pete Greenwood preaches on the influence wealth, money and possessions have and how we can be free to be content and generous through the gospel of Jesus. PASSAGES: Mark 12:41-44, 1 Timothy4:1-5, 1 Timothy 6:6-10

What are my talents and passions? What should I do with them? What obstructs them? What will free me to use them for the good of others? Pete Greenwood continues our series on Good Stewards as we continue to consider what it looks like to live as stewards of all that God has made. PASSAGES: Exodus 35:30 - 36:1, 2 Corinthians 5:11-21

Jon Tran opens up our series on Good Stewards by unpacking the source, the perspective and the freedom of stewardship from Genesis 1 & 2. SCRIPTURE: Genesis 1:26 - 2:17

To finish our series on Jonah, Pete Greenwood considers the vast differences between Jonah's attitude towards the Ninevites and God's. Jonah is filled with anger and bitterness towards Nineveh and God, while God is relentless in moving towards Nineveh and Jonah with abundant mercy and compassion. We learn that unless we realise just how merciful God is to us, we won't ever learn to be merciful to others.

Pete Greenwood preaches from Jonah 3 on what it takes to see true revival take place individually, corporately and societally. Passages: Jonah 3 and Acts 2:36-41

Jordan Lemley preaches on how the grace of God meets, renews and transforms us, even in our darkest moments. SCRIPTURE: Jonah 1:17-2:10, 1 John 1:5-10

Jonah is a complex, beautiful book, designed to expose the depths of human fallibility and the heights of God's mercy. God's Mission to redeem and restore the world is in full view, as he mercifully works on mission through flawed people. In this sermon, Pete Greenwood looks at the three decision points that Jonah faces in chapter 1. He largely fails, but God is still merciful, and we are pointed forward to Jesus, our perfect hero who succeeds at every challenge and empowers us to be used by God, despite our flaws and failures.

Jon Tran preaches from James 5:13-20 on how the Cross of Jesus doesn't only help us to speak honestly about our sickness and sin, but how it also gives us hope that God is the God who is making all things whole again. Passages: Isaiah 53:4-5 and James 5:13-20

How can we live through uncertainty, hardship and suffering? Campbell Brice preaches from James 5:7-12, encouraging us to persevere in hope because God has not left us alone in our hardship but has come to be with us in Jesus.

We all like to believe things that we know aren't really true. One of most tightly held illusions is that we have the ability to control the future. James helps us see past these illusions to the truth - that we can't control our lives and protect us from all harm, but there is someone who can.

Pete Greenwood was the guest preacher at Rock City Church Melbourne on Sunday August 8 2021. He preached on 'The Spirit of Peace' from John 14:15-31. Having the Holy Spirit means peace with God, peace in yourself and peace in the world. https://rockcitychurch.melbourne/

Only once does James use the word 'grace' in his letter. So when he does, we better pay attention! Grace for James ushers into the Christian heart a sense of humble awareness of the kind of life we ought to live.