Preacher: Daniel opdeVeigh

This Sunday at Tregear we will complete our series on Philippians. Philippians Chapter 4 includes wonderful verses such as: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice!” and “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”

Preacher: Mark Glanville

In what David Newmarch calls one of his favourite verses, Paul speaks of ‘the surpassing worth of knowing Jesus Christ my Lord’. We have everything we need in Christ friends. In pursuing Him we have all we need.

Preacher: Peter Crickitt

This Sunday at Tregear we will continue our series on Philippians. The commitment and love that Paul and his friends have for the Philippian Christians is selfless and genuine. It provides a model for us as we learn to love each other and partner with each other in the gospel here in Western Sydney.

Preacher: Mark Glanville

This Sunday at Tregear we are going to savour Christ. In Philippians Chapter 2 Paul is in wonder as he considers the humility of Christ: that Christ would become human, and die on a cross for our salvation. It will be a delight to gaze at Christ together this Sunday and admire his gracious humility for us, His people.

Preacher: Peter Crickitt

“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Philippians 1:21

Preacher: Mike Goheen

This Sunday at Tregear we begin a series on the letter to the Philippians. Our passage, Phil 1:1-11, is a most wonderful expression of warm friendship from Paul to the Philippian church, forged through their partnership in the gospel. Christ is exalted, and their warm relationship is celebrated. It is a reminder to us of what a gift God has given to us in our own church family, as we partner in the gospel together.

Preacher: Mike Goheen

“You are standing here in order to enter into a covenant with the LORD your God, a covenant the LORD is making with you this day and sealing with an oath, to confirm you this day as his people, that he may be your God as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I am making this covenant, with its oath, not only with you who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God but also with those who are not here today.” Deuteronomy 29:12-15

Preacher: Mike Goheen

Have you ever wondered about the purpose of the Old Testament tabernacle? God’s presence is with His people Israel through the tabernacle. In Exodus tabernacle is built and God comes to dwell with his people. Importantly, God’s dwelling with his people gets increasingly intimate throughout the biblical story—tabernacle, temple, Jesus, Spirit, full presence of Triune God in new creation (Rev. 21:3). This Sunday we will see that the tabernacle is not only a symbol of God’s presence, but a symbol for the mission of the church - for it is God’s presence that makes His people an attractive people for their mission to the world.

Introduction 

• Personal relationship not enough
• Covenant relationship: central image  (one of, if not the most important ways our relationship with God is described.)
• Two problems: 1) unknown (People don’t talk about it)   2) familiarity (used so much it has lost its meaning)

Historical Unfolding - Quick Overview

• Noahic Covenant (Gen. 6:18; 9:1-17)  - preserve and redeem the earth
• Abrahamic Covenant (Gen 12, 15, 17)  - God promised to make Abraham’s descendants into a great people -  to bless them and others through them.
• Siniatic Covenant (Ex. 19-24)
• Davidic Covenant (2 Sam. 7)
• New Covenant (Jer. 31:31ff; Luke 22:20ff; Heb. 8-10)