Preacher: Len Firth

Len looks at how God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit - one God, but Three in One. The Doctrine of the Trinity is one of the hardest to comprehend but full of the most delicious truth.

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Our God is Three In One

Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Reader: Joanna Justus

In this the tenth year of covering the Psalms in the Summer break, today Pastor Jonathan is preaching from Psalm 16. 
David, King Of Israel has everything at his disposal - people, palaces, riches, yet in this psalm he recognises that he has nothing without God who is his refuge. David speaks of the of the sorrows he has for people who have another god, and this is where Jonathan takes us today. We have many other "gods", or rather, idols, that take our attention away from God, yet we are often blind to these idols, particularly when our whole society and econmic system is built around these things.

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We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Psalms Of Summer 2023

Psalm 16

Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Reader: Judy Carr
Music: Leslie Edis & Joanna Justus

The biggest problem humanity has ever had to deal with is the reality of death. Jesus solves the problem by being the solution: he is the resurrection and the life.

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I AM

I AM The Resurrection & The Life

Reader: Daniel Wang
Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Music: Read Door Worship Team

Pastor Jonathan teaches in Revelation, chapters 15 & 16 where the apostle John writes of the seven bowls of God's wrath. For those who have not put their faith into the Lord Jesus, the outcome is catastrophic, but for thos who trust in Jesus, there is nothing to fear because they are saved from the terrifying judgement of God's justice. 

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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The Revelation Of Jesus Christ

Judgement And Justice

Reader: Daniel Wong
Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Music: Leslie Edis

Pastor Jonathan is taking us through Psalm 20, a hymn of blessing which is fitting for our first service of the new year.

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Psalms Of Summer 2024

Psalm 20

Reader: Danita O'Loughlin
Preacher: John Hudson
Music: Josh Hennessey & John Hudson

John is taking us through Psalm 34, a poem that emphasises the goodness of God. John shows how we can see God's goodness in the past, taste his goodness in the present, and trust his goodness for the future, no matter what is occurring in our lives.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Psalm 34

Reader: Gehan Periera
Preacher: Tibor Tumbas
Music: Leslie Edis & Natalie Tumbas

Tibor is taking us through Psalm 1, where the psalmist points out the consequences of choosing to follow God or not. This psalm is not a set of rules of "do this", "don't do that", but rather a statement of ultimately what happens when we make the choice to follow God or not.

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We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Psalm 1

Reader: Mel Truong
Preacher: John Hudson
Music: Bek & John Hudson, Joanna Justus

John takes us through Psalm 39, where David cries out in despair for what he sees happening in the world, and what he sees as his sins and failings. Many people have wondered why this psalm is in the bible. John surmises it shows us just how much God really understands us.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Psalm 39

Reader: Judy Carr
Preacher: James Truong
Music: Josh Hennessey & Jo Turok

James takes us through Psalm 37, where the psalmist shows two different ways of life - the way of evil or the way of righteousness. It's like choosing a "team" to follow. James challenges us to follow the "winning" team of righteousness by following God and Jesus, even though that seems like the hardest choice. But paraphrasing the English government during WWII, James suggests that we remain calm and carry on our lives.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Psalm 37

Reader: Graeme Miller
Preacher: Josh Hennessey
Music:  Bek & John Hudson, Joanna Justus

Josh takes us through Psalm 3, David pours out his heart to God. Unfortunately, many churches in the past have taught people not to bear their true emotions to God in prayer. Yet that is exactly what David does in this psalm as he reflects on his problems and where he sees the only one who can save him from this danger is God himself. Josh teaches us to be honest with God - after all, he knows what we're feeling anyway so it's easier to be truthful and honest about our emotions and struggles.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
of life all about Jesus.

Psalm 3

Reader: Joanna Justus
Preacher: Jemima Justus
Music:  Leslie Edis, Jo Turok, Joanna Justus

Jemima takes us through Psalm 6. David pours out his heart to God where he is in turmoil and fear due to his actions that deserve discipline. However by the end of the psalm David knows that God has heard his prayer. The psalm does not tell us if David's concerns have been remedied, but it does tell us that David is at peace with his emotions and with God.
Jemima suggests that when we have concerns and worries we should take them to God.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Psalm 6

Reader: Jonathan Smith
Preacher: James Truong
Music:  Josh Hennessey

James takes us through Psalm 23. This well known psalm tells the story of how God is our shepherd, but James makes an interesting point. Shepherds work with a flock of sheep, but this psalm reflects on our God having a personal relationship with each and every one of us - He shepherds us each individually and personally. He also points out that a sheep cannot survive without the shepherd's guidance and assistance - and it is the same with us - we do not survive well without God's shepherding of us.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
of life all about Jesus.

Psalm 23

Reader: Levi Diacon
Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Music:  Josh Hennessey & Joanna Justus

Today Pastor Jonathan teaches that one of the reasons why Jesus came to die was to defeat the devil. Some christians focus too much on the devil and his powers, while others are almost flippant about Satan. Pastor Jonathan uses biblical texts to show us
how to find the right balance between these two extremes, so that we are aware of Satan and his attempts to distract us from God, but also aware that there is nothing he can do to us because Jesus's death and resurrection has disarmed the devil from his most powerful weapon.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Seven Reasons Why Jesus Came To Die

Reason 2: To Defeat The Devil

Reader: Graeme Miller
Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Music:  John & Bek Hudson

Today Pastor Jonathan teaches that one of the reasons why Jesus came to die was to lift the curse. Our failure to keep the law of God means we are under a curse, unable to save ourselves. Jesus' death lifts the curse.


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We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Reason 3: To Lift The Curse

Reader: Danita O'Loughlin
Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Music:  Josh Hennessey & Joanna Turok

Today Pastor Jonathan teaches that one of the reasons why Jesus came to die was to kill racial hostility. Our hostility towards racial and ethnic identities is a gospel issue. All people are created in God's image and people from all nations and of all languages (and customs) will worship him in heaven, so we cannot justify any hositility we may have to people who are not like us. Jesus died to put these things to death.


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We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Reason 4: To Kill Racial Hostility

Reader: Marios Kyriakou
Preacher: Jonathan Smith

Tonight, Maundy Thursday Pastor Jonathan teaches that one of the reasons why Jesus came to die was to set an example for us. The latin word Maundy means "command" and it is from this latin term that we get our word "mandate". So on this night, Jesus mandated his disciples, which includes us, to live our lives like he did by loving others and loving sacrificially. Christ's once-for-all death frees us to imitate living sacrificially for the sake of others.


Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Seven Reasons Jesus Came To Die

Reason 5: To Set An Example

Reader: Daniel Wang
Preacher: Josh Hennessey
Music: Bek & John Hudson

Today is Good Friday and Josh explains to us the oxymoron of God's son dying as the greatest gift of love ever. The brokenness of the world gives us good cause to question God's love, but the cross stands as timeless proof.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Reason 6: To Show God's Love

Reader: Gehan Periera
Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Music: Red Door Worship Team

In the final sermon of this seris, Pastor Jonathan tells us another reason why Jesus came to die - to open the way for us. Death is the tragic destiny of every human ever born. But through death, Jesus makes a way for us to live forever.

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Reason 7: To Open The Way

Preacher: John Hudson

In this two week mini-series, John has selected some specific verses from the Book Of Proverbs. In our lives, we spend an enormous amount of time in our work and with friends and family. 
This book looks into these two areas of our lives from a biblical perspective. Today's message from John looks at our work.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Proverbs

Proverbs - Selected Verses - Work

Reader: Graeme Miller
Preacher: John Hudson
Music: Josh Hennessey

In this two week mini-series, John has selected some specific verses from the Book Of Proverbs. In this message, John shows us from a biblical perspective what this book says about friendship - it's importance, how we can discover friendship, 
forging these friendships and where we get the power to work on our friendships.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
of life all about Jesus.

Proverbs - Selected Verses - Friendship

Reader: Judy Carr
Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Music: Bek & John Hudson

Today Pastor Jonathan is preaching a stand alone message on generosity. He explores God's generosity towards us, our failure to show that same generosity to others, and then provides an antidote to the greed that affects humanity.
He then challenges the regular members Of Red Door Church with a vision the Parish Council has for the future. 

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
of life all about Jesus.

Stand Alone Sermons

The Way Of Generosity

Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Music: Josh Hennessey & Joanna Justus

Today Pastor Jonathan is starting a new series on The Apostle's Creed. Though the creed is not scripture, it clearly states beliefs that all Christians hold - the beliefs that are consistent across all churches and denominations. 
The statements contained in the creed are all substantiated by scripture. This message looks at the first line of The Creed:
"I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth"
Jonathan explores what it means to believe, what it means for God to be "Father" and how we can worship God be seeing the beauty of His creation.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Credo

God The Creator

Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Music: Josh Hennessey & Bek Hudson

Today Pastor Jonathan is starting a new series on The Apostle's Creed. Though the creed is not scripture, it clearly states beliefs that all Christians hold - the beliefs that are consistent across all churches and denominations. 
The statements contained in the creed are all substantiated by scripture. This message looks at the first line of The Creed:
"I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary."
Jonathan explores the three statements made in this line of the Creed - that Jesus is the Son of God, his conception and birth - detailing that without the Holy Spirit, Jesus is just another man and without the virgin birth he is not fully human.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Jesus The Son

Preacher: John Hudson
Music: Leslie Edis & Joanna Justus

Today John is taking us through the third topic in our series on The Apostle's Creed - Jesus: Dead And Buried. Though the creed is not scripture, it clearly states beliefs that all Christians hold - the beliefs that are consistent across all churches and denominations. 
The statements contained in the creed are all substantiated by scripture. This message looks at the third line of The Creed:
"He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried."
John shows us that Christianity could be easily falsified by simply proving that Jesus did not die. However, history has proven that he did in fact die and was buried. He didn't "sort of die", he 100% died and was buried.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Jesus: Dead And Buried

Wisdom For Wellbeing.
Mental Health is a huge issue in our culture. Today there is less stigma around mental illlness, but it still exists.
This seminar looks at mental health from a Christian perspective. This session is presented by Dr Rod Smith, a psychiatrist.
He looks at what defines a mental health disorder and discusses treatment options available. However, Rod does not just look at
treating mental health disorders with medications, though that is his area of expertise. He looks at treatment in a holistic manner due to his understanding from Psalm 139 that people are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
of life all about Jesus.

Mental Health Disorders & Treatment Options

Wisdom For Wellbeing.
Mental Health is a huge issue in our culture. Today there is less stigma around mental illlness, but it still exists.
This seminar looks at mental health from a Christian perspective. This session is presented by Chad Loftis, a Christian Counsellor.
He looks at anxiety & faith. Is it sinful to be anxious, or is anxiety something else? Chad tells us that we can use anxiety as a "messenger" to help us find God and use the anxiety for find what we really need.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
of life all about Jesus.

Anxiety & Faith: Reconciling old enemies

Wisdom For Wellbeing.
Mental Health is a huge issue in our culture. Today there is less stigma around mental illness, but it still exists.
Our panelists answers questions from people who attended the Red Door Church seminar on Mental Health.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
of life all about Jesus.

Mental Health Panel Discussion

Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Music: Bek & John Hidson, Josh Hennessey

Today Pastor Jonathan is taking us through the fourth topic in our series on The Apostle's Creed - Jesus: Risen And Ascended. Though the creed is not scripture, it clearly states beliefs that all Christians hold - the beliefs that are consistent across all churches and denominations. 
The statements contained in the creed are all substantiated by scripture. This message looks at the fourth line of The Creed:
“On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven”

If there is no resurrection, then Christianity has no hope, and we ought to be pitied because of our belief and "weird" behaviour. Similarly, if Jesus did not ascend to heaven, then he is not ruling, and we are submitting to a lie. However, if Jesus did rise again and is seated in heaven then our entire lives and actions must be modelled around that belief.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Jesus: Risen and Ascended

Preacher: Jonathan Smith
Music: Josh Hennessey & Joanna Justus

Today Pastor Jonathan is taking us through the fifth topic in our series on The Apostle's Creed - Jesus Coming Again. Though the creed is not scripture, it clearly states beliefs that all Christians hold - the beliefs that are consistent across all churches and denominations. 
The statements contained in the creed are all substantiated by scripture. This message looks at the line of The Creed that reads:
“From there he will come to judge the living and the dead”

This can be quite scary and daunting, knowing that Jesus is coming back to judge all people, but Jonathan presents that this is actually very good news for believers.

Red Door is an Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia.
We exist to be a community of people helping people make all
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Jesus Coming Again

Series: Power in Weakness | 2 Corinthians
Passage: 2 Corinthians 6:3-13
Preacher: Jonathan Smith

Open Hearts | 2 Corinthians 6:3-13

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