Role: Pastor |
Hi my name is Phil Irvine and I’m the Pastor at Emu Plains Community Baptist Church. My family and I moved all the way from the Blue Mountains and to live in the community here in Emu Plains. Jesus said “I have come that you may have life, and have it to the full.” Sometimes we find that our lives are so full with things to do, but we don’t seem to be fulfilled. I enjoy running, spending time with my family, playing Xbox and a good coffee. But what fills my life is Jesus. If you are wanting your life full, the best it can be, why not check out Jesus and take him up on this promise?
Sunday, 17 May 2026
Duration: 24 mins 33 secs
Even in a broken world, we can see the beauty of God everywhere, and one day He will restore all things to Himself. God invite us to share His beauty and peace with a broken world as we live as followers of Jesus.
Sunday, 03 May 2026
Duration: 19 mins 43 secs
As we start May Mission Month for 2026 and think about the question, "What does love look like?", we start by looking at Jesus and how He showed His love to us by serving and giving up His life. God calls us to have that same mindset when we relate to others.
Sunday, 26 April 2026
In this passage, Paul encourages us to consider the relationship we have with God through prayer and how that should impact the way we relate to others, particularly in sharing the good news in the way we speak and the way we live.
Sunday, 19 April 2026
Duration: 28 mins 21 secs
In this passage, Paul talks about the freedom that he has in Christ and how that freedom frees him up to become all things to all people, so that he can share the gospel and see other people be saved and set free by Jesus as well.
Sunday, 05 April 2026
Duration: 23 mins 12 secs
In this last chapter of Mark's gospel, we see the most amazing things happening. The stone is rolled away, an angel appears, Jesus' body is missing because He has risen and the call is given to His disciples, to Go and TELL.
Sunday, 29 March 2026
Duration: 26 mins 11 secs
This week, we turn our attention to Easter and Jesus making His way to the cross. Before that happens, He is betrayed by Judas and deserted by the disciples, but He is not alone, for His Father is always with Him. In this passage, Jesus shows us the humble position we all need to have before God, "Not what I will, but what you will". May we be people who WATCH and PRAY and submit ourselves to God in everything.
Sunday, 22 March 2026
Duration: 31 mins 26 secs
This can be a hard passage to understand, but Jesus keeps reminding His disciples to be: WATCHFUL (v.5,34,35,37), ON GUARD (v.9,23,33) and STANDING FIRM (v.13). We certainly feel like we are in these last days, but Jesus still expects us to be doing those same things. Focus on Him and do be WORRIED (v.11) or ALARMED (v.7)
Sunday, 15 March 2026
Duration: 33 mins 28 secs
In this passage, Jesus is going to give His disciples a lesson in the type of fruit that God is looking for in His people - the fruit of faith, obedience and submission.
Sunday, 01 March 2026
Duration: 19 mins 42 secs
In this passage, we see Peter's amazing declaration of who he thinks Jesus is, the Messiah. Jesus then goes on to explain what that really means; He will suffer, be rejected, be killed and then rise again. For us to be a true disciple of Jesus, we will have to follow in His footsteps; deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him.
Sunday, 22 February 2026
Duration: 25 mins 55 secs
In this section, we see the Disciples and John the Baptist serving Jesus as they obey God's call in their lives. On the other hand, we have Herod who doesn't listen to God but instead, listens to his wife, his dinner guests, a dancer and himself. Basically, anyone besides God. Whose voice are we allowing into our lives?
