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, 10 August 2025
Duration: 27 mins 39 secs
Jesus Christ as the second Person of the Godhead is eternally one with God the Father of whose person and glory Jesus is the accurate expression. To become human He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, so that two whole and perfect natures, the nature of God and human nature, were united in one Person; truly God and truly human.
Sunday, 03 August 2025
Duration: 39 mins 28 secs
There is one God who is eternal personal Spirit. He is infinite in power, wisdom, holiness and love. God is Triune in essential being and revealed to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Sunday, 27 July 2025
Duration: 27 mins 40 secs
In this section we see a whole list of instructions on how we should be living as believers in Christ and the family of God. It is all about relationships: Firstly, it is showing respect for our leaders,secondly, it is how we connect with others, especially how we encourage them and thirdly, it is about how we relate to God.
Sunday, 20 July 2025
Duration: 29 mins 19 secs
As Paul continues to talk about the return of Jesus, He wants to encourage the Thessalonians in who they are in Christ and how that should affect their lives.
Sunday, 13 July 2025
In this section Paul wants to encourage the readers, that when you are connected to Jesus everything else is taken care of, this includes death. The key phrase is found in verse 17 "And so we will be with the Lord forever." What a great promise that is, no matter whether we are alive when Jesus returns or sleeping in death, we all will be with Jesus forever. That is where our hope is found and what encourages us in our lives.
Sunday, 06 July 2025
Duration: 23 mins 48 secs
In Chapter 3 we saw that our faith needs to be active. In this passage, Paul talks about what that activity looks like and how we should walk. We walk in HOLINESS, we walk in HARMONY, and we walk in HONESTY.
Sunday, 29 June 2025
Duration: 30 mins 54 secs
In this chapter, we get to see the intimate relationship between Paul and the Thessalonians, and what it is that holds them together so closely together...FAITH!
Sunday, 15 June 2025
In this section, we see Paul caring for the church. Firstly, as a faithful steward of the gospel that was entrusted to him (v.4). Secondly, as a loving mother who is caring for her children (v.7) and thirdly, as a concerned father, who wants to encourage, comfort and urge his children to live the right way.
Sunday, 01 June 2025
Duration: 22 mins 54 secs
As we prepare to look at the 1 Thessalonians, we turn our attention to the birth of the church at Thessalonica and Paul's ministry there, in Acts 17:1-9. We see him REASONING, EXPLAINING, PROVING and PROCLAIMING who Jesus is; He is the suffering Messiah, God's King, who died and rose again. This is what that church believed at that first meeting and what Paul encouraged them to continue with; thus, we get his first letter to them, 1 Thessalonians, which we will study over the next couple of months.
Sunday, 25 May 2025
Duration: 19 mins 39 secs
In this passage, Jesus declares that His true family, His brothers and sisters, are those who choose to do the will of God.
