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Calvary Chapel Sydney
by Calvary Chapel Sydney
Calvary Chapel Sydney is a church located in Castle Hill, Sydney Australia. We are committed to loving and accepting all people. We are a Christian church and we enjoy a casual, family atmosphere. We teach through the Bible verse by verse to receive the whole counsel of God. Jesus says in Matthew 11:28, “Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” This rest Jesus promises is what we offer to all through the Gospel. Our purpose is to love God, love people, and make disciples of Jesus Christ.
Episodes
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2026-10-11 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 50.1-20 Remember, Repent and Return
Synopsis: God turned His focus to the judgment He would bring upon Babylon for their sin, for they rejoiced to plunder God's people and were lifted up with pride. In these sobering words there is great comfort for God's people when we have made a mess of things to remember God, repent of sin, and...
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2026-10-04 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 49.1-39 More Certain Than Death and Taxes
Through the prophet, God spoke words of judgment against many nations that surrounded Israel. Despite the broad diversity of people and nations, we share in common a reckoning with the inevitable and inescapable judgment of God. Christians are most blessed salvation, forgiveness and eternal life…
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2026-09-27 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 48.14-47 Judgment and God's Grace
Through the prophet, God continued to speak of coming judgment upon Moab for exalting themselves above God. Being lifted up with pride would lead to a mighty fall, and this is a sobering warning for all who walk in pride. The only glimmer of hope proud sinners have for freedom, forgiveness and…
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2026-09-20 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 47.1 - 48.13 God's Appointed Judgement
After speaking of judgment God would bring upon Egypt, the LORD through Jeremiah addressed the Philistines and people of Moab concerning judgments He appointed for them as well. The Philistines would not be able to put up a fight, and Moab resembled wine settled on its dregs poured out as...
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2026-09-13 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 46.1-28 God Will!
Synopsis: Chapter 46 begins a compilation of God's judgments upon nations besides Israel, and the LORD singled out Egypt. Those who relied upon Egypt would be disappointed, for God would cause them to fall before the Babylonians. In the midst of God's judgment of Egypt there was hope for Israel,...
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2026-09-06 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 45. 1-5 Find Rest in Jesus
The word of the LORD came to Baruch who experienced feelings of despair, weariness and could not find rest. God gently rebuked the scribe who sought great things for himself and promised to preserve his life despite adversity. How blessed we are Jesus has revealed Himself to us, for in Him we…
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2026-08-30 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 44.11-30 God's Word Stands
Though God's people saw the destruction of Jerusalem as God's judgment for their sin, they continued to sin by going to Egypt and worshipping idols. Through the prophet, God promised to give them signs so they would know His word was true and would stand: troubles would persist and Pharaoh would...
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2026-08-23 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 43.1 - 44.10 Have You Forgotten
After Jeremiah spoke the word of God truthfully to the people, they proudly accused him of lying. Determined to go to Egypt contrary to God's command, the LORD spoke to them in Egypt of coming destruction. If they could forget their sin and dire consequences God brought as a result, it follows...
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2026-08-16 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 42.1-22 God Said What is Good
Synopsis: The remnant of Judah came to Jeremiah with a request he pray to God on their behalf so they might know what to do--and promised to obey regardless of what God said. After 10 days God spoke through Jeremiah and exposed the hypocrisy of His people who had no intention to obey Him at all....
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2026-08-09 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 41. 1-18 Fear and Returning to Egypt
As predicted, Ishmael assassinated Gedaliah and killed worshippers who came to Mizpah. When Ishmael tried to flee to Ammon, Johanan and other captains pursued and found him in Gibeon and saved those taken captive. The chapter illustrates with gruesome detail how fear leads people into countless...
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2026-08-02 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 40.1-16 Agendas and the Word
Synopsis: After God brought doom upon Jerusalem due to disobedience, Jeremiah was released from chains and permitted to return to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Jewish people from all over flocked to Gedaliah who encouraged them to settle down and serve the Babylonians. Only Jesus knew the motives and…
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2026-07-26 Ronny Barrantes Mark 5.21-43 Waiting on God's Perfect Timing
Synopsis: Jesus uses the accounts of Jairus' daughter and the woman with the flow of blood to teach that God's timing is always perfect, even when it seems delayed from our perspective. This message reminds us that faith is not understanding God's timing, but trusting Him while we wait, knowing...
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2026-07-19 Abraham Harb Acts 20, 17-27 The Urgency of True Gospel Proclamation
Synopsis: Paul's farewell to the Ephesian elders reveals the heart of faithful Christian ministry and devotion to God's call to the minster of the Gospel. In a culture that increasingly pressures believers to remain silent, the scriptures call the Church to reject fear, proclaim the whole counsel...
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2026-07-12 Bob Roche Nehemiah 8, 1-18 Joy of the Lord
The Spirit of God working in conjunction with the Word of God changes lives to cleanse and revive. Like Jerusalem in Nehemiah's day, our lives can be like broken walls and no hope. But there is always hope as Jesus came to change everything, even things we can't imagine are possible. Scriptures…
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2026-07-05 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 39.1-18 Blessed in Hard Times
As God spoke through Jeremiah and the Law, the destruction of Jerusalem came to pass as a judgment for sin. King Zedekiah could not escape his pursuers who bound and blinded him, yet the word of God came to Jeremiah while he was in the court of the prison with words of comfort for Ebed-Melech...
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2026-06-28 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 38. 1-28 Stuck in the Mud
Synopsis: As the siege of Jerusalem continued, the princes of Jerusalem received permission from the king to kill the prophet, whom they lowered into a muddy cistern. Ebed-Melech heard the news and went to his king who commanded him to take men and pull Jeremiah to safety. The fear of man caused...
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2026-06-21 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 37.1-21 God's Word Still Speaks
King Zedekiah sent messengers to ask Jeremiah to pray when under siege, and the answer from God was exactly as He said previously through His word and the prophets. After Jeremiah was arrested many days, the message He had from God was unchanged. God has spoken and continues to speak: those who...
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2026-06-14 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 36.1-32 Receiving God's Word
At God's direction, Jeremiah dictated to Baruch the scribe all God had spoken to him, and the scroll was read in the hearing of the people, elders and king Jehoiakim. The king burned the scroll that warned of coming judgment, yet it did nothing to prevent God's word from coming to pass. May God's...
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2026-06-07 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 35.1-19 The Rechabites
Synopsis: God directed Jeremiah to bring the Rechabites into the temple, set wine before them and tell them to drink. When they refused to drink wine in obedience to Jonadab their father, the Rechabites provided a contrast to God's people who refused to listen to or obey Him. Considering the...
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2026-05-31 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 34. 1-22 God Speaks to our Need
God spoke with Jeremiah and gave him a message for King Zedekiah: Jerusalem would fall, but God would preserve his life. The LORD also spoke to him and all Israel concerning the covenant they made with God only to break it. They would be made to reap the evil consequences of their lies and...
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2026-05-17 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 33.10-26 God Keeps His Covenant
God spoke to Jeremiah when he was in prison and promised to keep His covenant with Israel, that the LORD would cause His people to return to their land and rejoice in Him. Though God's people rebelled against Him, He would be like a shepherd who makes His sheep lie down in safety. We are flawed…
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2026-05-17 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 32.31 - 33.9 Call and God Will Answer
While Jeremiah was in prison, God spoke to him about the judgment He was bringing for sin and also the ultimate healing and restoration of God's people. God promised when Jeremiah called on Him He would reveal unsearchable things, and blessed are the redeemed souls God knows and reveals Himself…
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2026-05-10 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 31, 35 - 32,30
Though God's people were not faithful to Him, the LORD would be faithful to them. God prepared and guided Jeremiah to buy his cousin's field in Anathoth to illustrate how land would be possess by God's people again. Jeremiah obeyed the sovereign God before he understood why, and this is a good...
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2026-05-03 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 31.1-34 Streaming to God
Synopsis: Before Judah and Jerusalem fell before Babylon, God spoke of Israel gathered back to the land God had given them where they would be prosperous and multiplied. Though they had broken His covenant, God would make a new covenant with them because He is faithful. Transformation is possible...
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2026-04-26 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 30.1-24 Plans for God's People
2026-04-26 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 30.1-24 Plans for God's People by Calvary Chapel Sydney
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2026-04-19 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 29. 1-32 Our Sovereign, Living God
Synopsis: The prophet Jeremiah penned a letter to the Jews God carried captive to Babylon, and he urged them to settle down, plant gardens and raise families because it would be a long captivity. He also addressed false prophets who deceived the people who would be punished for teaching rebellion...
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2026-04-12 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 28. 1-17 Trusting the Truth
Synopsis: A false prophet from Gibeon named Hananiah came to Jerusalem and contradicted God's word spoken through Jeremiah. He broke Jeremiah's yoke of wood for emphasis, yet God revealed yokes of iron were made to replace them. Hananiah was swiftly and severely judged by God for causing people…
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2026-04-05 Ben Grisez Mark 16 9-14 1 Corinthians 15 1-8 12-23 Easter Sunday
Remembering the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ leads us to celebrate Him and all Jesus has accomplished for Christians by His grace. Disciples in Jesus' day struggled with unbelief and hardness of heart, and after He ascended to heaven some did not comprehend the importance of the...
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2026-04-03 Ben Grisez Mark 15.6-20; 42-46 Good Friday
Synopsis: Good Friday is one example of how God makes all things work together for good to those who know God and are called according to His purpose. The chief priests, people and Pilate all made decisions that resulted in Jesus being crucified and dying for the sins of the world. Joseph of...
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2026-03-29 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 27. 1-22 Submission to Christ
Synopsis: Jeremiah was tasked by God to make yokes, to wear one himself, and send them to kings with a message that God had determined they were to serve Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah learned by troubles and trials the LORD was his portion, and he hoped and waited quietly for salvation. Jesus bids all...
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2026-03-22 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 26.1-24 Stand and Speak
The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah and directed him to stand in the temple and speak God's word to all who went there to worship God. Initially the people were inclined to execute Jeremiah, but God gave him favour with the princes and elders. King Hezekiah provided a good example for them to...
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2026-03-15 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 25.1-38 God's Gracious Warnings
Synopsis: Through the prophet God continued to warn the kings, prophets and people about coming judgment for sin during the reign of Jehoiakim. After Israel drank from the cup of God's fury, all nations would be made to drink from it as well. God continues to plead with His erring children--lest...
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2026-03-08 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 23.33-24.10 God of His Word
God was against the priests and prophets who claimed to have the oracle of the LORD and spoke deceit and falsehoods God said every man's word would be his own burden, and God will judge each person according to all we say. Praise God those compared to rotten figs could be redeemed and numbered...
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2026-03-01 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 23,1-32 The Word of Life
Synopsis: God through Jeremiah pronounced woe upon the kings, false prophets and corrupt priests who scattered and preyed on His people rather than feeding and protecting them. God was against the prophets who did not stand in His word and prophesied lies in His name. It is only by receiving the...
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2026-02-22 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 22,1-30 God Changes His People for Good
Synopsis: The kings of Judah were targeted in God's sights for judgment, and through the prophet warned them of the disaster He would bring upon them for their sin. There was hope for anyone who would repent of their sin and return to the LORD, yet the kings and people were not inclined to…
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2026-02-15 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 21, 1-14 The Way of Life
Synopsis: Chapter 21 shifts ahead two decades toward the end of Zedekiah's reign before the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians. God set before His people the way of life and the way of death, and it was only by trusting God and defecting to the Babylonians would they survive the coming...
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2026-02-08 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 19.1 - 20.18 The Remedy for Despair
God directed Jeremiah to assemble elders and priests and broke a earthenware flask before them to illustrate the destruction God was bringing upon Jerusalem and the inhabitants. After being put in the stocks for speaking God's word in the temple, Jeremiah wrestled with the praiseworthiness of God...
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2026-02-01 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 18, 1-23 Return Now and Rejoice
Synopsis: Jeremiah was guided by God to go to the potter's house where God illustrated His power over nations with a potter forming clay into what seemed good to him. God commanded His people to return now from their evil ways because He was fashioning a disaster against them. God be praised, for...
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2026-01-25 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 17,1-27 Examination of the Heart
Synopsis: Because of the sins of God's people, their judgments were engraved with a point of diamond. God has revealed the hearts of mankind to be deceitful and desperately wicked, and He put His people to the test to keep one command. Every day God gives people the opportunity to trust, obey Him...
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2026-01-18 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 16, 1-21 Obedience and Knowing God
God restricted Jeremiah from marriage and having children, offering consolation to the bereaved or going celebratory gatherings. Through Jeremiah's obedience, the LORD provoked curiosity and provided opportunity for Jeremiah to speak God's word. The example of Jeremiah is an inspiration to God's...
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2026-01-11 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 15, 1-21 Precious From the Vile
Synopsis: God spoke to Jeremiah and said it would not matter if Moses or Samuel prayed--He would still not be favourable towards His people because they would not repent of sin and return to Him. Jeremiah struggled as he suffered for doing good, and God exhorted him to return to Him, to take the...
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2026-01-04 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 14, 1-22 Newness of Life
Synopsis: The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the time of drought, and the spiritual condition of Israel was as parched as their dry cisterns and riverbeds. God would bring the sword and famine false prophets said would not come as a judgment upon them. Jeremiah walked in wisdom to wait for...
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2025-12-28 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 13.1-27 Cleansed for Good
God directed Jeremiah to use a linen sash to provide an illustration of what would happen to His people because they departed from Him. They were incapable of changing themselves for the better or doing good, and God is willing to go to great lengths to warn and save sinners. The question…
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2025-12-25 Ben Grisez Luke 1. 67-79 Christmas 2025
Synopsis: God is the giver of all good gifts, and Christmas is the joyous time of remembering Jesus is the greatest gift given to all. Zacharias and Elizabeth were given a son named John, and he was the prophet who prepared the way for Jesus who was born of the virgin Mary. Praise God the Light…
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2025-12-21 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 12.1-17 Strength for the Weary
Though Jeremiah trusted God and knew He was righteous, he questioned His judgments. God revealed Jeremiah was worn out by footmen when God was preparing Him to contend with horses according to His divine power. God is good to redeem times of trouble to draw us to Himself and be strengthened in...
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2025-12-14 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 11.1-23 Amen to Obedience
God revealed to Jeremiah the covenant He made with His people had been broken by them, and He would hold them accountable with judgment. From the beginning He commanded their obedience, yet they would not listen to Him. All God says we should do, including loving one another, not holding grudges...
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2025-12-07 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 10.1-25 The Portion of Jacob
Synopsis: In this passage, God exposed the worthlessness of idols and His supremacy over all creatures, people and the world He created. Rather than being disheartened by signs in heaven, God's people were called to fear God and look to Him who would save them. Verses in order of appearance…
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2025-11-30 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 9, 1-26 Know and Understand God
Synopsis: Jeremiah lamented over God's people due to their sin, and God observed His people did not know or understand Him. Rather than boasting in our wisdom, might or riches, God calls people to glory in knowing and understanding God, and rejoice to do what God delights in. As we do this…
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2025-11-16 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 7.32 - 8.22 Cure for Spiritual Sickness
Through the prophet Jeremiah, God exposed the spiritual sickness of His people and would make them take their bitter medicine. Birds know the season for migration and where to fly, yet God's own people did not repent of sin or return to Him in time of need. Are you among those willing to heed…
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2025-11-16 Ben Grisez Jeremiah 7.1-31 Preaching to the Choir
Synopsis: God directed Jeremiah to stand at the gate of the temple and declare to God's people their need to thoroughly amend their ways and doings, a timeless and relevant message for all who profess to know and worship God. By looking back to God's previous judgments, those who refused to…
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Calvary Chapel Sydney is a church located in Castle Hill, Sydney Australia. We are committed to loving and accepting all people. We are a Christian church and we enjoy a casual, family atmosphere. We teach through the Bible verse by verse to receive the whole counsel of God. Jesus says in Matthew 11:28, “Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” This rest Jesus promises is what we offer to all through the Gospel. Our purpose is to love God, love people, and make disciples of Jesus Christ.
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