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?
Thursday, 25 December 2025
Duration: 13 mins 40 secs
As we conclude the Christmas series on "The Gift of the Manger and the Cross", we finish with Simeon in Luke 2. He was a man who was filled with the Holy Spirit and walked with God. When he saw Jesus, he couldn't help but lift a song of praise as he held the one who would bring salvation to all people. On this Christmas Day, let us also celebrate the salvation that Jesus has brought to us.
Sunday, 21 December 2025
Duration: 18 mins 12 secs
As we come to Christmas, we are looking at two gifts that God has given to the world, the gift of the Manger and the gift of the Cross. Today, as we think about the cross, we see the cross bringing salvation to us as we trust that Jesus died for our sins, but we also want to share that love with others so that they too can find salvation in Jesus.
Sunday, 14 December 2025
Duration: 17 mins 52 secs
As we come to Christmas, we are looking at two gifts that God has given to the world, the gift of the Manger and the gift of the Cross. Today, as we think about the manger, we see the angels telling shepherds that they bring good news that will cause great joy, and that news is about the Saviour being born and they will find him in a manger. What a great gift to this world!
Sunday, 23 November 2025
Duration: 28 mins 19 secs
In the last chapter of Jonah, we get the see what's at the heart of Jonah's rebellion and why he disobeyed God in the first place. But we also see God LISTENING to Jonah, COMFORTING and INSTRUCTING him. The story of Jonah finishes without a conclusion of how Jonah responded to God. I think that is there so that we all can write our own conclusion. How are you going to respond to God's compassion in your life and in others?
Sunday, 16 November 2025
Duration: 25 mins 53 secs
In this passage, we see God speaking to Jonah (again), Jonah speaking to the people of Nineveh, the people of Nineveh speaking to God and then in v.10 God has the last word.
Sunday, 09 November 2025
Duration: 25 mins 27 secs
Here in Jonah's prayer, we see his REPENTANCE, which isn't exactly forthcoming, but it is there, and we see God's REDEMPTION, as He commands the fish to spit Jonah out. But behind it all is the mercy of God, who still wants to use Jonah even though Jonah has fled from God and His Word. God is also not finished with you, no matter how far away you might feel.
Sunday, 02 November 2025
Duration: 31 mins 10 secs
In the first chapter of Jonah, we get to see how God is patient with him and provides for him again and again. First, God sends Jonah His word, then He provides a wind to remind Jonah of what he is meant to be doing and finally, He provides a fish to rescue him from the sea. Jonah has everything he needs in God, so why is he running away?
Sunday, 26 October 2025
As we finish off our 'Statement of Beliefs' series, we are looking at Jesus' return, our resurrection and the rewards and punishments in eternity, namely heaven and hell.
Sunday, 19 October 2025
Baptism is an ordinance of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a public declaration of a person's faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. In accordance with New Testament Scripture it should be administered only by total immersion which symbolises the believer's identification with Christ in death, burial and resurrection, the remission of sins and the believer's dedication of themselves to God to live and walk in newness of life.
Sunday, 12 October 2025
The Church is the body of people whom God has separated from the world through faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. The Lord's Supper commemorates and declares our thanks for the Lord's substitutionary death and expresses our fellowship with and in the Lord Jesus Christ as members of the Body of which He is the Head.
