The Anchor Church

Over the next five weeks we will review our core values.  The first week is “Authentic Faith”.  What does faith looks like and what does it means in the practical outworking in day to day life. 
Everyone needs hope, and we are creatures of worship.  Every person has faith or hope in something.  Each person’s belief [...]

So what do you think of when you think of Jesus Christ? 
From the outset of John’s Gospel, and he writes John expects us to see only one thing – that Jesus Christ was the Light and Son of God who came to reveal the Fathers Glory to us, His humanity.  Described as the Word in the [...]

Have there ever been times when you wish you could have wound back the clock, replayed yesterday or that last conversation.  Those times when in a moment we decided to do something that we really did know was not right.  In the heat of the moment, we disregarded that twinge of conscience or maybe even the [...]

If you read the story of David and Mephibosheth you are really struck by this concept of grace.  Somehow when this crippled guy, from a barren place, with a name that means shameful, a real nobody is invited to sit at the kings table and is restored to his real inheritance. 
It reminds us that no matter [...]

When we look back at Scripture no sin with the exception of Adam and Eve has received as much airplay as the actions contained in the David and Bathsheba story (2 Samuel 11 & 12).  We are all capable of unacceptable behavior (sin) no matter who we are.  Remember David was proclaimed as a man [...]

If we are honest with God maybe we can avoid a tragic end.
What else can we learn from Saul, a major character in the Old Testament, but a man who never quite acheived what he was called to do.  What was it that stopped him, his increasing insecurity, the consuming jealousy of others, or his view [...]

How often do we take things into our own hands? After all don’t they deserve it!
When David was holed up in a cave in Engedi, he had the chance to deal with the guy who had been on his case.  He was encouraged by all those around him to seize the moment and take what [...]

We can often lean on those things which provide a stable life allowing them to become the central focus.  So what happens if family, employment, friendship and wealth are ripped away?  David was confronted with this reality through 1 Sam. 18 – 21.
The very things he had accomplished through God’s grace and empowerment was all [...]

Have you ever been at one of those low points when the world seems to be against you. 
David was as such a low point in his life, he had lost pretty much everything he valued in life and took refuge alone in a cave.
In his confusion and desperation he poured out his heart to God [...]

Do issues in your life seem so big that you can’t imagine life beyond the problems?
When Saul was confronted by Goliath’s taunts (1 Sam. 17) he wasn’t sure which way to turn. We learn from previous chapters that he started to focus on himself and other needs rather than where his ‘success’ came from. The [...]