Standing in a hospital hallway after his wife's death, a man asked the question we all fear: "Will I ever see her again?" In John 14, Jesus makes four promises about death that no doctor, philosopher, or religion can match—starting with "Do not let your hearts be troubled."

Celebrating 3 years of God’s goodness at Ryde!

Most churches have the Sunday gathering and the small group sorted. But there's a whole layer of community sitting between those two — and its absence is why people keep saying "I don't feel like I belong here." Bonhoeffer called it an ecclesial category. Your church might just call it the thing that's been missing.

What if you're not as alone as you feel? In John 14, Jesus makes a promise that sustained martyrs facing flames and carries believers through hospital rooms today: "I will not leave you as orphans", because the Spirit of God lives in you.

God has the right to tell us how to live, and because He's the perfect Father who uses His authority to love us, that's not oppressive, it's beautiful. From parenting styles to parasocial AI relationships to abiding in Jesus, this conversation explores what authentic faith actually looks like in 2026.

Soul Revival Community Groups meet throughout the week to discuss the sermon series, pray together, and do life alongside one another.

January 1986. A humid Sydney night. A 21-year-old Buddhist university student couldn't sleep, so he reached for a small book a friend had given him weeks earlier—thinking it might bore him to sleep. Instead, he read John's Gospel three times before morning and woke up a different person. Decades later, he's the Archbishop of Sydney. This is his story.

Last week, Lucy and 19 other Year 10-12 students spent a week at LIT Camp alongside 450 teenagers, growing in faith, developing leadership skills, and forming friendships that will last. Hear how this experience equipped Lucy to confidently share God's word and step into leadership.

The final colour, yellow, represents light restored and future glory. When we trust in Jesus, God gives us his Holy Spirit to live in us — a sure promise of the life to come.

The red colour brings us to the heart of the Christian message. Jesus is the promised serpent crusher who stepped into the darkness for us.

Black represents darkness. Adam and Eve rejected God’s rule and chose to define good and evil for themselves.

Christmas and New Year at Ryde: Our celebration doubled in size with enthusiastic visitors, and we're thrilled that two families have returned in recent weeks eager to explore faith and build new friendships.

We were made to live in God’s light.

Humanity was created for friendship with God.

Is "Joy to the World" actually a Christmas carol? Tim reveals that Isaac Watts never intended it as a seasonal song. It's about all three advents of Christ, and it deserves to be sung all year round.