Andrew Judd

Andy Judd is Community Pastor at City on a Hill in Melbourne. When he came to uni as an arts/law student he told his best mate by the end of his degree he was either going to become an atheist or a minister. He now spends most of his time challenging students who live in and around Sydney University to connect their faith with their lives and their studies. His hobbies mostly have to do with writing things – sometimes songs, sometimes a PhD on how we can agree on what the Bible means. He is married to Steph who is also a minister.

Friendship

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This post is an edited form of a talk I gave at Barneys evening church weekend away. The main theme of the weekend was connecting back up things about being human (love, sex, friendship and marriage) which in our modern world are too often separated in our thinking – separated from each other, and from … Read more…

When prayer is hard work

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I love when prayer is effortless – when distractions fall away, time passes easily, and words come quickly. But prayer is not less effective when it is hard. Caught in the middle of an aching world, and frustrated by our weakness, “we do not know what we ought to pray for”, says Paul, “but the … Read more…

Sermon series on Zechariah

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Disconcertingly, when my senior minister asked me to preach a seven week series on Zechariah, people began expressing sympathy for me. Actually, I found this an amazing book to preach through! It pretty much preaches itself – Zechariah, after all, was preaching at a time when people were wondering what God was up to in … Read more…

A baptism at Barneys

Remember your baptism

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At one level baptism is quite simple to get your head around. While the precise mechanics varies from church to church, the basic idea is the same throughout the world and throughout history. It involves water and words.

But when you get down to what this beautifully simple symbol means, things get a bit more interesting. I thought I knew what baptism was all about. Until about 3 years ago when I decided to look into what the Bible actually says about baptism. … Read more…

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