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Goodness (sermon preached at the Crouchers’ 50th Wedding Anniversary)
GOODNESS ROWLAND AND JAN CROUCHER’S 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY DONCASTER EAST BAPTIST CHURCH 10th JANUARY 2010 Matthew 5:1-12 Matthew 7:15-20 Last week I wagged church. By mid morning my neuroses got the better of me. I looked for something religious on television. There was a doco about the Jehovah’s Witnesses. I was deeply challenged by the […]
A Little Child, God Before the Ages (Epiphany sermon)
From a pastor-friend. Epiphany 2010 Every once in a while, I paraphrase and preach a sermon from one of the great preachers of the past. Sometimes that’s the recent past — reformation and beyond — but more often I like to take something from the early centuries. The preaching style of our ancient forebears was […]
Home Alone: Not Lost in Jerusalem
First Impressions: Home Alone: Not Lost in Jerusalem – Luke 2:21-42 22-12-2009 I used to wonder how they could miss him for the whole day… but seeing Home Alone: Lost in New York, and having two children who, when they were little, could disappear in a moment, I understand! Commentators sometimes note how Jesus appears […]
The Origins of Christmas
Some Thoughts on “Silent Night” By James D. Tabor Chair,Dept. of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Tabor Blogs http://jamestabor.com December 2009 December 25th as the date of the birth of Jesus can be traced back to the early 3rd century CE although it did not achieve more universal recognition until the late […]
First Jesus-era house discovered in Nazareth
By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer Diaa Hadid, Associated Press Writer – Mon Dec 21, 2009 NAZARETH, Israel – Just in time for Christmas, archaeologists on Monday unveiled what may have been the home of one of Jesus’ childhood neighbors. The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered […]
The Ultimate Power Grab
Mark 10: 35-45 The story in today’s Gospel reading is about the ultimate power grab. James and John come up to Jesus and ask him to do for them whatever they want. That’s a pretty audacious request. If you are a parent, what would you do if your little boy or girl came up to […]
ISAIAH 53
A. PRELIMINARY ISSUES Before engaging in an examination of Isaiah 53 itself, some preliminary issues must be considered. First is the issue of circular reasoning. Even if we interpret the chapter as the Christians do (forgetting for a minute the mistranslations and distortions of context which will be noted below), the most that could be […]
Youth see Christians
Study: Youth see Christians as judgmental, anti-gay Posted 10/10/2007 8:28 PM | Purpose-Driven Life author and pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., Rick Warren used the new book UnChristian to say he hopes the church will become “known more by what it is for than what it is against.” By Adelle M. Banks, […]
JOY IN DISGUISE: Meeting Jesus in the Dark Times
JOY IN DISGUISE: Meeting Jesus in the Dark Times by Edward S. Little (Morehouse Publishing, 2009). ‘I lived for a year on a street graced by the presence of three churches. The first, next door to my apartment complex, was the True Love Church. Just down the block stood the Greater True Love Church. A […]
Should we hate Judas Iscariot?
Betrayal by Joan Acocella August 3, 2009 At the Last Supper, Jesus knew that it would be the last, and that he would be dead by the next day. Each of the Evangelists tells the story differently, but, according to John, Jesus spent the time he had left re-stating to the disciples the lessons he […]
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