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The Shady Ladies
This Week’s Essay Tad Evans, a retired Episcopal priest and the grandson of the well known and well remembered Walter Russell Bowie, sent the following verse that he attributes without certainty to English Bible scholar Michael Donald Goulder. One of my columns on “The Shady Ladies” of Matthew’s genealogy inspired Tad to pass this along. […]
Dealing with Tragedy
A SUNDAY REFLECTION (Mark 6:14-29) In Mark’s Gospel, hearing news of John’s death, Jesus turned his face towards Jerusalem. It was a turning point in his life. He first withdrew (by boat) to a deserted place to be by himself. But he couldn’t get away from the crowds or his disciples for long. He came […]
Swine Flu Sermon
From my friend, Dr. Geoff Pound: Swine Flu Sermon Preached Throughout the Emirates A distinctive of life in the United Arab Emirates is that in an Islamic nation there is no separation between mosque and state. This was highlighted last Friday when the government authorities gave to imams a ‘unified sermon’ to preach at every […]
The Lord’s Prayer
Matthew 6: 1-14 “Take care not to flaunt your religion in public to be noticed by others. Otherwise, you will have no recognition from your Father in the heavens….And when you pray, don’t act like phonies. They love to stand up and pray in houses of worship and on street corners, so they can show […]
Jesus’ teachings
To the question: I’d ask again, when did Jesus’ teachings become impractical, idealistic, unrealistic? Nathan responded: One way of answering that question would be to say that they were always impractical, idealistic and unrealistic (at least when seen from the perspective of a worldly pragmatism), but we who have been called to proclaim the gospel […]
Mark’s Gospel
A good resource on Mark’s gospel at the Syneidon blog. http://syneidon.podbean.com/2009/02/06/exploring-the-gospel-of-mark-1/ It’s the first of a series of podcasts (although the others aren’t up yet), lasts about 20 minutes, is 13.MB to download and the blog describes it as follows: “Robert Foster and Richard Goode from the SYNEIDON Research Project at the University of Birmingham […]
Proof of the resurrection has,to be lived, not argued (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Archbishop of Canterbury: Easter Sermon – ‘Proof of the resurrection has to be lived, not argued’ Posted On : April 12, 2009 ACNS: http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2009/4/12/ACNS4597 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams reminds Christians that belief in God is about living in the reality of faith and the unselfish life, and not about opinions or philosophical […]
Acceptance and Repentance
Free to love! Acts 3:12-19 Peter’s message in the temple 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 As I read these passages over and over, there is a consistent theme coming through, a theme of acceptance, and repentance, in that order. And not just that – what also shines through is that it is all because of […]
What Does A Healthy Christian Community Look Like?
WHAT DOES A HEALTHY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE? [Rough Notes] For Church Anniversary Service Mulgrave Church of Christ (Theological College Mulgrave): April 26, 2009 Text: Mark 9:38-41 Points of Contact: 1. A ‘Church Anniversary’- as with any birthday – is an occasion for celebration and review: as our ancestors used to say ‘hitherto has the […]
Visit to a Mainline ‘Liberal/Progressive’ Church
Here are some rough notes I scribbled after Jan and I visited what is probably Australia’s largest theologically liberal congregation, St. Michael’s Uniting Church in Collins St, pastored by well-known pastor/author/counsellor/provocateur Dr Frances Macnab. Their website introduces the congregation in these terms: ‘St Michael’s is a unique Christian presence in the city of Melbourne. It […]
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