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Saving Grace
Dec. 10, 2006 By Harry T. Cook Luke 3: 1-6 Luke is accomplishing three things in these six short verses. She clearly meant to accomplish two of them, viz., 1) the placement of Jesus’ public career in an attestable historic context, and 2) the connection between Jesus and the figure of a long-anticipated messiah. The […]
The Wilderness Way – a sermon
THE WILDERNESS WAY A sermon on Luke 3:1-6 & Malachi 3:1-4 by Nathan Nettleton, 10 December 2006 “Prepare the way of the Lord!†What is that all about? How does one prepare the way of the Lord? If someone asks you are you prepared for Christmas, you know straight away what they are likely to […]
What is God Like? (Christmas message)
I don’t think it’s an accident that at the centre of Christmas lays a child. A few years ago a good friend of mine began work as a Chaplain for a large industrial company. It’s not a job for the faint-hearted; you know, a “God-botherer†or “Sky-pilot†or “Preacher-man†trying to get to win over […]
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas Message
5 DECEMBER 2006 Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas Message to the Anglican Communion Also available in Spanish, French and Arabic: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/42/25/acns4225.cfm ‘He comes the prisoners to release, In Satan’s bondage held.’ These are words from one of my favourite Advent hymns, ‘Hark the glad sound!’ And they draw our minds towards an aspect of Christmas that […]
A Good Omen
Dec. 3, 2006 By Harry T. Cook Luke 21: 25-31 The consensus among scholars not driven by ideological or theological agenda is that all four gospels included in the New Testament were written and compiled after 70 C.E. That date is of enormous significance, because in that year the Second Temple of Jerusalem was desecrated […]
A Great Story That Should Only Happen
Nov. 26, 2006 By Harry T. Cook Mark 1: 1-11 We’ll hear this story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem again at the Blessing of the Palms next spring. It is the opening scene of the drama called “Holy Week,†which crescendos on Good Friday and comes to a surprisingly lower-key climax three days later […]
Christmas Message 2006 from the WCC General Secretary
Christmas Message 2006 from the World Council of Churches General Secretary “Do not be afraid; for see – I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people…” (Luke 2.10) St Luke recounts the story of the heavenly host of angels who announced the birth of Jesus to shepherds in the fields […]
Facing the Drought (Service of Worship)
Service of Worship Facing the Drought 12th November 2006 We are thankful for the work of Dorothy McRae-McMahon and the People of the south Sydney Uniting Church whose liturgies are the basis upon which this service is built. GREETING FROM THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SYDNEY UNITING CHURCH TO ALL THOSE WHO SUFFER IN THE DROUGHT: […]
Apocalyptic and the Beauty of God (N T Wright)
Apocalyptic and the Beauty of God Isaiah 65. 17–25; Revelation 21.9–27 a sermon at Harvard Memorial Chapel, October 22 2006 by the William Belden Noble Lecturer, Bishop N. T. Wright (Bishop of Durham) ‘And I saw a new heaven and a new earth.’ You might well suppose that this would be the reaction of the […]
Archbishop of Canterbury: Sermon preached in China
ACNS 41203 | LAMBETH | 23 OCTOBER 2006 Archbishop of Canterbury: Sermon preached at Chaoyang Church, Beijing 22nd October 2006 Dear brothers and sisters; it is a great privilege for me to be able to greet you in the name of Jesus Christ and to greet you from all of your brothers and sisters in […]
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