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Mission sermon
MISSION: WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING? (Very rough notes of a sermon I preached yesterday in a Baptist Church in Melbourne.) First, some stories: Pedro and Isabella (two Portuguese speaking landless poor in a Brazilian favella) Bill and Mary (middle aged couple where she is a victim of his rage/anger; […]
Spirituality of the Psalms (Walter Brueggemann)
Walter Brueggemann, Spirituality of the Psalms (Minneapolis, MI.: Augsburg Fortress, 2001). Pp. xv+ 76. Pb. ISBN: 0800634500. $ 6. ——————————————————————————– Spirituality of the Psalms represents another offering from Walter Brueggemann, one of the most prolific authors in the area of Hebrew Scriptures in the twentieth century. This work is an apocopated form of Brueggemann’s The […]
A Reflection on Psalm 100
A Reflection on Ps. 100 Augustine says that “the New Testament lies hidden in the Old, and the Old is unclasped in the New”. This is why we can look at a text such as Psalm 100 and apply it to our faith in the New Testament times in which we live. 1.(vs.1,3) Shout joyfully […]
The Best Party Ever (Luke 14:15-24)
By Kim Thoday I’ve got a mate called Snapper. He got that nickname because he used to drink like a fish. Some weekends, he’ll grab a wheelbarrow and fill it with ice, beer and chickens (dead ones). And off he’ll head to share it all with his friends doing it hard on the streets. Snapper […]
Fire and Water
Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:7-19 1 Peter 3:8-22 John 14:15-21 May the words of my lips, and the meditations of our hearts, be always acceptable in Your sight, O Lord our Strength and our Redeemer. “If you love me you will obey my commands” – John 14:15 The retired Australian diplomat, Dick Woolcott, tells of a […]
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
(One of the most famous sermons of all time…!!!) Jonathan Edwards -Their foot shall slide in due time- Deut. 32:35 ——————————————————————————– In this verse is threatened the vengeance of God on the wicked unbelieving Israelites, who were God’s visible people, and who lived under the means of grace; but who, notwithstanding all God’s wonderful works […]
Book Review: Best Sermons Ever
Book Review: Best Sermons Ever (compiled by Christopher Howe), Continuum, 2001. Some people – I’m one of them – actually enjoy reading others’ sermons. When John Claypool used to publish his each week, and sent them out once a month, I often found myself dropping everything to read them. I’ve done the same with other […]
An Easter Message from the Archbishop of Canterbury
An Easter Message to the Anglican Communion from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams The document that came from the recent meeting of Anglican Primates in Northern Ireland has been read and discussed very widely. But one paragraph has barely been mentioned by any commentator, inside the Church or outside. The Primates […]
Old Testament Laws
Laura Schlesinger is a US radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. On her radio show recently she said that as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination, according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following response is an open letter to […]
Nehemiah 5 & 6
(Rough notes of a sermon preached on 27 February 2005, at Glen Eira Christian Community Church, Melbourne, Australia). As you know my vocation/hobby is trying to figure out how the best put-together people got to be like that. Nehemiah is up near the top of my list of most-admired characters. He was an outstanding leader, […]
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