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Why bother?
Text: Ecc 1 & 2. Preached by Rev Lance Lawton at Werribee Church of Christ 7/9/03 Introduction You get up, have a shower, get breakfast, go to work, come home, eat, watch telly, go to bed, sleep .. You get up, have a shower, get breakfast, go to work, come home, eat, watch telly, go […]
Religion, Wealth and the Widow’s Offering
Does God want the widow’s offering? The widow’s offering in Luke 21:1-4 is well known for its example of sacrificial giving. No doubt the widow’s generosity is praiseworthy, and her willingness to give out of her extreme poverty challenges every tight-fisted Christian today. Yet it is hard to imagine that Jesus intended every widow to […]
Parable Of The Father’s Heart
Luke 15:11-24 Preachers have said much about the Prodigal Son, but little about his father. However, I believe the focal point of this parable to be the father. This son went from the father’s house and came back full circle to the father. This younger son had a desire and passion to see the “world” […]
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Sermon at The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham ACNS 3837 | ENGLAND | 1 JUNE 2004 Photographs to go with this sermon can be found here: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/38/00/acns3837.cfm Archbishop of Canterbury’s Sermon on the occasion of the National Pilgrimage to The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham Monday 31 May 2004 If you don’t usually go to evensong […]
Thanksgiving Address by Australia’s Federal Treasurer
THE HON PETER COSTELLO, MP TREASURER ADDRESS TO NATIONAL DAY OF THANKSGIVING COMMEMORATION SCOTS CHURCH MELBOURNE 7.10 PM SATURDAY, 29 MAY 2004 When Jesus told his disciples that they would be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost part of the earth, the known world consisted of the Roman Empire – the Mediterranean and […]
Wine in the Bible
“Mark Tindall” wrote in message news:… from Rabbi Rudolph Brasch, Thank God I’m an Atheist, Collins, Australia, 1987, p. 60 WINE AND RELIGION The drinking of wine was an essential part of earliest religious meals. With wine man hallowed the sacred days and found communion with the divine. Jews still thus sanctify every Sabbath and […]
Archbishop’s Easter Sermon 2004
Easter Sermon, Canterbury Cathedral Sunday 11 April 2004 A good few years ago, I heard a distinguished American scholar of ancient history commenting on the proclamation of the resurrection as it would have been heard in the classical world. ‘If an educated Greek or Roman had been told that someone had been raised from the […]
Renewal: a sermon by Rowan Williams
ACNS 3833 | ENGLAND | 24 MAY 2004 Photographs to go with this article are available here: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/38/00/acns3833.cfm Diocese of London celebrates 1400 years Sermon of the Most Revd Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, at a Eucharist marking the 1400th anniversary of the re-organisation of the Diocese of London. St Paul’s Cathedral Saturday 22 […]
Why do good? (Luke 9:23)
Why do good? (Luke 9:23) A sermon By Kim Thoday The writer Mark Twain understood human nature. Perhaps one of his greatest characters, Huck Finn says, “Bein’ good is a whole lot of trouble, but bein’ bad ain’t no trouble at all.” Ironically, I would want to add that both being good and being bad […]
Jesus The Compass For Life (Mark 4: 35-41)
By Kim Thoday The most important part of any sea going vessel is its navigation system. It’s also helpful if the boat doesn’t leak. Whether in contemporary times or in days of old, a ship needs to be sea worthy and to have means of navigation. Ancient mariners used the stars to chart a course. […]
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