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‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

Unity, Ministry And Maturity In The Church

Scripture: Ephesians 4: 1-16. Not many of us outside the U.K. use the New English Bible translation these days. It’s too ‘Oxbridge’ (with phrases like ‘pompous ignoramus’ and so on) for most of us. But a very moving experience occurred at the first public reading of the NEB. After 13 years’ work a group of […]

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon to the Church of Ireland General Synod

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon to the Church of Ireland General Synod ACNS 3826 | IRELAND | 12 MAY 2004 Photographs to go with this item are available here: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/38/00/acns3826.cfm The Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon to the Church of Ireland General Synod St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh Tuesday 11 May 2004 Armagh is not the only […]

Address of the Most Revd Robin Eames, Primate of all Ireland

Address of the Most Revd Robin Eames, Primate of all Ireland to the Church of Ireland General Synod 2004 ACNS 3825 | IRELAND | 11 MAY 2004 Address of the Most Revd Robin Eames, Primate of all Ireland to the Church of Ireland General Synod 2004 City Hotel Conference Centre, Armagh, 11 May 2004, 12 […]

The Key to Salvation (A Sermon)

By Kim Thoday Exodus 12:12-22 Philippians 2:1-11 I want to begin with two humorous ideas. Firstly, there is an old saying: ‘Many people wish to serve God, but often only in an advisory capacity.” The second is in the form of a cartoon and I invite you to imagine its outline: simply a large van-like […]

The wisdom of surrender

Psalm 2:1-12 This morning [Anzac Day, 25 April 2004] I rose long before dawn and, with Michael and Samuel, my two oldest children, attended the Anzac Dawn Ceremony in Martin Place, in the heart of Sydney. This is our regular annual practice. I do not go to glorify war. I go to remember the high […]

Mother’s Day service ideas

From a netfriend: Are there any worship plans for Mother’s Day (May 9th) and will you be linking the Mother’s Day theme with the Lectionary? My Theme For This Sunday is: “Love Shall Be Our Pedigree” /or/ “Let Love Be Our Pedigree” It is based on the Lesson for Sunday: John 13: 31-35 “Love Will […]

Temptation in the Lord’s prayer

From a netfriend: In regard to the phrase: “I cannot say lead us not into temptation if I deliberately choose to remain in a situation where I am likely to be tempted.” …….. Unfortunately, because of the change over the centuries of the English language, “lead us not into temptation” does NOT mean “Don’t tempt […]

Bartimaeus

Hi all This is not my sermon but I really enjoy http://www.fathermikeonline.. Father Mike is the Catholic priest of a Portland Oregon church. The web is in audio but I down loaded this sermon onto mini disc and typed it out. His style is very powerful. Mark Blackwell ~~~ You experience the world differently when […]

Revisiting the death of Jesus

Romans 5:9-11 We have been reflecting on a graphic scene from a famous painting, The Crucifixion, by fifteenth-century artist Matthias Grünewald: the central panel of the great polyptych he completed to adorn the high altar of the hospital chapel of St Anthony’s monastery at Isenheim in Alsace. This work of art set new standards in […]

Job- God’s Second Speech to Job

The following extract is taken from Robert Sutherland’s new book “Putting God on Trial: The Biblical Book of Job” (Trafford, Victoria, 2004) It is reproduced with his permission and he retains the copyright. Mr.Sutherland is a Christian Canadian criminal defense lawyer instrumental in changing the Canadian law on aggravated assault and solicitor-client privilege. He is […]