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The serious business of discipleship

By and others ⋅ February 2, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Luke 14:25-35 On the night of my high school graduation, nineteen long years ago, the guest speaker did something I shall never forget. Instead of delivering a lecture from behind the lectern, he moved to a table on stage and proceeded to cook a hot breakfast! As the bacon and eggs began to sizzle, he […]

A new word

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

From a friend: After reading current issue of Zadok papers s128 Media myths and the middle east….I have come up with this word to describe the overwhelming US Christian practice and world view imported into Aussie conservatism: “bushianity” “President bush is known in the Muslim world to be a Christian and they know that it […]

Magi & Gifts

By and others ⋅ December 31, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Several years ago there was a unique Christmas television special called, “Claymation Christmas.” My family and I enjoyed it so much that we video taped it. A couple of the animated characters would tell the story behind of the Christmas song or hymns, after which other Claymation creations would sing them. It was creatively cute, […]

Archbishop of York’s 2003 Christmas Day sermon

By and others ⋅ December 31, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Minster ACNS 3724 | ENGLAND | 29 DECEMBER 2003 Archbishop of York’s 2003 Christmas Day sermon, York Minster “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John: 1.5) And it’s the Gospel of St John that declares the real meaning of Christmas – without anywhere giving us an account of […]

Christmas sermon

By and others ⋅ December 30, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Cork, Cloyne and Ross on Christmas Day 2003 ACNS 3723 | IRELAND | 28 DECEMBER 2003 Sermon Preached by the Rt Revd Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross on Christmas Day 2003 St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork Our telling of the Christmas story is diminished because we focus almost entirely on those characters […]

The Darkness Is Passing

By and others ⋅ December 28, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Genesis 1:1-3; John 1:1-9; 1 John 2:8b In the traditional post-Christmas semi-surreal calm, along with thousands of others, I visited the Macquarie Centre yesterday with my family. On the cinema session board I noticed that there is a new movie showing, called Pan. I’ve heard that it is worth seeing, even for adults, but I […]

Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas Sermon

By and others ⋅ December 28, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Canterbury Cathedral Thursday 25 December 2003 ‘Fear not’, says the angel to Joseph, to Mary, to the shepherds. It is recurring motif in the Christmas stories, and a significant reminder that the overwhelming news of God the Saviour’s coming is both all that the human heart could hope for and also something that powerfully disrupts […]

Holy Innocents

By and others ⋅ December 26, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

MATTHEW 2:13-18 THE MESSAGE OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS: MATTHEW’S PERSPECTIVE It is always difficult to deliver bad news. A week ago a very famous NFL Athlete learned of his Father’s sudden death. It fell to his best friend on the team to relay that news to him. Matthew had to speak of a loved one’s […]

Rejoice! A Study in Faith

By and others ⋅ December 23, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

GD028 Found this sermon on the web site for South Yarra Community Baptist Church in Melbourne http://www.laughingbird.net A sermon on by Garry Deverell, 14th December 2003 Texts: Zephaniah 3.14-20; Philippians 4.4-7; Luke 3.7-18 Like most all of lections we read during Advent, the Scriptures for today describe two kinds of reality. First they describe the […]

The ministry of thanksgiving

By and others ⋅ December 20, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Colossians 1:3, 12; 2:7; 3:15-17; 4:2 There are a number of historical figures that I would like to have met: great leaders, great examples of wise and heroic and compassionate humanity. I’d like to sit down with them for a couple of hours and hear them tell their stories, share their feelings, express their personal […]

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