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How Do I Find Eternal Life?
How do I find eternal life? (Mark: 1, 2, 10) by Kim Thoday Western Christianity, particularly evangelical Protestantism, has been profoundly influenced by rationalism. Take for instance our ideas about salvation and discipleship. We have tended to use language like: “making a decision for Christ.” On the one hand we have talked in abstract Aristotelian […]
Psychobabble And The Art Of Attentiveness
Mark Slouko, in a beautifully written piece, poignantly critiques contemporary Western culture’s psychobabble: “Ensnared in webs of sounds, those of us living in the industrialised West today must pick our way through a discordant, infinite channelled auditory landscape. Like a radio stuck on permanent scan, the culture slashes us with skittering bits and bytes, each […]
God’s Kind Of People
(Luke 6:35) Sermon by Kim Thoday As a pastor I find that worship services that celebrate rites of passage are moments for engagement with the community. For instance, at our Church we conduct thanksgiving services for parents with new babies. It is a time to celebrate with parents in the gift of their new child […]
Psalm 2: He Shall Reign
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-057 Sunday 23 Mar 2003 Psalms on Sundays Reading: Psalm 2 – He Shall Reign Pray for Christ’s rule to come to the most anti-Christian ruler and regime you know about. Who is the king whose coronation or its anniversary (v 6) this psalm commemorates and celebrates? To begin with we may […]
Let There Be Peace … Again (A Sermon)
“LET THERE BE PEACE … AGAIN” (a Sermon by the Rev. John Maynard) Sunday Lection (Lent 3B.): Exodus 20: 1-7, John 2: 13-22 You will hear many older people say that they can remember, very clearly and easily, where they were on the day that American President, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. Or the day […]
Famous Last Words
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-059 (Expository Sermon) FAMOUS LAST WORDS Revelation 1:1-3 by Rod Benson [In his introduction, Rod recalled that, in his childhood, he passed the time during the sermon by counting the bricks on the wall, or (in Papua New Guinea) watching geckoes frolicking on the ceiling. Continuing, he says…] I also recall eagerly […]
The End And The Beginning
Revelation 1:4-8 In Reversed Thunder, Eugene Peterson helps us discover why the book of Revelation has never ceased to captivate and challenge its readers: This last book of the Bible takes the entire biblical revelation and re-images it in a compelling, persuading, evangelistic vision which has brought perseverance, stamina, joy, and discipline to Christians for […]
Just War Or A Just War (Jimmy Carter)
March 9, 2003 By JIMMY CARTER Profound changes have been taking place in American foreign policy, reversing consistent bipartisan commitments that for more than two centuries have earned our nation greatness. These commitments have been predicated on basic religious principles, respect for international law, and alliances that resulted in wise decisions and mutual restraint. Our […]
The Lord Your God Will Be With You
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-165 (Devotional) THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL BE WITH YOU by Peter Kennedy “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9 Al Braca worked as a corporate bond […]
Give Me Justice, Lord
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-175 Sunday 21 Sep 2003 Psalms on Sundays Reading: Psalm 26 – GIVE ME JUSTICE, LORD ‘I will sing of your love and justice’.(Ps 101:la) Why do we sing so much about God’s love yet so little about his justice? At first reading, Psalm 26 might seem like the presumptuous boasting of […]
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