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Chapters And Verses In The Bible
Something really interesting came my way. The first bit relates to the amazing middle verse in the Bible we have today. The problem is that the present form of the Bible, espaically the New Testament, in its current chapters and verses was not published until 1555. More interesting, was the story how the verse separation […]
The King Of Love
From a newsgroup contributor Song of S 2:8-13 Ps 45:1-2, 6-9 James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-8, 14-23 The King of Love ================ 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. My beloved answered, he said to me: Rise up, […]
Party In The Desert
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-044 (Expository Sermon) [This is CLM-0-232 (29 Nov 2000) repeated, to maintain the sequence of this series of sermons on the book of Numbers] PARTY IN THE DESERT Numbers 9:1-14 by Rod Benson The book of Numbers tells the ancient story of Israel’s journey from Mt Sinai to the plains of Moab […]
Psalms On Sundays: 149 – Praise And Vengeance
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-042 Sunday 02 Mar 2003 Reading: Psalm 149 – PRAISE AND VENGEANCE What sufferings or outrages have aroused you to pray for retribution? ‘Father forgive them.’ This psalm’s two themes, celebration and retribution, are reflected in the way the saints are twice honoured (vs 5,9). First, as they rejoice and sing in […]
The Nursery Of Life
(John 1:1-5) by Kim Thoday There is an awesome sight in the night sky at the present. From about 8.00pm low on the Eastern horizon (in Australia) appears a large bright star, glowing red. Of course it is not a star at all, it is in fact the planet Mars. Mars has not been this […]
God As Shepherd And Host
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-158 Sunday 31 Aug 2003 Psalms on Sundays Reading: Psalm 23 – GOD AS SHEPHERD AND HOST What qualities and actions make someone a good host? Have you ever thought about that as a picture of God? Psalm 23 is one of the best known, most loved psalms, partly because of the […]
Why Did Jesus Have To Die?
Romans 5:12-21 How many of you have seen the Steven Spielberg movie, Amistad? These days I see very few movies at the cinema, but during my first week living in Sydney [in 1998] I went and saw Amistad at Miranda Fair. Set in 1839, and starring Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins, it’s the moving story […]
Psalms On Sundays: 148 – Creation Praise
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-038 Sunday 23 Feb 2003 Reading: Psalm 148 – CREATION PRAISE What are some of the most wonderful sights that you have ever seen ? Thank God for them. Creation’s orchestra has two sections, ‘from the heavens’ (vs 1-6) and ‘from the earth’ (vs 7-14), but they play the same piece of […]
When God Seems Absent
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-152 Sunday 24 Aug 2003 Psalms on Sundays Reading: Psalm 22 – WHEN GOD SEEMS ABSENT Thank God! He is big enough to take all the angry words and complaints we throw at him, and go on loving us. In the gospel account of Jesus’ death, there are five quotations from, or […]
Preparation For Service
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-040 (Expository Sermon) THE PREPARATION FOR SERVICE Numbers 8:5-26 by Rod Benson NASA scientists once built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at maximum velocity at the windshields of airliners, military jets, and the space shuttle, to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of […]
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