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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.

Women In Ministry

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

(A Bible Study by Kim Thoday) Women in Ministry (A Bible Study by Kim Thoday) The following study is in a format suitable and user-friendly for Bible study, small group discussions or lectures. I have designed and developed the text over a number of years in such contexts. It is by no means an exhaustive […]

Green Spirituality (Ps 19:1-4)

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

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-020 (Expository Sermon) GREEN SPIRITUALITY Psalm 19:1-4 by Rod Benson I am by accident and by choice an urban creature. I love the energy and amenity, the congestion and culture, the libraries and cafés of a large city like Sydney. But there are certain things a city cannot deliver. One of these […]

What Happens After I Die?

By and others ⋅ July 29, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Revelation 20:1-15 Steven Spielberg’s Deep Impact, screening at Australian cinemas everywhere this weekend [June 21, 1998], is a movie about the apocalyptic end of the world (at least the world as we know it), with cosmic judgement falling from the sky on an unsuspecting world in the form of a giant comet. I haven’t yet […]

The Fight Of Faith

By and others ⋅ July 29, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-131 Sunday 27 Jul 2003 Psalms on Sundays Reading: Psalm 18 – THE FIGHT OF FAITH The psalmist calls God his ‘shield’ (vs 2,30). In what ways does that imagery speak to you ? Some people find the military imagery used in the Bible difficult. Linking God and spiritual truth with the […]

Penalty For Sin

By and others ⋅ July 25, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-128 (Expository Sermon) THE PENALTY FOR SIN Numbers 16:1-50 In his book Effective Leadership, British management consultant John Adair shared what he called a “short course on leadership”: The six most important words – “I admit I made a mistake.” The five most important words: “I am proud of you.” The four […]

Temptation

By and others ⋅ July 25, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-016 Sermon Notes: TEMPTATION by John Edmiston (These notes revolve around the fact that the actual term “temptation” is not used until the New Testament and then is only used of Christians. To avoid trying to redefine such a commonly used term I am calling temptation in this sense – the Jesus […]

Jesus Christ – The Parable Of God

By and others ⋅ July 25, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Sermons on the Ecumenical Creed of 381 AD “We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, (God from God), Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the Father.” Scripture Readings: Amos 5 21-24, 8:11-12; John 1:1-5 and 9-18; […]

Jesus Christ And The Value Of Creation

By and others ⋅ July 25, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Sermons on the Ecumenical Creed of 381 AD “We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ … through him all things were made.” The Lordâs Supper Scripture Readings: Eph. 1:3-10; Col. 1:15-20; John 1:1-14 The eucharistic elements As we celebrate the Lordâs Supper, we shall eat bread, made from grain, born and nourished in the soil […]

Jesus Christ – Our Salvation

By and others ⋅ July 25, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Sermons on the Christian Creed of 381 AD “For us all and for our salvation he came down from heaven.” Scripture Readings: Isaiah 11:1-9; Luke 4:14-21; Phil 2:6-11; 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 Life in the presence of God ãSalvationä! The word we know. But like many things, it is no longer ãwoodä. It has become ãplasticä. […]

Mark 2:1-12 Sermon Notes

By and others ⋅ July 25, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-011 Mark 2:1-12 (RCL Gospel for Epiphany 7 – 20 February 2000) Sermon Notes by Wayne Dobratz Jesus had adopted Capernaum as his hometown after his own people rejected him and tried to kill him. They came in large crowds, as Mark tells us in 2:1-12. The faith of these 5 men, […]

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