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The Power Of Love

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

Sermons on the Christian Ecumenical Creed of 381 AD “We (I) believe in one God, the Father, the almighty …” Psalm 93 and 23; Matth 6:25-33 The patient word “God” The Word “God” is a patient word. “O God” – said the house wife when she burned the dinner. “God be with you” – we […]

God

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“God – the deep mystery of the world” Sermons on the Christian Creed of 381 AD “We believe in one God, Maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.ä Scripture Readings: Genesis 1-2; Psalm 19:1-6; Psalm 148; Isaiah 40:28-32; Rom 8:18-23 God is a worker With the confession that God is […]

God Shows No Favoritism

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

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-002 Acts 10:34-38 1) In matters of race 2) In matters of Nationality 3) All are offered the same salvation by Wayne Dobratz Sometimes you find the news in places you least expect to find it. A very talented lefthanded relief pitcher put himself in the firestorm of controversy by some unfortunate […]

The Wonder Of Christmas

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Isaiah 11:1-10; Luke 2:1-14; Galatians 4:1-7; John 1:1-14 Wonder The philosophers and scientists of old knew it: wonder is the beginning of all knowledge. You need to see an apple fall from a tree and wonder why it fell down and not up, before you make any serious investigation and then perhaps discover the drawing […]

We Have Beheld His Glory

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John 1:1-18; Isaiah 9:2-7 Four Gospels ö one Gospel I am sure that you have noticed that in the New Testament we do not have one, but four gospels. In fact, of course, there is only one gospel, one good news; the good news that God linked his life to Jesus of Nazareth so that […]

The Creed – And Baptists

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A series of Sermons on the Christian Creed of 381 AD – the so-called Ecumenical Creed or Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. This and the “Apostles’ Creed” are recited regularly in many churches. Baptists also ascribe to these Creeds although we normally do not recite them every Sunday. The Christian Creed of 381 is the most widely used […]

Faith And Understanding

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Sermons on the Christian ecumenical creed of 381 AD ãWe (I) believe in one God …ä Psalm 42:1-5 (beginning of 6); Galatians 3:23-29 Destined to believe in God We read in the Psalms: ãThe fool says in his heart, ÃŽThere is no Godâä (14:1). Many, especially in the ãWesternä world, would disagree with that. We […]

Inspiration And Prophecy

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

SAINT GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL Perth, Western Australia A Sermon preached by The Precentor, Father Nigel B. Mitchell 16 August 1998 Email the Preacher (2 Peter 1:20-21 NRSV) … no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit […]

Praise

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SAINT GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL Perth, Western Australia Sermon preached by The Precentor, Canon Nigel B. Mitchell 24 October, 1999 Email the Preacher Isn’t it Conceited of God, to want us to Praise him so much? Some of you may remember an old English movie called “Bedazzled”. In that movie the comedy duo Peter Cook and Dudley […]

Envy

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SAINT GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL Perth, Western Australia Sermon preached by The Reverend Christine Simes 9 January 2000 Why are the seven deadly sins deadly? Well it’s not because God is keeping a tally on each of us, taking marks off when we trip up on one of the seven deadly sins and giving us marks when […]

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