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A Fatal Attraction (Sermon By Kim Thoday)
“All you’ve ever wanted life to be.” The simple but catchy chorus repeats over and over with images of lovely looking people having great times; at one moment in a packed auditorium, then in a café, then watching a drama, then a clown, then a rock band backing some lovely looking singers and a radiant […]
In Search Of Treasure
In Search of Treasure (Matt 13:44-46 A sermon by Kim Thoday) Most people seem to be anxious to obtain a bargain; hence the language of commerce – “free,” “buy now and save,” “sale,” “bargain bonanza,” “cheap,” and so on. This reminds me of a family who lived next door to us when I was a […]
Psalms On Sundays: 143 – Under Pressure
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-014 Sunday 19 Jan 2003 Reading: Psalm 143 – UNDER PRESSURE How do you steady yourself (your heart, your mind) when you are in deep trouble, at your wits’ end? The word ‘Selah’ (v 6) suggests that the psalm be divided into two parts; description predominates in the first; requests in the […]
Journeying Into The Unknown
Journeying into the Unknown (A Sermon on the Epistle to the Hebrews, by Kim Thoday) The identity of the writer to the Epistle to the Hebrews is as frustrating a quest as it is captivating for the imagination. Its authorship was much discussed in the early ages of the Church and Origen, one of the […]
A Rock Or A Stone?
By Kim Thoday The Book of the prophet Jeremiah, in the Old Testament, contains within in it a great deal of inspiring, challenging and disturbing poetry. The text from Jeremiah 15: 15-21 is part of a poem forewarning times of deep distress and yet it also contains a promise of strength and triumph. The ultimate […]
The Price Of Rage
Numbers 20:1-13 The great Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini was legendary for his fits of rage. The librarian of one of his orchestras was particularly vexed by the maestro’s habit of throwing valuable musical scores at the musicians when angry. Watching closely, he observed that when Toscanini became enraged, he first took his baton in both […]
How To Change Your World
2 Chronicles 32:1-22 A desert nomad woke hungry in the middle of the night. He lit a candle and began eating dates from a bowl beside his bed. Taking a bite, he saw a worm in the date, so he threw it out of the tent. He bit into a second date, found another worm, […]
Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Roman Centurion July, 13, 2003, Matt 8: 9-13, Acts 8: 9 -25 12 years ago I took my eldest on a business trip to Laos and Cambodia. While I worked she hung out with missionary friends there, and stayed on in Phnom Penh with them for a fortnight after I came home. But the […]
The Great Art Of Forgiveness
A Sermon, Genesis 50:15-21; Hosea 1-14) What is an art? Something learned, requiring both skill and inspiration perhaps? If this is true of art, then forgiveness is one of the most difficult arts. Some of the primary problems of human being and the solutions to them can be found in the first book of the […]
The Challenge Of Worship
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-124 Sunday 06 Jul 2003 Psalms on Sundays Reading: Psalm 15 – THE CHALLENGE OF WORSHIP ‘Seven whole days, not one in seven, I will praise you’.(G Herbert) Is that how you understand worship? Personally, I cringe when I hear someone say, ‘We’re going to have a time of worship’: what they […]
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