Bible
‘He Shall Be Called A Nazarene’
From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Graeme's 6 points – was The Apocrypha Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 05:24:41 GMT In relation to the following passage: (Matthew 2:23 NRSV) There he made his home in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, "He will […]
George Whitefield’s Farewell Sermon
Sermon 59 The Good Shepherd [A Farewell Sermon (The last sermon which Whitefield preached in London, on Wednesday, August 30th, 1769, before his final departure to America.)] John 10:27-28, ‘My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither […]
Choosing Barabbas
by James Kiefer "Not this man, but Barabbas!" It is often said that Christianity is at its roots anti-Jewish, that it encourages hatred for Jews by teaching that they are responsible for the death of Jesus. Moreover, it is said, this is not just a distortion of the Christian faith by a few misguided fanatics […]
Overcoming Worry (Rev. Jan Croucher)
(Notes of a sermon preached by Rev. Jan Croucher – Rowland’s pastor-wife – at syndal Baptist Church, Sunday morning July 5th, 1998). This poem by Judith Viorst from her book ‘How Did I Get to Be Forty and Other Atrocities’ is entitled ‘Three O’clock in the Morning’ At three o’clock in the morning I used […]
Jeremiah: Scripture Union Notes
Jeremiah: Introduction My people have committed two sins: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water (Jer. 2:13). Jeremiah was an ancient Solzhenitsyn – a hero who stood almost alone, courageously exposing the evils of a godless state, and living in constant […]
Sermon: Galatians 5
"Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh." Different translation, but part of the same reading we just heard. And I’d reckon that a number of you are […]
‘Bashed Over The Head With A Spirit-Level’
(A visual illusion is displayed in which two identical lines appear to be different lengths). If you’ve seen this before, please don’t yell out the answer, but for the rest of you, which of the two short horizontal lines on the screen is the shorter?? But when I add these other lines what do you […]
Reconciliation
Reconciliation is frequently heard buzz word these days. You can listen to or read the news any week and you will hear the word used, usually with reference to indigenous Australians and specifically to the search for a just and harmonious relationship between them and the rest of Australia’s population. But you won’t only find […]
Was Jesus A Liberal?
One of the things that becoming a Dad has done is help focus my mind on questions like what sort of community do I want her to grow up in? Because the kind of community she grows up in will be a factor in shaping the kind of person she becomes. What sort of values […]
Praying By The Book
Nathan Nettleton Pastor, South Yarra Community Baptist Church Melbourne, Australia Last Tuesday Margie, my wife, asked me to drop a quiche of at the home of her friend Sue who had just had a baby. She gave me a quick explanation of how to get there: "Down Malvern Road and just across Burke Road you […]
Categories
Articles may be reproduced in any medium, without applying for permission
(provided they are unedited, and retain the original author/copyright information - and a reference to this website :-)!
26,756 articles online.
Protected by Akismet, Digital Ninjas and an Ion Cannon. Really.
Blog with WordPress