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Count Your Blessings
Subject: Word for the Week 31 August Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 From: Pastor Ron Clarke <> It’s impossible for any of us to ensure against an occasional attack of depression. Sometimes there is good reason for it, sometimes none at all. Like a thick fog it just sets in and we cannot break through. […]
“The Ghost Of Tom Joad” And The Life Of The Baby Of Bethlehem
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 549 The rock band “Rage Against the Machine” has recently released and got air play (at least on Triple-J) for a song called “The Ghost of Tom Joad”. This song was originally written and put out by Bruce Springsteen in 1995. Though I doubt the programmers at Triple-J have given this much […]
Religion And Christianity
There has been lot’s of heat and noise generated about Christianity and Religion. Not too many facts, but lots of opinions. Let’s start with some facts: From my Oxford dictionary – religion (n): 1. belief in the existence of a supernatural ruling power. 2. one of the various systems of faith and worship based on […]
A Poem Of Sorts For Epiphany
Around this time last year, someone posted to uk.r.c. saying something like “Does anyone know any good carols for Epiphany”. No one did, and I wondered about writing one. I made an attempt, and what came out wasn’t exactly a carol, but (since I’ve finally got around to writing a couple of lines that were […]
Peter: A Few Seed-Thoughts…
Peter’s name is always first in the lists of Jesus’ followers. Christ spoke more to Peter than to any other disciple. To no other did he offer the promises, rebukes, predictions, warnings, encouragements, blessings and solemn commission that he offered Peter. Peter was called twice, first as a disciple, then as an apostle. Peter’s face […]
Prodigal Son: The Greatest-Ever Short Story
Father says to you – ‘I love you: Your name is written in my heart; I have always loved you.’ Once you really hear God say that to you your life can never be the same. Jesus asked what should we call God? When we pray what should we say? Call him ABBA. The Spirit […]
Power And Wealth: Some Seed-Thoughts
LUKE 16: 19-31 Evangelist – n., ‘A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbours’ (Ambrose Bierce). Luke 16 has a collection OF Jesus’ warnings about riches: in essence he says wealth can have a narcotic effect on us, dulling […]
The Danger Of Being A Christian – Acts 5:17-42
(Sermon notes Rev. Jan Croucher) WE MAY NOT BE CALLED UPON TO BE MARTYRS IN THE SENSE OF DYING FOR CHRIST, BUT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE EXPECTED TO LIVE FOR CHRIST WHATEVER THE COST (THE STORY OF POLYCARP OF SMYRNA) In one sense last week’s passage dealt with the danger of being an unbeliever in the […]
Good Samaritan (A Modern Version)
Luke chapter 10, verses 25-37 brings us the parable of the Good Samaritan. Here we have a story about a well-to-do legal eagle anxious to make an impression and display his knowledge of the scriptures. But Jesus threw back the challenge and asked him who was the neighbour and the lawyer replied “the one who […]
Pharisees And Jesus
John Stott Ministries Keeping the Right Company A Sermon by John R. W. Stott It is often said that you can tell what a person is like by the company he keeps. Look at his friends, and from them you can deduce what his character is like. There is some truth in it. Birds of […]
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