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Of First Importance … The Resurrection Of Christ
1 Corinthians 15:1-28 As far as we can tell with our five senses, death is final. All people, in every place and in every time, have come to accept that once a body has expired nothing can be done to bring it back to life, especially if it has been dead for days. How do […]
What’s A Woman To Do?
A sermon by Dr. Kevin Quast Joel 2:23-29 Galatians 3.23-29 Back in New Testament times, Greek men everywhere used to repeat a saying that listed three reasons for gratitude. They would say “I am grateful that I was born a human being and not a beast, next a man and not a woman, thirdly, a […]
Original Goodness
© 1996 Mark Parent. All rights reserved Genesis 1:1-2:4 A novice Roman Catholic priest was engaged in giving confession for the very first time. In order to assess his competence in this particular form of ministry, a senior priest sat in the confessional booth with him. “How am I doing?” asked the young priest during […]
On Beyond Zebra
Mt 1:18-25 I’d like to launch us into this message with some thoughts from the great mind of Dr. Seuss – On Beyond Zebra Listen closely because this is the key to what I want to say Said Conrad Cornelius O’Donell O’DellMy very young friend who is learning to spell The A is for ape, […]
Bible Translations (2)
From: (Andrew Bromage) Date: 4 Apr 1997 G’day all. Oh, great. Another Bible version thread. 🙂 Nigel’s response was excellent, but since I disagree with him in a couple of details, here’s an alternative opinion. First off, there are many fine English Bible translations around. What goes in to your choice for a translation is […]
Psalm 11
QUESTIONS FROM THE PSALMS An absent-minded bishop was travelling by train to a distant part of his diocese. On the way he lost his ticket. He was well-known to the train guards, and when he became agitated about his loss they reassurd him. ‘It’s quite all right, sir. You needn’t worry. We know you, and […]
Psalm 32
QUESTIONS FROM THE PSALMS My guess is that everybody here wants to be happy. You dream of happiness, you plan for it, and perhaps pay any price to achieve it. Searching for happiness, one person will try to make a lot of money; another gives all his money away. In the same search one woman […]
Gospel Of Mark
Final in a series on Mark. Today ends an historic two-week conference here in Melbourne. The ninth international missionary conference organised by the WCC Commission on World Mission and Evangelism saw (and heard) 500 delegates and consultants from 85 countries. The first of these conferences was held in Edinburgh in 1910. It was historic, in […]
Gospel Of John
(These studies on the Gospel of John were originally written by Rowland Croucher for Scripture Union’s ALIVE TO GOD notes). INTO YOUR HANDS [Introductory page] ‘READ, MEDITATE, PRAY’ There are two ways, broadly speaking, we can read the Bible: ‘Bible study’ and lectio divina. In Bible study we mainly use our head; in lectio divina, […]
Psalm 8
QUESTIONS FROM THE PSALMS Mark Twain tells a story about a man who went to heaven from California. Arriving at the pearly gates he was asked where he’d come from. He tells them proudly, ‘From California’. But nobody knows where California is. ‘It’s in the United States’, declares the new arrival with amazement. But nobody […]
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