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Lost, Hungry And Needing To Find A Home
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-251 (Sermon) LOST, HUNGRY AND NEEDING TO FIND A HOME (Matthew 1:18-2:19) A Christmas Message by Kim Thoday Christmas is a time for miracles. Christmas is a time of miracles. Christmas is about the miracle of God choosing to become one with creation through the birth of Jesus Christ. For centuries before […]
Thanksgiving Day Message
Sample of Daily Encounter by Dick Innes THANKSGIVING DAY November 28, 2002 “It is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; To declare Your loving-kindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night” (Psalm 92:1-2, NKJV). “Today upon a bus, I saw a lovely maid […]
Advent In Bethlehem
As Advent begins in Bethlehem… By Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb It is Sunday morning, the first Advent. The streets of Bethlehem are deserted, very unusual for such a day and such an occasion. A strange silence overshadows the area. It is a silence crying loud towards heaven. The silence is disrupted every now and then […]
Psalms On Sundays: 137 – Pain Of Displacement
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-241 Sunday 08 Dec 2002 Reading: Psalm 137 – THE PAIN OF DISPLACEMENT Imagine what it must have been like for those taken ruthlessly from their homes, their families. How would you have felt? The deep pathos of the ‘gentle sad beginning’ (vs 1,2), stands in sharp contrast to the brutal ending […]
Eight Christmas Gifts That Don’t Cost A Cent
Have you brought all your Christmas present? is a question I am often asked. Here are a few that you can give that won’t cost you a cent. 1. The gift of listening. But you really must listen, no planning your response. No day dreaming no interrupting just listening. 2. The gift of affection. Be […]
Of Stars And Stables
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-243 (Topical Sermon) OF STARS AND STABLES Matthew 2:1-12 by Rod Benson Christmas is traditionally a festive time of year, with parties and family gatherings, gift-giving, and even sentimental connections made with friends. Yet mental health experts tell us that it is also among the saddest times of the year. Separation, loneliness, […]
Jesus Is God – So What?
Colossians 1:15-20; 2:9 In a previous pastorate I came to know a fellow minister who occupied a position of high authority in a mainstream denomination and who shared my vocation, but whose beliefs were not those of orthodox Christianity. On one occasion, at a public meeting, he claimed that Christianity was merely one of many […]
Psalms On Sundays: 138 – A Work In Progress
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-247 Sunday 15 Dec 2002 Reading: Psalm 138 – GOD ISN’T FINISHED WITH ME! ‘He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion’.(Phil 1:6) Praise him! Heartfelt praise suffuses this thanksgiving-song, based around God’s intrinsic holiness of character (v 2), and the transforming power of answered prayer […]
Christmas, Time And Eternity
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list R-022 [Repeat of CLM 961: 16 Dec 1999] CHRISTMAS, TIME AND ETERNITY by Craig Scott Luke 2:1-14, Isaiah 9:2-7, Hebrews 1 One of the best lines I’ve heard in a sermon came from Dr Don Hopgood when he addressed the Enfield Anniversary service. He spoke about “Time”, and he defined it as, “God’s […]
Archbishop Jensen’s Christmas Message
ANGLICAN MEDIA SYDNEY MEDIA RELEASE December 19, 2002 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM ARCHBISHOP PETER JENSEN “The babe born in Bethlehem … God’s gift to a tormented and needy world” Christmas is often presented as a picture of happiness – with Australians enjoying their family, friends and the best this country has to offer. But it’s a […]
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