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Releasing The Holy Spirit In My Church
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-168 (Topical Sermon) RELEASING THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MY CHURCH (Ezekiel 37) by Rod Benson In June 1963 US Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr said, “If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” During the great civil rights march on Washington DC […]
Psalms On Sundays: 123 – Faith & Questioning
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-171 Sunday 01 Sep 2002 Reading: Psalm 123 – FAITH AND QUESTIONING ‘Please have mercy, Lord! We have been insulted more than we can stand.'(Ps 123:3, CEV) Recently, I met two men. One, whose wife had left with their three young children, spoke of how God had sustained him and strengthened his […]
Do We Have A Right To Be Happy?
A sermon by Rev. Jan Croucher Matthew 5:1-12, 7:24-28 INTRODUCTION You have probably heard of Galileo and how, about 400 years ago he argued that Aristotle was wrong about gravity. If you took two objects with one heavier than the other, Aristotle argued that the heavier one would fall faster. Well Galileo said ¢â‚¬ËœNo. They […]
Psalms On Sundays: 118 – Delivered, Restored
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-134 Sunday 07 Jul 2002 Reading: Psalm 118 – DELIVERANCE AND RESTORATION (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) ‘Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his love endures forever.'(v 1) Spend some time in praise before you read. Like many psalms, Psalm 118 features a transformation. The writer has […]
Receiving The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-136 (Topical & Expository Sermon) RECEIVING THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT by Rod Benson In 1996 Dr Archibald Hart of Fuller Theological Seminary preached at our annual Queensland Baptist pastors’ conference. I do not recall everything he said, but one image remains in my mind. There’s a stadium; I’m on the […]
Psalms On Sundays – 119:1-40
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-140 Sunday 14 Jul 2002 Reading – Psalm 119:1-40 OBEDIENCE AND TRANSFORMATION (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) ‘Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.'(v 18) Lord, help me to obey as well. This beautifully crafted psalm celebrates the Law. The writer uses a number of […]
My Pick Of Biblical Commentaries
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-144 MY PICK OF BIBLICAL COMMENTARIES Rod Benson submitted this in response to a request from Rowland Croucher to ‘various biblical scholars for their recommendations for the best contemporary commentary for each book of the Bible (particularly as raw material for preaching, rather than for pure academic scholarship), if they could only […]
The Second Coming Of Christ
Matthew 24:37-44; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “Advent” means coming, and Advent time celebrates the coming of Christ. Last Sunday I spoke about Jesus’ first coming. We looked at his family tree, we recognised some unexpected women there and we tried to open ourselves to the strange righteousness that was introduced to us with his first coming. […]
Psalms On Sundays – 119:41-88
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-145 Sunday 21 Jul 2002 Reading – Psalm 119:41-88 PROMISE AND HOPE (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) ‘O how I love all you’ve revealed; I reverently ponder it all the day long.'(v 97, The Message) In a graphic image, the psalmist sees himself as a wineskin in the smoke. Wearied […]
The Good Samaritan
Sermon preached by the Rev. William Sloane Coffin, former chaplain, Yale University, at the ordination and consecration of John Bryson Chane as Bishop of Washington Two prefatory remarks: When I suffered a stroke three years ago, I tried to console myself with Mark Twain’s observation about Wagner’s music: “It’s better than it sounds.” But with […]
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