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Good Samaritan: Some Ideas
GOOD SAMARITAN Ideas: The challenge: to rescue this story from too much familiarity The lawyer seemed to find it easier to obey the first half of the Great Commandment rather than the second The story begins with an expert in Scriptural law asking what he must do to inherit eternal life. To this otherworldly question […]
Change Of Lifestyle
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-146 (Devotional) CHANGE OF LIFESTYLE (Luke 13:1-9) Luke records Jesus strong message to Christians that we must repent. To repent in Gospel terms, means to allow the Holy Spirit to constantly change our lifestyles and ways of thinking. To repent means to be constantly open to do God’s Will each day of […]
Psalms On Sundays – 119:89-136
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-147 Sunday 28 Jul 2002 Reading – Psalm 119:89-136 PLEASURE AND NOURISHMENT ‘By your words I can see where I’m going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path.’ (Ps 119:105, The Message) The psalmists are ruthlessly honest about the realities of human life. Even in this celebration of the […]
Lessons From The Other Prodigal Son (Luke 15)
The late Noel Patton is well known for his exotic paintings of flowers, birds and children at play. Curiously, in a corner of each of his paintings he would include some unsettling and incongruous object, such as a snake or some other reptilian type creature. In the prodigal story narrated by Luke, Jesus likewise paints […]
God Will Redeem My Life From The Grave
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-148 GOD WILL REDEEM MY LIFE FROM THE GRAVE From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. God will ransom my soul… he will receive me. Psalm 49:15. In our world the ‘5-star success system’ (possessions, fame, education, vocational success, power) […]
The Lord’s Supper (1 Cor 11:23-26)
Have you ever wondered why the Lord’s Supper is the central symbol of worship in most Christian Churches? Why did Jesus insist that the tearing apart of a loaf of bread and the drinking of wine be done whenever Christians meet together? Why is this enactment so important? Jesus understood that this great meal would […]
What Would You Withhold From God?
By Dr. Mickey Anders First Christian Church Pikeville, Kentucky June 27, 1999 Text: Genesis 22:1-14 Like many of the wonderful stories in Genesis, today’s scripture is one filled with meaning and possibilities. It’s a passage that is difficult to understand and never fails to spark lots of discussion and many points of view. That was […]
Overcoming Goliath (1 Samuel 17)
How is your journey with Jesus going? Are you struggling? Do you feel as if God is distant? If this is you at the moment, well, it’s a part of the Christian life. Experiences such as this can be transformed by God, if we take time out with God in prayer and step out with […]
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San Williams, Presenter Luke 9:28-36 Okay, so it’s a strange story. A mystical story. A transcendent moment when Jesus shines in heavenly light. A moment in which two figures from the ancient past suddenly appear, like holograms before the stunned disciples. Then a voice from on high pierces the cloud of unknowing and reveals the […]
Change Of Life/Style. (Luke 13:1-9)
Luke records Jesus strong message to Christians that we must repent. To repent in Gospel terms, means to allow the Holy Spirit to constantly change our lifestyles and ways of thinking. To repent means to be constantly open to do God’s Will each day of our lives. If you find this a frightening prospect then […]
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