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Psalms On Sundays: 107 – Real Needs, Real Answers

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-073 Sunday 14 Apr 2002 Reading: PSALM 107 – REAL NEEDS, REAL ANSWERS (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) ‘We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him’. (Rom 8:28) Meditate on what ‘all things’ includes. Despite its length, this psalm easily divides into […]

Psalms On Sundays: 104 – God Of Creation

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-055 Sunday 17 Mar 2002 Reading: PSALM 104 – THE GOD OF CREATION (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) As you read this incomparable psalm, bear in mind the seven days of creation in Genesis 1. This psalm is a superb meditation on God’s creative work. The writer picks up each […]

Palm Sunday

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, O Daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you, Righteous and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, On a colt, the foal of a donkey. (Zechariah 9:9) Psalm 22:1-11; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 11:1-11, Matthew 21:1-13, Luke 19:28-48, John 12:12-19 ~~~ PALM SUNDAY LITANY L […]

A Woman With A Past

St Martins Sermon Notes. March 3, 2002 John 4: 5-42 A woman was feeling insecure about her husband’s affection. She asks, “how come you never say you love me anymore?” He responds, “I told you when we got married that I loved you. If I change my mind I’ll let you know.” Not very convincing? […]

Palm Sunday Sermon: A Footnote

rowland, thanks for your email. i found it extremely interesting and thought provoking. sorry for being pedantic, but there is one thing i must correct. you said: “There is a line in the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar where Judas sings something like, “Listen to the crowd. There must be at least fifty thousand. Keep […]

Palm Sunday

Dear Rowland Nice to know you’re preaching on Palm Sunday. Last year Penny asked me to take Palm Sunday also. Here is what the congregation was subjected. Warm regards kevin St Martins Palm Sunday 2001 Sorry our preacher is away today, and you’re looking at a last minute substitution. I’m the speaker you get when […]

The Worst Things And The Last Things

Genesis 50: 15-21 First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia September 16, 2001 John R. Claypool Frederick Buechner did not grow up in a church-going family. Both of his parents were highly educated and socially prominent New Yorkers, and religion was one of those areas of life about which they had no interest. Thus, he had very […]

The Seasons Of Life

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ATLANTA, GEORGIA Sermon by Dr. George Bryant Wirth Palm/Passion Sunday April 8, 2001 EARLY WINTER – GROWING UP AND GETTING OLDER Scripture: Matthew 20:17-19, 21:1-12; Hebrews 11:8-12 INTRODUCTION Some years ago, Dr. Glendon Harris, a Methodist preacher and author out on the West Coast, wrote an article in a Christian magazine about […]

Pre-Eminence Of Jesus

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-031 (Sermon – Expository) THE PRE-EMINENCE OF JESUS (Hebrews 1:5-14) by Rod Benson Novelist Damien Broderick is credited with coining the term ‘virtual reality’ in 1975. Writing in the September 1998 issue of Eureka Street about what he terms our “nanotechnological” future, Broderick speaks of “the Spike” (something like a J-curve in […]

Psalms On Sundays: 100

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-034 Sunday 17 Feb 2002 Reading: PSALM 100 – Jubilate, jubilate (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) Ask God to give you a spirit of exuberant thankfulness as you face a new Sunday, the Lord’s day. Christians have been singing this psalm in a variety of forms for centuries, from chanted […]