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Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

Faith In A Time Of Crisis

ACNS 2696 – ANGLICAN COMMUNION OFFICE – 19 September 2001 Sermon preached by the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion Christchurch, Lausanne, Switzerland 16 September 2001 In the name of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit: the One God. Amen. It is a privilege for me to be here with you at Christ Church for […]

Unparalleled Power (Psalm 104)

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-162 (Sermon) UNPARALLELED POWER (Psalm 104) by Rod Benson When American poet John Crowe Ransom published his first book in 1919, he titled it Poems about God. Psalm 104 is another poem about God – one of the most majestic and profound reflections on God and his works ever penned. During the […]

Faith In A Time Of Crisis

ACNS 2696 – ANGLICAN COMMUNION OFFICE – 19 September 2001 Sermon preached by the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion Christchurch, Lausanne, Switzerland 16 September 2001 In the name of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit: the One God. Amen. It is a privilege for me to be here with you at Christ Church for […]

Psalms On Sundays: 79 – God, How Could You

let this happen… Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-165 Sunday 23 Sep 2001 Reading: PSALM 79 – GOD, HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN? (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) God disciplines his people, but he does so for our ultimate good. Talk to him about any discipline you are experiencing at present. In 587 BC […]

Psalms On Sundays: 80 – Restore Us, O Lord

God Almighty Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-169 Sunday 30 Sep 2001 Reading: PSALM 80 – RESTORE US, O LORD GOD ALMIGHTY (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) ‘The raw, desperate cry of honesty penetrates the heavens immediately; the answer definitely will come – it is just the mode of transport which is not guaranteed … […]

Calm Confidence In God

A series of sermons on the parables of Jesus Mark 4:26-29, Lev 25:1-12 The Story What is God’s dealing with us and with our world like? How can we know it? How can we understand it? Does it have anything to do with us? Last week we talked about a sower who goes out and […]

God’s Coming And Our Response

A series of sermons on the parables of Jesus God’s coming and our response Mark 4:3-9, 13-20 Rev. Dr Thorwald Lorenzen The story “Listen!” That would mean the presence of the divine for Jesus’ listeners: “Listen, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God …” (Deut. […]

The Power Of Love

A series of sermons on the parables of Jesus The parable of the waiting father and his two lost sons Luke 15:11-32; Hosea 11:1-4, 8-9 The “gospel in a nutshell” The parable of the waiting father and his two lost sons has been called the “gospel in a nutshell”. And since the gospel is like […]

Joy And Its Consequences

A series of sermons on the parables of Jesus The parable of the hidden treasure and the valuable pearl Matthew 13:44-46 The stories Imagine the labourer. Poor. Earning low wages; working in the heat of the day – day after day. Condemned to a hard and monotonous sort of life. His children will never go […]

Jesus: Saviour And Example

A series of sermons on the parables of Jesus The parable of the good Samaritan Luke 10: 25-37 The story It must have been a fool – the one who went from Jerusalem to Jericho! Some people don’t go out alone in Canberra, much less in Chicago, in New York or in down town Washington. […]