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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 … […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]