6. Secret No Longer Ephesians 3.1-13
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6. Secret No Longer Ephesians 3.1-13
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 18 January 2015
The gospel that puts into effect the working out of the big Secret, God's great plan to unite all peoples in his family
What should Australia Celebrate? 25Jan15
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What should Australia Celebrate?
Or maybe the question should be 'When should Australia celebrate?' January 26 seems an odd date. In fact it was not until 1935 that all Australian states used that date to celebrate something they called Australia Day. Because at first it was the New South Wales founding day, and other states such as South Australia pointed out that NSW was not the 'parent colony'. Each had their own days to remember their founding.
But eventually the day caught on. According to the official history, for the centenary, “Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, planned something for everyone, or almost everyone. When questioned about what was being planned for the Aborigines, Parkes retorted, 'And remind them that we have robbed them?' At the centre of his plans was the unveiling of a statue of Queen Victoria.”
By 1938 about one hundred Aborigines gathered in Sydney to present a different view of the celebrations.
Freedom from... freedom for …? 18Jan15
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Freedom from... freedom for …?
The terrible killings in France have sparked a huge response of outrage, and support for freedom of speech. The magazine Charlie Hebdo has released its latest issue with a cartoon of the prophet on the cover, according to news reports.
Some of the rhetoric in favour of free speech seems like a contrary fundamentalism itself. As though free speech was the highest value. In traditional Christian societies, free speech has been balanced with an awareness that offensive and insulting speech is mostly inappropriate. Laws have made libel and slander illegal.
More recently debates and laws have come into effect regarding “hate speech” and speech that is intended to arouse social animosities. Prior to this has been a trend, in western society at least, to lower the boundaries on crude and insulting speech. What used to be called swearing and offensive language.
The Locust Effect 11Jan15
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The Locust Effect
In 1875 trillions of locusts weighing 27 million tons bore down 200,000 square miles of the American Midwest and wiped out every living plant. Gary Haugen and Victor Boutros, in their book, The Locust Effect, show that a similar effect is happening to the world’s poor. As much as they try to work, save for their children’s education, buy small houses (or rooms) to live in, their efforts are consistently and effectively thwarted by an epidemic of violence.
The authors don’t focus on war zones or civil conflicts, although these are devastating enough. They illustrate in pitiful detail the ordinary criminal violence that afflicts the world’s poor – especially in developing countries.
Sexual violence (a “medical emergency” according to Medicine Sans Frontiers), slavery (there are more slaves in the world now than there were during the whole period of the 18th century slave trade), land grabbing, arbitrary detention and torture are some of the features of this violence.
5. One House Ephesians 2.11-22
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5. One House Ephesians 2.11-22
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 4 January 2015
Bringing all things together in Christ; How it happened, Why God did it; What it means.
The Lord, The Girl, The Son, and the Servants Luke 1.26-38
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Three Simple Sermons for Christmas
1. The Lord, The Girl, The Son, and the Servants Luke 1.26-38
Sermon preached on the Sunday before Christmas 2014
The Saviour Luke 2.1-20
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Three Simple Sermons for Christmas
2. The Saviour Luke 2.1-20
Sermon preached on Christmas morning 2014
Is this really good news? What could you do about it?
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