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Will Someone Please Remind Me Why We Went To War?
I still regularly wake up thinking about the war with Iraq and feeling sick in my stomach. It’s been a new experience for me and for all of us in Australia. Never before have we launched an attack on a … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Australian Prime Minister, destruction, Iraq, Israel, mass, Remind, Someone, way, weapons of mass destruction
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The Valley of the Dry Bones – a Sermon on Ezekial 37
“The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2He led me all around them; … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons: Old Testament
Tagged Army, cannot, church, Ezekiel, Israel, nation, pain
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Idolatry – a Sermon on Jeremiah 2
Leonard Sweet, in his ‘Soul Cafe’ newsletter, included this list of “Top 10 Lies”: We’ll stay only five minutes. This will be a short meeting. I’ll respect you in the morning. The check is in the mail. I’m from the government, and … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons: Old Testament
Tagged forefathers, Israel, Lord Jesus Christ, Yahweh
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A Promise to an Old Friend – Inner West Courier March 29th, 2004
Dulwich Hill’s fighting Father promised to stand by an Israeli friend with a troubling secret. Eighteen years on he’s keeping his word. Report NICOLE AZZOPARDI Reverend Dave Smith will revisit his past when he embarks on a trip to Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Press Clippings
Tagged Article, Friend, Israel, jail, Morde Vanunu, Mr Smith, Mr Vanunu, plant, Reverend Dave Smith, Times
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Dave Fights For Old Mate – The Sydney Morning Herald April 5th, 2004
The priest and his 18-year promise to whistleblower As the days tick down to Mordechai Vanunu’s release, the Reverend Dave Smith, the Sydney pastor who has kept faith with the Israeli nuclear whistleblower for 18 years, has a recurring nightmare. … Continue reading
Posted in Press Clippings
Tagged Israel, Mr Smith, Sydney, Sydney Vanunu, the Reverend Dave Smith
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Dreaming the Jubilee. (A sermon on Luke 4:14-21)
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons: Gospels
Tagged Israel, news, preacher, prophet, prophet Isaiah, scroll, Spirit
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The final word on the place of modern Israel in Biblical Prophecy
I’ve been hearing it, in one form or another, every since I was converted as a teenager – that God has a plan for political Israel, such that the fate of the nation is intricately tied to the fulfilment of … Continue reading
Posted in Topical Sermons
Tagged Biblical, Christian Zionism, Christian Zionists, contrary, destruction, Israel, Ninevah, prophet
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The Armour of God (a Sermon on Ephesians 6:10-20)
I’m reading from the Amnesty International report on the war on Lebanon, August 2006: “The Israeli Air Force launched more than 7,000 air attacks on about 7,000 targets in Lebanon between 12 July and 14 August, while the Navy conducted … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons: Epistles
Tagged Apostle Paul, armor of God, Armour of God, Israel
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