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Pentecost – the party that nobody missed! (Acts 2:1-21)

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Father Dave

“When the day of Pentecost came, all of them were together in one place. Suddenly, a sound like the roaring of a mighty windstorm came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw tongues like … Continue reading →

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Death and Taxes (A sermon on Matthew 22)

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Father Dave

Then the Pharisees went and planned how to trap Jesus in conversation. They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. They said, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere and that you teach the way of God truthfully. … Continue reading →

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Doubting, bitter, and disillusioned Thomas. (A Sermon on John 20:19-31)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Father Dave

Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”. But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Repetition! (A sermon on Luke Luke 18:1-8)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Father Dave

…”In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ “For some … Continue reading →

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The deserving poor? (Matthew 15:10-28)

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Father Dave

‘And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from the region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely … Continue reading →

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Unbind him and let him go! (John 11:1-53)

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Father Dave

“Unbind him and let him go!” These are the words of Jesus, recorded in John 11 – dramatic words that come at the climax of a dramatic story – the death and resuscitation of Jesus’ friend Lazarus. It is an … Continue reading →

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