Search Articles / Sermons
- Join Father Dave's Mailing list
Father Dave's Guarantee- I will never send you rubbish.
- You can unsubscribe at any time
- I will never share your details
-
— -
Recent Articles
- Father Dave Smith on how Christians and Muslims can be friends – ABC Religion and Ethics report, December16, 2020
- Church punches below the belt then knocks out its fighting priest – Sydney Morning Herald, December 5th, 2020
- Assassination is a barbaric form of politics – Tehran Times, December 2nd, 2020
- Father Dave Smith discusses his book “Christians and Muslims Can be Friends.” – Radio Skid Row, 26/11/2020
- THE PRIEST FIGHTING FOR PEACE, ONE PUNCH AT A TIME – 2SER, November 25, 2020
Categories
- Fight Stuff (12)
- Internet Stuff (24)
- Personal Stuff (14)
- Press Clippings (128)
- Sermons: Epistles (64)
- Sermons: Gospels (276)
- Sermons: Old Testament (41)
- Social Comment (4)
- Social Justice (214)
- Topical Sermons (31)
- Uncategorized (16)
Our Sites
Share this page
Tag Archives: water
Terror and Starvation in Gaza by John Pilger
In this article, written for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes how Gaza in Palestine has come to symbolise the imposition of great power on the powerless, in the Middle East and all over the world, and how a vocabulary … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged cent, Gaza, half, Israel, John Pilger, vision, water
Leave a comment
Truth at last, while breaking a U.S. taboo of criticizing Israel by Professor George Bisharat
Some say that Palestinian citizens in Israel enjoy better circumstances than those in surrounding Arab countries. Ironically, white South Africans made identical claims to defend their version of apartheid. Americans owe a debt to former President Jimmy Carter for speaking … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged apartheid, Israel, land, law, Palestinian, Palestinian citizens, Palestinians, taboo, water
Leave a comment
Fight Club – by Tristan Gunzman
This was an interview-project put together by Tristan Gunzman as a part of his university studies. It is reprinted with permission. The Lord is my trainer I shall not fear the fight You see yourself in the mirror, arms up, … Continue reading
Pray for Gaza
Gaza is a grim situation, yet I am yet full of hope. As a younger man, I never believed that the Berlin wall would fall and I never imagined a day when South Africa would be led by a majority … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged fight, Gaza, Gazans, justice, majority government, South Africa, water
Leave a comment
Jesus is Exhausted. (A Sermon on Mark 6:30-56)
Jesus said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat! (Mark 6:31) We’re in Mark chapter 6 this morning, … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons: Gospels
Tagged death, feeding, Jesus, Mark, miracle, series, water
Leave a comment
Heaven on my Mind (a Sermon on Revelation 21:1-6)
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.” (Revelations 21:1) Yes, I’m preaching on Heaven … again! It’s been a few … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons: Epistles
Tagged a new heaven and a new earth, book of Revelation, creation, Kingdom of Heaven, land, Revelation, sea, water, work
Leave a comment
No Yachting in Heaven! (a Sermon on Revelation 21:1-6)
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.” (Revelation 21:1) Heaven: what is it, where is it, and are you in … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons: Epistles
Tagged a new heaven and a new earth, creation, Kingdom of Heaven, land, Revelation, sea, water, work
Leave a comment
Jesus meets a Marginalised Woman (John 4:4-42)
Now it was necessary for him [Jesus] to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s Well was also there, and … Continue reading
Noah, the Flood and Same sex Marriage
Noah, the Big Flood and Same-Sex Marriage A quick reading of the Biblical story of Noah’s Flood might suggest that the only possible relevance of this story to the contemporary debate about same-sex marriage is that God sent this cataclysmic … Continue reading →