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God is NOT FAIR! (a sermon on Matthew 20:1-16)
It’s been a hard week for me in many ways. I buried an old friend on Wednesday (who, while an ‘old friend’, was significantly younger than me) and that was all very confronting and draining. More draining still though this … Continue reading
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There are two kinds of people in this world (NOT) – a sermon on Matthew 21:28-31
What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ He answered, ‘I will not’; but later he changed his mind and went. The father went … Continue reading
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Do we ever get Jesus right? (a sermon on Matthew 16:13-23)
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or … Continue reading
Sheep amongst Wolves – a sermon on Matthew 10:16-22
“Behold, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17Beware of them, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues; 18and … Continue reading
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Jesus works the crowd (a Palm Sunday sermon)
(apologies for the bad quality in the early part of this video. It gets better) “A crowd – not this crowd or that crowd, the crowd now living or the crowd long dead, a crowd of lowly or of nobles, … Continue reading
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Tagged Father Dave, Matthew 21, Matthew 21:1-11, palm Sunday, palm sunday sermon
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Dare to believe! (a sermon on John 11 – the raising of Lazarus)
“So from that day on they planned to put him to death.” (John 11:53) If you don’t recognise this verse, it’s taken from the end of the eleventh chapter of the Gospel according to St John, where the ‘they’ who … Continue reading
God is Wind and Water (a sermon on John chapters 3 and 4)
When Soren and I were recently in Damascus, you may remember hearing that our water was poisoned. This was on account of the NATO-certified ‘moderate’ rebels having taken control of the damn that fed water into the city, and these … Continue reading
You can’t serve both God and Money – Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” (Matthew 6:24) One of the … Continue reading
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Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world
“In the beginning was the Force, and the Force was with God and the Force was God” (John 1:1 – Father Dave translation) Yes, that’s the Father Dave translation of the Gospel According to St John, first chapter, first verse, … Continue reading
