The Parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Roslyn 

Insights - 2001 Archive

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2004	2003	2002	2001

   This page contains all the sermon recordings from 2001 which are available to date.  There are a few recordings still to be copied from the original audio tapes; if you're looking for a particular sermon and it isn't here, please try again later.  Sermons uploaded within the past three weeks are labelled as new.

   The table below also lists the Gospel reading for each service (which is often, although not always, the subject of the sermon), and sometimes other relevant readings as well.

   Please refer to the main Insights page for more information about downloading these files.

title		date	readings	summary	file size
The Last Prophet		16-Dec-01 8:00 a.m.	Matthew 17: 9-18	The functions of prophets, and John the Baptist's place in their history.	11:13/ 1.92 MB
The Forerunner		9-Dec-01 8:00 a.m.	Matthew 3: 1-12	John the Baptist's message of repentance, and why it was so threatening to some people.	10:00/ 1.71 MB
Paul and Women		25-Nov-01 7:00 p.m.	Ephesians 5: 22-29, 33; 1 Timothy 2: 9-15; Galatians 3: 26-29	The surprising demographics of Romans 16; the place of women in the early Church, and Paul's attitude towards them.	20:33/ 3.52 MB
The Crucifixion		25-Nov-01	Colossians 1: 11-20; Luke 23: 32-43	The Christmas angels' promise of peace: some theories about how the Atonement works.	14:03/ 2.41 MB
Hilda and Deborah		18-Nov-01	-	St Hilda, and the story of Deborah retold.	13:16/ 2.27 MB
The Last Days		18-Nov-01 8:00 a.m.	Luke 21: 5-19	Impermanence, and the dangers of paying too much attention to the past or the future.	7:46/ 1.33 MB
Saints		4-Nov-01	Luke 6: 20-23	A short history of saints - people who reflect God in their lives, and afterwards.	13:22/ 2.29 MB
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector		28-Oct-01	2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 16-18; Luke 18: 9-14	Appearance without substance: relationship to God and good behaviour are not the same thing.	12:18/ 2.11 MB
Gratitude		14-Oct-01	Luke 17: 11-19	Some of the reasons why being grateful is so valuable to us.	12:33/ 2.15 MB
Lamentations		7-Oct-01	Lamentations 1: 1-6; Luke 17: 5-10	Repentance and the development of faith: lessons from the Book of Lamentations in the aftermath of the New York terrorist attacks.	18:34/ 3.18 MB
Dives and Lazarus		30-Sep-01	1 Timothy 6: 6-19; Luke 16: 19-31	Building walls: an old tale about the real danger of being rich.	14:08/ 2.42 MB
The Crafty Steward		23-Sep-01	Luke 16: 1-9	The sin of usury; a puzzling parable, and its lessons for real, flawed people.	15:25/ 2.64 MB
The Cost of Discipleship		9-Sep-01	Jeremiah 18: 1-11; Philemon 1-21; Luke 14: 25-33	Letting God shape us: the difficulties and benefits of persevering in Christianity.	16:10/ 2.77 MB
Idolatry		5-Aug-01	Hosea 11: 1-11; Colossians 3: 1-11; Luke 12: 13-21	Why Hosea was so worried about other religions, and where the pagan gods are hiding today.	10:57/ 1.88 MB