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The New Year
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1-Dec-02
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John 1:
35-42
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Using St Andrew as a model, as our parish
looks forward to an eventful future. (poor sound
quality)
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12:25/
2.13 MB
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The
Parable of the Talents
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17-Nov-02
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Matthew 25: 14-29
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Ministry: identifying
and using the gifts that we all have.
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14:44/
2.53 MB
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Be Prepared
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10-Nov-02
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1 Thessalonians 4:
13-18; Matthew 25: 1-13
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Expect the unexpected:
different types of Second Coming.
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11:12/
1.92 MB
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Render
to Caesar . . .
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20-Oct-02
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Matthew
22: 15-22
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Both sides of the coin; Jesus avoids walking
into a trap. Giving to God.
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13:10/
2.26 MB
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Communication
in Prayer
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13-Oct-02
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Matthew
22: 1-5, 8-10
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Levels of communication between people, and
with God.
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12:41/
2.17 MB
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The
Ten Commandments
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6-Oct-02
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Exodus 20: 1-4, 7-9, 12-20;
Matthew 21: 33-43
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The first four commandments:
theology as a firm foundation for morality.
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15:30/
2.66 MB
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True Leadership
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29-Sep-02
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Matthew 21: 23-27
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Some
of the qualities of true leaders. Leadership in the
Church.
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17:07/
2.93 MB
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The
Labourers in the Vineyard
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22-Sep-02
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Matthew 20: 1-16
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Subtext;
the Kingdom of Heaven isn't about what we deserve.
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12:25/
2.13 MB
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Liturgy
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8-Sep-02
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Matthew 18: 21-33
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The
Anglican way: ritual and set words as a pathway to God.
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12:39/
2.17 MB
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Consciousness
and Rabbits
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1-Sep-02
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Matthew 16: 21-25
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Communication
between different levels of mind: relationship, rather
than understanding.
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15:57/
2.73 MB
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Jacob
and Esau - part two
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4-Aug-02
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Matthew 14: 13-21
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The struggles,
against God and with ourselves, that shape us.
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12:28/
2.14 MB
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Jacob
and Esau - part one
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21-Jul-02
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Genesis 28: 10-19; Romans 8:
12-25; Matthew 13: 24-30
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Jacob
and politicians: we are all imperfect, but God loves and accepts us as we
are.
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14:31/
2.49 MB
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The
Parable of the Sower
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14-Jul-02
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Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23
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Parables
defined. The Kingdom of God can be found in the most
ordinary things of life.
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11:03/
1.89 MB
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Just War
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7-Jul-02
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Matthew 11: 16-19, 28-30
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Wisdom
is made known in her actions: attempts to reconcile warfare
with Christianity.
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15:02/
2.58 MB
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Sacrifice
and Obedience
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30-Jun-02
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Genesis 22: 1-14; Romans 6: 12-23; Matthew 10: 40-42
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Abraham and Isaac: making difficult
decisions in a wider context.
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12:02/
2.06 MB
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Hagar
and Ishmael
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23-Jun-02
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Genesis 21: 8-21; John 21:
20-25
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The purpose of Scripture. Why
there are contradictions in the Bible, and why they don't matter.
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17:47/
3.05 MB
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Discipline
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16-Jun-02
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Matthew 9:35 - 10:7
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Four
characteristics of discipline, and why discipline and freedom
are much the same thing.
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13:18/
2.28 MB
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Driven
or Called?
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9-Jun-02
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Matthew 9: 9-13
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Larnach's Castle and Matthew
the tax collector: driven people, and the alternative.
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16:22/
2.80 MB
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Faith and
Works
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2-Jun-02
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Romans 3: 21-31; Matthew 5:
13-16
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Unconditional grace, the Reformation,
and why our behaviour does actually matter.
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16:45/
2.87 MB
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The Name
of God
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5-May-02
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John 14: 15-21
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An indescribable God who has
allowed Himself to be known to us.
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14:49/
2.54 MB
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The
Way, the Truth and the Life
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28-Apr-02
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John 14: 1-12
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Fully God and fully Human:
the claim that makes Christianity unique.
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18:25/
3.16 MB
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Stages of
Faith
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7-Apr-02
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John 20: 19-29
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The development of faith as
we go through life, and the consequent changes in belief.
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18:25/
3.16 MB
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He is Risen
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31-Mar-02
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Matthew 28: 1-10
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Dispelling the fear of death:
why the stone was rolled away from the tomb on Easter morning.
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10:21/
1.77 MB
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The Crowd
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24-Mar-02
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Matthew 21: 1-11
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The behaviour of crowds, and
Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem.
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11:24/
1.95 MB
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The Man
Born Blind
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10-Mar-02
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John 9: 1-15
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Who is the blind one, really?
One of Jesus' healings, and the reaction to it.
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14:55/
2.56 MB
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The Samaritan
Woman
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3-Mar-02
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John 4: 5-30, 39-42
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The woman at the well: God
accepts and restores those whom society rejects.
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12:39/
2.17 MB
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Old Age
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3-Feb-02
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Luke 2: 22-38
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Simeon and Anna: recognising
the qualities of the elderly in a culture which doesn't value them
as it should.
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16:14/
2.78 MB
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The
Magi and the Shepherds
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6-Jan-02
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Matthew 2: 1-12
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Epiphanies: different ways
of finding God for different sorts of people.
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12:38/
2.16 MB
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