title
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date
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readings
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summary
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file size
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Heroes
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26-Dec-04
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Matthew 2: 13-23
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Christian
heroes: Stephen and Wenceslas.
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15:04/
2.58 MB
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Think Again
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5-Dec-04
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Matthew 3: 1-12
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Repentance:
looking at things in a new and fresh way.
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12:36/
2.16 MB
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All Things
Pass
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28-Nov-04
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Matthew 24: 36-44
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The
Erebus disaster, sparrows and braided rivers; fragility and
permanence.
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11:13/
1.92 MB
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What
God Do You Believe In?
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10-Oct-04
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Luke 17: 11-19
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Elephants
and 'Uncle George'; our pictures of God, and where they
can come from.
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14:52/
2.55 MB
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Credo
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3-Oct-04
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2 Timothy
1: 6-14; Luke 17: 5-10
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Faith and belief; Constantine, the Creed,
and Christendom.
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17:25/
2.99 MB
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What
Does Christ Require of Me?
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5-Sep-04
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Philemon
1-25; Luke 14: 25-33
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Till We Have Faces;
Christianity is an ongoing commitment, and we are shaped
by our choices.
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13:43/
2.35 MB
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What
is at the Centre?
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29-Aug-04
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Jeremiah 2: 4-13; Hebrews
13: 1-8, 15-16; Luke 14: 1, 7-14
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Idolatry:
elevating good things to places for which they were never
intended. The particular forms of idolatry to which
the Church is prone.
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15:13/
2.61 MB
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The Sabbath
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22-Aug-04
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Hebrews
12: 18-29; Luke 13: 10-17
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The importance of 'Sabbath time'
- not because we are blindly following rules, but to keep our
lives in their proper context.
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15:27/
2.65 MB
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Power
and Authority
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8-Aug-04
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Luke 23: 1-12
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The difference between power
and authority. Three qualities which
mark a true leader.
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19:25/
3.33 MB
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The Rich Fool
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1-Aug-04
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Luke 12: 13-21
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Our great wealth, and its
dangers.
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10:14/
1.75 MB
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God the Father
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25-Jul-04
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Luke 11:
1-13
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The Lord's Prayer.
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15:44/
2.70
MB
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The
Kingdom Around Us
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4-Jul-04
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2 Kings 5: 1-14; Luke 10:
1-11, 16-20
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The
Kingdom of God is found in the most mundane and ordinary places.
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12:49/
2.20 MB
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What's
Your Excuse?
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27-Jun-04
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Luke 14: 12-24
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Our
pathetic excuses for not doing what is actually in our own
interests.
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12:33/
2.15 MB
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The
Woman Who Anoints Jesus
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13-Jun-04
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Galatians
2: 16-21; Luke 7: 36-50
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The historical and social context of
this Gospel story. Our behaviour reflects who we really are.
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16:36/
2.85 MB
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The Tower
of Babel
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30-May-04
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Genesis
11: 1-9; Acts 2: 1-21; John 14: 8-17
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The problems and wonders of communication,
and what went wrong with the Pentecostal movement.
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19:19/
3.31 MB
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Embarrassment
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25-Apr-04
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Revelation 5: 11-14; John 21:
1-19
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Jesus
and Peter; self-knowledge, and the four words for love.
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17:45/
3.04 MB
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The Prodigal
Son
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14-Mar-04
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1 Corinthians 10: 1-13; Luke
15: 1-3, 11-32
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Identifying with the other
characters in a well-known parable.
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16:16/
2.79 MB
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The Transfiguration
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7-Mar-04
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Luke 9: 28-36
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The difficult but important
step from theory to reality.
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10:30/
1.80 MB
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Pride
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29-Feb-04
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Luke 4: 1-13
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What
pride actually is, and why it is the worst of all sins.
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14:25/
2.47 MB
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Patterns
of Resurrection
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22-Feb-04
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Genesis 45: 3-11, 15; 1 Corinthians
15: 35-38, 42-50; Luke 6: 27-38
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Great
themes of the Universe: death and new life, from butterflies to mountains
to stars.
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15:47/
2.70 MB
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Leadership
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8-Feb-04
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1 Corinthians 15: 1-11; Luke
5: 1-11
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The responsibility
we have both to follow and to lead, as the Christian Church
goes through great change.
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19:43/
3.38 MB
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