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Here
I Am To Worship
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25-Dec-05
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Luke 2: 1-14
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Christmas reflections on a
song; the meaning and purpose which the Incarnation gives to us.
(Revd John Sherlock)
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4:03/
712 KB
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What
Are We Celebrating?
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24-Dec-05
11:30 p.m.
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Luke 2: 1-7
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Connecting the birth and death
of Jesus: the real significance of Christmas.
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12:36/
2.16 MB
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The
Way of the Magi
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11-Dec-05
7:00 p.m.
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Matthew 2: 1-12
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A God for the excluded: who
the Magi were, and how they found their way to Bethlehem.
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22:47/
3.91 MB
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A
Surprise for the Shepherds
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4-Dec-05
7:00 p.m.
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Luke 2: 8-20; John 10: 1-16
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Christmas visitors: real and
metaphorical shepherds in the Bible and in theology.
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14:06/
2.42 MB
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What
St John's Roslyn Means to Me
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4-Dec-05
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To mark the 125th anniversary
of St John's, parishioners Joyce Grant, Margaret McLanachan
and David Thomas, and our new curate the Revd John Sherlock, talk
about the place the parish has in their lives.
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14:51/
2.54 MB
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Rethinking
Christmas
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27-Nov-05
7:00 p.m.
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The
kataluma and the phatne;
what really happened at Christmas.
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23:09/
3.97 MB
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The Word
of God
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20-Nov-05
7:00 p.m.
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Proverbs 4: 7-15;
John 1: 1-8
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The different
ways in which God's Word is spoken to the Universe, and the
importance and limitations of the Bible.
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21:59/
3.77 MB
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Telling
It Like It Is
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13-Nov-05
7:00 p.m.
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John 8: 32
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Toolbox
for the Soul 7 - Bible reading and confession as tools to
help us move from lies to truth.
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22:51/
3.92 MB
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A Message
From Zambia
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13-Nov-05
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Matthew 25: 14-30
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Guest
preacher Bishop John Osmers speaks about the trials and
triumphs of the Church in parts of Africa.
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30:00/
5.15 MB
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Do
Dreams Have Meaning?
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6-Nov-05
7:00 p.m.
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Toolbox
for the Soul 6 - the place and interpretation of dreams.
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16:25/
2.82 MB
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Let
the Trumpet Sound Retreat!
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30-Oct-05
7:00 p.m.
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Luke 6: 1-5; Romans 12: 1-2
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Toolbox
for the Soul 5 - retreats, pilgrimage and sabbath time;
breaking the mould of the world.
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26:14/
4.50 MB
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A Church
of Nobodies
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30-Oct-05
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Revelation
7: 9-17; 1 John 3: 1-3; Matthew 5: 1-12
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All Saints great and small; the people who make
up the strength of the Church.
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16:31/
2.83 MB
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Body and Soul
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23-Oct-05
7:00 p.m.
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Romans
12: 1-2
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Toolbox for the Soul 4 - fasting. Looking
after the neglected part of our trinity of body, mind and
spirit.
(Our apologies for the
short missing section at the end of this sermon; the
tape ran out.)
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28:33/
4.90 MB
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What about
ME?
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23-Oct-05
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Matthew
22: 34-46
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Theories of mind; the Universe isn't about
furthering our own interests.
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13:59/
2.40 MB
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The
Other Side of Silence
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9-Oct-05
7:00 p.m.
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Psalm 119:
49-56
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Toolbox for the Soul 3 - meditation.
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26:19/
4.51 MB
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The
God of Small Things
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9-Oct-05
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Philippians
4: 1-9; Matthew 22: 1-14
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Unceasing prayer: seeing God in the little
details of everyday life.
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14:20/
2.46 MB
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Companions
on the Inner Way
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2-Oct-05
7:00 p.m.
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Luke 24:
13-35
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Toolbox for the Soul 2 - spiritual direction.
Some of the pitfalls of spirituality, and how to avoid
them. (Click here
to read a short summary of the first sermon in this series.)
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24:30/
4.20 MB
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Thou Shalt
Not . . .
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2-Oct-05
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Exodus 20: 1-4, 7-9, 12-20; Philippians 3:
4b-14; Matthew 21: 33-43
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The Ten Commandments; obeying
the rules not for their own sake but because of what they say
about us and about God.
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17:27/
2.99 MB
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The Anger
of Jonah
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18-Sep-05
7:00 p.m.
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Jonah 3:1 - 4:11; Matthew
16: 1-4
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Jonah's anger at God,
and where it really comes from.
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16:09/
2.77 MB
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Costly
Forgiveness
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11-Sep-05
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Matthew 18: 21-35
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The 11-9 terrorist attacks;
what forgiveness is, and the price we pay if we
cannot forgive.
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17:52/
3.06 MB
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The
Waters That Divide
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4-Sep-05
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Exodus 12: 1-14, 14: 19-31;
Matthew 18: 15-22
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Passing through the
waters: two different interpretations of baptism
in the Church.
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19:48/
3.39
MB
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How
to Walk on Water - Lesson 2
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28-Aug-05
7:00 p.m.
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Matthew 14: 22-33
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Keeping our eyes on
Jesus: identifying and facing our personal
storms; a long-term commitment to intimacy with
God.
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28:56/
4.96 MB
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The
Trumpet Shall Sound
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28-Aug-05
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Matthew 16: 21-28
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Perfect and eternal
music: reflections on life after death.
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16:09/
2.77 MB
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Presence
and Response
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21-Aug-05
7:00 p.m.
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Luke 7: 36-50
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The woman who anointed Jesus:
an exercise in imaginative prayer.
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16:38/
2.85 MB
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Lord,
Teach Us To Pray
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14-Aug-05
7:00 p.m.
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Revelation 3: 18-22
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Meeting the tiger:
being present to God. A beginning.
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18:38/
3.20 MB
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There's
No Need To Panic
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14-Aug-05
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Matthew 6: 25-33
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Stewardship Sunday:
the Parish budget deficit, and what to
do about it. (Click here
to see the graphs that accompanied this
sermon.)
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14:02/
2.41 MB
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Gerard
Manley Hopkins
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7-Aug-05
7:00 p.m.
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John 17: 20-26
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Older
Brothers and Sisters 4: the life and poetry
of Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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23:55/
4.10 MB
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How
to Walk on Water
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7-Aug-05
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Matthew 14: 22-33
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A ship
in a storm; a message for the early
Church and what it means for us.
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16:31/
2.83 MB
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Weeds and
Wheat
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17-Jul-05
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Matthew 13: 24-30
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Weeds
in the parable and in reality; everything
has its proper place. (An All Age
Eucharist sermon with some audience interaction.)
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15:42
2.69 MB
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Who Are
We, Really?
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3-Jul-05
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Romans
7: 15-25; Matthew 11: 25-30
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Child-like faith, and the lies we tell to ourselves
about who we are.
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17:49/
3.05 MB
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In
the Beginning was the
Word
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26-Jun-05
7:00 p.m.
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Proverbs
8: 22-31; 1 John 1: 1-5; John 1: 1-5
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Word, Wisdom and consciousness
in a Universe with meaning and purpose.
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19:07/
3.28 MB
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Abraham
and Isaac
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26-Jun-05
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Genesis
22: 1-14; Romans 6: 12-23; John 20: 19-23,
30-31
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The nature of sacrifice, and its part
in the 125-year history of St John's Roslyn.
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15:46/
2.70 MB
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In
the Beginning,
God Created People
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5-Jun-05
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Genesis 2: 1-9; Matthew
9: 9-13
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The emergence of humanity,
and what it means to be Human.
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17:40/
3.03 MB
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In the
Beginning, God
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29-May-05
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Genesis 1:
1-5; Romans 1: 16-17, 3: 22-28; Matthew 7: 21-29
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Faith and knowledge;
why the creation account
in Genesis is important even though it speaks
of a universe much smaller than the one we
know.
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19:50/
3.40 MB
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In the Beginning
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22-May-05
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Genesis 1:1 - 2:4;
Matthew 28: 16-20
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The scale of geological time.
The place, nature and
importance of the first five books of the Bible.
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21:41/
3.72 MB
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What
Have You
Got to Say for Yourself?
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1-May-05
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1 Peter 3:
13-22; John 14: 15-21
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The novel The Da Vinci Code;
the importance of understanding our own beliefs
and being able to explain them to others.
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15:47/
2.71 MB
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If Only I . .
.
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10-Apr-05
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Luke 24: 13-35
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The road to Emmaus; God's
presence in our life as it is, rather than as we
would like it to be.
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13:48/
2.36 MB
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The
Resurrection
- What Really Happened?
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3-Apr-05
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John 20: 19-31
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The Resurrection; an event
beyond human comprehension.
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17:58/
3.08 MB
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Resurrection
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27-Mar-05
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John 20: 1-18
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The Lazarus camera; small
miracles with great consequences.
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15:06/
2.59 MB
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Making
the
Changes
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13-Mar-05
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John 11: 1-3,
17-53
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The raising of Lazarus as
a parallel for our own lives.
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18:04/ 3.10 MB
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The
Anglican Church - A House Divided?
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6-Mar-05
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John 9: 24-34
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The structure of the Anglican
Church, and the current
crisis over the ordination of homosexual
bishops. The Gospels' message that we
are all acceptable to God.
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21:34/
3.70 MB
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The
Woman at the Well
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27-Feb-05
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Romans 5: 1-11; John 4: 4-29
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Being
an outcast in the sight of other people,
but acceptable to God.
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17:58/
3.08 MB
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Deborah
and
Armageddon
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6-Feb-05
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Mark 3: 31-35;
Judges 4: 1-24
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The first battle of Armageddon;
a sermon for Waitangi Day.
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18:51/
3.23 MB
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