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Good Intentions
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31-Dec-06
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Luke 2: 39-52
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The wrong world-view; why
New Year resolutions don't work very well.
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16:51/
2.89 MB
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Choices
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24-Dec-06
11:30 p.m.
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Luke 2: 1-14
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Letting God shine through
us: Mary and Joseph and two decisions that changed the world.
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10:37/
1.82 MB
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Risking
Intimacy
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24-Dec-06
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Luke 1: 39-45
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The rewards and dangers of
really knowing someone. The Incarnation and its consequences.
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12:55/
2.21 MB
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Pattern
and Expression
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10-Dec-06
7:00 p.m.
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A definition of incarnation,
and some of the ways in which it happens.
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22:34/
3.87 MB
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Signs
of the Times
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3-Dec-06
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Luke 21: 25-36
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When it all falls apart: Biblical
prophecy and the Dunedin icebergs.
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17:18/
2.97 MB
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Who
Should Be Ordained?
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26-Nov-06
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John 8: 31-47
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Homosexuality and the Bible,
and Dunedin's recent controversial ordination.
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20:00/
3.43 MB
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The
Writing's on the Wall
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19-Nov-06
7:00 p.m.
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Daniel 5: 1-30
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Transient forms and eternal
reality: a story from Daniel in its historical context.
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13:35/
2.33 MB
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Mixed Motives
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12-Nov-06
7:00 p.m.
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Helpers and rescuers: what
happens when spirituality is hijacked by the ego.
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16:33/
2.84 MB
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Sex and
Religion
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12-Nov-06
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Song of Solomon 2:16 - 3:5;
Ephesians 5: 22-33; Matthew 5: 27-30
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Human sexuality at the physical,
emotional and spiritual levels, and the role of the Church.
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19:39/
3.37 MB
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Why Priests?
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5-Nov-06
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Mark 12: 28-34
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The means to an end: ordination
and the priesthood.
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16:00/
2.74 MB
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Money
and Other Illusions
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29-Oct-06
7:00 p.m.
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Ecclesiastes 2: 1-11; Matthew
6: 19-34
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"We made
it up": society's useful but hazardous shared fictions.
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13:58/
2.39 MB
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Blind Spots
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29-Oct-06
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Mark 10: 46-52
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The healing
of Bartimaeus: recognising the areas of blindness in all of us. (Pauline
Johnson)
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13:06/
2.24 MB
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The
Spirit of the Law
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22-Oct-06
7:00 p.m.
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Matthew 5: 17-48
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The teaching
of the Pharisees. The danger of concentrating on the letter of the
law and failing to see God behind it.
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17:42/
3.04 MB
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Who's
In Charge Around Here?
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22-Oct-06
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Mark 10: 35-45
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Recognising
the difference between our true selves and the masks we construct to interact
with the world.
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12:08/
2.08 MB
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Blessed? Really?
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8-Oct-06
7:00 p.m.
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Matthew 5: 1-16
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Blessed
are those who mourn; a light to the world, when all other lights go out.
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24:22/
4.18 MB
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Playing
the Cards You Are Dealt
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8-Oct-06
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Job 1: 1, 2: 1-10; Mark 10:
2-16
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"A long
obedience in the same direction"; our lives shouldn't be defined by our
circumstances.
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15:15/
2.61 MB
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Turning
the World Upside Down
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1-Oct-06
7:00 p.m.
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Matthew
5: 1-12
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Bridging the gulf: setting aside our human-inspired images
and expectations of God.
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12:19/
2.11 MB
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The
Inside of the Cup
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1-Oct-06
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Luke 11:
37-54
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The danger of being too satisfied about following the rules. (Revd
John Sherlock)
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11:54/
2.04 MB
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Growing
in Faith
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24-Sep-06
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Mark 9:
30-37
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Childlike trust. Four stages in the development of faith.
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18:37/
3.19 MB
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Two
Stories from Daniel
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17-Sep-06
7:00 p.m.
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Daniel
3: 1-30
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A deeper obedience: coping with lions and burning fiery furnaces.
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11:15/
1.93 MB
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Faster,
Higher, Braver
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10-Sep-06
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Mark 7:
24-36
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A brief history of Father Christmas. Santa Claus as an
inadequate image of God.
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17:12/
2.95 MB
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David
in the Wilderness
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3-Sep-06
7:00 p.m.
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Luke 4:
1-15
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Learning to be a king - the story of David's time as an outlaw.
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17:31/
3.00 MB
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Beginning
and Ending
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3-Sep-06
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James 1:
17-27; John 16: 20-22
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Pain and redemption: seeing in childbirth one of the basic
patterns of the Universe.
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15:43/
2.70 MB
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Food for
Thought
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27-Aug-06
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John 6: 1-21
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Reflections on the Feeding
of the Five Thousand. (Robert Budd)
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10:24/
1.78 MB
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The Story
of David and Goliath
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20-Aug-06
7:00 p.m.
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1 Samuel 17: 1-11; 2 Corinthians
4: 1-11
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Be who you are: how to tackle
giants.
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11:22/
1.95 MB
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The Story
of Samson
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13-Aug-06
7:00 p.m.
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Judges
13: 1-20
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It's never too late for redemption: Samson's self-centred
life. (Periods of discussion have been edited out of this
recording.)
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16:38/
2.85 MB
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Seeing Others
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6-Aug-06
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2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:13;
John 6: 24-35
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Collateral damage: David and
Uriah, and the perils of failing to see humanity in other people.
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16:23/
2.81 MB
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The
Story of Gideon
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30-Jul-06
7:00 p.m.
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Judges 6: 1-10
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Against the odds: a well-known
Old Testament episode, seen as a story.
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14:40/
2.51 MB
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I and Myself
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30-Jul-06
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2 Samuel 11: 1-15;
Matthew 16: 24-26
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Mistaken identity: self-awareness
as a counter to temptation.
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14:50/
2.54
MB
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Tell
Me the Old, Old Story
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23-Jul-06
7:00
p.m.
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The characteristics of a story.
Types of story in the Bible, and their purposes.
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26:19/
4.51
MB
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Waking Up
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23-Jul-06
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Mark 6: 30-34
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All shall be well; the wonderful
good news, and how we manage not to notice it.
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13:51/
2.37 MB
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Thinking
Outside the Square
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9-Jul-06
7:00 p.m.
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Joshua 8: 3-25
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When "fundamentalism
just isn't an option" - looking for God's Word in the most brutal parts
of the Old Testament.
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24:19/
4.17 MB
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Mission-Shaped
Church
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9-Jul-06
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Mark 6: 1-13
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Remembering one of the
key functions of the Church, as our society forgets its Christian
background. (Revd John Sherlock)
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15:12/
2.60 MB
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Complete
Healing
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2-Jul-06
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Mark 5: 21-43
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Miraculous healings
of physical injuries and ailments, and of more important things too.
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16:43/
2.87 MB
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Other
People's Mail
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25-Jun-06
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2 Corinthians 6: 1-13;
Mark 4: 35-41
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A glimpse into Paul's
correspondence with the Church in Corinth, and some messages in those
letters for us. (Revd John Sherlock)
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14:20/
2.45 MB
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When
Words Fail Us
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11-Jun-06
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Isaiah 6: 1-8; John 3: 1-17
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"We could not tell a fraction
of that tale in worthy manner" - the doctrine of the Trinity.
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12:14/
2.10 MB
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Pentecost
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4-Jun-06
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Acts 2: 1-21; John
15: 26-27, 16: 4b-15
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The beginning of the Church:
two different ways in which the Holy Spirit acts. (Revd
John Sherlock)
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13:12/
2.26 MB
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Taking Charge
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28-May-06
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John 17: 6-19
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Unity, purpose and
joy: making Christendom work after the Ascension.
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12:26/
2.13 MB
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Love
Makes the World Go Round
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14-May-06
7:00 p.m.
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1 John 4: 7-12
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The
four types of love. The necessity and unrecognised importance
of storge.
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30:23/
5.21 MB
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Fruitful Vines
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14-May-06
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1 John 4: 7-21; John 15: 1-8
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The
vine metaphor for the relationships between God, Jesus and us. (Revd
John Sherlock)
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14:17/
2.45 MB
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The
Leslie Groves Story
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7-May-06
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John 10: 11-18
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Elisabeth
Cunningham speaks about the history and current operations of
the Leslie Groves Home and Hospital.
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22:06/
3.79 MB
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Trust
Without Reservation
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30-Apr-06
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Luke 24: 36-48
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Accepting
the inconceivable: doubt and disbelief after the Resurrection.
(Revd John Sherlock)
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9:56/
1.70 MB
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Life Commandments
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23-Apr-06
7:00 p.m.
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Ecclesiastes 9: 7-18
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The rules
we live by, whether good or bad, and how we got them. (Contains
some minor recording glitches.)
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22:47/
3.91 MB
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Shells
of Perception
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23-Apr-06
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John 20: 19-31
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The
systems of truth and lies that insulate us from reality, and the moments
of transition when one system is replaced by a better one.
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12:24/
2.12 MB
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Windows
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9-Apr-06
7:00 p.m.
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The clarity of our lives; when people look at us, how much can
they see of God?
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17:18/
2.97 MB
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Palm Sunday
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9-Apr-06
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Philippians
2: 5-11; Mark 11: 1-11
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A purpose in life; Jesus and the expectations of the crowd.
(Revd John Sherlock)
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10:36/
1.81 MB
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The
Heart of the Matter
and
News
from Sri Lanka
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2-Apr-06
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John 3:
1-16
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God so loved the World: a theology centred on love, and its practical
effects;
and
Mirani Keillor reports on reconstruction
in the tsunami-affected areas of Sri Lanka. (Click here to view
a selection of the photographs that accompanied this talk.)
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10:19/
1.77 MB
15:23/
2.64 MB
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A People
To Belong To
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26-Mar-06
7:00 p.m.
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1 Corinthians
12: 12-20
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Ministry to, in and of the Church.
Using our own gifts as Christianity enters a new era.
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22:45/
3.90 MB
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Words,
Words, Words
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26-Mar-06
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John 3:
14-21
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The limits of language. Word and Sign in John's Gospel.
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15:39/
2.68 MB
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Saint Joseph
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19-Mar-06
5:00 p.m.
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Isaiah
11: 1-10; Matthew 1: 18-25
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The shortage of men in the Church, and the example of St
Joseph.
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15:57/
2.73 MB
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Losing
and Saving Our
Lives
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12-Mar-06
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Mark 8: 31-38
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An unexpected kind of Messiah;
putting God's way ahead of the ways of the world. (Revd John
Sherlock)
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9:25/
1.61 MB
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Searching
for Eden
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5-Mar-06
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Romans 16: 1-7; Luke 7:36 -
8:3
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The place of women in the
first-century Church, and what went wrong afterwards.
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14:56/
2.56 MB
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Say What
You Like
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26-Feb-06
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1 Corinthians 4: 1-5; Matthew
7: 1-6
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Choice and responsibility:
freedom of speech and its consequences.
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19:24/
3.33 MB
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From
Simon to Peter
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19-Feb-06
7:00 p.m.
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Genesis 35:
9-15; John 21: 9-19
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From shifting sand to solid
rock: Peter finally comes to understand himself and Jesus.
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21:54/
3.76 MB
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Echoes
of Deep
Truth
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12-Feb-06
7:00 p.m.
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Wrestling with God: C.S.
Lewis and his passion for mythology. (Due to technical
problems during the original presentation this is a re-recorded version.)
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16:08/
2.77 MB
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Naaman and
Grace
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12-Feb-06
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2 Kings 5:
1-14; Mark 1: 40-45
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Accepting God's freely-given
grace in a world which thinks that rewards have to be earned. (Revd
John Sherlock)
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8:57/
1.53 MB
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What's
in a Name?
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5-Feb-06
7:00
p.m.
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Genesis 32:
22-32; John 8: 52-58
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The pivotal part of Genesis;
Jacob struggles with himself and God to find his true identity.
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15:54/
2.73
MB
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On Eagles'
Wings
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5-Feb-06
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Isaiah 40: 21-31; Mark 1: 29-39
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A very large God: putting
our troubles into their proper perspective.
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13:01/
2.23
MB
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Opening Lines
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22-Jan-06
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Mark 1: 14-20
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The Kingdom of God; metaphor
and meaning at the beginning of Jesus' ministry. (Revd
John Sherlock)
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8:57/
1.53 MB
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Come and See
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15-Jan-06
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John 1: 35-50
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A demonstration
of evangelism, and some of the ways in which it happens at St John's
Roslyn.
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14:11/
2.43 MB
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The
Baptism of Christ
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8-Jan-06
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Acts 19: 1-7;
Mark 1: 9-13
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An outward
and visible sign: what baptism signifies, and to whom.
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13:01/
2.23 MB
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What
Does the Future Hold?
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1-Jan-06
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Luke 2: 22-38
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Simeon,
Anna and the palantír - prophecy and its dangers.
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11:17/
1.93 MB
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