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The Holy
Innocents
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30-Dec-07
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Hebrews 2: 10-18; Matthew
2: 13-21
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The problem of theodicy: how
there can be suffering in a universe created by a loving, all-powerful God.
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15:22/
2.63 MB
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The Gardener
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25-Dec-07
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John 1: 1-14
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An incarnation allegory in
verse. ("The Gardener" copyright Alan Firth 2007)
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6:07/
1.05 MB
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The Virgin
Birth
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23-Dec-07
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Isaiah 7: 10-16; Matthew 1:
18-25
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Prophecy, history and metaphor:
an event that was significant whether it actually happened or not.
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14:46/
2.53 MB
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What Do
You See?
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16-Dec-07
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Matthew 11: 2-11
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Recognising the presence of
the Kingdom in the actions of its members.
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8:04/
1.38 MB
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The Maccabees
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9-Dec-07
7:00 p.m.
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1 Maccabees 2: 15-26
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Conflict or compromise? The
Maccabean revolt, and its lessons for the Anglican Church.
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23:51/
4.09 MB
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Endings
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2-Dec-07
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Isaiah 2: 1-5; Romans 13:
11-14; Barrington Bunny (from The Way of the Wolf by Martin Bell);
Matthew 24: 36-44
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Inevitable endings: how they
can make a difference to the whole story, and how to be ready for
them.
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11:18/
1.94 MB
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The Apocrypha
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11-Nov-07
7:00 p.m.
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2 Timothy 3: 14-17
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The historical context of the
Apocrypha. Different versions of the Old Testament and their origins.
(Click
here to visit a website containing some of the background
material mentioned in this recording.)
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24:46/
4.25 MB
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The Grand
Design
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11-Nov-07
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Luke 20: 27-38
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Division in the Church, and
why differences of doctrine aren't really what matters.
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14:22/
2.46 MB
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Who Are the
"We"?
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4-Nov-07
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Habakkuk 1: 1-4, 2: 1-4; 2
Thessalonians 1: 1-4, 11-12; Luke 19: 1-10
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The transforming effect of
an allegiance to something that transcends national boundaries.
(Jolyon White)
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12:35/
2.16 MB
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What's
It To You?
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28-Oct-07
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Luke 18: 9-14
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How our different reactions
to the same things both show us and make us who we are.
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14:43/
2.52 MB
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Is
it Worth Dying For?
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21-Oct-07
7:00 p.m.
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John 16: 1-11
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Truth, and the risks some
people have taken to proclaim it.
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15:06/
2.59 MB
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The Words
of Grace
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14-Oct-07
7:00 p.m.
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Luke 4: 14-30
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What Jesus didn't say. One
big thing that the world doesn't understand about the Church.
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18:18/
3.14 MB
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Lepers
in Dunedin
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14-Oct-07
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Luke 17: 11-19
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A little bit of faith and a
little bit of love: remembering the excluded in our own society. (Bishop
Mdimi Mhogolo)
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23:56/
4.10 MB
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Love Hurts
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7-Oct-07
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2 Timothy 1: 1-14; Luke 17:
5-10
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The cost and value of love.
A God who sets relationship above power.
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9:21/
1.60 MB
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Walls
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30-Sep-07
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Luke 16: 19-31
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When the boundaries we build
around ourselves stop being a protection and become a prison.
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13:28/
2.31 MB
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I
Just Couldn't Help Myself
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23-Sep-07
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Luke 15: 11-32
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Obsession, compulsion, and
the parable of the prodigal son.
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14:15/
2.44 MB
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The Living
Word
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16-Sep-07
7:00 p.m.
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Isaiah 55: 6-12; Matthew
7: 21-27
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A house built on rock: Christianity
is a process, not a set of facts or rules.
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13:12/
2.26 MB
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A Deeper
Loyalty
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9-Sep-07
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Philemon 1-21; Luke 14: 25-33
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Slavery in Paul's time and
today, and how to respond to it.
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12:50/
2.20 MB
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Cancer
and New Life
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2-Sep-07
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Luke 12: 22-34
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Lay minister Barbara Dineen
speaks about her experience of cancer, and the importance
of community and church during that time.
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18:11/
3.12 MB
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Stewardship
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26-Aug-07
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Luke 16: 1-13
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Using temporal things for
eternal gain: stewards, ownership and the budget deficit.
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12:12/
2.09 MB
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Infinite Love
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19-Aug-07
7:00 p.m.
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Matthew 20: 1-16
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The Kingdom of God 3: why
our instinctive ideas of reward and hierarchy break down when dealing with
the infinite.
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13:16/
2.28 MB
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The
Kingdom of God is Like . . .
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12-Aug-07
7:00 p.m.
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Matthew 13: 44-46
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Two interpretations of a parable,
and two very different ways of finding the Kingdom.
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10:22/
1.78 MB
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Surface
Repentance
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12-Aug-07
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Luke 12: 32-40
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Working with what we can see:
one way of preparing ourselves for God.
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14:59/
2.57 MB
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The Kingdom
of God
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5-Aug-07
7:00 p.m.
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Mark 1: 12-14
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What is the Good News? Trying
to understand the central element of Jesus' teaching.
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14:44/
2.53 MB
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Are You Happy?
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5-Aug-07
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Colossians 3: 1-11; Luke
12: 13-21
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Material prosperity and happiness,
and the lack of a connection between the two.
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13:38/
2.34 MB
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Answered
Prayer?
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29-Jul-07
7:00 p.m.
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Luke 11: 5-13; Luke 18: 10-14;
Romans 12: 1-2
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The heart's prayer: recognising
and dealing with the things that we really want.
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21:41/
3.72 MB
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Corporate
Responsibility
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22-Jul-07
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Amos 8: 1-12; Luke 10: 38-42
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Entanglement - quantum physics,
Old Testament stories and the state of the planet. (Jolyon
White)
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12:01/
2.06 MB
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It Is Written
. . .
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15-Jul-07
7:00 p.m.
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2 Timothy 3: 10-17
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The formation of the New Testament.
Some of the ways in which the Bible can be misused.
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19:59/
3.43 MB
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How Does
It End?
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8-Jul-07
7:00 p.m.
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2 Kings 2: 7-14
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One of the great patterns of
the Universe - endings, and how they colour everything that comes before.
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16:32/
2.83 MB
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Walking
the Talk
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1-Jul-07
5:00 p.m.
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Stopping to hear the voice
of God in a busy world. (Jolyon White - Youth Forum
opening service)
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9:03/
1.55 MB
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The
Fruit of the Spirit
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1-Jul-07
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Galatians 5: 1, 13-25;
Luke 9: 51-62
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Body and Spirit: two poles
in one person, and how they should work together.
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17:10/
2.94 MB
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The
Storms Without and Within
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24-Jun-07
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Luke 8: 26-39
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Whether demons exist, and how
to deal with them whether they exist or not.
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16:11/
2.77 MB
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A Still
Small Voice
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17-Jun-07
7:00 p.m.
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1 Kings 19: 1-13; Matthew
6: 1-8
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Where Elijah found God: three
good reasons to value silence and solitude.
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14:07/
2.42 MB
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The
Powerless Prophet
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10-Jun-07
7:00 p.m.
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1 Kings 16:29 - 17:3
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Ahab versus Elijah: the difference
between power and authority.
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23:38/
4.05 MB
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Relationship
or Power?
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10-Jun-07
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1 Kings 17: 8-16; Luke 7:
11-17
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Zimbabwe, Baal and Elijah:
the human lust for power, and God's alternative.
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16:03/
2.75 MB
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God and
Evolution
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3-Jun-07
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Proverbs 8: 1-4, 22-31;
John 16: 12-15
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Seagulls, salamanders and scripture:
reconciling the Old Testament with the God we know through Jesus.
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15:41/
2.69 MB
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The Gift
of Freedom
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27-May-07
7:00 p.m.
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John 12: 20-26
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A God who has placed limits
on His own power, and the implications for us.
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17:31/
3.00 MB
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Where is
God Seen?
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27-May-07
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John 14: 8-14
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The reality of glory: God's
strange plan, and our part in it. (Jolyon White)
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8:47/
1.50 MB
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Can War Be
Just?
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20-May-07
7:00 p.m.
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Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8; James
4: 1-3
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The doctrine of "just war",
and the need to see beyond it.
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12:24/
2.12 MB
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The
Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
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13-May-07
7:00 p.m.
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Job 1: 1-9
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The Lord's Prayer 10: giving
praise where it's due - the one good reason for being a Christian.
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13:34/
2.33 MB
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Can You
Be Bothered?
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13-May-07
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John 5: 1-9
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A story from John's Gospel
in its cultural context. Why the prospect of healing can
be so frightening.
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13:45/
2.36 MB
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Deliver
Us From Evil
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6-May-07
7:00 p.m.
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1 Peter 5: 8-11; John 8:
43-47
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The Lord's Prayer 9: recognising
that evil does exist, and trying to understand what it is.
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12:05/
2.07 MB
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Minding
Your Own Business
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6-May-07
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Acts 11: 1-18; Revelation
21: 1-6; John 21: 20-25
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Following our own calling:
the perils of paying too much attention to what others are
doing.
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7:10/
1.23 MB
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Temptation
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29-Apr-07
7:00 p.m.
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James 1: 12-15
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The Lord's Prayer 8: "Lead
us not into temptation" - why and how we are tempted.
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17:10/
2.94 MB
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Trusting
the Shepherd
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29-Apr-07
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John 10: 1-18
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Air travel, flight simulators
and the Good Shepherd metaphor for God.
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12:30/
2.14 MB
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The Unforgiven
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22-Apr-07
7:00 p.m.
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Psalm 103: 1-22; Matthew
6: 9-15
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The Lord's Prayer 7: our reactions
to loss and threat; what forgiveness is, and why it's necessary.
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20:56/
3.59 MB
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Saul to Paul
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22-Apr-07
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Acts 9: 1-6; John 20: 19-29
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Moments of choice; St Paul's
conversion, and its implications for us.
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15:18/
2.62 MB
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Give Us This
Day Our Daily Bread
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15-Apr-07
7:00 p.m.
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The Lord's Prayer 6: remembering
that needs and wants aren't identical, as the
world reaches Peak Oil.
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12:51/
2.20 MB
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Being Known
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15-Apr-07
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John 21: 1-19
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Peter's conversation with
Jesus on the beach. The power of being truly and deeply
known.
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13:12/
2.26 MB
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This Is My
Body . . .
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5-Apr-07
7:00 p.m.
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John 13: 1-17
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Sign, metaphor, symbol and
sacrament; the institution of Holy Communion, and some of its
meanings.
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16:39/
2.85 MB
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Will
You? Won't You?
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1-Apr-07
7:00 p.m.
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Luke 6: 46-49
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The Lord's Prayer 5: "Thy
will be done" - the context and limitations of freedom.
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13:09/
2.25 MB
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Thy Kingdom
Come
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18-Mar-07
7:00 p.m.
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-
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The Lord's Prayer 4: trying
to see the ultimate reality beyond the limitations of our perception.
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15:02/
2.58 MB
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Oh My God?
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11-Mar-07
7:00 p.m.
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-
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The Lord's Prayer 3: "Hallowed
be thy name"; a long history of attempts to name God.
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18:39/
3.20 MB
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Choosing
Freedom
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11-Mar-07
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Luke 7: 36-50
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Tidying up the room: Christian
perspectives on ecology and the environment. (Jolyon
White)
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13:49/
2.37 MB
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Which
Art In Heaven
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4-Mar-07
7:00 p.m.
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1 Corinthians 15: 35-53
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The Lord's Prayer 2: glimpses
of a greater reality beyond our experience and possibly beyond
our ability to comprehend.
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18:51/
3.23 MB
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Just Do
It
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4-Mar-07
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Luke 13: 18-19
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Facing the big problems; small
seeds which grow into great trees.
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13:44/
2.35 MB
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Our Father?
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25-Feb-07
7:00 p.m.
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-
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The Lord's Prayer 1: the limitations
and strengths of the Father metaphor for God.
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22:13/
3.81 MB
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The Separated
Sons
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25-Feb-07
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Luke 15: 11-32
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Answering the wrong question:
the parable of the prodigal son and his brother.
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13:27/
2.30 MB
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A Voice
From the Past
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11-Feb-07
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Jeremiah 17: 5-10; 1 Corinthians
15: 12-20; Luke 6: 17-26
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A house built on clay: the
first Anglican mission to New Zealand, and what came of it.
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16:25/
2.82 MB
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Old
Water to New Wine
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14-Jan-07
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John 2: 1-11
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Abundance and transition: symbolic
meanings in Jesus' first miracle. (Revd John Sherlock)
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14:08/
2.42 MB
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