Sunday 23 May 2021 – Our Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Our Map of Tiny Perfect Things – Mark 2:1-12, Acts 2:1-11 Maps are very useful things. As many of you know we have recently moved to the manse, and there are lots of up-sides to living there (they’re in my report for the church meeting) but there’s one down-side. No Read more…
Sunday 9 May 2021 – Authentic Love
Acts 8:26-40, John 15:1-8 As I mentioned earlier, May is mission month in many Baptist churches and this May we are exploring what authentic mission looks like. We looked at authentic relationships last week, we’ll look at following Jesus in new ways on the 23rd, and today’s theme is authentic Read more…
Sunday 2 May 2021 – Two Way Street
Acts 8:26-40, John 15:1-8 In 1988 I caught a bus from Sydney to Brisbane (which I suspect took longer than the 16 hours it apparently takes now) to join some friends to go to Expo 88. (Some of you will remember that!) Now a 16 hour plus bus ride is Read more…
Sunday 18 April 2021 – Good is the flesh
Luke 24 26-48 Some bright morning when this life is over, I’ll fly away. To that land on God’s celestial shore, I’ll fly away. I’ll fly away, oh glory! I’ll fly away. When I die, hallelujah, by and by. I’ll fly away. I can’t do justice to the ethereal beauty Read more…
Sunday 11 April 2021 – The Emmaus Way
The Emmaus Way – Mark 16:1-8 I think I’ve told this story before, about a disastrous sermon my father preached at Epping Baptist in Sydney where he began by saying to the congregation that the basic principle of mission, the fundamental practice of the Christian church, is ‘to go’. So Read more…