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Inspiration in Jesus Name: April 2007

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Inspiration in Jesus Name. Sunday, 29 April 2007. The fruit of the harvest is Shalom. Easter 4 year C Sermon Harvest Celebration. I’ve just invented a new sin: ‘self-sufficient mindless unrepentant gloating’. Or SMUG for short. Actually I didn’t invent it – the serpent in the Garden of Eden invented it. only back then it was called pride. But probably today. we recognise it as smug or smugness. Yup self-sufficient mindless unrepentant gloating. We can kick back and shine the spotlight on our own accompli...

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Inspiration in Jesus Name: December 2007

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Inspiration in Jesus Name. Wednesday, 26 December 2007. Christmas Day year C 07 Sermon. If Jesus came to be a revelation of God to us. Then what do we learn about God. From that very first Christmas? What could God have been trying to tell us.by coming to us.as a baby in a manger. instead of a great warrior on his valiant steed.or a king on his throne. or a maybe a wall of dazzling light.an all consuming fire? Why did God chose. a baby in a manger? And what do we learn about God. from that? In Palestine ...

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Inspiration in Jesus Name: How did it come to this?

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Inspiration in Jesus Name. Friday, 18 April 2014. How did it come to this? Good Friday year A. April 18, 2014. The drum beats as the Bible is brought in. Today we join those… who stand at the foot of the Cross… wondering… how it ever came. That the one we thought would avenge. Us against our enemies…. For us… everything. We rightly deserve…. The one we believed to be the Messiah. 8230;sent from God…. Even to save himself. How did it come. To this… that the one who. Against the powers and principalities of.

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Inspiration in Jesus Name: April 2008

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Inspiration in Jesus Name. Sunday, 27 April 2008. Why religion can't save you Romans Series Part 4. Neil preached from Rick Warren's sermon below, note the editing. Grace: The Truth that Transforms. In this first major section of Romans, chapter 1:18 - 3:20 Paul makes the convincing case that everybody has sinned. The first section of Romans is answering the question, "Why do I need to be saved? This is the hardest group to reach with the gospel - the religious person. Often the rebellious person get...

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Inspiration in Jesus Name: June 2008

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Inspiration in Jesus Name. Sunday, 22 June 2008. Pentecost 6 year A Sermon 08. By the Rev Peter Marshall. Our readings today spoke about threat and promise: The danger and the temptations when we strive to live out our human lives, and the hopes that we have . Let us see how this theme of threat and promise works for Abraham and Sarah? We may think that these words are a far cry from our existence here in New Zealand. But I’m not so sure. At the end of March, this year, the New Zealand Coun...The program...

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Inspiration in Jesus Name: February 2008

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Inspiration in Jesus Name. Sunday, 3 February 2008. Epiphany 4 year A Sermon 08. Beatitudes / Out of Order. Put on out of order sign wait for laughs. Ok to get it off your chest.talk to the person next to you about what comes to mind. Interesting isn’t it? Now why might I be wearing such a sign around my neck? Or maybe I could put it on Reg when he’s feeling grumpy. I could hang this sign on the door of the manse. Or how it would be if couples had to wear. If they weren’t getting along? Or maybe there co...

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Inspiration in Jesus Name: July 2007

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Inspiration in Jesus Name. Sunday, 1 July 2007. Sermon Exposing the Big Lie John 8:36-44. The Father of Lies…Man this is really tense…. There’s seems to be a huge row going on. And Jesus,. The young rabbi… is arguing and debating again…. With other Jewish leaders…. All of them are proud to call themselves… the children of Abraham… All of them insistent… their only father is God. So why is Jesus so angry? Why is he calling his opponents… the children of the Father of Lies…. Why does Jesus say. While Jesus...

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Inspiration in Jesus Name: September 2007

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Inspiration in Jesus Name. Sunday, 30 September 2007. Pentecost 18 year C Sermon 07. 8216;I was sick and you looked after me’. I want you to imagine… you are very very old… you’re too weak… and to weary to move…. But your eyes and ears… are still sharp. Your head is clear. There’s a sheep skin. Covering the mattress underneath you on your hospital bed…keeping you comfortable and warm. Out the window you can see and hear the promise of spring …the buds and the birds…. Pop their head in the door…. And look...

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Inspiration in Jesus Name: January 2007

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Inspiration in Jesus Name. Sunday, 28 January 2007. Eternity in our minds. Epiphany 4 year C Sermon Cosmos. Here’s a riddle. When is a dirty snowball not a dirty snowball. When it’s a comet.the Comet McNaught to be exact. How many of you got to see it this week? Wasn’t it beautiful? The Christchurch Press described it as ‘a. Hurtling ball of ice and dust. Comet McNaught blazes so brightly. it’s visible to the naked. Eye at twilight, portrayed by astronomers. As a dirty snowball.’. A comet sure makes you ...

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Living Tradition: March 2005

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Sunday, March 27, 2005. Who is Ziad Asali? The Anti-Palestinian Activist and PMUNA Board Member. Another member of the Progressive Muslim Union’s Board of Director is Ziad Asali. He is a doctor of internal medicine in Illinois. He is also President and founder of the American Task Force on Palestine. Another PMU Board Member, Hussein Ibish, also serves on the ATFP as a Senior Fellow. Here’s some more information on Dr. Asali. Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. I must thank the PMUNA Debate for al...