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  • Parking under the wrong tree – Christmas Eve

      Luke 2:1-20 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea,…

  • When faith falters – Advent 3a

    Matthew 11:2-11 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the…

  • The Fulfilment of Emptiness – Advent 2a

    Matthew 3:1-12 You can hear these ideas being preached by clicking here In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The voice of one crying out in the…

  • Swept away or Standing firm?

    Matthew 24:36-44 To hear the this sermon as preached (Click here) “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before…

  • Jesus…who? (Feast of Christ The King)

    Luke23:35-43 (Click here to listen to this post as preached in Port Alfred South Africa on Nov 21 2010) And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!” The soldiers also mocked him, coming…

  • Feel the fear… and endure it. (Proper 28C / Ordinary 33C / Pentecost +25)

    Luke 21:5-19 Listen to the sermon as preached (Click here) When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, “As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown…

  • The detail IS the devil

    Lk 20:27-38 This sermon is available in audio (Click here) Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for…

  • Camouflaged by shame

    Luke 19:1-10 To hear this sermon preached click here He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature.…

  • The altitude of a prayerful attitude

    Luke 18:9-14 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am…

  • Why God doesn’t…

    This Sermon is available in Audio by clicking here Luke 18:1-8 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who…