Sermon Pentecost 4B, Proper 7B Sunday June 21, 2015, St Petri The other side Mark 4:35-41 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other [...]
Sermon Pentecost 4 , June 14, 2015 St Petri, Nuriootpa Pastor Brian Schwarz (Consultant to St Petri Governance Council) Mark 4:26-34 26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and [...]
Sermon 2nd Sunday after Pentecost Sunday June 7, 2015. St Petri Mark 3:20-35 20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21 When his family[a] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, [...]
Sermon Holy Trinity Sunday, 31 May, 2015. St Petri Holy Trinity – personal, communal and free. John 3:17 "Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Media file: do you believe in God? What do people [...]
Sermon Pentecost Day Sunday May 24, 2015, St Petri John 15:26,27; 16:4b-15 26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the [...]
Sermon, Ascension Day May 27th, 2015 St Petri Luke 24:44-53 44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” 45 Then he opened their minds so [...]
"Changing the world" (emphasis mine) can be a way of actually avoiding the opportunities we have every day, right where God has placed us, to glorify and enjoy him and to enrich the lives of others". (Michael Horton, 'Ordinary - Sustainable faith in a radical, restless world', p15-16). In the Valley of the dry bones, [...]
Sermon: Easter 5B Sunday May 4, 2015. THE Story Acts 8:26-40 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a] eunuch, an important official in charge of all [...]
CONVERSATION ON PRAYER: Knowing God more fully is a more critical thing than to receive a change in our circumstances. Without God's gracious presence given in his precious gifts of belonging to a local community of faith where he gives his grace in his gifts of baptism, forgiveness, holy healing meal, and the general mutual [...]
SO….. WHAT ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY? With heavy hearts Australia reflects today on the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Yes, they did the wrong thing. They knew the risks. Crime warrants punishment. On the other hand there was many reports of genuine reconciliation and rehabilitation, and even genuine new-found faith In Christ. When [...]
