Luke 11:1-4 & Matthew 6:9-13 Pandemics & Prayer “Teach us to pray…” (Luke 11:1 ff.) The Orientation or Perspective of Prayer – “Our Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 6.9) The Family Prayer of the children …
Jesus’ prayer for his disciples (John 17)
Neglecting the important People often neglect things that we know are important to be doing. We know we should be doing them, but we just don’t make the time to do them. Changing the batteries We know that we’re supposed …
The great announcement (Mark 15:42-16:8)
Great announcements Today I want to look with you at what is arguably perhaps the greatest announcement that has ever been made in this world. It is found at the end of the reading that was read for us just …
Mark 15:16-41 Remembering ‘good’ Friday…? Recently I’ve been working through my digital library of photos, trying to reduce it down from 50,000+ photos to something a little more reasonable. I got into photography about 12 years ago, with my first …
God’s Righteous Son Condemned (Mark 14:53-15:15)
Introduction – Miscarriage of Justice In 1975 at the age of 19 Ricky Jackson was convicted of a murder that he didn’t commit. He was accused and subsequently found guilty of killing a man named Harold Franks outside a neighbourhood …
Mark 14,27-52 Overconfident I’ve been skiing twice in my life. Two half days on the slopes. The first time, at Mt Hotham in Victoria, I was over-confident. I had assumed I’d be able to pop the skis on and …
Every husband knows those five fatal words “Love, have you remembered to…” We all know that when one’s spouse says “Love” your antennnae should be twitching and we all know that “have you remembered” isn’t an invitation to contemplate the …
Watchfulness Keeping watch isn’t always easy. Watching the time I’ve got a little timer in the bathroom to try and keep my showers short. It’ s an electronic timer that I usually set for 4 minutes to not only save …
Marks of Living in God’s Kingdom (Mark 12:18-43)
INTRODUCTION: A few years ago, the Thai King passed away. King Bhumibol Adulyadej was one of the world’s longest-reigning monarch, and died in 2016 at the age of 88 years. The Prime Minister declared that mourning will last for one …