Category Archives: sermons
[Sermon] The Holiness Tradition
Mt Hawthorn Community Church, 9 January 2010 We are working our way slowly through a series based on Richard Foster’s book Streams of Living Water. Let me reorientate you to the idea of the streams. Foster describes six streams or … Continue reading
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[Sermon] “Once You Were Not a People But Now You Are the People of God”
Mt Hawthorn Community Church, 12 September 2010 Reading But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness … Continue reading
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Colossians 1:1-14: Subversive Fruitfulness
I preached on the 7th at Network Vineyard. It was the first in a series at the church on Colossians. The sermon begins with the background to Colossians and then provides some thoughts from 1:1-1:14. You can hear the sermon … Continue reading
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Churches of reconciliation: the diverse church as good news for the world
Here’s the text version of the paper; the previous post offered a pdf version. WA TEAR Conference 19 September 2009 As TEAR people, you already know that the good news is more than personal salvation after you die. You know … Continue reading
Churches of Reconciliation: the Diverse Church as Good News for the World
Here’s the paper I gave at the TEAR conference yesterday: Churches of reconciliation I shall tell you more about it later in the week, but I told people it would be up here, so I thought I’d better make good … Continue reading
Resurrection and Renewal: Bigger and Better Than Going to Heaven When You Die
Here’s the text of that sermon I gave at Network Vineyard Church on 12 July 2009. 1. Introduction I want to talk about an area of faith where my whole way of thinking was turned upside down. And that’s about … Continue reading
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Resurrection and Renewal
You can now hear the sermon I gave on Sunday on the Network Vineyard website. It’s about resurrection of our bodies and life on a renewed earth as the substance of our future hope, rather than eternity in a disembodied … Continue reading
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Writing novels for the kingdom
Last night I presented a paper to the Newbigin Group on “Writing novels for the kingdom.” Below is the introduction; if you like the sound of it, you can download the PDF file. It might be much more appropriate to … Continue reading
Discovering the Sabbath
Here’s the text of the sermon I gave yesterday, also posted on the Network Vineyard blog. You can also listen to it here. Today I want to talk about discovering the Sabbath. The Sabbath is the weekly day of celebration … Continue reading
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Success in the Kingdom of God: a sermon
Agape Chinese Baptist Church 27 April 2008 Reading: Luke 12:13-21 The world brainwashes us with a particular version of success. According to the world, we are successful when we have a lot of money. We are successful when people admire … Continue reading
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