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INTRODUCTION Good morning. There’s a fascinating story in the sixth chapter of the second book of Kings about the King of Aram sending troops to capture Elisha. During the night, the armed company surrounded the city where the prophet was staying. Early the next morning Elisha’s young servant came out, and seeing the enemy forces … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION I’m a city boy – born and bred. But some 40 years ago I went and did a stint in the outback as a bush padre. That was quite a shift – being translated from the order and close settlement of suburban life to which I had always been accustomed, out to the long … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION Good morning. I hope you’re feeling alert this morning because I want to play a little game with you. Ready? Here are three letters from the English alphabet. What word or words can you quickly make of them? Here they are: First, D for Delta, then G for Golf, and then, O for Oscar. … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION There are sights and experiences that not even time will allow us to forget. Such was the experience of Elie Wiesel when as a boy entering the death camp at Auschwitz he witnessed the bodies of babies being thrown into a ditch of gigantic flames. In 1960 he wrote: “Never shall I forget that … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION There’s great dignity in simply being human. We know of no other creature quite like us. We are endowed with so many capacities, capable of some much that is good and sadly just as capable of so much that’s evil and reprehensible. Spectacular as all that undoubtedly is there is something that outstrips all … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION Good morning. It’s a pleasure to be speaking to you once more. I’ve a question? Have you ever heard of Dostoyevsky’s onion? Maybe you have; maybe you haven’t. Dostoyevsky lived and wrote in his native Russia during the 19th century. Some consider him to be one of the great psychologists in world literature. In … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION “Does Jesus Drive a School Bus?” What a question, but it is a chapter heading in Dr. Diane Komp’s little book, “A Window to Heaven”. If you want to get a lump in your throat but have your faith inspired, read her book. It’s subtitled, “When Children See Life in Death”. In 1992, when … Continue reading
Good morning. Like many thousands of others I’ve been enamoured and edified by C. S. Lewis through his Chronicles of Narnia, those delightful children’s stories that even adults can aspire to appreciate. Michael Apted’s production of “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” from the Narnian Chronicles has been in our theatres in the last year. … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION The celebrated German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonheoffer once wrote, “For Christians the beginning of the day should not be burdened and oppressed with besetting concerns for the day’s work. At the threshold of the new day stands the Lord who made it. All the darkness and distraction of the dreams of the night … Continue reading
If I asked you to think about Christians and what characteristic comes to mind, I’m guessing that it isn’t joy, but it ought to be; the bible is actually full of joy. Consider these verses; Psalm 100 “Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth”, “worship the Lord with gladness, come before him with … Continue reading
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