Sermons
Archives for August 2017
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Year A – Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost – Who do YOU say that I AM.
27 August 2023
“But who do you say that I am? This is a question I find that I continually ask myself. It is a question we should all ask ourselves in regards… Read more
Year A – Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost – God’s mercy
20 August 2023
There is a saying that revenge is a dish best served cold. What does that mean? It means that often when someone hurts us we feel the need to pay… Read more
Year A – Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost – With Jesus by my side
13 August 2023
The walking on the water by Jesus is an interesting miracle. It has 2 dimensions to it. The physical and the spiritual. Let’s first look at the physical dimensions. Jesus… Read more
Year A – Tenth Sunday After Pentecost – Always enough
6 August 2023
Over the past few weeks we have listened to Jesus teach us about the Kingdom of Heaven and God’s grace and mercy through parables. Parables are interesting ways of teaching… Read more
Year C – Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost – Humble hospitality
28 August 2022
With the explosion of different social media platforms it seems that everybody has the potential to be famous. It’s not that uncommon for a regular person to get thousands of… Read more
Year C – Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost – Freed from fear of the Law
21 August 2022
Today’s gospel reading is really sad. But I’m not talking about the woman who was bent over for 18 years in physical pain. No, I’m talking about the religious leaders… Read more
Year C – Tenth Sunday After Pentecost – Don’t give up
14 August 2022
Back in my youth group days at Box Hill a couple friends of mine decided to visit another friend from our group who was working at Hermannsburg in the Northern… Read more
Year C – Ninth Sunday After Pentecost – Bigger – not always better
7 August 2022
Bigger is better! Isn’t that what we’re led to believe? Bigger is better. Bigger churches are seen to be more successful. Bigger companies make more profit. Whereas we’d love our… Read more
Year B – Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost – Following the rules
29 August 2021
When I’m going on my daily walk I see many people with their masks under their noses, under their chin, or no mask at all. I’m sure you’ve seen that… Read more
Year B – Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost – Lord to whom shall we go?
22 August 2021
How did you go filling out the census last week? I’m looking forward to hearing the results when they are released but particularly I want to see the section on religion… Read more
Year B – Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost – Singing in the heart
15 August 2021
I’m not sure how you are going at present but I have stopped watching the news on TV and reading the newspaper. For those of you who know me that… Read more
Year B – Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost – It is enough now, O Lord
8 August 2021
Have you ever read a passage in the Bible and thought – wow – that’s exactly what I’m going through – or, that’s exactly how I feel at present. When… Read more
Year B – Tenth Sunday After Pentecost – Divided we fall
1 August 2021
Usually in times of adversity human kind rallies together to tackle the issues. Think of our recent responses to things like overseas humanitarian issues – floods, fire, drought, hunger– and… Read more
Year A – 13th Sunday after Pentecost – A Matter of Perspective
30 August 2020
We have to admit that this Corona Virus pandemic has taken us completely by surprise. It has turned our lives upside down. Have you noticed the different reactions people… Read more
Year A – 12th Sunday after Pentecost – The Jesus’ Quiz
23 August 2020
Our family enjoys doing the Herald Sun quiz during dinner. It feels really good when you get the answer right – but even better when no one else knows the… Read more
Year A – – 11th Sunday after Pentecost – Irrevocable promises of God
16 August 2020
In the past week I have been reflecting quite deeply about last week’s Gospel reading. If you recall it was the account of the disciples being in a boat that… Read more
Year A – 10th Sunday after Pentecost – Getting to the other side
9 August 2020
Fresh from their miraculous feeding of the 5,000, the disciples are about to encounter another miracle of Jesus but this one will be like none other. Jesus has decided to… Read more
Year A – 9th Sunday after Pentecost – God’s compassion
2 August 2020
Our bible reading from Paul today shows just how much sacrifice love is prepared to make. Paul, known as Saul before his conversion, was a leading Pharisee before he met… Read more
Year C 11th Sunday after Pentecost – 6570 days of suffering
25 August 2019
6570 days. That’s how many days the woman in our Gospel reading had been afflicted by her condition. For 6570 days this woman could not stand up straight but was… Read more
Year C 9th Sunday after Pentecost – Faith in the unseen
11 August 2019
The book of Hebrews is an interesting book in the New Testament. It is masterly written but we don’t know who wrote the Letter to the Hebrews. Initial thoughts were… Read more
Year C- 8th Sunday after Pentecost – Using our abundance
4 August 2019
Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce stirred up the media this week when he said that he was struggling financially to support his families even though he earns well over $200,000 per… Read more
Jesus, Son of God – what does this mean?
27 August 2017
Getting into places is getting more difficult these days. At the footy you have to go through bag searches and body scans which takes such a long time. If you… Read more
God’s “un-fairness”
20 August 2017
Today’s encounter between Jesus and the Canaanite woman from the region of Tyre and Sidon is often misread and even misunderstood. People are often left scratching their heads wondering about… Read more
The Deafening Silence of God.
13 August 2017
People often ask me how I became a Christian and then later on becoming a pastor. They seem a little disappointed with my answer thinking I had this huge mountain… Read more
How did he do that?
6 August 2017
I was watching the TV show – America’s Got Talent a couple of weeks ago and they had a magician as one of their acts. They chained him up and… Read more
The seat of honour
28 August 2016
The Olympics are over and now the fallout has begun. Australia won 29 medals in Rio, at a cost of $11,434,910 per medal. People are now starting to ask questions… Read more