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Preached by Ruth Hanlon on Sunday, April 22nd, 2018
Sermon: Behold the Father’s Love
Sermon: My Lord and My God
Sermon: The Rector and the Rose (A foolish tale for Easter)
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Preached by Richard Humphrey on Sunday, April 1st, 2018
A part of the Easter Foolishness 2018 series.
A bonus from the Easter services, the Dean’s Easter All Age Talk. The title says it all.
Sermon: Easter: Foolish or Wisdom? (1 Corinthians 1:21)
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Preached by Richard Condie on Sunday, April 1st, 2018
A part of the Easter Foolishness 2018 series.
Easter falling on April 1st gives us an opportunity to consider whether believing in the resurrection of Jesus is deep foolishness or rising wisdom.
Sermon: Forsaken and Finished Good Friday
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Preached by Richard Condie on Friday, March 30th, 2018
A part of the Easter Foolishness 2018 series.
Exploring Jesus’ words from the cross with Psalm 22.
What does this have to do with cricket?
Sermon: Getting the Picture John 13
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Preached by Richard Humphrey on Thursday, March 29th, 2018
A part of the Easter Foolishness 2018 series.
John 13 encourages us to use our imagination to picture the scene in that upper room. The audi0 of the reading is included)
But as as do so we will get a clearer picture of our God and a bigger picture of what it means to love as Jesus love, to follow the new commandment.
(The picture is by the Dean and is of no great artistic merit but was used in the talk.)
Sermon: Lament for the Failure to Disciple. Palm Sunday
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Preached by Richard Humphrey on Sunday, March 25th, 2018
A part of the Lament Lent 2018 series.
On Palm Sunday we hear the the reading of Jesus’ crucifixion and death. As surely as nails pierced Jesus hands and feet it should pierce our hearts and minds as we reflect on our failure to be disciples of this Jesus and to make disciples of Jesus.
The way of the cross may seem foolish, but it foolish for us to depart from it.
The text is here here.
Sermon: Lament for the Environment Lent 5
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Preached by Ruth Hanlon on Sunday, March 18th, 2018
Creation is God’s good world, we are to be stewards of it, and God’s purpose is to redeem it.
How well does our behaviour relfect this biblical teaching?
Sermon: Lament for the Dispossessed Lent 4
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Preached by Richard Humphrey on Sunday, March 11th, 2018
A part of the Lament Lent 2018 series.
When it comes to considering indigenous issues in Australia and Tasmania I don’t know what to say.
But perhaps that is the heart of lament.
And perhaps that is the way forward.
The text of the sermon is here.
