Recently I saw an interview of a young family - a mom and a dad and a little girl of four or five years of age, refugees recently escaped, exiles of war-torn Syria living now with us in the GTA.
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What are we saying, what are we doing - what does it mean when someone is baptized?
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What happens when we meet together, and with our Lord, at the feast of Communion?
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Recently archaeologists in South Africa discovered early hominid fossils. The find is in a cave whose entrance upon is technically challenging.
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God of the galaxies, great and beyond,
God of wee seeds and sparrows so small,
Above and below, between and among: --
All praise to You.
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From the Bible's Genesis account we discover not only God's creation but also how God has planned for our lives to be lived, so that we flourish as human beings.
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A few years ago, Jane and I went with another couple to share a short voyage on the tall ship, Kajama, which is docked and sails out and about Toronto Harbour.
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This, in sermon form, is an attempt to catch some insight into the Christian doctrine of 'the Trinity.'
Of Shamrocks and Things
John 14:1- 14
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Community of Love: What on Earth?!
St. Paul wrote the following to the Church at Ephesus (Ephesians 3:14-19) -
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The Community of Love, the Church, experiences and expresses God's love, most fully revealed in Jesus of Nazareth.
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(The script is similar to the above SoundCloud recording)
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The Text for my thoughts is Ecclesiastes 11:5: As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all thin
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This Sermon was preached by Dr. Laurie Barber at Kingsway Baptist Church, September 28, 2014.
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This short podcast is from the introduction to a sermon I preached at Kingsway Baptist Church, Etobicoke, Ontario, in September of 2014.
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ENHANCING WORSHIP
1. Plan well ahead. To do it right, or better, you'll need more preparation time.
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Here is a podcast that includes some of my thoughts on Creation and Re-Creation.
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Everything in all creation is part of - and is to be subject to God’s purposes and plans.
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This sermon, Community of Love: How Wide? was preached by Dr. Barber at Kingsway Baptist Church, Toronto, Ontario, on the 21t of September of 2014.
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There are times when we feel really good about life and times when we don’t, times when we feel strong in faith and times when we don’t.
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The Seed of the Woman - Genesis 3:14f - Garden of Eden - So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, "Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the
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No one is born there. Everyone must choose to go there, the religious and the non-religious.
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Martin Luther and the reformers recovered the Bible's teaching concerning the priesthood of every believer.
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Asking where You are, Lord, wondering where You’ve been, is like standing in a hurricane, trying to find the wind.
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Jesus is the Messiah and He is Lord.
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Who wrecked our church, our denomination, our plans? Why are we challenging what and how – we believe and do? Why don’t people come and get committed to what we believe and do?
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We know how to ‘do church’ but we have not yet learned, perhaps, how to ‘do mission’ – I mean, mission here at home, here in our own contexts with our own neighbours and realities.
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Martin Luther and the Reformers recovered the Bible’s teaching concerning the priesthood of every believer, so that each Christ-apprentice in each and every aspect of li
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Have we lost the wonder, the Mystery that is God?
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