The photo is from the Albert and Victoria Museum in London, England.
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Year ago now, British author Dorothy Sayers wrote a murder mystery of this title - 'Whose Body?'. That title helps us also, to explore the doctrine of the incarnation.
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I find that when I prepare my sermon, I write it out many times and refine it - until I think I know what I'm going to say.
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Read - Romans 8:18 – 27 and Isaiah 40: 27 – 31
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The entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, centuries ago, was met with welcome, wonder and anger. Listen and discover why.
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We want to share with others, through word and deed, in all the various ways in which the Good News of Jesus can be passed on to others.
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We listen to God, we hear God speak, through Scripture, by prayer and by attending (listening) to our life.
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Now those who’d been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was martyred in Jerusalem, traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch in Syria,
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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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The Life that Jesus called abundant - what is it and how do you get into it?
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This message was suggested by the writings of Frederick Buechner, especially from his book, 'Alphabet of Grace.' I've used the concept by linking to the story of Jacob, who at Bethel, a first and s
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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 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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Both fear and faith beget within us responses of both fear and faith. Faith, particularly faith in God, can bring the healing and wholeness we seek.
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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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Here are some words from the book we all love [I John 3:1 – 3].
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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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