Isaiah 63:7-9; Psalm 148; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23 I’ve been saying it for years, and it is still true, but I truly am a preaching nerd. I don’t think I’m…
Luke 2:1-14; Titus 3:4-7 Jesus is a truly puzzling figure in history, there really is nothing straightforward about him. The stories we tell about Jesus can be pretty simple, how…
Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Matthew 1:18-25 If you were asked to summarise the Christian message in one word, I wonder which word you would choose. I think this to…
Even though we have only one church in Pomonal, badged by the Uniting Church as belonging to us, (and I am a Uniting Church minister), you’re probably aware that there…
Isaiah 35:1-10; Matthew 11:2-11 Today we are reminded of the Jewish people progressing up to Jerusalem in celebration, but we find this story in the books of the prophets and…
Isaiah 11:1-10; Matthew 3:1-12 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of its roots. So reads Isaiah, but I wonder what…
Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 “I was overjoyed, alleluia, when they said, ‘come with us to the House of the LORD’.” Do you remember that song? I…
2 Chronicles 30:1-19; John 17:1-1 On Wednesday 22nd June 1977 in an act of worship at Sydney Town Hall, and following the passing of various forms of “Uniting Church Act”…
Nicene Creed; Proverbs 8:22-9:6; Philippians 2:5-11 The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the central beliefs of the Christian Church that we all claim to believe, but which none…
Tobit 2:1-5; Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost. Pentecost is one of those tricky days when a preacher could say so much that he ends up saying nothing at all. More than once…