Contra Sunday – Faith on Wednesday
Posted in Discipleship, Evangelism, Mark on Mar 15th, 2010
The story so far: Announced – John has proclaimed the coming Messiah. Annointed – Jesus has undertaken the baptism of water and also that of the Spirit Acknowledged – The voice has spoken from Heaven Approved – through passing the test of temptation in the wilderness In our pericope (or two) this morning we see [...]
Posted in Forgiveness, Gospel, Mark, Temptation on Mar 12th, 2010
(This is from 2/28. We had a guest preacher last Sunday and I was ill so did not manage to get any notes. This should put us back on track for this Sunday to resume our series in Mark) Mark seems to do everything in a hurry. We’ve already seen his ‘vision statement’ in the preceeding [...]
Posted in Character, Christian Living, Mark, Sermon, Suffering, Sunday on Feb 21st, 2010
Today was a ‘swap Sunday’ where the guys at our two sites swap pulpits. The same rules apply – My notes on his sermon; mistakes are attributable to me by default; no comments today. Intro: A vacation in 2002 took in South Dakota and was much enjoyed. All the usual suspects were there; Mt. Rushmore, [...]
Posted in Gospel, Mark, New Testament, Sermon, Sunday on Feb 14th, 2010
It’s been a while, but basically, I wanted to prove the concept to myself and then wait out the end of our Ten Commandment series, the usual ‘State of the Church’ and ‘Sanctity of Life Sunday’ sermons and pick up fresh with the Gospel of Mark. That time is here! There’s no way for you [...]
A quest to learn my roots, to know my heritage, to understand what it is to be Presbyterian and Reformed.
BoB 2010
