Sermons by Roger Makin (Page 2)
God’s Good Garden (Genesis 1:20-31)
Continuing our focus on the Fifth Mark of Mission – Treasure:to safeguard the integrity of creation, to sustain and renew the life of the Earth.
Challenging Violence (Isaiah 2:2-5, Matthew 5:43-45)
Challenging Violence (Isaiah 2:2-5, Matthew 5:43-45)
Living the Gospel (Matthew 13:31-35)
New theme: Social Justice – starts next week at 10:30am
Pentecost (Acts 2:1-21)
The Promise to Abraham (Luke 13:31-35, Genesis 15:1-12 and 17-18)
TEND – Respond to people’s needs
TEND – the third mark of Mission: respond to the needs of people by loving service. Luke 10:25-37 – The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Epiphany – The Coming of the Magi
The wise men brought gifts for Jesus; we too need to bring our gifts – our talents, our skills, our abilities – to Jesus. By giving to you [Lord] what you don’t need – the things which I might enjoy – I am saying more ernestly, ‘You Lord are my treasure, not these things.’
Christ the King (John 15:9-17, 1 Corinthians 13)
In 1 Corinthians chapter 13, Paul points out that people of the Corinthian church are using their spiritual gifts and talents unlovingly and to draw attention to themselves: “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging…
Christ the King (John 15:9-17, 1 Corinthians 13)
In 1 Corinthians chapter 13, Paul points out that people of the Corinthian church are using their spiritual gifts and talents unlovingly and to draw attention to themselves: “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging…
Family Communion (Luke 22:14-27, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34)
In the reading from 1 Corinthians, Paul is infuriated by the inequalities between the ways in which different members of the Corinthian church are treated: “For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgement on themselves” (v 29).