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Contrary to some modern caricatures, predestination is not at the centre of Calvin’s teaching on the Christian life. Calvin, whose 500th birthday we’ve just celebrated, certainly taught and defended predestination; but the biblical heartbeat of his teaching about the Christian life is Union with Christ. Preached at St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Wollongong, on 19 July 2009, at 7pm. On Tuesday 14th July at 11am, I had the sad privilege of speaking the message at the funeral for my 1½-year old niece. The funeral was held at Kurrajong Anglican Church. Angela (1 November, 2007 – 9 July, 2009) had been suffering from a serious chromosomal abnormality all her life. You can read some of her story here. The Bible passage (John 14:1-7) was read by Dominic Steele, a Christian minister and family friend of my sister and brother-in-law, who baptised Angie in hospital a short time before the first of her many operations. Edit 17/7/09: The first ~4 minutes of the MP3 is Dominic giving a brief introduction and reading the passage. My sermon begins at about 3 min, 50 sec. A special thanks to David Ould who provided invaluable feedback in the drafting stage of the talk. A sermon that makes full and free use of that controversial “s”-word. Preached by Lionel Windsor on 21 June, 2009 at St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Wollongong Christians have a special way of speaking, that might sound strange to outsiders. Ephesians 5:3-20 tells Christians how to talk. Preached at St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Wollongong, on 14 June 2009. Unity is very important. But what is it really, and how is it achieved? Sermon preached on 24 May, 2009, at St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Wollongong at 7pm. What do you want to be when you grow up? Sermon preached on 17 May, 2009, at St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Wollongong at 7pm. Could true peace between different peoples ever be possible? What does it have to do with Jesus? Preached by Lionel Windsor at St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Wollongong, on 10 May, 2009 at 7pm. This week we begin our series on the book of Ephesians. Ephesians is a short letter about BIG and exciting things! Every so often, it’s important to remind ourselves of what is real and true … Sermon preached at St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Wollongong on Easter Day, 2009. On July 11-12 I had the privilege of speaking at the second Malaysian Word Works conference, in a hotel in Sepang, just outside Kuala Lumpur. The Word Works conference is an activity of the Malaysia Gospel Growth Fellowship (GGF), which is a fellowship committed to glorifying God through the growth of Gospel-centred evangelical Christianity in the local church in Malaysia. Word Works is one of the activities of the GGF. It’s a 2- day event designed to help everyday Christians learn how to read the Bible better, especially in its different genres and styles of writing. The two days were certainly jam-packed (6 x one hour lectures, 4 Bible studies, a sermon and 2 question times!) but the ~40 conference participants were very keen. By the end of the two days they had a firmer grasp of how to read John’s Gospel for themselves. Even better: many felt that they were equipped to go back to their churches and share the Bible with others. You can download the lectures, Q&A times and sample sermon here:
Please pray for the Malaysia Gospel Growth Fellowship. It is a fledgling group, but because of the deep theological maturity and commitment of its members, it has great potential to make a lasting impact for the gospel in Malaysia. Malaysia is a majority Muslim nation, which can make life a little difficult for Christians; nevertheless there is relative freedom amongst the Christians to proclaim the gospel and build up the saints, and there’s a lot of work to do in this regard! The GGF is also looking for financial support to train ministry apprentices and grow their conferences (they also run a Thinking Theologically conference, a Fellow Workers ministry conference, and the Moore College Certificate in Theology correspondence course). If you would like more information on becoming a GGF supporter, please contact me. |
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