Naracoorte Presbyterian Church

  • Our heavenly home, and the way there

    Scripture Readings: Deuteronomy 1:19-33 John 14:1-14 Main points: Faith replaces confusion and anxiety The eternal home is being prepared Only one way to God Between now and eternity: work and pray Introduction My dear fellow believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, I remember sitting in the funeral parlour.  The funeral director asked me all the…

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  • Success or Failure?

    Bible Readings 2Samuel 15:1-14 John 13:18-38 Introduction What is success?  What is failure? Listen to this story:  When he was five years old his father died. With his mother working, the five year old had to cook for his siblings. He dropping out of 7th grade and left home by himself. He falsified his date…

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  • Love that knows no boundaries

    Bible Readings: Philippians 2:1-11 John 13:1-17 Introduction My dear brothers and sisters, I passed a road sign advertising an adult shop, promising that what they sell will improve your love life.  Lust and sex go under the banner of love.  Little wonder, then, that relationships and marriages don’t last beyond the point after  an airy-teary,…

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  • What sort of faith?

    Bible Readings Isaiah 29:13-24 John 12:37-50 Introduction My dear friends in the Lord Jesus Christ, The Word of God speaks to us today under the topic, “What sort of faith?”  There are four headings: Faith that cannot see Faith that cannot be seen Faith that sees God and passes judgement into eternity It was James,…

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  • The Hour has come

    Scripture Readings: Isaiah 9:1-7 John 12:20-36 Introduction My friends, I suppose all us have had the experience of preparing to do something in public.  It take us weeks to memorise our words for a speech, or a poem, or the introduction of another speaker.  Or we might prepare an item for a concert.  We learn…

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  • For the glory of Christ who saves from death to life

    Bible Readings Psalm 116 John 12:1-11 Introduction Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, As with the Watergate scandal, may other political scandals are usually, at least in the early stages, preceded by destroying evidence.  Only recently, if one can believe what the press tells us, thousands of emails were shredded from the private email…

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  • The perfect Saviour who rescues from death to life

    Order of Service Announcements God’s call and blessing Call to worship: The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him…

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  • Forfeited Grace

    Bible Readings Luke 13:6-9 Daniel 5 Introduction My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, They tell the story of the young man who wanted to rent a room off the old lady who lived right next to a railway line.  First she showed him the room, and showed him around.  Then the two settled…

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  • The Good Shepherd

    Readings: Psalm 23; John 10:1-21 Introduction My dear brothers and sisters, Psychologists identify a personality disorder in some patients with limited language skills, so much so, they find it hard to understand idiomatic expressions.  They understand a literal understanding of words, but expressions can sometimes just pass them by. If I say am a bit…

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  • What have you to say about Christ?

    Readings Isaiah 49:1-7; John 9:12-27 Introduction In his book, Catching the Light, quantum physicist Arthur Zojanc writes of studies which investigated recovery from people born blind. Thanks to cornea transplants, people who had been blind from birth could suddenly have functional use of their eyes; however, success has been rare. Zajoc quotes from another researcher…

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