Naracoorte Presbyterian Church

  • A new beginning (2) – Restored worship

    Bible readings 1 Peter 2:4-10; Ezra 2:68-3:13 Introduction Dear fellow-Christians, The word of the Lord this morning comes from Ezra 2-3 under the heading “A New Beginning – rebuilding from the ruins of destruction.”  This is the second in the series about the return of God’s people after their 70 years of deportation to Babylonia…

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  • A New Beginning (1) – God keeps his promise

    Bible Readings 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Ezra 1:1-11 Introduction My dear Brother and Sister in the Lord, Today we commence a series of sermons titled “A New Beginning”.  The title of this sermon is “A New Beginning”.  We will hear the Gospel of how God faithfully dealt with his people by calling them out of captivity…

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  • The Christmas defensive deployed

    Bible readings John 3:27-36 Luke 3:1-6 Introduction My dear friends in the Lord, Jesus Christ, One can easily make the mistake by reading through Luke 2 into Luke 3 and not pick up the time frame between the two chapters.  In a quick succession of a few verses, we meet Christ as a newborn baby,…

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  • Christmas: Christ is God, the Almighty Saviour

    Bible readings Hebrews 1:1-4 Hebrews 2:5-18 Introduction Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Christmas is a time of joy.  It was the message delivered by the angel:   “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you…

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  • Christmas – Salvation through the line of David

    Bible Readings John 1:11-14 Ezekiel 37:11-28 Introduction When our Lord met with his disciples after his resurrection He took them through the Old Testament with these words:   These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the…

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  • Facing the end with disbelief

    Bible readings Acts 26:19-29; Jeremiah 38:14-28 Introduction “Unbelief puts our circumstance between us and God, but faith puts God between us and our circumstances.” (F.B. Meyer).   Disobedience is the root of unbelief. Unbelief is the moral resistance of the human will.  Disbelief and the pride of independence lead to rebellion. We just want to…

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  • Pray for the World!

    Bible Readings Romans 13:1-7, Jeremiah 29:1-19 Introduction Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, There is a story about what happened in the Native American culture to train a young men bravery: On the night of a boy’s thirteenth birthday, he was placed in a dense forest to spend the entire night alone. Until then…

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  • Spiritual anorexia

    Bible Readings Jeremiah 36:1-26 1 Peter 1:22-2:3 Introduction Dear friends, During the so-called political struggle for a one-man-one-vote political system in South Africa, one of the major spokes-persons returned from an internal trip, drumming up support for the process.  He was a church leader.  His theology had all the hallmarks of Liberation Theology which treated…

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  • The truth versus Innocent Blood

    Bible Readings Jeremiah 26:1-15; Matthew 24:1-14 Introduction Dear family of God, The house opposite to the manse is for sale.  A group of interested buyers to have a look.  On their way back to the car, one remarked, “Look, you would live close to the Presbyterian Church; you could start attending church!”  With disgust, the…

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  • “I had a dream!”

    Scripture Readings 2 Timothy 3:10-17 Jeremiah 23:23-40 Introduction Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Long before God called Abraham, people worshipped other gods. Although they had names, none ever met them; yet, all worshipped them. They bowed to images of them.  Those in charge had the privilege to the secrets regarding these gods.  The worshippers…

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