Naracoorte Presbyterian Church

  • Advent: The Long Road to Bethlehem (2)

    Scripture Reading  Judges 13:24-14:20 Introduction All Sunday school children will encounter the story of Samson.  About all children’s Bibles will have a full-colour page of Samson tearing the lion to bits.   What do you remember of Samson?  How should we understand the story of Samson?  The official synopsis of the 1951 film reads: When…

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  • Advent: The Long Road to Bethlehem (1)

    Bible Readings Luke 1:26-38 Judges 13:1-24 Introduction In Stay of Execution, Stewart Alsop, an apathetic Christian, discussed what it was like to live with incurable leukaemia.  There was a period in which the disease was temporarily arrested. During this time, he discussed some variables with his physician. Finally, Alsop said, “There is one variable you…

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  • Spiritual growth in Christ

    Bible Readings Psalm 119:9-16 Philippians 1:3-11 Introduction Who present today would like a 10-page book on 3 easy steps to spiritual maturity? You may go to sleep tonight as a babe, then wake up tomorrow with full knowledge of God’s Word, able to discern the most excellent things in life. But, unfortunately, there are no…

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  • Participating in the sufferings of Christ

    Scripture Reading 1Peter 4:12-19 Introduction The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, honour those who died for their country. Built following World War I, it was expanded to remember those who served in subsequent conflicts. It is a beautiful place, with monuments to courage and devotion, but the highlight of the shrine is a hall containing…

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  • Living ‘in-Christ’ (4)

    Bible Readings Proverbs 10:18-32 Colossians 3:5-17 Introduction My dear friends in Christ, Successful advertising companies design their ads after careful market research, more so about the potential buyers.  Not only do they know their product, but they know who they want to buy their products.   To get us to buy a product, they persuade…

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  • Living ‘in-Christ (3) –

    Bible Reading Colossians 3:1-11 Introduction In 1976 Dr Francis Schaeffer wrote a book with the title “How should we then live”.  The question is by what standard should we live.  Dr Schaeffer said when we base society on the Bible, on the infinite-personal God who is there and has spoken, it provides an absolute by…

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  • Living ‘in Christ’ (2)

    Scripture Readings Psalm 25:1-15 Colossians 3:1-11 Introduction  Dr Joseph Haroutunian, a professor at McCormick Theological Seminary, came to America from Armenia. One day a well-meaning friend said to him, “Your name is difficult to pronounce and difficult to spell–it could hurt your professional career. Why don’t you change your name to  Harwood or Harwell or…

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  • Living ‘in-Christ’ (1)

    Bible Readings Ephesians 5:1-10 Colossians 3:1-12 Introduction Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ, Our topic for this morning is United with Christ—living ‘in-Christ’.  This is the first in a short series of three sermons This sermon is the next in a series from the letter of Paul to the church in Colossae…

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  • Jesus Christ only – no if’s, no but’s (4)

    Scripture Readings 2 Corinthians 5:14-6:2 Colossians 2:9-15 Introduction My dear friends in the Lord Jesus Christ, Today is the last in our sermon series from Colossians 2.  Our topic over the last three weeks was Jesus Christ only, no if’s no but’s.  In the first of this mini-series, we learnt from Scriptures that Jesus Christ…

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  • Jesus Christ only – no if’s, not but’s (3)

    Bible Readings 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 Colossians 2:13-23 Introduction Dear friends in the Lord Jesus Christ, Today is the third sermon on the topic Jesus Christ only, no if’s, no but’s.  In our first sermon, we drew the conclusions from Paul’s theology about the Person of Christ in Colossians 1:15-23, God’s mystery kept order wraps for…

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