Naracoorte Presbyterian Church

  • Victory through the Lamb

    Bible readings: Revelation 5 1Samuel 7 Introduction Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, What if someone gives you a certificate, stating that you are inheriting a very large estate.  We are talking about share certificates, bullion, diamonds, contracts explaining your rights to boards, and stacks of cash.  In the certificate there is mention of…

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  • There is none holy as the Lord

    Scripture Readings Mark 5; 1Samuel 6:1-21 Introduction My dear brother and sister in the Lord, We will learn about the holy God today.  In the words of Hannah uttered in her pryer in chapter 2, we will learn, “There is none holy as the Lord.” To this we add Hebrews 11:6 Without faith it is…

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  • Whose God is it anyway?

    Bible Readings Exodus 20:1-17 1 Samauel 4:1-11; 5:1-12 Introduction My dear fellow believers, during a stop-over flight I had the privilege to do a bit of sight-seeing in Malaysia.  They took us to a limestone mountain, Mount Batu.  Within caves in this mountain is a Hindu temple, to the honour of Muruga, of which a…

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  • God breaks the silence–hear his voice calling

    Scripture Readings Hebrews 6:4-12 1Samuel 3 Introduction   My dear friends in Christ, GK Chesterton wrote: It is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength.  John Bunyan writes in The Pilgrim’s Progress about the battle in which the main character, Christian, faced Apollyon.  This battle was fierce during which Christian…

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  • Dreadful to fall in the hands of the living God

    Scripture Readings Hebrews 10:19-31 1Samuel 2:22-36 Introduction Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, It is the duty of airlines to take passengers through the drills in case of an emergency.  They warn that, although one might know the procedures, one should still pay attention.  And you think, “That’s not going to happen today,” and…

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  • The saving sovereign God

    Scripture readings: Luke 1:46:55 1Samuel 2:1-10 Introduction Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I am going to make a statement, and want you to think about it:  your theology reflects your prayers, and your prayers reflect your theology. It would be safe to say—purely judged on what we can observe—that the church in Australia is…

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  • From hurtful mockery to joyful hope

    Bible Reading 1 Samuel 1:1-20 Intercessory Prayer (based on Psalm 94) Loving Heavenly Father, You are holy and just, and You deal rightly with those who oppose You. You hate the arrogant, who stands up against You as Sovereign Lord. As we worship You now, the scenes of wicked men who terrorise your church and…

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  • The disaster of man-defined morality

    Bible readings Romans 1:18-31 Judges 19:16-31 Introduction Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ, today is the second instalment of our series “The king is dead; long love the King.” Last week’s sermon came from Judges 17-18; the topic was “Man-made religion”.  We followed the stories of Micah with his own private priest,…

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