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I was asked to offer a prayer for Australians as part of a Service of Commemoration for those lost at sea to be held at St Barnabas' Anglican Church, Broadway, Sydney, on Sunday 23 June 2013. Â Here it is: Almighty God, in whose prophets through the ages we have seen and heard your love and …
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Matthew 22:35-36 According to tradition, the great fourth century Christian theologian Augustine of Hippo was walking along the beach one day, puzzling over the doctrine of the Trinity, the idea that God is one being known to us as three Persons. Â After a while, Augustine observed a young boy running back and forth between the …
I heard overnight of the decision by Exodus International to wind up its operations and cease ministering to people wishing to be rid of same sex attraction (see, for example, here and here). The spiritual and pastoral needs of the LGBTI community have never been greater. People of same sex attraction are often misunderstood and at …
Sermon by Rod Benson, Blakehurst Baptist Church, Sunday July 22, 2001 (Part 2 of 2) [continued from here] Job 1:1-3:26 In the midst of his unimaginable pain and anguish, Job’s three friends arrive to sympathise with him and comfort him.  They are shocked by his changed appearance, and they begin by sitting with him in the …
Ten days ago, The Guardian newspaper reported that the prospects for victims of heart attack, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and other chronic illnesses took a dramatic turn for the better when it was revealed that human cloning has been used for the first time to create embryonic stem cells from which new tissue – genetically identical …
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