A sermon for Good Friday by Rod Benson Romans 5:6-8 Many Australians today identify Good Friday with nothing more than fish pie, or a long weekend, or beer, barbecues and beaches. But if you were to walk along Main Street and take a straw poll, and ask, “What is Good Friday about?” you might get …
An odd couple
A sermon by Rod Benson Call me Boaz. And let me tell you a story from long ago, in the time when the judges ruled Israel… But first, a little about me. You’ll find my story in the little Book of Ruth in the Old Testament, tucked away between Judges and 1 Samuel. My dad’s name …
Investment advice you can trust
A sermon by Rod Benson Nineteen weeks ago, I stood here for the first time, almost freezing, with snow falling outside, not really knowing any of you, and preached from 1 Timothy 1:1-7 on the purpose of Christian preaching. I reminded you that: In 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Paul reminds the young leader Timothy of the …
Things worth fighting for
A sermon by Rod Benson American poet and novelist Charles Bukowski once said, “People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.” We might, in our weaker moments, be tempted to criticize the Apostle Paul for several apparent faults …
Being single, being Christian
A sermon by Rod Benson Twelve days ago, I stepped off a subway train at 15th Street in central Philadelphia, in search of the Clothespin, a large public sculpture created by Claes Oldenburg in 1976. I ascended the subway stairs to street level, and emerged in the sunlight, facing the magnificent City Hall, and looked …
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