One temptation I face is reading fascinating blog posts, often work-related, at the expense of other important tasks. Last year [2012] I limited my blog browsing, but one blog I continue to find very rewarding and challenging is by Scott Higgins, a fellow Baptist minister and Director of Community Relations for Baptist World Aid Australia. …
Care (sermon)
Psalm 104; Genesis 1:26-28; Isaiah 65:17-25; Revelation 22:12-15, 20-21 The world in which we woke this morning is an astonishing and awe-inspiring place. It is a wonderfully balanced biosystem. It has the capacity to provide resources of untold variety for us to consume, to continually renew itself, and to absorb the wastes we create. …
Justice (sermon)
1 Corinthians 9:7-12 Baptists are “gospel” people. That is, they take the Bible seriously, find deep meaning and significance in the Gospel events (the birth, death, resurrection, ascension and return of Jesus Christ), expect and pray for people to experience the “new birth,” and are committed to expressing their faith with actions such as reading …
Generosity (sermon)
1 Timothy 6:6-19 The great Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton led an expedition to the South Pole in 1908. They came closer to the pole than any human had ever ventured, but 156 kilometres short of the goal, had to turn back. In his diary, Shackleton tells of the time when their food supplies were exhausted, …
Three men and a mission (sermon)
Sermon by Rod Benson at Faith Bible Baptist Church, Castle Hill, Sydney, 30 September 2012 Acts 12:25–14:28 The last recorded words of Jesus before he was taken up into heaven were these: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea …
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