Sermon preached by Rod Benson, Good Friday, 28 March 1997 Alexander the Great once found his philosopher friend Diogenes standing in a field, looking intently at a large pile of bones. Asked what he was doing, the old man turned to Alexander and replied, “I am searching for the bones of your father Philip, but …
Choosing the butter
A sermon on 2 Kings 2:1-18 One of my favourite French atheist philosophers is a man of about my own age called Michel Onfray. When he was 28, Onfray nearly died of a heart attack brought on, in part, by his love for classic French cuisine. As he recovered, his doctor spoke those words we …
The new way
Romans 12:3 In last week's sermon we saw how, in Romans 12:1-2, Paul commends a positive attitude toward God in God's attitude toward the world, and a negative attitude toward the world in its opposition to God, as the basis of Christian discipleship. There is great power in those words, and surprise, and challenge. But …
The new day
Sermon by Rod Benson, 13 November 2011 Romans 12:1-2 What’s your favourite time of day? Mine is the dawn – even if I have to wake up earlier during Daylight Saving to experience it! I love the new day – the freshness, the soft light, the furnace of the sun tearing through the bank of …
Sermon: What Jesus would say about immigration
Sermon by Rod Benson Sunday 9 October 2011 Scripture reading: Hebrews 13:1-3 Australia is a nation of immigrants with links to almost every other country and culture. Even the first Australians, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, came to this land from somewhere else. All of us here today are immigrants or the descendants …
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