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Address by Rev. Rod Benson, Ethicist and Public Theologian, Tinsley Institute, Morling College, Sydney, to the Christian Democratic Party National Convention, Merroo, NSW, 9.30am Saturday 11 August 2012 Senator Eric Abetz, Rev the Hon. Fred Nile MLCÂ and other political leaders, my fellow ministers of religion, ladies and gentlemen: We live in interesting times, whether our …
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A sermon by Rod Benson. Proverbs 11:28; 30:8b-9 Here are ten rules that might govern a small child’s view of the world: 1. If I like it, it’s mine. 2. If it’s in my hands, it’s mine. 3. If I can take it from you, it’s mine. 4. If I had it a week ago, …
A sermon by Rod Benson. Proverbs 10:3; 15:16-17 In 1992 Mark Buchannan, a pastor in British Columbia, Canada, found himself in a small town called Wairacka in Uganda. Every Sunday evening, about 100 Christians from the neighbouring area gathered to worship. They met under a tin roof lean-to set at the edge of a cornfield. …
Sermon by Rod Benson, 2 Dec 2001. Proverbs 18:10-11; 28:6 There are only 23 days to Christmas. Yesterday, in one of our annual rituals, our family installed our Christmas tree, weighing down its branches with tinsel, balls, beads and other decorations. As he has done every Christmas, when all is ready, Michael is lifted aloft …
Aunty Delmae Barton. By Rod Benson A lot of the news we hear is bad news – I suppose that’s just an indication of the kind of world we live in today. But one story I heard recently really troubled me, and got me thinking about our diminished capacity for compassion in the individualistic, narcissistic, …
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