As a teenager living in Papua New Guinea, I used to accompany my parents to student Christian fellowship meetings at the home of Norm and Agnes Chambers in Jawani St, Lae. Those were good times. I was unaware at the time, but I was being deeply formed, as a new Christian, in the way of …
The end of history
[This is a transcript of a sermon on Revelation 21:1-6 preached by Rod Benson at Lithgow, Australia, in May 2018] When the Apostle John recorded the fantastic visions we encounter in the Book of Revelation, I believe he fully intended the words and images to be understood by ordinary readers in his own time. There …
Mountains of Scripture (1): Mount Eden
A sermon by Rod Benson Image: Erastus Salisbury Field, "The Garden of Eden," oil on canvas, c.1860. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This is the first of a series of addresses on mountains mentioned in the Bible. You won’t find Mount Eden on Google Earth, in an atlas, or even in the Book of Genesis. …
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