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Nazareth Then and Now
Ancient Nazareth lacked the critical advantages for its development as a significant settlement: abundant water supply, an elevated site for defensive purposes, and strategic location adjacent to a major highway. The most comprehensive recent study of the archeology of ancient Nazareth and its local region was completed by Ken Dark over several seasons between 2004…
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The oldest hatred
Presentation to a panel discussion sponsored by the Jewish Council of Australia at St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane on Monday, 29 September 2025. The topic of the event was: Should anti-Semitism be exceptionalised or should we combat all forms of racism together? Co-hosts for the event included: Doykeit (a local Jewish group in Brisbane), St John’s…
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Alert but not alarmed
[IMAGE: https://alert-not-alarmed.com] This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 In today’s Gospel we get another excerpt from the much longer section in Luke 12 that we dipped into next week, again today and again next week. None of those weekly excerpts are continuous with the…
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Foolish generosity
[IMAGE: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/49300487777%5D This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 The Rich Fool. Well, we all know this story. It is a story about that self-centred, greedy person who hoarded every success and achievement in life, and did not share any of his success with other…
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Learning to pray, learning to live
[IMAGE: The Lord’s Prayer in many different languages at the Pater Noster Church in Jerusalem] This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 No doubt we have all been surprised by different versions of the Lord’s Prayer at different times. RCs and Anglicans sometimes stop at…
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Martha and Mary
This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 Another very familiar story as we walk to Jerusalem with Jesus. Again this week, we have a Gospel story that is unique to Luke: Martha and Mary. We note that Luke places it directly after the…
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Anyone but them
A sermon for St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino on Sunday, 10 July 2022 This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 Last week as we started our journey to Jerusalem with Jesus, we focused on the significance of peace-making. We did not mention it…
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Agents of an alternative reality
Image: An ancient Roman road. Wikimedia Commons. This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 This is the first of a series of sermons at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino as we step inside the story of Jesus as crafted by Luke and walk…
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