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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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There are none so blind
Lent 4 (A)St Andrew’s Church, Lismore19 March 2023 There are none so blind [video] Today we have the latest in a series of significant encounters in the Gospel of John where Jesus meets and confounds various people. Time after time he cuts across the grain of the accepted religious and social assumptions of his own
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Come to the water
Lent 3 (A)St Andrew’s Church, Lismore12 March 2023video What a feast of Scripture we have been served by the lectionary this week! It may just be drinks, but living water is still a powerful theme for us to reflect upon in this third week of Lent. John says that Jesus rested by a well on
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Called to be a blessing
Lent 2 (A)St Andrew’s, Lismore5 March 2023 Video of this sermon As a general rule, I preach on the Gospel since that is the biblical text which points most directly to the risen Lord among us, within us, and between us as the gathered people of God. But today I start my locum ministry here
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Authentic Jesus people
This sermon is the final in the ON THE WAY series at Casino Anglican Church, July/October 2022 In the Old Testament, Moses led the tribes of Israel through a period of transition that lasted 40 years. During that time a community was fashioned and a covenant with God was formed. In the Gospel of Luke,
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And even the dogs
IMAGE: Rich man and Lazarus. Illustration from the eleventh-century Codex Aureus Epternacensis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_man_and_Lazarus This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino: July/October 2022 Last week we heard that the manager facing dismissal felt that he was too weak to dig and too proud to beg. As we unpacked that story and
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Parable of the audit
IMAGE: Marinus van Reymerswaele, 1490–1546. Parable of the Unjust Steward. Wikimedia Commons. This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 Gospel: Luke 16:1–9 Then Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and [false/hostile] charges* were brought to him that
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