Sermon 8th November 2009 Pentecost 23
Ruth 1: 1-18; Psalm 146;
Hebrews 9: 11-14; Mark 12:38-44
Brunswick UCA
by Wes Campbell
A quote from the Age of Thursday last (5th November):
‘Forty years after Australian women won the right to equal pay, the Rudd government will back a major test case seeking hefty pay rises for 200,000 mostly female workers [...]
THE NOTION OF ‘RADICAL CHURCH’ takes the world seriously – that is, we are to take the world seriously as the place where God is active. That includes meeting together as a community where we learn to care for each other, and prompting each other to be aware of what is happening in the wider [...]
The Acts of the Apostles study 12th October 2009
Having risen from my sick bed late last week there was a Bible study at lunchtime today!! And we meet again next week.
By way of recalling what we have done, I made some general observations:
• The early Christian movement was Jewish – the split came in the AD70s. [...]
It is most important that we read Luke with an eye to his own interests. We should let him provide us with his understanding of the early years of the church.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer says:
‘When Christ calls someone, he bids them come and die.’
Bible Study UniMelb: Acts of the Apostles, 7th September 2009
Today we began with a general conversation about ‘suffering’. I have remembered that I posted some reflections on that theme on the BLOG: http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/radicalchurc…
I will add to that soon with reference to the discussion of atheism (Alister McGrath) and the ‘God who suffers’ (Dietrich Bonhoeffer).
We recalled the [...]
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES STUDY GROUP
2. Semester 2009
Led by Wes Campbell
These notes are an introduction to the Monday study, 3rd August, on the Acts of the Apostles.
I will say something of what we have done previously, then give a few pointers for our study in this second semester.
In past semesters we [...]
BIBLE STUDY: second semester 2009
Led by Wes Campbell
The Acts of the Apostles
We have had three meetings this semester. Several questions have occurred to me and I thought it might be helpful to raise them with you. Perhaps these are not your question – but you have others. Why not raise them too?
Why study [...]
The Acts of the Apostles session 2
led by Wes Campbell
A summary of the discussion of ‘The Acts of the Apostles:
In session two we looked at Luke’s overall scheme,
considered the role of Jerusalem in Luke’s work,
then looked at the role of the Spirit in the ministry of Jesus and the beginning of the church on [...]
Peace and the New Testament –
Is there any justification for war in the New Testament?
By Wes Campbell
PEACE & SOCIAL JUSTICE:
Christian-Muslim Co-operation in our community
an Ideas Forum hosted by Pax Christi, Sunday 21st June 2009
I am to speak to you as a Christian theologian and interpreter of the New Testament on the question, ‘Is there [...]
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