‘Sacrifice is at the heart of the Christian life because sacrifice was at the heart of Jesus’ life. So if we’re going to grow as a church, we’ve got to expect that we will have to sacrifice too.’ – Des Smith
Tag Archives: Sacrifice
Sermon – Your Servant King Rules (Mark 9:2-10:45)
Sermon ‘Your Servant King Rules’ (Mark 9:2-10:45) by Simon Marshman is available to stream or download: http://bit.ly/2A086jM
Read the Bible text: http://bit.ly/2j0Yg9l
Read the English support notes: http://bit.ly/2j10FRg
Anzac Day & Easter
There is a strange tension in the way that our world relates to both Easter and Anzac Day
Anzac Day quite rightly asks us to pause and remember the sacrifice of our forefathers who went to battle and in many cases never returned. They fought for the freedoms that we now enjoy and willingly laid down their lives to keep the enemy at bay. It is a good thing that our society protects and honours our Anzacs.
Easter asks us to pause and remember the life, death and resurrection of Jesus who went into battle to deal with our rebellion and returned to confirm that he had achieved what he promised. He died for the forgiveness of our sin, but not just our sin, that of all people – family, friend, neighbour, and even foe.
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