Where are you?
Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 19 March 2017 Readings were Genesis 3:1-13a and John 21:15-17 Download this file as a PDF Here’s my passport. It shows the stamps of places I’ve visited. But perhaps most...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 26 March 2017 Readings were Exodus 17:1-7 and Ephesians 5:8-14 Download this sermon as a PDF Have you ever heard of a complaining congregation? Have you ever been part of...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 9 April 2017 Readings were Psalm 118: 19-24 and Matthew 21:1-11 Download this sermon as a PDF I hope you are aware of the series of public discussions titled: Keeping...
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Sermon on 16 April 2017 (Easter Sunday) by Rev Allister Lane Reading was John 20:1-20 Download this sermon as a PDF I just love the drama in this gospel story. Here it is, Easter day and Mary has gone...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 14 May 2017 Readings were John 14:1-7 and 1 Peter 2:2-10 Download this sermon as a PDF What do you hear in these readings? There is one particular part I love in the...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 11 June 2017 Readings were Psalm 8:1-5, Matthew 28:16-20 and 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Download this sermon as a PDF God is a God of action… Last Sunday we celebrated the...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 18 June 2017 Readings were Genesis 18:1-15 and Matthew 9:35-38 Download this sermon as a PDF Sarah laughed.These visitors aren’t even obstetricians! It’s preposterous –...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 30 July 2017 Readings were Galatians 1:1-5 and Ephesians 1:1-15 Download this sermon as a PDF In part, my sermon this morning is an attempt to be accountable – having...
View ArticleNourishment – taste – feast
Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 20 August 2017 Readings were Psalm 104: 1, 10-35 and 1 Peter 2:1-2 Download this sermon as a PDF The theme of the Presbytery Gathering this weekend has been nourishment....
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 8 October 2017 Readings were Isaiah 43:1-7 and James 3:5b-12 Download this sermon as a PDF A great preacher once started his sermon by saying Show me a coin… (Luke 20:24)...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 24 December 2017 Reading was Luke 2:1-7 Download this sermon as a PDF Our reading this morning is from the Gospel according to Luke. Now, for many right now ‘Luke’ makes...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 25 December 2017 (Christmas Day) Readings were John 1:1-14 and Hebrews 1:1-4 Download this sermon as a PDF This morning is all about a baby born into the world. This is...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 21 January 2018 Readings were Jonah 3: 1-10 and Mark 1: 14-20 Download this sermon as a PDF The story of Jonah is given to us from the lectionary today. Of course it’s...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 28 January 2018 Readings were Psalm 111 and Mark 1: 21 – 28 Download this sermon as a PDF Have you noticed that the hymns today have something of a militaristic,...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 11 February 2018 Readings were Mark 9: 2 – 9 and 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Download this sermon as a PDF So far this year our weekly Gospel readings have come from Mark’s...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 25 February 2018 Readings were Psalm 22:10-19, Psalm 22:22-28 and Mark 8:27-38 Download this sermon as a PDF So far this year each week we have heard a Bible reading from...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 1 April 2018 (Easter Sunday) Readings were Malachi 4:1-3 and Mark 16: 1-8 Add this sermon as a PDF What has the author of Mark’s Gospel presented us with in today’s...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 13 May 2018 Reading was 1 Corinthians 15:39-49 Download this sermon as a PDF What has this Bible passage got to say to us? We hear talk of bodies, creatures,...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 20 May 2018 Readings were John 15: 26 – 27, 16: 4b – 15 and Acts 2: 1 – 21 Download this sermon as a PDF Our two readings are about Pentecost – that moment when the Holy...
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Sermon by Rev Allister Lane on 27 May 2018 Readings were Isaiah 6: 1 – 8 and Romans 8: 12 – 17 Download this sermon as a PDF What an encounter the Prophet Isaiah has with God! It has been seen by many...
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