For previous sermon notes in this series go to YorkElim.com. 1 John 2:15-17 Intro In this section we see that John speaks about having a right perspective on this life. He stresses that we should not love the world or anything in the world (15). and that ‘The world and its desires pass away’ (v17). [...]
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Sermon notes 1John2:15-17 The world and its desires pass away
Posted: 4th July 2011 by graham in preach_it!0
Where are the humanists and the Fabians and the Socialists?
Posted: 2nd July 2011 by graham in Culture, preach_it!, reviewsSo much for the claims of the evangelical atheists, ‘Brights’, humanists and other God-dodgers. That fact demonstrated over the centuries, and still demonstrated today, is that it is Christians who are seen at the rock-face of social action. Another quote from Utopian Dreams By Tobias Jones I enjoyed: Tobias describes his experience of working on [...]
This is part 13 of a series I am doing at the York Elim Pentecostal Church. If you want to listen to the podcast go directly to YorkElim.com. I never used to put my sermons on my blog, content to have them posted on the York Elim site, but as both sites have different people [...]
Leader of City of York Council James Alexander at One Voice York
Posted: 22nd June 2011 by graham in Culture, My life, preach_it!Speaking to One Voice York today was leader of the Labour Group in City of York Council, Councillor James Alexander. He came to our One Voice York breakfast today, Wed 22 June 2011, and addressed us about the challenges and opportunities facing the city. As I shared a table with him at the breakfast I [...]
I do not believe that the culture of Europe could survive the complete disappearance of the Christian Faith.
Posted: 18th June 2011 by graham in Culture, preach_it!Quote from T S Eliot: I do not believe that the culture of Europe could survive the complete disappearance of the Christian Faith. … If Christianity goes, the whole of our culture goes. Then you must start painfully again, and you cannot put on a new culture ready made. You must wait for the grass [...]
Mitt Romney: Would the USA people elect a Mormon President?
Posted: 14th June 2011 by graham in news_comment, preach_it!Candidates have been competing for the spotlight in first debate between Republican USA presidential hopefuls in New Hampshire. Who won the debate? Commentators tell us two people did. One was former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Some republicans loath him for passing a healthcare reform programme that closely resembles “Obamacare”. Some of his party call him [...]
Quote from Utopian Dreams: I simply can’t continue living like this
Posted: 11th June 2011 by graham in Culture, My life, preach_it!, reviewsI am very much enjoying reading Utopian Dreams by Tobias Jones published 2008. Speaking about the dissatisfaction he was having with his life (page 13): I simply can’t continue living like this. I’m feeling increasingly apocalyptic. We’re rushing towards the economic and energetic bankruptcy of the planet. Very shortly we’ll be unable to pay back [...]