Canberra Baptist Church -Rev. John Morrison 10.30am service (via ZOOM), 5 April 2020 (Palm Sunday) ________________________________________________________________________________ Reading Matthew 21:1-11, 12-17 (NRSV) Introduction Today’s Gospel reading covers two very significant events in the life of Jesus — his entry into Jerusalem on a donkey on what we call Palm Read more…
Canberra Baptist Church 9.00 & 10.30am services, 22 March 2020 Sight and Insight from the Light Rev. John Morrison ________________________________________________________________________________ Readings 1 Samuel 16:1-13. John 9:1-41. (NRSV) Introduction I saw a Facebook post during the week with the heading “Four reasons to watch church online”. 1: No Read more…
Canberra Baptist Church 9.00 & 10.30am services, 15 March 2020 Life-giving Water from the Rock Rev. John Morrison ________________________________________________________________________________ Readings Exodus 17:1-7. John 4:5-42. (NRSV) Introduction Did you clean your teeth this morning? Did you have a shower? They are rhetorical questions. You don’t have to put your Read more…
Canberra Baptist Church 9.00 & 10.30am services, 8 March 2020 A Time to Listen and a Time to Speak Readings Psalm 121. Matthew 17:1-9. (NRSV) Rev. John Morrison _____________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction Today is the second Sunday of Lent. It’s common during this pre-Easter period to trace Jesus’ journey Read more…
Guest preacher – Doug Hynd Genesis 12:1-9, Romans 4: 1-3, 13-25 We have all seen enough of the Star Wars movies to understand the conventions surrounding the way such a movie begins. The camera provides us with images of a sweeping view across the cosmos with the rapidly moving lights Read more…
Job 28 – Looking for wisdom Introduction: Looking for wisdom What is the one thing we need more than anything else in Australia, or even in the world, at the moment? Perhaps the answer is, wisdom. As we take stock of the damage from the fires, face new, profoundly Read more…
Canberra Baptist Church 9.00 & 10.30am services, 16 February 2020 Sharing God’s Love and Justice in Words and Actions Rev. John Morrison _____________________________________________________________________________________ Reading Matthew 22:34-40; 23:13-15, 23-28. James 2:14-26. (NRSV) Introduction Today we are looking at our 3rd Church goal – “sharing God’s love and justice Read more…
Rev. John Morrison Reading Matthew 9:9-13. 2 Samuel 9:1-13. (NRSV) Introduction Over these 3 Sundays leading up to our Church Anniversary, we are looking at the 3 goals in our Church’s Goals Statement. It’s printed on the front of the bulletin, but I’ll also put it up on the screen. Read more…
Rev. John Morrison _______________________________________________________________________________________ Reading John 14:15-27 (NRSV) Introduction During my first couple of days back here at Canberra Baptist, I had quite a detailed orientation with Belinda. A re-orientation, I guess, seeing that I’d been here previously and this is a comeback. We discussed some of Read more…