Best story! Especially the ending.

DEAR MR KNOW IT ALL: if Ester acted like a sex godess with king Achashveros she would be fordidden to Mordechia - so she acted like The ground - inactive. That you didn't know must everything else as well.

Lord Jesus bless you!

Monarchies are mostly gone throughout the world. Let's hope that they all go away soon.

If you don't understand God loves Jerusalem and the people of the name Israel then you are stupid!! Please read the COVANENT Genesis 15 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

This is great. What you say about the Old Testament is awesome. But logically, you can't say it applies only to the Old Testament. It calls every part of the Bible into question. There is no way of knowing, for instance, if the words and acts of Jesus were accurately recorded. Your argument is that one part of the Bible shouldn't be seen as the word of God, but another part should. That is a classic slippery-slope and will lead inevitably to the entire Bible being seen as a work of philosophy.

YOU MAKE SENSE

"My spirit will rise from the grave and the world will see that I was right."

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Hi Rev. Cornford, Peace and all things good! I see the Dominion Commission at 1:28 in the context of the Imago Dei proclamation at 1:27 and the primacy of Creation expressed at 2:5-7. Creation is to be cared for, as you say, but also worked (improved, perfected, brought into order), I would say. Imago Dei, in the context of Gn 1, means we somehow image the Creator. My interpretation is that we are therefore builders, since builders image the architect or Creator, so we're Fabricator universalis not Homo sapiens, because, as John Walton says, wisdom is the 'pathway' to order, and Genesis is the account of the beginnings of the transformation of chaos into order. Wisdom has value only in the context of assisting the Creator in the ongoing business of Creation. Our task is to bring order to the universe, always doing so in a way that conforms to the Creator's desire and plan for the universe, and not conforming to our desire or plan. 2:5b gives us a template for this collaborative work: In the case of bringing order to the Garden, God provides the rain, humans work the soil. I highly recommend Prof. Walton's The Lost World series, beginning with The Lost World of Genesis One. There are many solid ecotheologies out there, and a good place to start is with anything by Dr. Norman C. Habel. I've published song books in support of FFF and environmental groups. Here's something I wrote on the Black Summer: "What Say the Wind" (The Australian Black Summer of 2019-2020) Most of my environmental hymns are collected into A Progressive Inclusive Hymnal, *Second Edition*, which published in 2022. My commentary on Gn 1-2 will be published next year, built on a Franciscan ecological view of 1:27 to 2:15. What Say the Wind What say the wind our greed provoke, That bring the storm of fire and smoke, That burn the land, this proud estate, That we in folly desecrate? What say the smoke, the soot, the ash, To deeds unholy, selfish, brash, That claw the land, that resurrect Unclean oil to vile effect? What say this Earth, this place, our home, Broken, burning, its forests prone, To acts depraved, of such repute, To bake this land that we pollute? What say we in claimed innocence, To crimes of fatal consequence, That strong hands wreak in lust for pow'r, That burn our Earth in this dark hour? There are no words that we might say, There are no prayers that we might pray, There is but wind that we might hear, The groanings of this land most dear. Copyright 2020 Pearson Moore All Rights Reserved

Good effort at English good message.

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Jesus is pretty good at turning over tables yet this is rife in the Baptist churches

To be a pilgrim one of my great hymns

Thank you Nathan.

Thank you for taking the time to share this sermon.

You are absolutely Right!

Always absolutely fantastic Nathan. Thank you.

Living in rural Strathbogie the dynamics of Richmond are so similar. The local UC with a a congregation of 5 started a community choir which now has 25. An elderly group meet for coffee at the store. Now up to 10

THE EARLIEST CHRISTIANS DID *NOT* BELIEVE JESUS DIED FOR THEIR SINS "Substitutionary (or Vicarious) Penal Atonement" is the fancy theological term to describe a belief that arose late in the First Century CE after the Jews lost the First Jewish-Roman War (66-73/74 CE), and Gentiles took over the leadership of the Church. Before that, the Jews who believed Jesus was the Expected Messiah, concluded Jesus' death and resurrection was just God's way of convincing all the Jews HE was the Messiah (read Acts 2:32-36) who would get rid of the Romans and set up a new, independent, theocratic, Jewish nation. However, when that didn't happen, and the leadership of the Church switched to non-Jews, many of them Roman citizens, the whole thing about Jesus dying and getting raised from the dead so the Jews would get behind his rebellion against Rome and, eventually, replacing it...didn't sound so appealing! The next thing ya know, they began re-thinking the purpose of Jesus' death and, with the help of some of the Apostle Paul's metaphors, began to think Jesus' death was a sacrifice to pay God for our sins! Trouble is, this idea completely contradicts what Jesus taught! He made it very clear that God just forgives sins, period! He taught that God has no need to get even (which is all "getting justice" means) or to make people suffer in any way as punishment. On the contrary, Jesus said God only returns good for evil, love for hate and forgiveness for sins (Matthew 5:38-45)! How crazy it is to think God is incapable of just forgiving sins because He chooses to! And how nutty it is to think a "payment" for sins can result in "forgiveness"! By definition, forgiveness means a payment is no longer required! Rick Lannoye, author of www.amazon.com/Real-Life-Jesus-Nazareth-Really-Stood-ebook/dp/B09V4BJ62D Are you or someone you care about a victim of Bible Abuse? Get help at ricklannoye.com/contact

Thank you for all your hard work that gives us the gift of this service.

Jesus sent me. How has a video that has about 9 views comes up that relates to me is crazy.

I always find your messages very enjoyable, thought provoking but there are only 2 viewers including me. Something is a amiss when we see over 1000 viewers watching our churches who are the ones promoting statements of belief . I just don’t get it

Путин задумал мировую войну, русские не хотят воевать, выходим на всероссийские протесты

This guy is very good

Greetings from the United Kingdom. Beautiful service and such an innovative approach to online worship.

A mix of violence, poor impulse control and pure rage: how many other children has this person thrown to the ground ?

Laboring under a dearth of perspicacity enabled through ontological Certainty.

Please may I share my testimony with you. I was living a dangerously destructive lifestyle for many years. On one particularly bad night, I believed I was going to die. In the depth of my despair, I asked Lord Jesus for forgiveness and to my surprise He answered me. My spirit has burst into such powerful flames of love and mercy that it has seemed as if I was totally dissolved in Him. Lord Jesus instructed me to do the Jesus prayer to fight spiritually. You seem so well knowledgeable, may I please ask that you look into this prayer. After research I noticed that there is so much information on this prayer, and that it is well honoured by monastics. Lord Jesus Christ, son of God have mercy on me a sinner. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZC5loGdbKx4aNE

What a special sermon this was! We were so privileged to have Francesca with us, reflecting on these words of Jesus in such an honest way from a place of real engagement with the pain and vulnerability of the people Jesus recognises as blessed.