All Souls Anglican Church Leichhardt
At our 5PM service this week, we read about the seventh and final sign in John’s Gospel, the raising of Lazarus. By the time Jesus arrived at his tomb, Lazarus had already been dead for four days. This was an intentional delay on Jesus’ part. In God’s timing, four days was more than enough time […]
Dear Friends, Acts 6:1-7 – when God is at work in the church through His Spirit, we encounter problems. Some of the problems are “good” or growth problems. The early church is increasing and this had the unintended consequence of tension between 2 different cultural groups: Hellenistic and Hebraic Jews. The church was supporting widows […]
At our 5PM service this week, we read about the death of Lazarus. It’s easy to forget that Jesus’ humanity meant that he had dear friends and he grieved the death of his friends, even though he had confidence in the resurrection. In thinking about the passing of a member of our congregation for the […]
Dear Friends, Acts 5:17-32 – there is a miracle. An angel of the Lord enables the apostles to be released from prison so that they may continue to proclaim Jesus. Nothing can stop the message of the Lord going out. The apostles were put in prison and God released them. Once released from prison, we […]
At our 5PM service this week, we read about the Feast of Dedication in John’s Gospel. So far in John, we have read about the Feast of Sabbath in chapter 5, the Feast of Passover in chapter 6, the Feast of Tabernacles from John 7-10 and now we have the Feast of Dedication, also known […]
At our 5PM service this week, we read about the death of Lazarus. It’s easy to forget that Jesus’ humanity meant that he had dear friends and he grieved the death of his friends, even though he had confidence in the resurrection. In thinking about the passing of a member of our congregation for the […]
Dear Friends, Acts 4:1-31 – whenever the church of Jesus Christ is bold and confident in the message of Jesus, the world tries to silence us. We know in our society that people are trying to silence the church, telling it to keep quiet, and we worry about the future. We must remember that Jesus […]
At our 5PM service this week, we read about Jesus as the Good Shepherd. Not only does Jesus care for and nurture us as a shepherd does his sheep, but he is also the gate to heaven. Jesus stresses the exclusivity of heaven and that he is the only way to gain entry. Far from […]
Dear Friends, In Acts 2:42-47, the work of the Spirit is to form a church and to gather God’s people together. There are qualities outlined which indicate what an alive church that is driven by the Holy Spirit looks like. In 2:42, a church which is full of the Holy Spirit devotes themselves to the […]
At our 5PM service this week, we hear that Jesus healed a man who was born blind. The disciples ask Jesus as they pass the blind man, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus rebukes this line of questioning and tells them that this man was born blind […]
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