These are my notes on the sermon preached by David Jones on the occasion of the setting apart of Kevin Murray as the director of Mission Partners at Hurstville Presbyterian Church on February 1, 2011. This is not a transcript and should not be taken as David’s words verbatim. Any inelegancies in expression or composition …

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Douglas Wilson provides the funeral homily for his mother, Elizabeth Catherine Dodds (Bessie) Wilson. (1919-2010) What Abraham Saw When Abraham looked into the future, he saw the day of the Lord Jesus. When he saw it, he rejoiced and was glad (John 8:56). When Abraham looked into the future he saw a city, whose maker …

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Months ago I posted some practical notes on funerals that were well recieved. Brian Croft has posted a couple of very helpful articles on essential elements of funerals. What essentials need to be in every funeral service? The Unchanging character of God; The hope of the gospel; A call to respond to the gospel; and …

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The University Fellowship of Christians (from Tasmania) website features a digest of a sermon by Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill on Luke 5:27-32 called Jesus Loves Sinners. The brief article relates that Driscoll ends with these words: …To the drunks, the addicts, the perverts, the victims, the porn stars, the prostitutes, the adulterers, theives, the …

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