Philemon #4 Toowong Baptist Church 18.03.2012 Reading: Philemon 1-25 Greetings from Rome Introduction Well, this is it – the last message on Paul’s letter to Philemon appealing for mercy and a warm welcome for Onesimus the runaway slave. To tell you the truth, when I started out I had no idea how I [...]
Philemon #3 Toowong Baptist Church 11.03.2012 Readings: Philemon 17-21 + 1 John 1:8-2:6 Paul’s Promise and Philemon’s Debt Introduction Last Sunday I got not one word of feedback about the sermon and so I went home thinking I hadn’t done a very good job of touching your hearts and minds and making a [...]
Philemon #2 Toowong Baptist Church 04.03.2012 Reading: Philemon 1-25 Freedom and Love The intercession of an apostle When God created the first human beings he could have programmed them like robots to love and obey him; but that would not have counted as real love and obedience, would it? Instead, he [...]
Philemon #1 Toowong Baptist Church 26.02.2012 Reading: Philemon 1-25 A Very Personal Letter The Occasion I have always loved Paul’s letter to Philemon. I guess it has something to do with the fact that this is a personal letter written by Paul to a Christian brother, named Philemon, appealing for [...]
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Ruth #2 Toowong Baptist Church 16.10.11 Reading: Ruth 2 Speaker: Pastor Charles Byrne Do things like this just happen? 1 Introduction When I first read this chapter last week, the verse that jumped off the page for me was 2:19 – Naomi’s [...]