The Old and the New Commandment

A sermon on 1 John 2 by Rev Richard Keith on 21 February 2021 In our passage today God calls us to love and to not love. God calls us to love one another and to not love the world. The old commandment says, Love your neighbour as you love yourself. The new commandment...

Integrity

A sermon on 1 John 1:5-2:2 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 14 February 2021 Today’s message is about integrity. Integrity is more than honesty. It is more than truthfulness. Integrity is about wholeness. It is about transparency. Integrity means being the same on the...

Holy Communion

A sermon on 1 John 1:1-4 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 7 February 2021 The Gettysburg Address was a speech delivered by the United States president Abraham Lincoln in 1863. By all appearances, it doesn’t seem much. It’s only 275 words long. News reports at the time...

The Suffering Servant

A sermon on Psalm 22 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 31 January 2021   Psalm 22 has puzzled Bible readers for thousands of years. I mean, for one thing, is this a sad psalm or a happy psalm? The first 21 verses describe in excruciating detail, not only the...

The Heavens Declare

A sermon on Psalm 19 by Rev Richard Keith at the Combined Church Service on Sunday 31 January 2021   This may have happened to you. But I’m sitting in the lounge room trying to watch the TV, when I hear a loud muffled voice shouting from another room in the...