Word of Salvation – Vol. 53 No.21 – June 2009   Shrewd Investments   Sermon by Rev. Dr. Steve Voorwinde Text: Luke 16:1-13 Scripture Readings: Luke 12:13-34; 16:1-13   Brothers and Sisters in Christ. The text for this morning’s sermon is truly challenging. The Bible commentators will tell you that of all the parables that Jesus told this one has to be the most difficult to interpret. You see, this parable poses a problem — a big problem. The whole story is so unusual. It is so uncharacteristic of Jesus. It sounds so unlike him. Here he is saying good things...

Word of Salvation – Vol.52 No.45 – December 2007   Promises, Promises   Sermon by Rev. Dr. Steve Voorwinde on Luke 1:67-80 Scripture Readings: Luke 1:5-25; 57-80   Introduction One of the sad facts of life is that we live in a world of broken promises. Just recently (2006) there was another state election in Victoria. Before we went to the polls we were literally bombarded with promises. Every time we went to the letter box it was stuffed with promises from political hopefuls wanting our vote. And yet very few of us believed them. Promises, promises and more promises, but...

Word of Salvation – Vol.52 No.37 – October 2007   The Weakness Of God's Servants - by Rev. Dr. Steve Voorwinde Text: 2Corinthians 12:9. Scripture Readings: 1Corinthians 1:18-2:5; 2Corinthians 12:1-10.   Introduction: The Lord said to Paul: My power is made perfect in weakness. This is one of the central paradoxes in the Christian life. You see it when a believer is struck down with a life-threatening illness, and the Lord uses the testimony of that person to bring others to faith. You see it when a church is small and struggling to survive and cries out to the Lord for...

Word of Salvation – Vol.52 No.24 – June 2007   The Seven Trumpets   A sermon by Rev. Dr. Steve Voorwinde on Revelations 8 &9 Scripture Reading:  Revelation 8 & 9; 11:15-19   Brothers and Sisters in Christ... Introduction The book of Revelation is like the Himalayas and reading it is like climbing Mt Everest. There are spectacular mountains and breath-taking views, but there are also long deep valleys. In fact, the book of Revelation alternates between mountains and valleys. At one moment you are taken up to the heights of heaven, and then you are plunged back down to the...

Word of Salvation – Vol.50 No.39 – October 2005   Famous Last Words Sermon by Rev. Dr. Steve Voorwinde on John 19:26-30 Scripture Readings:  John 2:1-11;   Dear Congregation... INTRODUCTION: Everyone agrees. Motherhood is a good thing. Everyone wants to honour mothers. For florists around the country, Mother's Day is the day that either makes them or breaks them. The only other time they make anywhere near as great a profit is on Valentine's Day. Mother's Day is the occasion where everyone is supposed to be happy, where there are smiles all around, where never is heard a discouraging word and...