Word of Salvation - Vol.51 No.19 - May 2007   Repent! God's Kingdom is Near!   A Sermon by Rev John De Jongh on Matthew 4:12-17 Scripture Reading:  Isaiah 8:1-4; 8:18-9:7 Suggested Singing:  BoW 15; 332; Rej 282; 483   Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Imagine a relay race for a minute. The runners are spread out around the track waiting for their turn. The first runner carries a baton. And then the gun goes off - he's off like a shot. And he runs until he reaches the second runner. The baton gets passed on. And then it's that runner's...

Word of Salvation – Vol.51 No.43 – November 2006   The Expansion of God's Kingdom   A Sermon by Rev Allan Quak on Mark 7:24-30 Scripture Reading:  Psalm 87 Suggested Hymns:  BoW 103a; 427; 447; Rej 98   People of God in the Lord Jesus Christ. On many occasions in the Scriptures the actions of Jesus make perfect sense - but our text doesn't seem to fit into that category does it? The way Jesus acts in this passage seems to be so out of character, doesn't it? In fact this is the only occasion when Jesus acts with delayed compassion...