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Jaco Bester
Contributing sermons since Apr 2, 2009
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A Three-Fold Response To Christmas
Contributed on Feb 13, 2013
A reflection on Christmas
THE THREE-FOLD RESPONSE TO CHRISTMAS LUKE 2:1-20 Introduction: When Pope Julius I, in the year 353, authorized December 25th to be celebrated as the birthday of Jesus; who would have ever thought that it would become what it is today. When Professor Charles Follen, in 1832, lit candles on the ...read more
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God's Way In The Wilderness
Contributed on Feb 13, 2013
A reflection on the fact that God often meets us in the most difficult places...
MEETING GOD IN THE WILDERNESS... ISAIAH 40:1-11 Introduction: Someone once said that it is “only when we are brought to the end of ourselves (in other words our own strength and ability) that we are in a position to see more of God than we have seen.” How true is it that it is often ...read more
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Christ Our King!
Contributed on Feb 13, 2013
A reflection on the Kingship of Christ and what this means for our lives in a contemporary world.
CHRIST OUR KING! MATTHEW 25:31-46 Introduction: Today is a wonderful day in the Liturgical Calendar of the Church, an opportunity for a very deliberate focus on Christ and the fact that he is our King. Unfortunately it is also one of those Sundays that most modern churches have neglected, ...read more
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Waiting For God
Contributed on Feb 13, 2013
A reflection on what it means to wait for God and what is of value to us in the process of waiting...
WAITING FOR THE LORD... MATTHEW 25:1-13 Introduction: Weddings are like breeding grounds for embarrassing moments, aren’t they? Of course they’re incredibly precious moments and wonderful celebrations of love and all things beautiful, but how many weddings have you been to where ...read more
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The Hunger
Contributed on Feb 13, 2013
A reflection on desiring the right things and how God meets our desires
THE HUNGER THAT WILL BE SATISFIED... MATTHEW 5:1-10 Introduction: There are very few memories of my childhood that are as vivid to me as those made in my grandmother’s kitchen – and I suspect that all of us who have had the privilege of spending time in our grandmothers’ ...read more
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Africaner' Was The Nickname Given To A Local ...
Contributed on Apr 2, 2009
‘Africaner’ was the nickname given to a local desperado of Namaqualand in the 1800’s. He was such a hardened character that the governor at Cape Town offered five hundred pounds as a reward to anyone that could deliver him, dead or alive. He and his men were the terror of that part of South Africa, ...read more