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  • Scott Berry

    Contributing sermons since Aug 13, 2009
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scott berry
colonel light gardens, SA 5086
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About scott
  • Education: B. Min (Tabor) Grad dip. Bible and ministry (Burleigh) B. Sc.(Adelaide) B. Appl. Sc. (OT) (Uni SA)
  • Experience: 10 years voluntary service as a youth leader before moving into a paid ministry capacity for the last 7 years.
  • Comment to those looking at my sermons: hope you enjoy it, preach it in your own style
  • Sermon or series that made a difference: Scott Hawkins preaching for creativity and Mark Wilkinsons for consistency.
  • One of my favorite illustrations: mostly come from the simpsons
  • Family: Married with 2 kids.
  • What my parents think of my sermons: engaging, amusing but too casual
  • What my spouse (really) thinks of my sermons: she’s pleasantly supportive
  • Best advice given to me about preaching: Be yourself
  • Books that have had an impact: Cost of discipleship - Bonhoffer The Jesus i never knew - Yancey Velvet elvis - Bell
  • Hobbies: music, movies, bodyboarding
  • If I could Preach one more time, I would say...: Persevere in the faith - Hebrews
  • Something funny that happened while preaching: Regular interjections from the congregation.
  • What I want on my tombstone: here lies a faithful man of God
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  • What Modern Music Teaches Us About God

    Contributed on Sep 13, 2023
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    So many secular songs point to some aspect of God's story

    Can you remember moments when you had the feeling that listening to music is truly an otherworldly experience? Whether it was a surreal live gig or the trance like and spiritual moments of dancing or that connection to the heart and soul when listening to a song with lyrics that relate to the ...read more

  • Busyness

    Contributed on Aug 27, 2020
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    Are you tired of being busy? Do you think Jesus might have a better way for you to live?

    cultural lenses – individualism and consumerism – now busyness Becomes a badge of honour - boast disguised as a complaint. response is a kind of congratulation: “That’s a good problem to have,” or “Better than the opposite.” Do we want to live like this; it’s something we collectively force one ...read more

  • Have You Had Enough Of Being A Consumer?

    Contributed on Aug 27, 2020
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    We all have lenses we look through but when was the last time we stopped to look at our lenses?

    We all have lenses we look through – modern, western world is consumerism and individualism, it hasn’t always been this way. Consumerism is the underlying modern mindset So what is consumerism ? Consumerism is the equation of personal happiness with consumption and the purchase of material ...read more

  • Individualism

    Contributed on Aug 27, 2020
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    Have you ever thought about why you think the way you do? What are the cultural lenses that you are looking through? Let us think about the water we are swimming in.

    Rom 12: 9 – 21 Looking at our lenses: Individualism (Have you spotted consumeristic thinking in yourself this week?) Individualism is the social outlook that stresses independence and self-reliance. Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires, while opposing external ...read more

  • What Song Are You Singing?

    Contributed on Jul 21, 2011
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    A reflection with modern music on one of Davids most timeless psalms. Consider what is your pit, who is your rock and what song are you singing?

    To stay true to a psalm – you should hear it sung, so hear is a modern intepration – don’t try and understand everything, but get the gist – lots of rich imagery from psalms and beyond. The Mountain Goats - Psalms 40:2 Lyrics (the song can be found on itunes or ...read more

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  • The Definition Of Me

    Contributed on Jul 21, 2011
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    THE DEFINITION OF ME Quote from the movie 'Spanglish' - "I've been overwhelmed by your encouragement to apply to your university and your list of scholarships available to me. Though, as I hope this essay shows, your acceptance, while it would thrill me, will not define ...read more

  • Marriage And Discipleship: Love In Action

    Contributed on Aug 14, 2009
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    MARRIAGE AND DISCIPLESHIP: LOVE IN ACTION If a groom said ‘I wanna scrap that ‘forsake all others bit’, I’ll have a few affairs but it’ll be ok – I’ll come home to you most nights’ - its not acceptable. Marriage is not about emotion or what you get from the other – its a commitment, a ...read more

  • How Many Times Would You Forgive Your Dog?

    Contributed on Aug 13, 2009
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    HOW MANY TIMES WOULD YOU FORGIVE YOUR DOG? Think for a minute, how forgiving would you be as if your pet messed the carpet several times a day? I think eventually you’d give up on your pets and take them out into the wilderness and set them free, you know what I mean - dump them. God’s love ...read more