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Entries from January 2008

Term 1, 2008: Get Ready!

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The web development team has been hard at work and we want you to know that all the resources for 2008 are up and available for download.
For those wanting a description of the up and coming 1 Corinthians series “Perfectly United”, then be sure to check out the current bible series page. In addition; once [...]

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Tags: 2008 · Update · leaders · new · news · resources · series · site · term 1

SCPC Podcast, Holiday Series 2007-2008, January 27: It Is Finished John 19:28-37

January 27th, 2008 · No Comments

In this bible talk from John’s gospel by Akos Balogh, we learn about the end of religion. Where religion says “do”, the gospel of Christ says “done”. That’s the meaning of Jesus’ declaration on the cross “it is finished”.

Key Verse
Jesus said, “it is finished”. With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
John [...]

 
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Tags: Jesus · John · anger · death · gospel · podcast · religion · saviour

God, nature and Jesus

January 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Recently I’ve watched a few episodes of the BBC doco “Planet Earth”, and I’ve got to tell you, it’s the most stunning nature show I’ve ever seen! I especially loved the never before filmed snow leopard hunting it’s prey, and the bizarre dancing birds of paradise. It really makes you sit back [...]

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Tags: God · Jesus · birds · creation · earth · leopards · nature · planet · salvation · snow · wow

SCPC Podcast, Holiday Series 2007-2008, January 20: Talk About Love! John 13

January 20th, 2008 · No Comments

In this bible talk from John’s gospel by Akos Balogh, we learn about love. Not only did Jesus show us servant love by dying for us, he invites us to love each other with the same sort of love.

Key Verse
Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent [...]

 
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Tags: Jesus · John · dream · dying · gospel · love · podcast · serving

SCPC Podcast, Holiday Series 2007-2008, January 13: What if God was one of us, John 1:1-18

January 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In this bible talk from the book of John’s gospel by Akos Balogh, we learn about what God has done for us in Jesus. God came to earth so that we might know him and live.

Key Verse
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of [...]

 
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Tags: God · Jesus · John · earth · flesh · gospel · know · live · podcast

Meet the Baloghs

January 12th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s our real privilege to have Akos and Sarah Balogh and their daughter Lucinda with us at SCPC in the holiday period. Akos has just completed second year of theological studies at Moore College in Sydney and is enjoying a mix of a North Coast holiday and preaching training. In the coming year, the Baloghs [...]

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Tags: Akos Balogh · January · Jesus · John · Moore College · gospel · jude · transformation

University Accommodation

January 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

For a few years now Southern Cross Presbyterian Church has overseen the running of a number of share houses for uni students who’ve been attending our church. The houses not only provided much needed accommodation for students leaving home for the first time, but provided a Christian environment where Chrsitian students could encourage and support [...]

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Tags: Southern Cross University · accommodation · assistance · help · house · housing · manage · moving · student · study · uni

Connect. Promo Video

January 9th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Something I’ve been working on in recent months are a few videos based on the church mission statement. They aim to be a brief introduction to our church, what we believe and what we do. This is the first of the series. There are a few improvements to be made but we hope that this [...]

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Tags: Jesus · church · connect · culture · gospel · pineapples · video

Featured Items Additions

January 7th, 2008 · No Comments

We have a great featured items page on the website that you might not have come across yet, which has had the addition of a new feature and as of yesterday has a new item added from Peter Yock, Hannah & Laura Kinton .
The feature that we added to this page is that now you [...]

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Tags: .mp3 · buffering · download · feature · featured items · flash · new · news · page · perform · peter yock · player · song

SCPC Podcast, Holiday Series 2007-2008, January 6: Contending for the Faith, Jude

January 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments

In this bible talk from the book of Jude by Akos Balogh, we learn about contending for the faith. We are challenged to be Christians who contend for the true gospel of Jesus in the face of false teaching.

Key Verse

Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we [...]

 
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Tags: bible talk · contend · faith · false teaching · gospel · jude · podcast