Sermons About Compassion
Cleaning House
Sermon on John 2:13-22 delivered by Dr. John Oakes, Sunday, March 15, at Holy Trinity, Vancouver.
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Building a Church with Compassion
As a church, we should be more about compassion and less about condemnation.
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Do Not Fear, For God Has Willed...
Fear is like poison to faith. It weakens and eventually kills it. So how, in the face of the pressures of life, economic insecurity, and the potential of unfair treatment by those around, can we find the fortitude to remain faithful rather than fearful? What is the antidote if you will, to the poison of fear? Jesus' words to the church in Sardis give us three ingredients in the antidote for fear: Christ’s providence, Christ’s promises, and Christ’s person.
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Healing in Action
Sermon on 2 Kings 5:1-16 by Dr. John Oakes, delivered February 15, 2009 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Vancouver.
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The Angry Side of Jesus
In this final message in the Seeing Jesus series, Pastor JR Vassar discusses the angry side of Jesus. What makes Jesus angry? What causes him indignation and how are we to share in that anger? What does it mean for the Church to be disturbed by the things Jesus is disturbed by?
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Mercy : Compassion + Action
25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?†26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?†27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.†28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.†29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?†30 Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?†37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.†And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.â€
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