Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets …
Nathan Nettleton, a Baptist minister in Melbourne provides alternative translations of the lectionary texts that are designed to connect with the modern Australian. Here is what he provides for Luke 8:26-39…
Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
Now the apostles and the believers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also accepted the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him, saying, “Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?”… If then God gave them …
What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father’s hand. …
After this he said to him, “Follow me.”
When they had brought them, they had them stand before the council. The high priest questioned them, saying, “We gave you strict …
They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do …
As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise …
If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more:circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the …
This church in Balhannah has lived for 160 years this year, beginning with the building of the Methodist church at Bonney Flat …
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a …
