History’s Highest Hope: Sermon for Advent 1
A sermon for Advent Sunday. Preached one week early at St Matthews Shenton Park: History's Highest Hope - Isaiah 40.1-11.
David Seccombe
David Seccombe is Roving Ambassador of George Whitefield College, Cape Town, South Africa and Extraordinary Professor of New Testament of North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. He lives in Perth, Western Australia with his wife, Lorraine. He is an ordained Anglican minister trained at Moore Theological College, with PhD from Cambridge University. He was Rector of St Matthew's Anglican Church, Shenton Park from 1979-92 and Principal of George Whitefield College 1993 - 2012.
Bishop Gwynne College, South Sudan
BGC is an old college. I gave a lecture there in 1978 when it was located in Mundri. They were rebuilding after an aerial bombardment.
Fire of God
In Juba, South Sudan, my colleague Paul and I were getting sick of being cooped up in our “safe house”. We began to dream of climbing the small mountain we could see a few kilometres away to the south. Anticipating…
Return to South Sudan
My excitement level rose as the aircraft made its descent to Juba and the details of green wooded hills and bushland came into clearer view. I thought of the last time I had seen this, flying out 37 years ago,…
Maputo
On to the capital, this time with Linhas Aereas de Mocambique, and to the latest church plant. We ate in the courtyard of Inocencio and Alexandra’s very basic rented accommodation with an enthusiastic group of students. By the light of…