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Kingdom Thoughts

Seccombe’s Newsletter

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Island View Cottage. 4 Ocean View Rise Nilgen (P.O. Box 392 Lancelin 6044) Western Australia. 23 January 2026 Dear Friends, Lorraine and I returned home from Perth last night after a long weekend of church, friends, and a challenging CMS…

Did Jesus Really Do Miracles?

Luke 7.7–17 Acts 2.22–36 A sermon preached at St James Kununurra 4th January 2026 It is the first Sunday of the new year; by any reckoning 2025 has been a year of growing anxiety. A religiously motivated massacre on one of…

The Meaning of Christmas

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John 1.1–18; Isaih 9.1–7 The 2025 Christmas Day sermon preached at St James Kununurra I want to speak this morning about the Lord Jesus coming into the world some two thousand and thirty years ago. But before I get to…

Is Christmas Real?

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Matthew 24.1–31; Daniel 9.20–27 St James Kununurra 21st December 2025 I was twenty when Simon and Garfunkle released their album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Many of its songs were haunted by the meaninglessness of life. Embracing meaninglessness was the alternative to…

Evangelism – the Australian Way

Opening Address of a conference held at Monash University in 1990 What is the gospel? The Archbishop of Canterbury has called us to a “Decade of Evangelism”. In WA our Archbishop has taken up the challenge with enthusiasm, and called…