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Archive for November, 2007

Do you know of home churches in…….

Posted by Bessie on November 28th, 2007

1.  Toongabbie, west of Sydney.
2.  Hamilton Island, Queensland. 
If so, please contact OIKOS via the web site.

Perth home church night at the movies……..

Posted by Bessie on November 27th, 2007

We have organised a final private screening of the delightful movie,
One Night with the King (The Story of Esther).
Get in fast because tickets will go quickly.
DATE                            THURSDAY 13th December
TIME                              6.30pm (movie starts 7.00 sharp)
CINEMA                        GREATER UNION CINEMAS, Leige Street, Innaloo
COST                            $15 in advance
       (fund raiser for Ian & Julie Westbrook in Cambodia)
PAYMENT                      VIA NET - […]

Newsletter this week!

Posted by Bessie on November 20th, 2007

This is the week for putting together the newsletter for OIKOS.  If you want news of your home church or an event advertised, then contact me pronto!

Neither John nor Kevin is Lord

Posted by Bessie on November 20th, 2007

From the Anabaptist mail out this week - www.anabaptist.asn.au
“This never-ending election campaign reminds me of another never-ending story — of the age-old disappointment in political machinery captured by the phrase ‘Caesar is not lord’. That’s what the early Christian church meant when they struck upon the now familiar affirmation ‘Jesus is Lord’. It wasn’t pious […]

The Inspiration of a Subversive called Crosbie

Posted by Bessie on November 19th, 2007

The sixth in the series by Paul Wallis, Chaplain General of Jesus Generation, and lecturer in Church History and Hermeneutics at Unity College, A.C.T.
Some years ago I was offered a very nice job. It hasn’t happened to me often so I remember it quite distinctly. There were particular elements of the job package that made […]

Western Christian Culture!

Posted by Bessie on November 17th, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuabITeO4l8 
This is a Shockingly Powerful & Biblical message preached to about 5,000 youth in a day when youth are appealed to through shallow and worldly means.
At one point in this sermon the 5,000 Youth are clapping and yelling BUT THEN the preacher makes a comment that CHANGES THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE TO WHERE YOU COULD HAVE […]

What would the Kingdom of God look like?

Posted by Bessie on November 15th, 2007

Extracts from an Article by Ron McGatlin OpenHeaven.com Digest Nov’07
One wonderful man of God who began to hear the gospel of the kingdom in the 1980s, said he had trouble with the word “kingdom.” He asked God for another word to replace kingdom and heard the word, “government.” A kingdom is a government ruled by […]

The Life-Changing Call of an Evangelist called Gerry

Posted by Bessie on November 13th, 2007

This is the fifth in the series of articles about saints through the ages written by Paul Wallis.  Paul is Chaplain General of Jesus Generation (home churches) and lectures in Church History and Hermeneutics at Unity College, A.C.T.
With his dying breaths Gerry heard his executioner read out a religious statement condemning him to hell. In his […]

OIKOS Tasmanian Trip

Posted by Bessie on November 12th, 2007

Tasmanian Trip October 2007.pdf  Click here for a short account and some photos from the recent OIKOS Tasmanian Trip.

Sydney Shift

Posted by Bessie on November 9th, 2007

From David Newby…… 
The Shift will be held again on 23rd February, 2008 at the same venue in the House of Prayer, Kissing Point Rd. Turramurra. Starting time 9.30am.
 
There is a strong sense that the Lord wants to do something strategic through our gatherings in 2008, and so the Shift will be held monthly throughout next […]