The Word of God is Sufficient

This sermon by Rev. Gilbert Jansen is about the parable of "The Rich Man & Lazarus", based on the following texts:

• Luke 16:19-31
• Psalm 26

The service was held on 16 March 1997.

The files are in mp3 format, shared as links from my Dropbox account.  The links below take you to a Dropbox page, where you get the option to play or download the file.

The second recording is of everything that was on the tape, which is basically everything after the sermon.  There was a lot of noise on this tape, which I was able to edit out for the sermon; however, the filter I used caused a lot of additional distortion to the singing.  Therefore, the section after the sermon is not edited.  There is still a lot of distortion because the tape record level was too high.

And... it was me that recorded it.  You can see a picture of the tape in this post.  That's my hand-writing for sure.  I was just starting my second year of university...

Links:

• The Sermon Only
• The Entire Recording

Isolation: The Suffering of Christ

This recording is from the church service held at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, North Rockhampton, on Palm Sunday, 23 March 1986.

The texts for this sermon are the parallel accounts of the betrayal, arrest, denial and trial of Jesus as recorded in:

• Luke 22:39-65
• John 18:1-28

This sermon describes the sufferings of Christ: focusing on his isolation throughout his life, culminating in his betrayal and farcical, illegal trial.

This recording includes the final hymn of the service, introduced in Dad's typical style.

In the cross of Christ I glory,
towering o'er the wrecks of time;
all the light of sacred story
gathers round its head sublime.

The file is in mp3 format, shared as a link to my Dropbox account.  The link below takes you to a Dropbox page, where you get the option to play or download the file.

Link:

• Sermon & Final Hymn

Let us Run the Race With Endurance

The first sermon of my father, Rev. Gilbert Jansen, that I digitised was very well received, so I've moved quickly to complete the second.  I can't promise to keep that rate up!

This church service was held on Sunday 30 August 1987.  As with the last one, the selection was fairly random.  The scripture readings were:

• Matthew 10:27-42
• Hebrews 12:1-11 (key sermon text)

I've titled this post "Let us Run the Race With Endurance", because blog posts really need titles.  But as far as a know, Dad never gave even one of his sermons a title.  I think he felt that was a bit modern. If anyone can remember his reasons, let me know!

You may notice that Dad refers to the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews as the Apostle Paul, without explanation.  I know that he had little doubt that this was the case, despite my best efforts to argue with him about it.  He probably explained his views on its authorship at the start of this series.

The files are in mp3 format, shared as links from my Dropbox account.  The links below take you to a Dropbox page, where you get the option to play or download the file.

The second recording is of the entire service: everything that was on the tape, including hymns, prayers and bible readings.

Links:

• The Sermon Only
• The Entire Service