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Isaiah 7:9b: Stand Firm! (Sermon)

Recent: 

Isaiah 1-39: First Isaiah; Next The world (Sermon)

 Luke 2:21-39: Harold, Harold, and Jesus (Sermon)

 Luke 1:46-56: Christmas is Coming (Sermon)

Luke 1:68-79: The Waiting Game (Sermon)

Hebrews 8:13: Covenant. Milkshakes and Coming of Age. (JAC)

Luke 21:29-31: The First Sprig of Spring (Sermon)

John 15:13: Greater Love has no man... (Remembrance Day Address)

Jeremiah, Jeremiah, what do you see? (Children's Story)

 Numbers 6: Habeas Corpus and Covenant  (The Officer Magazine)


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Sermons on-line 

 Sermons off the wall


 Gospels:  

Matthew 1:18-25

Matthew 11:1-11

Matthew 21:33-46 


Mark 3:20-35 

Mark 4:35-41 

Mark 7:1-23 

Mark 8:31-33

Mark 10:46-52

Mark 13:32-37 

Mark 16:1-8 


Luke 1:26-37

Luke 1:46-56

Luke 1:68-79

Luke 2:21-39

Luke 4 

Luke 8:1-18 

Luke 16:1-13

Luke 21:29-31

Luke 23 


John 3:16-21

John 6:22-40

John 7:1-5

John 10:1-6

John 11: 17-27

John 15:1-17

John 15:9-17

John 15:13 

John 20:1-9

John 21:15-23


Pentateuch:

Genesis 1  

Genesis 11:1 -12:4

Genesis 15:7-21

Leviticus 5:14-17


Numbers 3:4

Numbers 6:1-21

Numbers 15:17-31

Numbers 22-24


 

 

New Testament: 

Acts 2 

Acts 10-11 

Acts 15:1-19 

Acts 23: 1-11 


Romans 1:16

Romans 1:18-23 

Romans 3:22b, 23 

Romans 5:3,4 

Romans 5:8

Romans 9:30-10:4 

Romans 13:11-14 


1 Corinthians 7:20-24 

1 Corinthians 15:1-34


2 Corinthians 5: 6-10 

2 Corinthians 9:12-15 

2 Corinthians 13:5-7 


Galatians 3:19-25 

Philippians 1 


1 Thessalonians 5:12-18

1 Thessalonians 5:16-22 


Hebrews: Introduction

Hebrews 4:1-13

Hebrews 8:8-13

Hebrews 10:39

Hebrews 11:1&2


James 1:2-8


Revelation 3:20 


Old Testament: 

Joshua 9 

Judges 2:1-5 

Judges 11:29-40 

Judges 16:23-31 


1 Samuel 4:1b-7:1 

1 Samuel 17:46-47 

1 Samuel 31:2-4 


2 Samuel 1:21-28  

2 Samuel 1-5 

2 Samuel 13-18 

2 Samuel 21 


1 Kings 2:1-4 

2 Kings 1:6

2 Kings 5:1-7


Psalm 72 

Proverbs 1:7, 9:10


Isaiah 1-39

Isaiah 7:9b

Amos 3:2 

Covenant 

 

 

 

 Cadet Crab (story book)

  New Testament 

  Old Testament   

 Reviews    

 Word Studies    

 History, Theology, Philosophy, etc.    

 Hope in the City (Video produced by Bram Ryan) 


  New Testament:

 1. Paul and the Human Condition (Romans 1:18 - 2:1-16)

 2. Paul and the Law (Romans 2:12-19)

 3. Paul, the Gospel and Salvation (Romans 1:16-17)

 4. Parabolic and Metaphoric Usage in the Parable of the Wicked Tenants 

 5. Parabolic and Metaphoric Usage in the Parable of the Sower

 6. The Ethics of Jesus as Reflected in the Lukan Parables

 7. Acts 2: an Interpretation

 8. Acts 10:1-16: an Interpretation

 9. Good News to the Poor: Comparing a Christian Worldview as expressed in Luke’s Gospel to Marx.


 Old Testament:

 1. Leviticus 25:1-23: the Land Shall Observe a Sabbath

 2. Amos 3:1-2: ...therefore I will punish you...


  Reviews:

 1. Review of  The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann.

 2. Reading Analysis of Holding Your Own Against God! Genesis 32:22-32 (In the Context of Genesis 31-33)” by Fredrick C. Holmgren.

 3. Reading Analysis of Genesis 2-3: the Theme and Intimacy and Alienation by Alan Jon Harper. 

 4. Reading Analysis of “The Place of the Decalogue in the Old Testament and Its Law” by Patrick D. Miller Jr.

 5. Analysis of "The Almost Christian" by John Wesley 

 6. Analysis of "The Use of Money" by John Wesley 

 7. Analysis of Darwin, Charles, "Recapitulation and Conclusion" [The Origin of the Species, Akron, Ohio: Werner, 1872), ch. 15, pp. 267-306]. 

 


 Word Studies:

 1. berit[h] (Covenant)

 2. makrothymia (Patience or Forbearing)

 3. The tetragrammaton

 4. brk (Blessing / to Bless)

 


 History, Theology, etc.:

 1. The Salvation Army in Winnipeg

 2. War has been Declared: the Invasion of Winnipeg (Sheepspeak)

 3.The Invasion of Winnipeg (JAC - External Link)

 4. Zwingli, Huldreich (Ulrich) - 1484–1531: ‘The Third Reformer’ and the root of the purely symbolic sacramental position in the reformation.

 5. John Wesley's Means of Grace Compared with Ulrich Zwingli's as Seen Through a Salvationist Lens.

 6. Good News to the Poor: Comparing a Christian Worldview as expressed in Luke’s Gospel to Marx.

 7. Darwin, Charles, "Recapitulation and Conclusion" [The Origin of the Species, Akron, Ohio: Werner, 1872), ch. 15, pp. 267-306]. A Review by Captain Michael Ramsay.

 8. Grace and Works: a Look at Doctrines 5-10 of The Salvation Army

 

Friends Don't let Friends Go to Hell.

Old Testament Salvationists 

Be Bold for the Gospel

Jephthah’s Parachute

 Vote for Jesus! 

Rights and Responsibilities of Covenant

Covenant, Milkshakes, and Coming of Age 

Covenant: When God is Bound.

 Covenant / berit[h]                

 Year of the Child      

War has been Declared...

JAC on covenant (PDF document)


     The Officer Magazine     

 Covenant: Three Legged Race 

 Covenant: The Example of Samson 

 Numbers 6: Habeas Corpus and Covenant 


           Multi-Media           

Jeremiah (story book)

Cadet Crab (story book)

Comics                          

Hope in the City (Video) 

Storm the Forts of Darkness (Video)

Carlye Morris, WC (Video)


Comics                     

Read the Bible in a year

On the Job Experience


Mammon         

SISYPHUS     

COO-COO   


Articles when Ramsay was the publisher

The Galileo under Ramsay's leadership

 Ramsay on International Education: 

   What if?

   Christmas in Victoria

   Notes about the Season

   Safety First

   Thoughts and Prayers

   Migrants: what's an appropriate response?

   Historic Visit

   Kosovo: International Events and International Students

   An Interview or Two

   Spend a day on the Peninsula

   History of Afternoon Tea

   Who are we, anyway?

   Advice for the Newly arrived International Student

   Victoria and Vancouver Island

   A New Era of Even Greater Cooperation

   BC Transit Welcomes International Students

  In the News: how does it effect us?

   International Education

   Launch of Waves Magazine

   Hi-fun-aided Canadian Culture

   Safety First, Please

Who is visiting us anyway?

 

 

Remembrance Day Address (John 15:13)

Remembrance Day Review

Good Friday Message (Luke 23)

Rotary Address (Hurricane Ike)

Is Jesus God?

What is real love? 

A Theology of Food Bank

What is an Angel? 

How much of my income belongs to God?

Do Miracles Still Happen? 

Will there ever be peace on earth?

What is my responsibility to the environment?

Why do I turn to substances for help?

As Christians Do We Have a Responsibility to Take Care of the Poor?

Nipawin Explosion: Miracles in the Midst of Tragedy.

Spring = New Life. How can I experience a new life?

Is Christmas just a tradition?

Why Should I Read the Bible?

Not an Atheistic Society

Is War Ever Just?

Texan Wasteland (by Tyler Clarke)


Sanctity of the Sanctuary

Gay Pride Parades


Jeremiah (story book)

 blog             

covenant blogs

covenant sermons

2 Kings 5: No Fear 

 We are Sheep 

 We are Sheepdogs 

Covenant: Three Legged Race

 Covenant: The Example of Samson 

 Numbers 6: Covenant, Habeas Corpus, and Nazirites 


 

 

 

 

Captain Michael Ramsay The Salvation Army