St Marks Talks!

Series of talks from the teaching program of St Marks Chapel are linked at left.
The most recent series are indicated new talk .
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Important News and Updates

13 September 2009

The final talk in the series "Knowing and Living the Truth" has now been added. Click on the link for Knowing and Living the Truth: 1 John at left. Sermon outlines are available to accompany most of the talks.

31 August 2009

The "Apologetics" series is being repeated in Sat@6 and AMChurch times during August and September. Updated talks will be added to this web site as they become available, along with the usual Bible references and sermon outlines, plus PowerPoint^TM slides where available. Click on the link for Apologetics: What about ...? at left and look for talks with the "new talk" icon to the left of the talk title.

17 August 2009

Want to discover some "secret" men's business? What really does go on at St Marks Men's Breakfasts? At last, the Men's Brekkie Talks are revealed. Select the link at left for Men's Brekkie Talks. Further talks in this series may be added from time to time.

07 August 2009

A new series of talks has commenced in UNEChurch: "Knowing and Living the Truth", based on John's first letter to the churches. Click on the link at left for Knowing and Living the Truth: 1 John. Further talks in this series will be added during August and September 2009.

06 August 2009

The first four talks in the UNEChurch series, "A Good Church: an Open Letter to a Minister", based on Paul's first letter to Timothy, are now available. The final two talks in this series will become available during September 2009. Click on the link for A Good Church: 1 Timothy at left.

05 August 2009

Four more talks in the series "The War between Good and Evil", on the Gospel of Matthew, have been added. These talks are in the section entitled "The Training"; after the counter-attack of the religious authorities, Jesus retreats into Gentile territory to train his disciples for the events that are to come. This series will be completed during the October school holidays. Click on the link for The War between Good and Evil: Matthew at left.

The UNEChurch series, "Apologetics", defining and explaining the Christian faith, is now complete. All the sermon outlines, a slide show for the introductory talk and a reading list for the "Legends" talk have also been added. Click on the link for Apologetics: But what about ...? at left. This series will be repeated in AMChurch during August and September 2009.

05 July 2009

The final talks in the series "Doing Faith", practical advice about living the Christian life based on the letter of James, have been uploaded. Click on the link for Doing Faith: James at left. Sermon outlines are available to accompany some of the talks, and there is a set of study notes, suitable for personal or group study, covering the whole of James.

27 May 2009

Sorry, but ... apologetics isn't about saying sorry; it's a branch of theology dealing with defending and explaining the Christian faith. The first talks in our new UNEchurch series Apologetics: But what about ...? are now available. Click on the link for Apologetics: But what about ...? at left, and don't miss this fascinating series that will help you to explain Christianity to your family, friends and colleagues.

18 May 2009

Three talks by Bishop Doctor Edward Muhima of North Kigezi Diocese, Uganda, given at St Marks Chapel over the weekend of 16-17 May 2009, have been uploaded. These talks are based around the theme of life-changing encounters with Jesus, with illustrations of Zacchaeus, the Samaritan woman at the well, and Saul of Tarsus. Click on the link for "Muhima in May" at left. Further talks by Bishop Muhima will be uploaded during May.

The first two talks in the new series "Doing Faith", practical advice about living the Christian life based on the Epistle of James, have been uploaded. Click on the link for Doing Faith: James at left. Visit again during May, June and July for further talks in this series.

26 April 2009

The final talk in the recent series "The War between Good and Evil: Counter-attack", based on the Gospel of Matthew, Chapters 11 to 13, has been uploaded. Click on the link for The War between Good and Evil at left, and scroll down to the Counter-attack talks. Visit again during this year for further series of talks on the War between Good and Evil.

11 April 2009

More new features are being added to the St Marks Talks web site. Study notes to accompany a series of talks, and sermon outlines for individual talks, will be added to the page for the series, where these are available.
All new series of talks will be displayed in tabular form, to better manage the new features and the increased amount of information now published. Older series will be revised, and the new features added, as time permits.
The series "Know I am the LORD!", on the challenging book of Ezekiel is now complete. Click on the link for Know I am the Lord at left for an example of the new and changed features described above.
A new Series on the Epistle of James will begin in May 2009.

Older News Items

15 February 2009

A new series of talks, "Know I am the LORD!", on the challenging book of Ezekiel is being uploaded during February to April 2009. Click on the link for Know I am the Lord at left. Visit again over the next few weeks for more talks in this series.

29 January 2009

An expansive new series of talks, "The Battle between Good and Evil", will be added to St Marks Talks during 2009. These talks, based on the Gospel of Matthew, will be arranged into a number of sections to highlight stages in the advance of God's Kingdom into our world: the Invasion; the Counter-attack; the Training; the Final Battle. These sections will be part of the teaching program at either Sat@6 and AMchurch, or UNEchurch, so you may need to download some talks to hear the whole series, depending on which service(s) you attend. Click on the link for The War between Good and Evil at left to access this series, and visit often during the year for all the talks in this series as they progressively become available.

17 January 2009

A new feature has been added to this site: from now on, each new talk will have a link to the BibleGateway site, to display the text for the talk in a new window. This way, if you are listening to a talk on a computer connected to the Internet, you can have the text in front of you. St Marks Chapel uses the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible, so this version will be displayed. Links to the text for older talks will be added as time permits.

22 December 2008

A recent talk on the Trinity, based on John 1: 1-5, has been uploaded. This talk complements our other series on the Gospel of John: "Signs of the Times", covering John 2 - 11, and "Lasting Last Words", covering John 13 - 21. Click on the link for "The Practical Doctrine of the Trinity", "Signs of the Times" and "Lasting Last Words" at left. Visit again next year for further series of talks.

7 December 2008

Final talks in the recent series "Signs of the Times", based on the Gospel of John, Chapters 2 to 11, have been uploaded. Click on the link for "Signs of the Times" at left. Visit again next year for further series of talks.

16 November 2008

Further talks have been uploaded in the following series:
"Under the Sun", based on Ecclesiastes (Current UNEChurch series);
"Signs of the Times", based on John 2 to 11 (current AM Church series); and
"Turn, Serve, Wait", based on 1 and 2 Thessalonians.
Visit again during November and December for further talks in these series.

31 October 2008

Talks in the current UNEChurch series "Under the Sun", based on Ecclesiastes, have been uploaded. Click on the link for "Under the Sun" at left. Note that not all talks in this series have yet been recorded. Visit again for further titles over the next few weeks.

Find a talk on a particular part of the Bible. Click on the link for "Talks in Order of Bible Reference" at left bottom. Note that not all parts of the Bible have been covered.

16 October 2008

Talks in the series "Turn, Serve, Wait", based on 1 and 2 Thessalonians, have been uploaded. Click on the link for "Turn, Serve, Wait" at left. Note that not all talks in this series have yet been recorded. Visit again for further titles over the next few weeks.

30 September 2008

The Greta Gaut talks from the Anglican Women's Conference, Moree 2008, have been uploaded. Click on the link for "The Meaning of Life" at left.

How to access resources

Recently uploaded talks feature links to the relevant Bible text (ESV) at the Bible Gateway web site (used with permission), along with sermon outlines and slides where these are available. Study notes for personal or group use are available for some series of talks. These features will be added to earlier series where they are available and as time permits.

To listen to a talk online, click the talk title. To play a talk online, you will need an mp3 player program installed on your computer, such as iTunes, RealPlayer or Windows Media Player. Depending on the browser you are using, and the default mp3 player on your computer, the talk may begin playing automatically while it is still downloading (for example, Mozilla Firefox with iTunes/QuickTime), or it may require you to select the option to open the file, and then it may download fully before beginning to play (for example, Microsoft Internet Explorer with RealPlayer or Windows Media Player). The latter may take several minutes before playing, depending on the speed of your Internet connection.

To open a Bible reference, click the link; it will open in a new window. You can use the navigation buttons above the text to view the whole chapter, or to go to the previous or the next chapter.

To open the sermon outline for a talk, or the study notes for a series (where these are available), click the link, then select the option to open the file. These files are in either Microsoft Word 97-2003 Document format (.doc), or Portable Document File format (.pdf). To read these files you will need to have Microsoft Word or a Word Reader, or a PDF reader such as Adobe Reader, installed on your computer.

To open the slide show for a talk (where one is available), click the link, then select the option to open the file. These files are in Microsoft PowerPoint format (.ppt). To read these files you will need to have Microsoft PowerPoint or a PowerPoint Reader installed on your computer. Extra plug-ins may be required for some files; this will be advised when necessary.

To download one of these resources to your computer for later use, such as a talk as an mp3 file, or a sermon outline or slide show for a talk, or the study notes for a series, right click the link (PC) or hold control while clicking on the link (MAC), then select the option to save/download the file to your computer.

Talks are published as mp3 sound files, typically between 5 Mb and 10 Mb. If you have a dial-up Internet connection, these files could take 30 - 60 minutes to download. You may prefer to obtain the talks on CD-ROM, at very low cost, by contacting St Marks Office.

Most talks are exported at the 32 kilobit rate (older talks may vary) to provide quality speech reproduction at reasonable file size. Longer talks may be exported at the 24 or 16 bit rate to keep them under 10 Mb for fast downloading. If you require higher or lower fidelity for any talk, contact St Marks Office.

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