"Emptying the Cross of it's Power" by F C Hunting

I have posted a podcast with the above title on my blog of Life Changing Sermons.
See link below.
http://geoffthompsonstapelibrary.blogspot.com.au/

The Holy Spirit by Frank Hunting

This is a sermon by Frank Hunting who was a long serving Churches of Christ Minister in Australia.
I had the privilege of him being one of my 2 pastors for a period of 5 years in my formative Christian years.
For many years after that, and also since he died some years ago, he has been a a source of inspiration to my wife and I  and many others.
This sermon teaches us that The Holy Spirit is always with us as Christians and what that can and should mean to us. You will find much more of his teaching on this blog.
 This sermon was given at the Church of Christ at Grote Street Adelaide in 1980.
The symbol chosen for this podcast, of the light, is because when I was in a time of sickness and staring at this ceiling, the vision of a cross and  light reminded me of the Holy Spirit's constant presence.
Press the arrow to hear the podcast.
There is also a link below to a written  Bible Study on the Holy Spirit by Frank also found on this blog.

http://geoffthompsonsblog.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/holy-spirit-by-frank-hunting.html

"Hearing God's Word" by Frank Hunting

The Bible says "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God".How do we,Christians and others, ever get to hear God's word when we put so many barriers in the way?
A challenging study by Frank Hunting.You will find out more about Frank Hunting on this blog at the link below.
This message was recorded at The Church of Christ Grote St. Adelaide in the 1970's.
There are two Bible readings by members of the congregation before the sermon.
You may benefit by looking up the Bible readings in a more modern version of the Bible.
I have included such a translation below.
Click on the arrow to hear the taped message.

http://geoffthompsonsblog.blogspot.com.au/2009/08/about-fank-hunting.html 

1st reading John 5:30-40   New Living Translation

³⁰ I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will.

Witnesses to Jesus

³¹ “If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid. ³² But someone else is also testifying about me, and I assure you that everything he says about me is true. ³³ In fact, you sent investigators to listen to John the Baptist, and his testimony about me was true. ³⁴ Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved. ³⁵ John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message. ³⁶ But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me. ³⁷ And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face, ³⁸ and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me—the one he sent to you.

³⁹ “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! ⁴⁰ Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.

2nd reading New Living Translation

Jesus, the Light of the World  John 8:12-19

¹² Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

¹³ The Pharisees replied, “You are making those claims about yourself! Such testimony is not valid.”
¹⁴ Jesus told them, “These claims are valid even though I make them about myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don’t know this about me. ¹⁵ You judge me by human standards, but I do not judge anyone. ¹⁶ And if I did, my judgment would be correct in every respect because I am not alone. The Father^[a] who sent me is with me. ¹⁷ Your own law says that if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact.^{[b] 18} I am one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other.”
¹⁹ “Where is your father?” they asked.
Jesus answered, “Since you don’t know who I am, you don’t know who my Father is. If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”

Resurrection Power by Frank Hunting

This sermon was given in the 1970's at the Church of Christ Grote St, Adelaide.
A Bible reading preceeds Frank's sermon.
The Bible teaches that the same power that raised Christ from the dead can and does dwell in the Christian.
Sadly we don't very often  live as if this was true.
Listen to Frank explain what this is all about.
There will be a phone ringing on the tape near the end.Don't try to answer it. Just ignore it. Someone else picked it up. Sorry.

Please note there is now an audible version of Frank's sermon on The Cross of Christ.
See below link.
http://geoffthompsonsblog.blogspot.com.au/2009/09/the-cross-of-christ.html

"Love" by Frank Hunting a taped address

This is one of the many Frank Hunting tapes I have in my collection that were largely sermons preached in the Church of Christ at Grote Street Adelaide in the mid 1970's. The messages, as is the Bible, are timeless.An important message on love, in particular Calvary Love for all. See my post "About Frank Hunting" for more info on Frank.There will be more forthcoming as I master the intricacies of putting audio on my blog. This is also found on my you tube channel pembridgehouse.

When your Dad is your Hero

While doing a recent "then and now" project with the ABC Open programme in the Riverland of South Australia it reminded me of a "then and now" photoshoot I did with one of my mates and his dad just a few years ago.
Sometimes you get asked to do things as a photographer where you feel very privileged and this was one of those occasions.
My mate's name is Greg Stanford( we played cricket together) and his dad was Ross"Roscoe" Stanford who was a distinguished South Australian cricketer but also a member  of the original "Dam Busters" Squadron in the second world war.

Ross played with West Torrens Cricket Club and also played briefly for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield competition in Australian Cricket.
As his dad was getting older, Greg asked me if I could come around and do some photos of him and his dad and memoriblia from his days in the airforce and in particular when he played cricket representing Australia in the famous "Victory Test Matches" immediately on the finish of the war.
These were never recognised as official test matches but did much to help restore morale, particularly in England, immediately following the war.
There were some notable Australian cricketers in the team, namely Keith Miller and Lindsay Hassett.           .
They were very successful winning half of their "test" matches and according to Keith Miller in his book "Cricket Crossfire", the English public seemed to think they were the actual Australian test team.
Ross has passed on 6 years ago and a large funeral service was held at the Adelaide Oval honouring Ross and his life.
Greg gave a very passionate eulogy about his dad and he was not backward in saying his dad was his hero.
Greg did an amazing job looking after his dad as a personal carer in the last difficult years when his dad was very unwell.
So I have sought Greg"s permission to share some of the photos we took that day.

Ross put on his uniform as Greg thought it would be good to recreate a photo of him in his uniform in his war years.

We have also recorded a video interview of Greg reflecting on his Dad and his Mum.The video is at the foot of this post.

My dad was a hero to me too.

We are indeed fortunate if we can say this.

Thank God for your parents every day regardless of whether they were your hero or not.

If there is any bitterness towards your parents let it go.

Here is the wikipedia link for the Dambusters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dam_Busters

Roscoe and commemmorative bat of the victory tests

commemmorative bat of the victory tests

Ross stands at first slip while Greg faces up.Geoff Thompson is at the other end.

Below is the final version of our interview.

The Quiet Time-Tape by Frank Hunting

This is a movie slideshow made from Keynote on a Mac just so the Audio can be heard. I have deliberately not made the video of a high quality to keep the file small.There is no vision of this talk just the Audio.I have created several photography courses using keynote and should this method work I may make them available on my blog. Also there may be more Christian teaching tapes added in this way.I have many titles by Frank Hunting on key Christian topics.If you search this blog's index you will find many of his written teaching  studies. I only managed to get 9 mins of this, this time but our "best men are working on it"(This means I need to do a bit more research).I hope what you have heard will have whetted your appetite.There is lot's more on this vital topic to come and there are notes that compliment the tapes.