Tag: theology
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wonderful news now
Luke 6:20-26; Matthew 5:1-12 Blessed are the poor! Blessed are those who mourn! Blessed are you when people slander you! Blessed, blessed, blessed! We hear this passage, and it’s twin in Matthew, all the time. But it’s not an easy one. We don’t use the word blessed very often, which doesn’t help, but when some…
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dog’s dinner
Biblical Text: Matthew 15:21-28 If I had a list of passages, that on face value, you could leave out of scripture, then this would be on it. A woman in distress comes to beg Jesus for her daughter’s healing. His response is not just discouraging, it sounds offensive. This does not seem like the Jesus…
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solus Christus
(Sermon originally preached on 14th July at St. Mary’s in Kidlingon) Biblical Text: Ephesians 1:3-14 May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts, be acceptable to you, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. Church is an odd thing isn’t it? All of us could be somewhere else this morning.…
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defining dominion
(This was originally a sermon preached for our Ecochurch Service, on 28th July, 2024. I have edited the introduction, but the body of the text is largely identical. If you would like to watch the sermon, you can find it here.) Biblical texts: Genesis 1:26-2:4, Ephesians 3:14-21, John 6:16-21. For many of us, an important…