Monthly Archives: September 2019

Sermon: A terrifyingly simple parable

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Avril Hannah-Jones

It also takes the church out of the safe realm of biblical interpretation and theology into the scary realm of economics and politics. We could quite easily be told that questions of taxation and social security are none of our business. But we are in the Year of Luke and Luke, as I’ve already said, had no qualms about bringing socioeconomics into religion. Maybe we can too. Continue reading →

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Sermon: A complete puzzle of a parable

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Avril Hannah-Jones

I have been chewing on this parable, as Jesus’ first hearers would have chewed it over on their way home that evening, wondering what the Lord meant by this story. Continue reading →

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Sermon: God must be crazy!

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Avril Hannah-Jones

The problem is that Jesus is willing to eat with tax-collectors and sinners, to relate to them as people, to see them as beloved human beings, before they demonstrate any repentance at all. Continue reading →

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Reflection: Carrying the Cross

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Avril Hannah-Jones

What we are seeing with the federal Religious Discrimination Bill is a last, desperate, attempt by Australian churches to hold on to the privilege and possessions that Australian Christians used to be able to take for granted: respect from the community, and a place at the tables of politicians. Continue reading →

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Sermon: Slavery and Biblical Literalism

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Avril Hannah-Jones

If Christians were satisfied with simply ‘believing in the Bible’ we might still be approving slavery. Continue reading →

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