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Author Archives: Avril Hannah-Jones
Sermon: The unfashionable virtue of obedience
Of course we cannot be perfect, as our Father in heaven is perfect. But every time we try to be better, every time we could call another Christian, ‘You fool’, or objectify someone by looking at them with lust in our hearts, and yet we don’t – we come closer to being the people God created us to be. Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Eichmann, Matthew 5:21-37, Nazis, obedience, Sermon on the Mount, Stanley Milgram, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: Following in the footsteps of the Apostle Peter and Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Sermon for Camberwell Uniting Church 26th of January, 2020 Matthew 4:12-24 Isaiah 9:1-4 These weeks that we have between Christmas and Lent are dedicated to the nature of vocation or call. We’ve seen Jesus’ call to begin his public ministry … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Peter, baptism, call, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Isaiah 9:1-4, Matthew 4:12-24, vocation, Year of Matthew
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No need for a Religious ‘Freedom’ Act
The Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 is a solution looking for a problem. Continue reading
Posted in Political Activism, Reflection
Tagged Human rights, Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), racism, Religion in Australia, religious discrimination, religious freedom, Report of the Expert Panel into Religious Freedom, Second Exposure Draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill (2019), Sex Discrimination Act 1984
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Sermon Against the Prosperity Gospel
Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, neither success nor failure, wealth nor poverty, health nor sickness, happiness nor despair. Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Peter, Isaiah 49:1-7, John 1:29-42, John the Baptist, prosperity gospel, Servant Songs, suffering
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Sermon: God’s Humanity
even more important than the details of the incarnation is the simple point of the incarnation. In Jesus, God became one of us. In Jesus, God embraced humanity. Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, Baptism of Jesus, deification, Incarnation, John the Baptist, Matthew 3:13-17, Solidarity
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Sermon: The foolishness of the wise
The magi may be ‘wise men from the East’ but apparently they lack all common sense. Continue reading
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Tagged asylum seekers, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Epiphany, Flight into Egypt, magi, Massacre of the Innocents, Matthew 2:1-12, refugees
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Sermon: Putting Herod back into Christmas
If we include the Massacre of the Innocents and the Flight into Egypt in the Christmas Story, then the answer to the question, ‘where is God?’ is: ‘right there in the midst of danger and slaughter, vulnerable and defenceless’. Continue reading
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Tagged asylum seekers, Flight into Egypt, Hebrews 2:10-18, magi, Massacre of the Innocents, Matthew 2:13-23, refugees
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