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Sermon: Don’t mention the Trinity!
As I say on this Sunday every year: today is Trinity Sunday; be afraid, be very afraid. Continue reading
Sermon: Merited and unmerited suffering
History shows us too many times when Christians have utterly failed to do good. Let’s never add to that history by doing evil. Continue reading
Sermon: In which Avril confesses to proclaiming a ‘nice’ God
I say, only half-jokingly, that my particular gift isn’t to encourage people to see Christianity as true; it’s to encourage people to see Christians as ‘nice’. Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 17:22-31, Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, evangelism, Gospel according to John
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Sermon: In which Avril, surprisingly, preaches about Mothers’ Day
When the Bible wants to tell us exactly how tenderly God loves us, God is compared to a mother. Continue reading
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Tagged forgiveness, Isaiah 49:13-18, Jesus was a feminist, John 7:53-8:11, Mothers' Day, Psalm 131, sexual impropriety
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Sermon: God’s NO to violence
Throughout history, even today, attempts have been made to convince people that God endorses violence and that murder can be done in God’s name. Continue reading
Sermon: Innocent Blood
We see in Jesus on the cross every innocent victim of political expediency and hate. In every innocent person hated for their race or religion or nationality or gender or sexuality we see Jesus. Continue reading
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Tagged Antisemitism, Dorothy L. Sayers, Islam, Jackie French, Matthew 26:14 - 27:66, Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday, propaganda, refugees
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Sermon: On death
We don’t need to comfort ourselves with the thought that death isn’t real, because we know that death isn’t the end. Continue reading
