Tag Archives: Bible

Sermon: Some mental exercise for lockdown

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Reflection for North Balwyn Uniting Church6th of June 2021 1 Samuel 8:4-11 16-20 Here we are again: our second Sunday in our fourth lockdown. When I prepared this Reflection we had been in lockdown for less than a week, and … Continue reading →

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Reflection: God our Rock

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Avril Hannah-Jones

The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 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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Sermon: Jesus (mis)reads the scriptures

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Avril Hannah-Jones

The Pharisees are shocked at Jesus’ apparently cavalier attitude to the laws governing the Sabbath. Modern Christians are shocked at Jesus’ apparently cavalier attitude to biblical interpretation. Continue reading →

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Sermon: And, again, the Uniting Church is not a Bible-believing church

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Sometimes this ‘Uniting Church’ way of reading the Bible can lead to accusations that we are wishy-washy, one of those mainstream, liberal churches that, in the words of one journalist, tolerate ‘just about anybody and anything’ and are ‘pale and ineffectual’ when compared with churches that read the Bible literally. Continue reading →

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