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Sermon: Lead us not into the temptation of violence

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Avril Hannah-Jones

What would it do to us if we stopped and prayed the Lord’s Prayer morning, noon, and night? Would we be more willing to share our bread and forgive our debtors? Would we be reminded that all who take the sword will die by the sword, and so refuse to participate in or endorse violence? I encourage us all to try the experiment. Continue reading →

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Sermon: What is Jesus saying? (We don’t know!)

Posted on September 17, 2022 by Avril Hannah-Jones

No one has any idea what today’s parable, the parable of the unjust steward, is about. The Church Fathers ignored it; renowned contemporary commentators have declared it to be incomprehensible; and people have suggested that the author of the Gospel according to Luke himself had no idea of its meaning, and so just added a series of morals to the end of the story in the hope that they would make sense of it. Continue reading →

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