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Sermon: UnChosen Family

Posted on November 1, 2026 by Avril Hannah-Jones

We are not to claim special honour and respect, titles and ceremonial dress, because we are all the children of the one Father; the students of the one Teacher; the disciples of the one Instructor. There is meant to be a radical equality among those who follow Jesus and yet, as Brendan Byrne writes, ‘The instruction to live as brothers and sisters under the one Father in heaven, each striving to emulate the “servant” rank and role modelled by Christ, has fought a losing battle against the tendency to institutionalise and socially elevate leadership figures.’ Continue reading →

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Sermon: One example of evangelism

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Reflection for Western Heights Uniting Church The Sixth Sunday of Easter, 17th of May 2020 Acts 17:22-31 I seem to have accidentally started a series of ‘reflections on the sermons preached in the Book of Acts’. Two weeks ago we … Continue reading →

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Good and Bad Evangelism

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Avril Hannah-Jones

I wish more churches could understand how important a message of love is to people, and how little most of us need to be reminded of our sins. Continue reading →

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Sermon: In which Avril confesses to proclaiming a ‘nice’ God

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Avril Hannah-Jones

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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