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Tag Archives: Jurgen Moltmann
Reflection: Genocide and the Crucified God
In Jesus we see the God who is willing to serve, to suffer and die for humanity. As we watch innocents suffer and die, as we feel helpless in the face of evil, the one thing of which we can be certain is that the God revealed in Jesus is suffering and dying with them. They are not alone. Continue reading
Sermon: The powerlessness and ugliness of God in Jesus
If we ignore the crucifixion’s horror we lose that solidarity between God and suffering humanity. If we make Jesus too attractive and powerful, we might think that ugly, suffering human beings are not part of the world that God so loves. Continue reading
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Tagged crucifixion, death, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John 3:14-21, Jurgen Moltmann, Lent, Lent 4, Numbers 21:4-9, resurrection, The Crucified God, ugliness
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Reflection: Wrestling with God
Reflection for Western Heights Uniting Church 2nd of August, 2020 Genesis 32:22-31 I am writing this reflection on the day when the Victorian government announced that more than 723 Victorians had tested positive for Covid19, the highest daily count since … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Paul, Genesis 32:22-31, Jacob, Jurgen Moltmann, wrestling with God
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Reflection: The Trinity (why it’s a very cool doctrine)
the doctrine of the Trinity reminds us that God is in God’s very self a community of love. And since we are made in God’s image we too are made to exist in community Continue reading
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Tagged Dorothy L. Sayers, Jurgen Moltmann, The Crucified God, trinity, Trinity Sundey
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Sermon: How is Jesus like a bronze serpent?
The cross turns our ways of seeing the world upside down. God becomes powerless to defeat death; human suffering is taken up into the life of God. Continue reading
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Tagged crucifixion, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John 3:14-21, Jurgen Moltmann, Martin Luther, Moses, Numbers 21:4-9, snakes, The Crucified God
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