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Tag Archives: Mark 3:20-35
Sermon: Holy Spirit and evil spirits
It is hard to rightly judge enthusiasm manufactured by living men before our own eyes, whether that enthusiasm is the Jesus Movement within first-century Judaism, the excesses of Francis of Assisi, Protestantism, Methodism, the movement for the ordination of women, the struggle for churches to welcome LGBTIQ+ people, Pentecostalism, and so on, and so forth. If we are not going to join the scribes in their eternal sin, we need to be constantly open to the new things the Holy Spirit is doing, and this will demand much discernment. Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Zionism, Beelzebul, families, family, Holy Spirit, Jesus'family, Mark 3:20-35, materialism, Methodism, racism, Rev. Sydney Smith, Satan, scribes, sexism, spirits, white supremacy, Year of Mark
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Sermon: Be afraid, be very afraid. Jesus and family values
Sermon for Williamstown Uniting Church Pentecost 2, 7th of June 2015 Mark 3:20-35 Be afraid, be very afraid. After the joy of the Easter season, Pentecost, and Trinity Sunday, the church is now in ‘Ordinary Time’ and this year that … Continue reading
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Tagged demonic possession, family, Mark 3:20-35, Pentecost 2, Year of Mark
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