Tag Archives: racism
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
No need for a Religious ‘Freedom’ Act
The Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 is a solution looking for a problem. Continue reading
Sermon: Loving ‘white supremacists’
In the baptism of Jesus God acted in solidarity with all humanity; following his example let us stand in solidarity with each other. Continue reading
A statement by Bishop Philip Huggins, President of the National Council of Churches in Australia
Australia, with our cultural diversity, is like a big therapy centre in which we all need to listen better to one another. Continue reading
Sermon: We ALL make mistakes
Knight should have acted with the gentleness born of wisdom and apologised, rather than doubling-down and attacking those who criticised it. To repeat what James writes, ‘all of us make many mistakes’. Continue reading
Sermon: White supremacy is blasphemy
It was the faith that I hold that they were perverting, and the cultural background that I have that they were claiming to protect, and I take that personally. Continue reading
Sermon: Learning from Jesus
Williamstown Uniting Church 17 of August, 2014 Matthew 15:21-28 A few years’ ago I took my nephew and niece to see a film called To the Arctic at IMAX. The stars of the film were a polar bear mother and … Continue reading
A couple of book reviews: Prester John and The Setons
I’ve been having a bit of a Buchan-fest, reading the works of John Buchan and his sister Anna, who wrote as O. Douglas. They were writing a century ago, and I’ve been pondering the ‘datedness’ of their books. I had … Continue reading
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