Tag Archives: Reformation

Reflection: When the things of God and the Emperor conflict

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Avril Hannah-Jones

As Christians, we too need to refuse to give our obedience and loyalty to ‘the emperor’ if the emperor is defacing the image of God by mistreating human beings. In such cases it is only by resisting the emperor that we can give to God the things that are God’s. Continue reading →

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Sermon: Sinners and Saints

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Avril Hannah-Jones

We’re all in this together; all of us sinners saved only by the grace of God. We’re comrades in human solidarity, recognising in each other the same faults and failings that we find in ourselves. Continue reading →

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Sermon: Commemorating the Reformation

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Avril Hannah-Jones

looking at the Orthodox and Catholic churches, which do not ordain women, I can only be glad that Luther nailed his arguments to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral. Or didn’t nail them, because that may be a myth. Either way, I think we’re a better church because of it.    Continue reading →

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