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Tag Archives: Renee Good
Sermon: Welcome, James!
We are currently living in what can only be described as ‘interesting times’ and so what I want to talk about tonight is the role that we all have as Christians to be light and salt in a world that seems increasingly dangerous. Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Pretti, Bondi Terrorism, Donald J. Trump, Induction, Invasion Day, Isaiah 58:1-12, James Douglas, Mark Carney, Matthew 5:13-20, Rebecca Solnit, Renee Good, Sermon on the Mount, Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Whitehorse Uniting, William Temple, Yarra Yarra Presbytery
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Sermon: Living out the Sermon on the Mount
The UN Charter says that its aim is to ‘reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small’. But as historian Tom Holland points out: ‘That human beings have rights; that they are born equal; that they are owed sustenance, and shelter and refuge from persecution: these were never self-evident truths.’ They are Christian truths. They are the truths we see in the Sermon on the Mount. Continue reading
Posted in Political Activism, Sermons
Tagged Allan Behm, beatitudes, Deuteronomy 28:1-14, Gaza, Holy Family Church Gaza, International humanitarian law, international law, Justice, Mark Carney, Matthew 5:1-16, Pope Francis, Renee Good, Sermon on the Mount, Tom Holland, UN Charter, United Nations, World Economic Forum, Year of Matthew
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