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Tag Archives: Sermon on the Mount
Sermon: Salt and Light
We often worry that as churches get smaller we can no longer answer God’s call to us, that we can no longer serve God as God desires. But Jesus is calling us to be salt, and a small amount of salt can change the flavour of an entire dish; Jesus is calling us to be light, and one lamp on a lampstand can give light to an entire house. Continue reading
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Tagged Isaiah 58:1-9a, Matthew 5:13-20, Sermon on the Mount, Third Isaiah, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: The unfashionable virtue of obedience
Of course we cannot be perfect, as our Father in heaven is perfect. But every time we try to be better, every time we could call another Christian, ‘You fool’, or objectify someone by looking at them with lust in our hearts, and yet we don’t – we come closer to being the people God created us to be. Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Eichmann, Matthew 5:21-37, Nazis, obedience, Sermon on the Mount, Stanley Milgram, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: Rabble Rousing Riff Raff
“Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice – or will we be extremists for the cause of justice? ” Continue reading
Sermon: Christians behaving badly
I didn’t say in so many words, ‘You fool’, but I definitely implied it. Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Plass, Gender, God likes us, love, Matthew 5:21-37, Sermon on the Mount, Year of Matthew
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