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Sermon: Confronting. Uncompromising. Comforting?
The coming of the Lord sounds terrifying for both the Lord’s adversaries and for the Lord’s faithful people. If this is what the coming of the Lord, the focus of Advent, is like, is it really something to look forward to? Continue reading
Sermon: God is NOT “a harsh man”
One of the things that I discovered as I researched today’s parable is that it’s one of John Howard’s favourite Bible passages … This is why we shouldn’t look to politicians for biblical exegesis. 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
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Sermon: Avril talks about “boat people” – again
Sermon for Williamstown Uniting Church August 10, 2014; Ordinary 19 Matthew 14:22-33 Listening to today’s gospel reading is one of those times when our twenty-first century Australian mindset can create a problem. Most Australians are happy coastal dwellers, much more … Continue reading
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Sermon: A test Abraham failed?
Sermon for Williamstown Sunday the 29th of June, 2014 Genesis 22:1-14 What on earth can we do with today’s reading from the book of Genesis, the Akedah or binding of Isaac? The Revised Common Lectionary, which leaves out other stories … Continue reading
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Sermon: We’re all on a journey
I have lots and lots of books with maps inside the front cover. Maps of Middle-Earth, Pern, Britain in the time of King Arthur; maps of the kingdoms of the Alorns and Angaraks, of Narnia, of Discworld, of Earthsea and … Continue reading
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Sermon: God and gardens
Garden Sermon for Williamstown Uniting Church 11th of May, 2014 Genesis 2:4b-15 Jeremiah 29:4-7 Amos 9:13-15 “And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed.” The Book … Continue reading
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Sermon: Multiple Happy Endings
Sermon for Williamstown Easter Sunday, the 20th of April, 2014 Matthew 28:1-10 Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! This is the message at the heart of Easter; the affirmation at the heart of the Christian faith; the eucatastrophe (one … Continue reading
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Sermon: It’s not enough just to be ‘born’ again
Sermon for Williamstown, 16th of March 2014 John 3:1-17 John’s gospel starts with a bang. It begins with the wonderful Prologue, the hymn to the Word: ‘In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the … Continue reading
Sermon: The Beatitudes
Sermon for Williamstown Uniting Church The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany, 2nd of February 2014 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12 Today, as we continue our Epiphany journey through Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, we hear one of my favourite descriptions … Continue reading
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