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Tag Archives: Year of Matthew
Reflection: Choosing the Gospel
Reflection for Western Heights 21st of June, 2020 Matthew 10:24-39 and Refugee Week I have to confess that the Gospel according to Matthew is my least favourite. (For those interested, my ranking of the canonical gospels is Luke, John, Mark, … Continue reading
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Tagged #LoveMakesAWay, Matthew 10:24-39, Refugee Week, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: Who is welcome? Those who need to be born again
This week I watched a time lapse video from the BBC of a caterpillar spinning a cocoon, and one of the lines that most struck me was ’the caterpillar’s head is about to split wide open’. And then it did! Continue reading
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Tagged being born again, being born from above, butterfly, Butterfly House, caterpillar, cocoon, John 3:1-17, Lent, Lent 2, Nicodemus, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: Who is welcome? Sinners.
We can come to God with all our messiness and sickness and failure, and know that we are welcome. God’s door is open to us, and all we need to do is walk through it. Our sins are forgiven. Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Wednesday, death, Lent, Lent 1, Matthew 4:1-11, sin, sinners, sins, welcome, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: Do not be afraid
Sermon for Western Heights Uniting Church Transfiguration, 23rd of February 2020 Exodus 24:12-18 Matthew 17:1-9 ‘And [Jesus] was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses … Continue reading
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Tagged Exodus 24:12-18, Fear, Madeleine L'Engle, Matthew 17:1-9, Transfiguration, 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: Following in the footsteps of the Apostle Peter and Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Sermon for Camberwell Uniting Church 26th of January, 2020 Matthew 4:12-24 Isaiah 9:1-4 These weeks that we have between Christmas and Lent are dedicated to the nature of vocation or call. We’ve seen Jesus’ call to begin his public ministry … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Peter, baptism, call, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Isaiah 9:1-4, Matthew 4:12-24, vocation, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: Religious freedom
Any Christian who claims that they should be free to reject people rather than to welcome them, and to deny them service rather than to serve, is not following Christ. Continue reading
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Tagged Christ the King, judgement, love, Matthew 25:31-46, religious freedom, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: When commandments bring freedom
‘It is grace to know God’s commands. They release us from self-made plans and conflicts. They make our steps certain and our way joyful.’ Continue reading
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Tagged Exodus 20:1-20, law, Psalm 19, Ten Commandments, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: Justice and Mercy
In Jesus we see that God is not working with a rights and rewards scale and making exceptions, but simply loving humanity. Continue reading
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Tagged Fairness, Justice, love, Matthew 20:1-16, Mercy, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: These things are not ‘sent to try us’
The question of why dreadful things happen to people remains, but the answer is never, ‘because God is testing us’. Continue reading
