Tag Archives: Year of Matthew

Sermon: Be loved.

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Asking for help is seen as weakness and people who need help are often despised. Continue reading →

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Sermon: The greater righteousness (2)

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Matthew’s story is a story of social conventions being overturned and of mercy outweighing merely-legal righteousness. Continue reading →

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Sermon: The greater righteousness (1)

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Avril Hannah-Jones

it is the story of a righteousness that doesn’t stand on the letter of the law, but instead offers justice and mercy and faith Continue reading →

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Sermon: God is NOT “a harsh man”

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Avril Hannah-Jones

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 →

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Sermon: Learning from Jesus

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Avril Hannah-Jones

  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: God is not safe

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Sermon for Williamstown 3rd of August, 2014 Genesis 32:22-31 Today’s story from the Hebrew Scriptures is one of my favourites, and Jacob is one of the biblical characters with whom I most empathise. That may seem strange; I hope it … Continue reading →

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Sermon: A test Abraham failed?

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Avril Hannah-Jones

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; When life is utterly unfair …

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Sermon for Williamstown Uniting Church 15th of June, 2014 Genesis 1:1-2:4a Psalm 8 One of the things that I love most about being a minister is that as part of that role people include me in the most important moments … Continue reading →

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Sermon: Multiple Happy Endings

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Avril Hannah-Jones

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: Taking to the Streets

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Sermon for Williamstown 13th of April 2014 Matthew 21:1-11 So, here we are at Palm Sunday. Jesus enters Jerusalem to choruses of praise and a crowd going wild. Rather than entering as most pilgrims do, on foot, Jesus enters riding … Continue reading →

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