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How can a person be right with God? - The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
How can a person be right with God? This is one of the most central questions to all of human existence. It’s probably true that most religions are a…
1 year ago
A Humble Faith/A Worker Who Has No Need To Be Ashamed
“Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel…”2 Kings 5:15Naaman the SyrianI’ll start with the story of Namaan, commander of t…
1 year ago
Faith That Moves Mulberry Trees
“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,but the righteous shall live by faith.”Habakkuk 2:4The Faith that Moves Mulberry TreesTo…
1 year ago
War Between Michael and the Devil
Now war arose in heaven…In a departure from my normal practice, I am going to speak today on our New Testament reading which comes from the Book of R…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Lost Sheep and The Lost Coin
‘To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory forever and ever. Amen.’The Lost SheepWe begin today with a familiar sce…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Ascent of Humility
The Ascent of HumilityI begin my sermon today with a quotation from the Rule of St Benedict. St Benedict said the following to the monks with whom he…
1 year, 2 months ago
The God of Freedom
A Conflict on the Sabbath DayOur Gospel reading begins with a conflict between Jesus and the ruler of the synagogue on a particular Sabbath Day. Jesu…
1 year, 2 months ago
"I came to cast fire on the earth..."
“Is not my word like fire, declares, the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?” Jeremiah 23:29Fire Upon the Earth“I came to cast fi…
1 year, 2 months ago
Waiting for the Lord
“Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes…”The Future Shapes the PresentWhat we believe about the future shapes how we li…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Futility of Riches
Ecclesiastes – The Futility of LifeIf you have never read the Old Testament Book of Ecclesiastes, I really recommend it. It’s about the complete poin…
1 year, 2 months ago