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Works without faith is dead
Jeremiah 31:31-34 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jeremiah%2031:31-34;&version=72;] 1 Corinthians 13 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20corinthians%2013;&version=72;] Luke 4:14-20 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%204:14-20;&version=72;] One of the things though that I need to constantly remind myself of, and that the church in general can fall into the trap of, is doing works of justice and forgetting why we do them. Why is it that we do what we do? […]
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Monday, March 9, 2009 Searching Where It Cannot Be Found A Reflection from The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri J. M. Nouwen “To whom do I belong? To God or to the world?†Many of my daily preoccupations suggest that I belong more to the world than to God. A little criticism makes […]
Hearing Voices: Abraham and Isaac
(Another brilliant/cynical contribution from my liberal Episcopalian friend. Have fun, as I do, arguing with him!). Hearing Voices Harry T. Cook 3/08/09 Genesis 22: 1-14 It goes by the name of “the near sacrifice of Isaac,” this familiar text from Genesis. I have heard a world-renown scholar of Judaica say what an unprintable name the […]
The Transfiguration
Bound for glory – via the cross Mark 9:2-9 The Transfiguration 2-4 Six days later, three of them did see it. Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain. His appearance changed from the inside out, right before their eyes. His clothes shimmered, glistening white, whiter than any bleach could […]
Back from Sheol
A sermon on Psalm 30 by Nathan Nettleton, 15 February 2009 “Lord, how I begged you, and you, God, saved me. You pulled me from the pit, brought me back from Sheol.†Those words from the psalmist have an eerie ring this week We’ve heard such things a few too many times “I’ve seen the […]
Challenging the System
Note from Rowland: if you’re conservative on the issue of homosexuality, you might be tempted to dismiss the whole of my liberal friend Harry’s wisdom about vested interests and the evils of institutions… Best to be discerning, and not throw out babies with what you might consider to be bathwater… (Let the one who has […]
Sermon Preached at National Prayer Breakfast
Following is the sermon preached the Dr. Sharon Watkins, President of the Disciples of Christ at the National Prayer Service following the Obama inauguration. While very much within the USA context and occasion, the words of Isaiah, the Cherokee, Johnson, and Martin Luther King, all have a universality about them. **** Sermon: Harmonies of Liberty […]
New Year Message from the Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message – the treasure that is our fellow human beings Posted On : January 1, 2009 ACNS: http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2009/1/1/ACNS4554 Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message – the treasure that is our fellow human beings On January 1st 2009 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will deliver his New Year Message […]
A Good Book About the Bible
Eugene Peterson, Eat This Book: The Art of Spiritual Reading (2006). Eugene Peterson was pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland, until he retired in 1991 to work on his ‘magnum opus’ – his translation of the Bible into modern American English (‘The Message’). In ‘Eat This Book’, Peterson is passionate […]
Terrorists Abroad: A Christmas Sermon
Terrorists Abroad Harry T. Cook 12/24/08 A Sermon for Christmas Where they came from, they would have been called “Yusef and Muhdium.” Today they might have trouble negotiating airport security in the United States, not only because of their names but because of their complexion and facial features. The tradition of this season is that […]
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