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The Comfort of Reality (Easter)
*(Sorry to spoil this sermon for some of you, but I reckon this is one of the best and worst examples of theologically liberal preaching I’ve read for a long time. Hint: look for God in it. Rowland.) * * ~~~ * * * *April 8, 2007* *//* ** *The Comfort of Reality* ** *By […]
The Violent Bear It Away
Maundy Thursday Tonight we begin the enactment of a story, Jesus? last hours. I don?t know what most impresses you about the story of the arrest, the trial, the crucifixion of Jesus. What impresses me is its sheer bloodiness, the violence. I pray to God that I?ll never get so hardened of heart, so inoculated […]
Human failure is overcome by God’s love
Archbishop of Canterbury – Human failure is overcome by God’s love The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams says that the whole weight human failure cannot extinguish the creative love of God. In his Easter sermon, to be preached at Canterbury Cathedral this morning [Sunday 8th April, Easter Day], Dr Williams says that conflict and […]
The Last to Believe in Easter
Preparing to preach on Easter I note some curious truths. The first to experience Easter, and the first to preach Easter were women (take that, those who think that women preaching isn?t ?biblical?!). And to whom do the women preach the resurrection? The disciples of Jesus. Preachers and lay leaders of the church please note. […]
What has Easter to do with ethics?
Soundings No. 54 – 5 April 2007 by Rod Benson The premier annual Christian feast is upon us again. I picked up a bright, shiny Christian leaflet the other day, and the banner immediately caught my attention. “We are at a moral crossroad; it’s time to demonstrate the true meaning of Easter,” the flyer declared, […]
This Easter: help someone
Visit the Barnabas Fund main website Visit the Barnabas Fund main website Monday, 2nd April 2007 Dear Christian Friend, Easter is approaching, and like me you’re probably planning what to do over the long Easter weekend. Children especially will be dreaming of their holiday from school, times of fun and games and relaxing ahead of […]
Easter Sermon
Easter Sermon. Scripture: John 20:10-18. Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene. Preached: Morning Worship, 31 March 2002. Church: Sea Point Evangelical Congregational Church, Cape Town Minister: Rev. Thomas O. Scarborough. Earlier in our service this morning we read a passage of Scripture titled: “Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene. ” You know what was said in the […]
The Cost and Promise of Being Vulnerable
*April 1, 2007* *//* ** *The Cost and Promise of Being Vulnerable* ** *By Harry T. Cook* /**/ /*Luke’s Passion Narrative*/ /* */ Supposing you knew that either a warrant was out for your arrest or that an ambush awaited you just up the road. Would you go there, right into the teeth of trouble? […]
A Question of Ownership
(Note from Rowland: a theological liberal approach) March 25, 2007 By Harry T. Cook Luke 20: 9-19 This parable of the vineyard and its workers’ rejection of the owner’s claim to its title was told, according to Luke’s version of things, by Jesus sometime after his arrival in Jerusalem – the legendary event to be […]
Three Faces of Us (The Prodigal Son)
March 18, 2007 Three Faces of Us By Harry T. Cook Luke 15: 11-32 The story of the father and his two sons is a “parable.†Parables are closely related to Talmudic stories which are told to challenge conventional and unexamined perceptions, assumptions and beliefs. One is not obliged to take a parable the same […]
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