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Scripture: Luke 2:42-52 and Colossians 3:12-17 (N.B. 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; and Psalm 148- also on the First Sunday After Christmas Year C) Aim. To ask: “Who do I think I am? Who do we think we are?” It’s the Christmas holidays, a ‘family time’ we are told. 1. Things in the news recently: Statistics show …
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Scripture: Luke 23:33-43 and Colossians 1:11-20 (N.B. Jeremiah 23:1-6; Luke 1:68-79; and Psalm 46 -also on Year C Proper 29/Reign of Christ) Introduction I spoke to the kids about the Northern Lights book by Phillip Pullman. Pullman is an atheist and despises organised religion. When I started reading his books, I was puzzled by his criticisms – …
Scripture: Luke 12:49-56 and Hebrews 11:29-12:2 (N.B. Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19; Jeremiah 23:23-29; and Psalm 82- also on Year C Proper 15) Aim: To ‘sell’ faith in Christ we need to tell the whole truth about the God of love and judgement. 1. Recently we’ve been hearing about the stock market jitters – why? “In the …
Scripture: 1 Kings 17:8-16, (17-24); Psalm 146; Galatians 1:11-24; and Luke 7:11-17 (N.B. Psalm 30 -also on Year C Proper 5) Aim: To explore what it means to trust God. All four readings today are about trusting God. In the OT God asks Elijah to hide from his enemies in the heart of their land, and asks …
Scripture: Luke 19:28-40 and Philippians 2:5-11 (N.B Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29; Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; and Luke 22:14-23:56- also on Year C Liturgy of Psalms/Liturgy of Passion) Aim: Contrast Jesus’ attitude to freedom, power and truth with ours (c.f. Abolition 200). 1. In Luke 19:28-40 Jesus commits himself to taking the blame and guilt of others and …
Scripture: Luke 13:31-35 and Philippians 3:17-4:1 (N.B. Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; and Psalm 27 – also on Second Sunday of Lent Year C). Aim: To look at the demands of our faith and the world – is there a balance? (VARK!) Introduction. We could look at the Bible readings for today simply as ‘us versus the …
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Scripture: Malachi 3:1-4 and Luke 1:68-79 (N.B. Philippians 1:3-11 ; and Luke 3:1-6-also on the Second Sunday of Advent Year C) Aim: To see the link between the eternal and the mundane that God designed. Introduction At the moment our Nation is preoccupied with many things: the War in Afghanistan, Climate Change, the Credit Crunch. In Advent …
A sermon on ‘the lost sheep’, based on Luke 15:1-10 (Year C, Proper 19). Aim: To explain why the sheep is really lost, why we need to reach out and how. If you’ve spent your whole life in the church then the story about the lost sheep is really well known isn’t it? Perhaps we …
‘Investing Wisely’ is a sermon that aims to ask: where is our treasure and what is our perspective?It’s based on Jeremiah 32:1-15 and Luke 16:19-31 (Pentecost 18) It’s 587BC and Jeremiah is in a tight spot He’s been falsely arrested for Treason because he prophesied against the King. He’s imprisoned in the Guardhouse of the …
Jesus briefs his apostles on their first day at work, based on Luke 6:17-26 (Epiphany 6C) Introduction In verses 12-16 Jesus takes his disciples up a mountain, spends all night praying and then selects 12 of them to be apostles (“sent with a special commission”). In verse 17 they come down the mountain and run …
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