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Genesis 20 – The Playboy Mansion?

When I was reading through Genesis 20, I couldn’t help thinking of my grandfather. He was a tall and slender man, and he had that stiff bearing that you’d expect of an officer in His Majesty’s Royal Army (yes, there … Continue reading

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Genesis 18 & 19… Abraham, Lot and Unrepentance

In Lot, unrepentance will prove deadly. It brought him magnetically to dark cities. It’s about to set at risk his whole family, his guests, himself. It will kill his wife. And then it gets worse… Continue reading

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Genesis 16 and Matthew 1 – Trust and Consequences

[Readers - this sermon re-introduces the Genesis narrative after a break, which looked at Revelation. That might explain some references, which otherwise feel a bit odd.] Following Abraham (or Abram, as he is at the moment) can be an epic … Continue reading

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Genesis 14 – Abram Revealed

The chapter opens with a familiar story – conflict and fighting in the Middle East. This one’s a big one – nine separate armies: a coalition of four, and an alliance of five. The coalition of four armies, led by … Continue reading

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