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Witness to Truth – John 8
A young man riding his bike was hit by a car. The bones in one leg were pretty well smashed – the x-ray just showed a string of busted pottery. His pelvis was in pieces. His helmet split in two: … Continue reading
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What Brings You To This Meal? John 6
Why did such a massive mob folow Jesus into the rocky wilderness? And why did Jesus walk out on them? What brought them to this famous meal? Continue reading
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Matthew 1 – Joseph the Man
Joseph was never a sword-swinging, smiting warrior. But I think he should be regarded as one of the towering heroes of the Bible. Continue reading
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Hypocrisy in Prayer… Matthew 6
I went to an on-line dictionary, and the word most-associated with “Hypocrite” was Christian: “The only reliable product of an organized religion is a flock of hypocrites who feel that only their hypocrisy is divinely sanctioned.” Possibly we need to recognise a couple of things. Firstly, hypocrisy is not actually the point of Jesus’ teaching here. His real point is prayer. Continue reading
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Horror Story? Revelation 19
Here’s a picture for the fans of horror. “And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried with a loud voice…Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals and mighty men… and the flesh of all people…” The really horrifying thing… is when you realise that “the great supper” is a wedding banquet. 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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Real Righteousness
A guy called Michael Hart wrote a book called The 100. He rated the 100 most influential people in history. Controversially, and against everybody’s expectation, Hart’s winner wasn’t Jesus. It was Muhammed. Jesus wasn’t even the runner-up – that award … Continue reading
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