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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Peace On Earth?
To being with a question: Did Jesus come to bring peace on earth? Yes, of course! Right from the beginning, from the Christmas story, we hear the angels sing: ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven,and on earth peace among … Continue reading
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Old and New
In today’s Old Testament reading (2 Kings 9.17-end) we discover the ancient equivalent of someone who loves Top Gear: Jehu son of Nimshi; “for he drives like a maniac.” We also read one of the earliest examples of dissing someone … Continue reading
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The Life You Can Save
Homeless… I recently got a parcel in the post, from Canada. It’s a photograph of a sculpture. The sculpture, by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz, is of a homeless person lying on a bench. The figure is anonymous, wrapped in a … Continue reading
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Woe to you religious people!
The Oxford Martyrs On 16th October, the church calendar invites us to remember Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer, English protestant martyrs, burnt at the stake in Oxford on this day in 1555. If you go to Oxford you can see … Continue reading
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Harvest thoughts…
It Started in a Garden The Bible, it is said, starts in a garden and ends in a city. The story moves from an earthly paradise to a heavenly Jerusalem. There is a tree in the Garden of Eden: eat the fruit of … Continue reading
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Our Father (Luke 11.1-4)
In a previous parish, a woman asked me, “Why do they keep changing the Lord’s Prayer?” I explained that the Lord’s Prayer that we use is a translation of the words Jesus would have said. Jesus spoke Aramaic, the ordinary … Continue reading
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Hardcore Faith
… having a go at God, telling Him He’s asleep on the job! (Psalm 44:24; Mark 4:38).
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The Wicked Tenants
Matthew 21:33-end Another Parable Jesus said, “Listen to another parable…” (Matthew 21:33) The parable before this is the story of the two sons (21:28-32), which is about the difference between those who say they are doing God’s will and those … Continue reading
Jesus sends out the Seventy
Luke 10:1-12 It was a question on QI: How many disciples did Jesus have? You can rely on Alan Davies to give the obvious but wrong answer – 12. Cue klaxons, disbelief and serious loss of pointage. Jesus appointed 12 … Continue reading
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King Solomon (1 Kings 10.1-25)
“Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.” Once every three years? Obviously, he didn’t have Amazon Prime.
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