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Thy Peace
An evening out tonight with the vicar of my Home Parish Anglican Church (St Michael & All Angels) Simon Marsh to talk with Jeff, minister of Bramhall’s local Unitarian gathering. About a month ago I was told that for one … Continue reading
Posted in Book Quotes, Christianity, Deep Thinking, Music, Photos
Tagged communication, communion, Dean Row Unitarian, Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, Ecumenism, Fr Simon Marsh, growing, John Greenleaf Whittier, learning, liberalism, Nicene Creed, passion, peace, photoaday2013, postaday2013, quiet, Reformation, Rev Jeff Gould, St Michaels, stress, Stuart Blanch, The Times, Unitarianism, university
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Love Creates, Love Heals, Love Saves
Preaching again this morning… First Reading: 2 Corinthians 8.7-9, 13-15, 24 Now as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you—so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking. … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Christianity, Love, Sermons (My Own)
Tagged 2 Corinthians 8, Anglicanism, authority, communion, compassion, Dalai Lama, Greek, healing, heaven, Homosexuality, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, law, liberalism, Mark 5, marriage, peace, Religion, respect, salvation, sothesomai, women, world
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Lent 2012: Day Forty-Three – Holy Wednesday
Revelation 15:4 Lord, who will not fear and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your judgements have been revealed.’ I haven’t chosen today’s verse from the Book of Revelation because I like it, I’ve chosen … Continue reading
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Tagged A Poison Tree, Bible, Church, communion, community, Exodus 15, fear, fundamentalism, God, Gospel, heaven, holiness, Holy Week 2012, Jesus Christ, judgement, Lent 2012, liberalism, Mark 6, mystery, peace, priesthood, revelation, Revelation 15, Romans 15, sin, The Fall, Thomas Talbott, truth, war, William Blake
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Lent 2012: Day Thirty-Five
Numbers 21:9 NCV: So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Then when a snake bit anyone, that person looked at the bronze snake and lived. There are a several ways to read the passage today… The … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and Eve, courage, fear, fundamentalism, healing, John 3, judgement, Lent, Lent 2012, liberalism, Numbers 21, presence, Rev Chris Ayers, serpent, sin, strength, wilderness
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Lent 2012: Day Thirty
John 10:38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father. I’ve read lots of passages … Continue reading
Lent 2012: Day Twenty-Nine
John 10.19 Again the Jews were divided because of these words. (A suitable Bible verse I think, because of the diversity of opinion in the world, and in the lecture room. We can get along…) A morning of two theology … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, Bible, Christianity, diversity, Durham, empiricism, fundamentalism, John 10, Lent 2012, liberalism, time, truth, university
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Lent 2012: Day Sixteen
Hebrews 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. This passage reminds me of the recent debate between Rowan Williams and Richard Dawkins. I remember Richard saying that he saw the idea of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglicanism, BBC - Catholics, Church, communion, community, creation, divorce, equality, Eucharist, framework, God, Hebrews 3, International Women's Day, Lent 2012, liberalism, marriage, peace, Pope, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic Church, Rowan Williams, women, world
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Lent 2012: Day Fifteen
Genesis 44:29 If you take this one also from me, and harm comes to him, you will bring down my grey hairs in sorrow to Sheol. Sounds like a bit of a depressing verse doesn’t it? The context to this verse … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, children, creation, death, equality, freedom, fundamentalism, Genesis 44, God, Hell, Jesus Christ, Joseph of Genesis, Keith Ward, law, Lent 2012, liberalism, peace, Religion, Sheol, sin, suicide, time, unity, vision, What the Bible Really Teaches, world
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Lent 2012: Day Fourteen
Matthew 23:9 And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father—the one in heaven. The first thing I need to say after picking this verse is that I am Anglican and am happy to call my priest … Continue reading
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Tagged equality, Father, God, humility, Jesus Christ, Lent 2012, liberalism, Matthew 23, power
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Lent 2012: Day Eleven
Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you Jesus told us to love our enemies as well as our friends. To love equally. To in fact, drop the label of enemy altogether … Continue reading
