Category Archives: Bible

Bearing witness to Jesus: preliminary sermon thoughts on John 1:43-51 (and earlier verses too!)

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

How do you bear witness to Jesus? What do you say about him? Who do you talk to? What sort of person do you need to be in order to be an effective witness? All these themes are addressed in … Continue reading →

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Walking by Faith

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

For many years I’ve been reading the ‘New Daylight‘ daily Bible reading notes published by the Bible Reading Fellowship. Today’s portion, written by Bishop Stephen Cottrell, was particularly good, I thought. It is currently available as a free download from … Continue reading →

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The greatest of these is charity

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

This morning I read 1 Corinthians 13 in the magnificent poetry of the 1611 Authorized Version: 1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling … Continue reading →

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The Anglican Way of Following Jesus #3: Word and Sacrament

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

After a rather long break, I’m resuming a series I announced last November about ‘The Anglican Way of Following Jesus’. As I mentioned in my original post on the subject, the original seed of this idea came from a conversation … Continue reading →

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Matthew 22:15-22: Preliminary thoughts

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

  15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. 16So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, ‘Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in … Continue reading →

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Working my way through the Authorized Version

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

As some of my readers will know, this year is the four hundredth anniversary of the original publication of what has become known throughout the world as the ‘King James Version’ of the Bible (I’m old-fashioned enough and British enough … Continue reading →

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Sermon for October 2nd: Psalm 19

Posted on October 2, 2011 by

How God Reveals Himself to Us Imagine with me a great sculptor who has been working for a year on a sculpture; it was commissioned by city hall, and it will be located in front of the building for the … Continue reading →

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Matthew 21:33-46: Initial explorations

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

I’ll probably be preaching on the gospel reading again this coming Sunday. I’ve done some preliminary study for it this afternoon, and here are some of the thoughts I’ve had. The process will continue as the week progresses… 33 (Jesus … Continue reading →

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An apocalyptic mood for the day

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Shamelessly stolen from a friend’s Facebook page. For you Tolkien fans – no, these are not four of the ringwraiths! True interpretation – see Revelation chapter 6!

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The joy of the Psalms

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

“How I cried out to you, my God, when I read the Psalms of David, those hymns of faith, those songs of a pious heart in which the spirit of pride can find no place! I was new to your … Continue reading →

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