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Lectionary Sermon, January 26 2020 on Matthew 4:12-23 (Epiphany 3)

Posted on January 23, 2020 by peddiebill

DANGER AHEAD! Although there is no shortage of examples of potential danger in the modern world, there are some situations where unnecessary risk is just plain daft. When we read of a teenager stepping over the warning barrier to be … Continue reading →

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Lectionary sermon for 15 December 2019 (Advent 3 A) on Matthew 11:2-11

Posted on December 11, 2019 by peddiebill

One significant contrast between many modern Christians and what we know of New Testament stories of followers of Jesus is that all too often these days the emphasis has become centred on what happens in acts of Church worship?  The … Continue reading →

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Alternative Good Friday Sermon for 19 April 2019 on Luke 23: 32 – 46

Posted on April 16, 2019 by peddiebill

Dorothy Sayers once raised the question as to why so many of us react with horror when a cat catches a bird, yet we seem quite unmoved when the infinitely worse horror of the crucifixion is paraded before us in … Continue reading →

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Lectionary Sermon for 15 July 2018 on Mark 6: 14 – 29

Posted on July 11, 2018 by peddiebill

Don’t Talk of Love…Show Me! Recently I was reading through some back issues of the Listener and I came across a quote that went something like: “I always load up with carbs each day just is case I have to … Continue reading →

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Lectionary Sermon for 22 January 2017 on Matthew 4:12-23

Posted on January 17, 2017 by peddiebill

Knowingly putting yourself at risk is not a typical response to known danger. But that is only half one point at issue in today’s reading. Putting the issue another way, there is considerable difference in the actions of the young … Continue reading →

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Lectionary sermon 11 December 2016 (Advent 3 A) on Matthew 11:2-11

Posted on December 5, 2016 by peddiebill

To me the biggest contrast between modern Christians and the earliest stories of followers of Jesus is that all too often these days the emphasis has become centred on what happens in acts of Church worship. This seems far removed … Continue reading →

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Lectionary Sermon for 22 January 2017 on Matthew 4:12-23

Posted on January 7, 2014 by peddiebill

Knowingly putting yourself at risk is not a typical response to known danger. But that is only half one point at issue in today’s reading. Putting the issue another way, there is considerable difference in the actions of the young … Continue reading →

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Lectionary sermon for 11 December 2016 (Advent 3 A) on Matthew 11:2-11

Posted on November 24, 2013 by peddiebill

To me the biggest contrast between modern Christians and the earliest stories of followers of Jesus is that all too often these days the emphasis has become centred on what happens in acts of Church worship. This seems far removed … Continue reading →

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Lectionary Sermon for 24 February 2013 (Lent 2) on Luke 13: 31 – 35

Posted on February 5, 2013 by peddiebill

Let’s see. Here we have the living example of wisdom and kindness, Jesus, going around helping the poor and the rejected and sick and the lame and the blind and yet we are being in effect told that, far from … Continue reading →

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A Lectionary Sermon for December 9 2012 Advent 2 C based on Luke 3: 1-6

Posted on November 24, 2012 by peddiebill

Our understanding of the emerging story of Jesus and the early Church is greatly enhanced by the scholarship of the author of the gospel of Luke, who many also understand to be the author of the Book of Acts. Yet … Continue reading →

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