Tag Archives: John Dominic Crossan

LECTIONARY SERMON,11 January 2021JOHN 2:1- 11

Posted on January 13, 2022 by peddiebill

FINDING A PLACE FOR IMPOSSIBLE BELIEFS “I can’t believe that!” said Alice.“Can’t you?” the Queen said in a pitying tone. “Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.”Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe … Continue reading →

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Lectionary Sermon for Epiphany January 2 2022 on Matthew 2: 1-12

Posted on December 25, 2021 by peddiebill

Returning Home by a Different PathI guess if you had looked around any city churches where Christian traditions are recognized, you would have been likely to encounter a number of nativity scene portrayals over this last Christmas season. In the … Continue reading →

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Lectionary Sermon for July 25 2021 on John 6: 1

Posted on July 22, 2021 by peddiebill

The Unexpected Happening with a Message: Treating Others like they MatterDo you think that Jesus as the Son of God would really have been able to set aside the laws of nature whenever he liked to achieve all those miracles … Continue reading →

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Lectionary Sermon for Easter 3 Year A (April 26, 2020) on Luke 24; 13 -35

Posted on April 22, 2020 by peddiebill

The Emmaus Road: A Parable about Jesus?There are some strange stories in the Bible and I suspect many of them are so bizarre we were never intended to take them all as literal, particularly with some of the weird stories … Continue reading →

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Lectionary sermon for 1 March 2020 on Matthew 4: 1-11 (Lent 1 A)

Posted on February 26, 2020 by peddiebill

MAD MIKE – OR MATTHEW WITH A MESSAGE? There was a rather strange BBC news item a few days ago concerning a dare-devil adventurer who was killed when his steam powered rocket crashed. The weird part for I guess most … Continue reading →

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Lectionary Sermon for March 3 2019(Transfiguration Year C) Luke 9 28-36 (+ 37-43)

Posted on February 14, 2019 by peddiebill

COMING DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN-TOP Many churches today are not full. To the modern way of most people’s thinking, some parts of the Bible seem decidedly ill-suited for our secular age. Think for example of those accounts of a naked Adam … Continue reading →

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Lectionary Sermon for Epiphany January 6 2019 on Matthew 2: 1-12

Posted on January 1, 2019 by peddiebill

Returning Home by a Different Path I guess if you had looked around any city where Christian traditions are recognised you would have been likely to encounter a number of nativity scene portrayals over this last Christmas season. In the … Continue reading →

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Lectionary Sermon for Easter 3 Year A (April 30, 2017) on Luke 24; 13 -35

Posted on April 25, 2017 by peddiebill

The Emmaus Road: A Parable about Jesus? I have never counted them myself, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that on no fewer than 17 occasions Jesus has cause to reprimand one or more of his disciples for being … Continue reading →

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Lectionary sermon for Palm Sunday (Year A) April 9, 2017 on Matthew 21:1-11

Posted on April 3, 2017 by peddiebill

When you stop to think about it, Palm Sunday is a rather strange Christian festival. Getting into the spirit of Palm Sunday has always seemed to me to be rather artificial and even forced, because welcoming anyone – let alone … Continue reading →

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THE JESUS SEMINAR IN RETROSPECT

Posted on April 1, 2017 by peddiebill

Now that Jesus Seminar is now effectively part of our recent history it is fair to ask what difference it has made to the understanding of the body of knowledge about the Bible for thoughtful Christians? Before we turn attention … Continue reading →

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