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Faith and Doubt
Reading: Matthew 11:2-11 A HINGE POINT IN HISTORY This season of Advent and today’s Gospel reading remind us that the coming of Jesus was a turning point in man’s relationship with God. Our historical dating sequence of BC & AD emphasises this. Before Jesus the Old Testament records the Law – the rules of how […]
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Jesus Gets My Vote
Reading Matthew 3:1-12 Excuse me please! Could I have your attention for a moment? Something very significant seems to be happening that I really feel I should share with you. We seem to have been waiting, waiting, for a such a long time now…….. Something just has to happen!………It’s as though we have been held […]
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How is it that we can be easily lead astray?
Luke 21:5-19 How is it that we can be easily lead astray?! In 1971 the Stanford prison experiment was an experiment that investigated the effects of perceived power, focusing on the relationship between prisoners and prison officers. The research group used college students as volunteers. The volunteers were given roles to be either “guards” or […]
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Blessings and Woes – Remember we are All Saints
Reading – Luke 6:20-31 Have you every heard an advertisement on the radio where the terms and conditions are speeded up? Well, Jesus talks about terms and conditions in this reading. Here is a bit of Background Jesus is facing conflict as soon as he starts his ministry. Jesus’ teachings are in direct conflict to […]
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Bible Sunday
Luke 4:16-24 Today is Bible Sunday, an opportunity to focus on Bible stories and explore different ways of engaging with the Bible. In the above Bible reading we see Jesus enter the synagogue and read from the Book of Isaiah which was presented as a scroll. In ancient times people remembered God’s stories, which were […]
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