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Love Is All You Need (a Sermon on Romans 13:8-10)

I’ve decided to speak this morning on one of the most unnerving and threatening pieces of Scripture I’ve ever come across – threatening and unnerving at least for professional clerics like myself (people who get paid to teach the Bible). … Continue reading

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The Curse of Multiculturalism – A Pentecost Sunday Sermon

Devout Jews from every nation under heaven were living in Jerusalem. When that sound came, the crowd rushed together and was startled because each one heard the disciples speaking in his own language. Stunned and amazed, they asked, “All of … Continue reading

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Many Nations, One Family (a Sermon on Acts 2:1-14)

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as … Continue reading

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There’s a Place for Everybody (a Sermon on 1 Corinthians 12:1-11)

“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed … I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says “Let Jesus be cursed!” and no one can … Continue reading

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Spiritual Training (1 Corinthians 9:24-27)

Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. (25) Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive … Continue reading

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Giving Thanks for Everything (Ephesians 5:20)

“Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 5: 20) One of the first life skills I learnt from my … Continue reading

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I Had a Dream – a Sermon on Acts 11

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. … I have a … Continue reading

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Jesus meets a Marginalised Woman (John 4:4-42)

Now it was necessary for him [Jesus] to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s Well was also there, and … Continue reading

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Would you let your kids go to a Youth Group run by Jesus? (Luke 15)

One day when many tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus, the Pharisees and teachers of the Law started grumbling, “This man welcomes outcasts and even eats with them!” So Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one … Continue reading

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