You, me, all of us sin
07/09/2017 14:57
Fourth after Trinity
[Ez. 18:30-32; Gal. 6:1-7; Lk. 6:36-42]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
“Repent and live!” God told the Israelites through the prophet Ezekiel, sometime in the 7th-6th c. BC.
Repent: turn away from your sin, don’t let it be...
Included in the Marching Orders
05/22/2017 10:41
Sermon for IDAHOT at Open Table Liverpool 21/5/2017
i Peter 3:14-17; Jn. 14:15-21]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
At the end of last week and the beginning of this one, that other Communion, the Lutheran World Federation held its general Assembly...
Be present, Lord, be present...
05/08/2017 11:00
Fourth of Easter
[Ex. 13:20-22; I Thes. 5:9-24; Jn. 13:31-35]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Easter Day was already three weeks ago, though the Season of Easter lasts until the Day of Pentecost, this year on 4th June.
During these post-Easter...
Behold thy King...
04/11/2017 10:32
Palm Sunday MMXVII
You may also like to read the sermon for the First in Advent 2017.
[Ex. 13:6-10; Hebr. 2:14-18; Mk. 11:1-11]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nNt1Qj4MA6M
"Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice greatly, O daughter...
Two homilies
04/07/2017 15:20
Sunday before Lent MMXVII
[II Cor. 5:14-21; Mk. 10:32-45]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were also known as the 'sons of thunder' (Mk. 3:17) which tells us something about their impetuous character.
As soon as...
Anointing is not a sin!
03/12/2017 17:40
Sermon for Second Sunday in Lent
[Is. 61:1-3; Hebr. 11:23-27; Mk. 14:3-9]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
"Leave her alone,’ said Jesus. ‘Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me." (v. 6)
The story of the woman with the vial...
Humanity's originality
03/06/2017 08:54
Sermon for First Sunday in Lent 2017
[Gen. 3:1-13; Hebr. 5:7-10; Mk. 1:2-6]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
"And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins." (Mk....
Candlemas MMXVII; Presentation, Inclusivity and Intimacy
02/06/2017 09:21
[Mic. 7:7-8; Acts 2:42-46; Lk. 2:22-40]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
So here we are again, 40+ days after Christmas, time flies when you're having fun.
We've talked about this before, how God in His grace has inspired the Church to organise her...
A short homily for Holocaust Mermorial Day MMXVII
01/30/2017 11:53
A short sermon on Fourth Sunday after Epiphany;
Some parts are based on the material published by the Council of Christians and Jews and Churches Together in Britain and Ireland:
[II Tim. 1:7-10; Mt....
Gifts and Giving - the Gift of Christian Traditions
01/23/2017 11:24
My little talk/homily at St Bride's Liverpool for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Epiphany 3:
[Ps. 133; Jn. 15:1-9]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
It's especially lovely to be here in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a very...