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Sermons on The Letters to the Corinthians

The Transfiguration

Readings: Exodus 34:29–35, 2 Corinthians 3:12–4:2 & Luke 9:28–36 Today we commemorate the feast day of the Transfiguration of Jesus; the event which revealed the true identity of Jesus, and which also revealed the glory of God. The gospel story shares a close parallel with the transformation that Moses underwent on Mount Sinai, when he came down from the mountain with the…

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Readings: 2 Sam. 5:1–5, 9–10, 2. Cor. 12:2–10 & Mk. 6:1–13 I wanted to start this morning by talking about the parish Bible Study group, which meets every second Thursday night in the John Steele Room. The group has been following a program called Pilgrim, which has been developed by the Church of England. The program consists of two stages: the first…

Maundy Thursday

Readings: Ex. 12:1-4, 11-14, 1 Cor. 11:23-26 & Jn. 13:1-17, 31b-35 What is the significance of Maundy Thursday to the Christian faith? The main thing, is that it marks the institution of the Lord’s Supper (or Holy Communion) which, as Paul tells us in the First Letter to the Corinthians, occurred “on the night when he was betrayed”, during what has come…

The Third Sunday in Lent

Readings: Ex. 20:1–17, 1 Cor. 1:18–25 & Jhn 2:13-25. I don’t think any of us would deny that Australia is becoming a ‘less religious’ nation. I’ve presented census data in previous sermons, which shows that the percentage of the population who identify themselves as being of ‘no religion’, has almost doubled in fifteen years, from 15.5% in 2001, to 29.6% in 2016.…

The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

Readings: Is. 40:21–31, 1 Cor. 9:16–23 & Mk. 1:29–39. For those of you who were here last Sunday, you might be wondering to yourself, if I am going to use today’s sermon as another opportunity to shamelessly talk about my pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The short answer is; yes. The opening verse of today’s gospel passage tells us, that having come…