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Sermons from July 2020

Sermon for Pentecost 8

Readings: Genesis 29:15-28, Romans 8: 26-39, Matthew 13:44-58 Hidden within the walls of our homes are electricity cables.  We cannot see the electricity they provide, but at the flick of a switch we can turn darkness to light, produce heat to warm ourselves, cook our food, power our televisions and charge our mobile phones.   We may not think about electricity very…

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Readings: Genesis 28:10–19a, Romans 8:12–25 & Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43 I continue to be dismayed by stories that I read about the history of the Church. When I use the term ‘Church’, I’m referring to the Western Church; what we now know as the Roman Catholic Church, and the many denominations such as the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Lutheran Church…

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Readings: Genesis 25:19–34, Romans 8:1–11 & Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23 I began last Sunday’s sermon with a short explanation about the passage from the Letter to the Romans for that day. In the passage, Paul was attempting to explain why it was so difficult for people to be reconciled to God only by obeying the commandments and statutes of the Torah (otherwise known…

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Readings: Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67, Romans 7:14-25 & Matthew 11:15-19, 25-30 I want to begin this morning with a short review of today’s passage from Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Paul’s writing can be difficult to understand at the best of times, but I think this passage is perhaps even more challenging than usual!  To put the passage in some context; earlier…