Forgiveness This is the blog I promised on Sunday last. Forgiveness is easy in practice but very difficult to do practically. So how do we start? In the last post I pointed out that in the parable of the unforgiving servant that the forgiving the servant did not do was of a much, much smaller order …
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Forgiveness again
In the last blog, finished early on Sunday morning, I said I would expand on what I said about God's forgiveness and our response. That was before the morning service at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield, when we had this reading: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with …
Importance
Which is the most important part of the Lord's Prayer? A bit of a non question, it is all important. ... Isn't it? So why did Jesus only comment on one verse? And why was he so harsh? Here's the verse and its comment: and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our …
Targetting
The Parable Of The Sower To be efficient in our evangelism churches would do well to target those most likely to respond, Right? Actually no. While it may sound like good business practice the church is not, or at least should not be, a business. Last Sunday, in the first of a series of Sermons …
Truth
Nice sermon, Vicar. Said often enough in churches, yet when asked what they dislike about Church one of the biggies that always comes up is boring sermons. Yet those who preach seem to be unaware that maybe they are among those who add to Sunday morning tedium. It's all down to dishonesty Which is sad, …
5 odd ways to be good
God is good. The Christians like to sing that in their children's songs. In the adult songs the wording can be more sophisticated, but the meaning is the same. Jesus is God. the churches also teach that to their children and adults. It is part of standard Trinitarian theology, (sorry about the big words). So …
Who is in charge?
The politics of me. Who runs the country? Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned, and will no longer be Prime Minister, the Parliamentary Labour Party have revolted overwhelmingly against their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and UKIP leader Nigel Farage has stood down. Post Brexit Britain is in turmoil. Over on the other side of the Atlantic …
Parables in the modern world.
Who knows anything about Mediterranean first century agricultural practise, other than what we have heard second hand, third hand or worse in church sermons. Take this: And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and …
Trust
Trust 40 blogs of Lent 7 words from the cross Father, into your hands I commit my spirit It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with …
Humanity
Humanity 40 blogs of Lent, day 38 7 words from the cross I thirst After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the Scripture), “I thirst.”A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his …
Making an ass of myself 