Sermon for Sunday 18th November 2012 – Mark 13:1-8

November 18, 2012 / zebeth / Abundant Life, Apocolyptic, Disciples, Mark's Gospel, Sermon, Temple

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I was not preaching ‘at home’ this morning. I was at a nearby church, Wootton United Church and their minister, John was at Christ Church. I think John was using the Lectionary reading too – but here’s what I make of it. This morning’s introduction alluded to a previous introduction in another post on this […]

Following the Hero

September 23, 2012 / zebeth / Audio, Children and Young People, Disciples, Jesus, Living the Questions, Mark's Gospel, Prayer, Sermon

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Here we are again then. From this morning’s service at Christ Church. Sermon on Mark 9:30-37 In order to sell its films, the movie world tends to divide it’s products into genres – a fancy French word that really only means ‘type’ or category; and it does this in order to entice the […]

A Prophet in Our Own Home Town

July 9, 2012 / zebeth / Jesus, Kingdom of God, Mark's Gospel, Prophesy, Prophet, Sermon

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Is it just me, or is prophesy the central theme of the last few weeks? I think God is calling God’s people to ‘speak truth to power,’ right here, right now. That’s the main theme of the sermon I preached yesterday on Ezekiel 2:1-5 and St Mark 6:1-13. Wow! Ezekiel has some very strong things […]