Sermons from March 2023
26 March 2023
The challenge of not knowing becomes the challenge to seek truth. These two ideas sit together, live together like identical twins. At times, they sing from the same hymn sheet, in perfect harmony. At other times, strained, uncomfortable, as they travel, as we travel different paths. To not know is to seek to understand. It is in the understanding that we search here and there, we talk with others, we listen, we create, in our own mind, a story. We…
19 March 2023
Text: John 9:1-41 Title: Who is Really Blind? Introduction Who sinned? Who is responsible? What can account for this tragedy! It is a common enough concern when things go wrong. There must be somebody to blame! Or do you think that is a primitive way of thinking? Is it a kind of superstition? If it is, it is a very persistent superstition. It is not easy to get away from, even in the modern world. Whether superstition or not, when…
12 March 2023
INTRODUCTION During 2020 and 2021 I wonder if any of you may have revived your love of jigsaws or developed the new hobby of puzzling jigsaws… to get through the long weeks of enforced hibernation? I was secretly thrilled to have the luxury of time to rekindle my love of jigsaws after many decades away from this hobby. Then maybe in your households it became a shared activity where families or friends connected to your bubble or within 5 km…
5 March 2023
Text: John 3:1-17 Title: Are You Born Again? Introduction There are a few catchphrases that I dislike: “God is good.” Or “God has a plan for you.” Or “Are you born again?” Do you have any Christian catchphrase that you dislike? Truth be told, ‘Are you born again?” is probably is the one that irritates me the most. Let us pray… John 3:1-17 is one of the favourite passages of the Bible, but also one regularly misunderstood. “For God so…