2 responses to “Sunday Sermon – 24/8/03 Fighting the Good Fight”
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Re: Sunday Sermon – 24/8/03 Fighting the Good Fight
What kind of sermon is this supposed to be Kelvin? You never did like sticking to one story, but this takes the biscuit. You told them more about what you were not going to say than about what you were going to say.
Did you sing – Onward Christian Soldiers too? -
Re: Sunday Sermon – 24/8/03 Fighting the Good Fight
It is supposed to be an apophatic sermon. Well, it turned out that way, whether or not it was intended to be. I'm no story teller. I preach to beguile, not to explain or narrate.
We sang “Stand up, stand up for Jesus”, thank you very much.
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