2 responses to “Sunday Sermon – 24/8/03 Fighting the Good Fight”

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    Anonymous

    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?

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    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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