• Sermon preached on Sunday 5 August 2012

    Here’s what I said on Sunday.

    I ask you. Which sounds more fun – the fleshpots of Egypt or wandering aimlessly in the desert?

    It is not hard to have some sympathy with the children of Israel. Moses and Aaron have led them away from a life which was unfair though one which was mundane and familiar. And they have led them – not to the promised land – not yet anyway, but to the desert.

    The wilderness. The desert. The place where there is emptiness. (more…)

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?

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    Anonymous

    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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