Sunday, October 27, 2024

1 Corinthians 11vv1-16 - a handout

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  THE CHRISTIAN DRESS CODE FOR MEN AND WOMEN FOR CHURCH (Useful background reading: Genesis 1-3) 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 (page 1152) ...
Sunday, July 14, 2024

1 Corinthians 5 - an outline / handout

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  The Necessity of Excommunication   Chapter 4: Being stewards of the grace of the cross means taking repentance and change seriously th...
Saturday, July 13, 2024

On funerals and the Christian gospel

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Over the course of my ordained ministry, I must have conducted hundreds of funerals. And yet each one is special and unique. It is always a ...
Monday, July 08, 2024

Unburdened by doctrine or served by healthy doctrine?

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 Parish Magazine Item for August 2024 From The Rectory   I won’t be saying here or from the pulpit how I voted in the general election. ...
Friday, July 05, 2024

"a government unburdened by doctrine"

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Standing on Downing Street, the newly electing PM has promised us "a government unburdened by doctrine."  Charitably, he means he ...
Thursday, July 04, 2024

Disagreeing and assuming harmony: reading the Bible again

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 I have sometimes been surprised that people more learned and cleverer than me read some Bible texts so differently from the way I do. Our a...

Leadership, accountability, 1 Corinthians 4 and how to read the Bible

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  In 1 Corinthians 4, Paul has some pretty strong things to say about his accountability to God alone: I do not care if I am judged by you o...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

1 Corinthians 3 - handout / outline

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  1 Corinthians 3 (page 1145)   A GROWN-UP CHRIST-CENTRED VISION OF CHURCH, CHURCH LEADERS AND ALL THINGS     1:10-12 – response...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

A brief funeral sermon on 1 Corinthians 13

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  Our reading from 1 Corinthians 13 is often read at weddings. But that’s not its original context. Paul is writing to the Christian chu...
Monday, June 24, 2024

Humans, men and women

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 It is always worth remembering that men and woman are human beings. That’s probably most of most of the interesting and important stuff abo...
Sunday, June 23, 2024

1 Corinthians 2v6-end - a handout

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  1 Corinthians 2v6-end (page 1145)   TRUE SPIRITUAL WISDOM FROM GOD   “Nones”   Spirituality / Wisdom / Power / Rule   In r...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Christianity: Left or Right?

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 It’s hard to escape politics at the moment. I’ve found myself wondering about left and right. What do those categories mean? Are they use...

1 Corinthians 1v18-2v5 handout

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1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5 (page 1144)   THE CHRIST-CRUCIFIED REVOLUTION:   Not words of wisdom (1v17) but the word of the cross (1v18) ...
Friday, June 14, 2024

Louise Perry and Mary Harrington on left and right, life and death

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  I know next to nothing about online feminism, Louise Perry and Mary Harrington, but I found their wide-ranging discussion on The Maiden M...
Thursday, June 13, 2024

If

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  From The Rectory   At the Warbleton and District History Group in June, we had an fascinating talk on the life and family of Rudyard K...
Friday, May 31, 2024

Andrew Wilson, Remaking the World - 1776

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  Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West Andrew Wilson Crossway, 2023 (ISBN: 9781433580536 hb, 360pp)   I hav...

Church growth, young people and silver bullets

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I’ve been in my job serving three small rural churches for thirteen years. The population of the benefice is c. 1700. I can’t say revival ...

1 Corinthians 1vv1-9 a handout

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1 CORINTHIANS 1:1-9 (page 1145)   CALLED TO LIVE IN CORINTH AND IN CHRIST   Background: marclloyd.blogspot.com/2024/05/1-corinthia...