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Why is There No Resurrection Appearance at the End of The Gospel According to Mark?
A sermon preached on Easter Sunday: The Sunday of the Resurrection at The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete on 31 March 2024, 11:00 am. The readings were: Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 118.1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; and … Continue reading
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Tagged and they said nothing to anyone, Easter Day Year B, Easter Gospel Year B, Easter Sermon, Endings of the gospel of Mark, for they were afraid, J. B. Lightfoot and Mark 16:8, Mark 16:1-8, Mark 16:8, So they went out and fled from the tomb for terror and amazement had seized them and they said nothing to anyone for they were afraid, The absence of a resurrection appearance in Mark, Thomas Boomershine and Mark 16:8, Werner Kleber and Mark 16
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Pontius Pilate: A Monologue
A sermon preached on Good Friday, 29 March 2024, at the Anglican Church of St Thomas, Kefalas, Crete The readings were: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (the Fourth Servant Song); Psalm 22; and John 18:1-19:42 (the Passion according to St John). Centurion: what … Continue reading
Posted in Lent, Sermons
Tagged Good Friday, Pontius Pilate, Pontius Pilate Monolog, Pontius Pilate Monologue
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Through Advent with the Apocalypse: A Summary of Posts from 2020
Back in Advent 2020, when we were in lockdown, I wrote no fewer than twenty-four posts on the Book of Revelation. I had sort of forgotten I had written so many, but I had a look today, as one of … Continue reading
Who is This King of Glory? A Close Reading of Psalm 24
A Sermon Preached on the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (also known as Candlemas) (transferred from February 2) at The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete on Sunday, 28 January 2024. The readings were Malachi 3:1-4, … Continue reading
What’s The Right Thing To Do (For Christians)?
Adapted from a sermon preached on The Second Sunday after Epiphanyat The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete17 January 2024 The readings used were 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, Psalm 139:1-9, and John 1:43-51. See the note at the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, Blessings of same-sex marriages, Blessions of same-sex unions, Changes in the Doctrine of the Church, Changes in the social teaching of the Church, Divisions over same-sex blessings, Paul's Ethic of Freedom, What's the Right Thing to Do (for Christians)
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On Tenting at Christmas
A Sermon Preached on Christmas Day 2023 atThe Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, CreteThe readings were Isaiah 9:2-7, Psalm 96, Titus 2:11-14, and John:1-18. Do you like camping? I used to do a lot of it, … Continue reading
On Gifts
A Sermon preached on The Twelfth Sunday after Trinityat The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Creteon the 27th of August 2023. The readings were Romans 12:1-8, Psalm 124, and Matthew 16:13-20. While written for the late summer, … Continue reading
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Tagged Gifts, gifts in the context of potlatchs, spiritual gifts
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The Second “Affliction” of George Herbert
I have not written about the poems of George Herbert in over a year, so I will have a go during this Advent, perhaps Herbert wrote once or twice, perhaps more. We shall see. Herbert wrote no fewer than five … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Affliction, Affliction (2), Atonement, Bloody Sweat, George Herbert
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The Island Parson 