This sermon is available in audio form through Mixcloud below. For a transcript (not word perfect, I never read direct from my notes) see below. It based on: Luke 3:7-18 and Philippians 4.4-7.
Our Gospel reading this morning feels like a bit of a jolt to the system, having spent our first 3 passages being told to rejoice suddenly we are hit with John the Baptist’s criticism of the people of his day ‘you brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?’ But just as in the pas the Church gave this Sunday as an opportunity to relax our fasting to better continue fasting for the rest of Advent, so too the Church today gives us a bit of a kick to make sure we are on the right path.
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This sermon is available in audio form through Mixcloud below. For a transcript (not word perfect, I never read direct from my notes) see below.
As we begin our preparations for Christmas today as Advent begins it may seem odd to you that none of the readings seem to really be about the birth of Jesus. In fact they seem to be a lot more about His return. And that’s the tension of Advent; we are preparing to celebrate Christ coming into the world for the first time and at the same time preparing for Him to come a second time to make all things new.
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AuthorAn Anglican Curate in my 20's I was raised in an Anglican Church, went to a Youth Club run by an Evangelical Church, attended a Baptist Church while at Uni and was a member of a New Monastic Community after graduating. As such my faith has been influenced by these experiences and traditions into what I hope is a more rounded viewpoint. Archives
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