“There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.”
The truth at the heart of Christianity is that God loves every one of us – every human being alive. And that how we judge our differences – of age or gender or race or sexuality or social status do not matter at all to God.
There is an old saying from the Baptist Church I attended at my youth – the pastor used to say “the ground is level at the foot of the cross.” Meaning that we all stand on the same level – in our encounter with God the poor have the same status as the rich, the uneducated with the educated, the outcast and the respectable…
Tag Archives: Theology
Christ the King 2015
The hereditary principle seems unfair to my Lefty principles, but I can understand how someone who works hard wants to pass on the benefits of their labours to their children…
However, today’s monarchs tend to be descended from the most brutal and scheming bullies from ages past. Study history if you doubt it.
If you look at the Bible you can see how, through the thousand years it took to write the text, the vision of God develops…
The Mystery of the Holy Trinity fully explained
A sermon for Trinity Sunday The Trinity were planning a holiday. The Spirit, manifesting the creative part of the divine nature, was coming up with the ideas. “Let’s go to Los Angeles,” the Spirit suggested.“No, no, no,” said the Father, “They’re all so liberated, they’ll spend the whole time calling me ‘Mother’ and theyContinue reading “The Mystery of the Holy Trinity fully explained”
What is the Church?
Readings: Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40; John 1:29-42 Today I want to ask question “What is the Church?” Please close your eyes for a moment, and with your eyes closed I want you to visualise the Church of the Ascension. Take a few moments to form a mental image… How many of youContinue reading “What is the Church?”
Midnight Mass – Advertising Christmas
I’m going to disturb our quiet reflective mood with a very short Quiz. I spent half an hour on YouTube looking at the most popular Christmas television adverts of 2013, and if I give you the tag-line I wonder if you can give me the product or store that used it in its advertising thisContinue reading “Midnight Mass – Advertising Christmas”
“One Size Fits All” Spirituality
The Tax Collector and the Pharisee Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that IContinue reading ““One Size Fits All” Spirituality”
Soul Gym?
2 Timothy 2.3-15 Once there was a man who went to play golf with his priest. He was on the third hole and only 3 feet away from the hole. He putted his shot and missed. “Damn it, I missed!” the man yelled. The priest replied that itContinue reading “Soul Gym?”
The Lord’s Prayer – A sermon by Margaret Offerman
A Sermon at the Church of the Ascension by Margaret Offerman There are several pivotal moments in our sacred story when his people reached a new perception of the nature of their God. An obvious one occurred when Moses ascended Mount Sinai and received the ten commandments. From this point, the Israelites worshipped one GodContinue reading “The Lord’s Prayer – A sermon by Margaret Offerman”
Pentecost (and Songs of Praise)
Verses from Acts of the Apostles. Ch.2 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, andContinue reading “Pentecost (and Songs of Praise)”
The Truth of the Ascension
On Ascension Day we had Bob Callahan from Inclusive Church come to preach. He said lots of lovely things about the Church of the Ascension. He also talked about the Chapel of the Ascension in Walsingham where in the plasterwork of the ceiling there is a cloud sculpted, and disappearing into the cloud are twoContinue reading “The Truth of the Ascension”
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