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Duty: Sermon Preached on 22nd December 2024 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)

Duty is a very unfashionable idea, but no society can function well without it, and in performing our duties we touch God’s nature. Continue reading

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Patience and Obedience: Sermon Preached on 24th December 2023 (Fourth Sunday in Advent)

Neither patience nor obedience are exactly fashionable virtues at the moment. Consumer culture mitigates against patience, and we mix obedience up with authoritarianism. Continue reading

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Embracing Our Humanity: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 19th December 2021 (The Fourth Sunday of Advent)

Readings – Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45 “…as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leapt for joy.”  If you’re interested in some intelligent listening, may I commend this year’s Reith Lectures on Radio … Continue reading

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