Tag Archives: the devil

Fame and Truth: Sermon Preached on 12th May 2024 (The Sunday After Ascension)

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

The great cosmic conflict between good and evil is, for most of us, lived out in the humdrum of our daily lives. Continue reading →

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Losing Your Life: Sermon Preached on 25th February 2024 (Second Sunday in Lent)

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

The Devil promises we can have both it all if we have enough power: but most people with power abuse it. Continue reading →

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Fear the Devil: Sermon Preached on 25th June 2023 (3rd Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

The Devil sometimes has the reputation of being the coolest dude in town… but we should take him seriously. Continue reading →

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Christianity is Strange (Easter Day 2023)

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

The Resurrection could be a fiction by people in denial: but then we’d expect more consistency, not the Gospels’ authenticity of roughness Continue reading →

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Why the Talking Snake Matters: Sermon Preached on Saturday 8th April 2023 (Easter Vigil)

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

The Garden of Eden is a myth about what humans were before we had the capacity to exterminate other forms of life at our convenience Continue reading →

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War and the Devil: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 6th March 2022 (The First Sunday in Lent)

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist: what has this to do with Kevin Spacey and Ukraine? Continue reading →

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