Centre for the Study of Bible & Violence
Palm Sunday sermon, based on Mal 3:1-5; Luke 19:35-45, by the director of the CSBV, Helen Paynter. I’ve got a problem. Or, rather, I’ve had a problem trying to prepare this sermon. I thought I knew what I wanted to
Research Associate Peter King invites us to consider how the recent Declaration on the “Russian World” Teaching of the Russian Orthodox Church might speak to our own context. He has also produced six studies for individual or group use on this
In this guest post, Will Moore shares his sermon on Lent, preached on 6th March 2022. I often like to start my sermons with a hook, a joke perhaps, something to grab your attention and get you listening. But this
You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high
Research associate Peter King considers the role of the national church in contributing to nationalism, and offers practical solutions for the church to instead reflect a trans-national God. The war makes me more thankful for the Church, which serves no
If someone told me of the discovery of an unmarked mass burial site, containing 215 (or 104 or 751) little bodies disposed of like so much garbage, I would guess that perhaps it was done by the Nazis. Or the
This reflection is based on Psalm 59 (see also 1 Sam 19:11), and Luke 22:39-53. In the message below, the word ‘men’ is being used as a gender-inclusive term. To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent
By guest blogger Paul Lusk Extremist political ideas are like a virus nurtured in a laboratory. Stored safely, they may do no harm. But transmitted to where defences are weak, they become dangerous. The Jesus Candidate, page 110 Armoured and
By guest blogger Steven Harmon In November 2013 when our son was 7, we made a family trip to Washington, D.C. for me to attend the American Academy of Religion meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. I took the train from Union
By Valerie Hobbs and Helen Paynter In the wake of the violence carried out by a white supremacist mob at the United States Capitol last week, fascist rhetoric has multiplied and spread across an eager audience. In a video on