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    Gaslighting God?

    Gaslighting God?

    The Old Testament readings in the semi-continuous option for the RCL in September are from the Book of Exodus. Carmen Imes invites us to pose the question as to whose version of reality we are going to trust.

    Abigail Reid 21st August 202321st August 2023 Biblical Interpretation, General, Guest Blogs, Historical contexts, Sunday Sermon, Monday Mourning, Uncategorised No Comments Read more

    Luke 19 and Post Colonial Preaching

    Luke 19 and Post Colonial Preaching

    Drawing on different readings of the Zacchaeus story, Augustine Tanner-Ihmn invites us to consider the post-colonial context of our preaching.

    Abigail Reid 15th August 202315th August 2023 Biblical Interpretation, Black Lives Matter, General, Guest Blogs, Preaching, Sunday Sermon, Monday Mourning, Uncategorised No Comments Read more

    Lady Gaga and the Monstrous Bible

    Lady Gaga and the Monstrous Bible

    Stephen Roberts explores the theology of Lady Gaga, and what her music has to do with monstrosity and the Bible.

    Abigail Reid 17th July 202319th July 2023 Hostility, Healing, Hymnody, Uncategorised No Comments Read more

    Suffering in Silence…?

    Suffering in Silence…?

    1 Peter’s call to endure unjust suffering has often been misused to justify domestic (and other) abuse. Writing from different perspectives, Steve Carter and Steve Finamore challenge that use of the text.

    Abigail Reid 18th April 202318th April 2023 Biblical Interpretation, Guest Blogs, Sunday Sermon, Monday Mourning, Uncategorised No Comments Read more

    ‘On us and on our children’: Repenting of the harm caused by Matthew 27:25

    ‘On us and on our children’: Repenting of the harm caused by Matthew 27:25

    Ann Conway-Jones invites us to reflect on how we respond to Matthew’s accusation of deicide against the Jews.

    Abigail Reid 20th March 202320th March 2023 Biblical Interpretation, Historical contexts, racism, Sunday Sermon, Monday Mourning, Uncategorised No Comments Read more

    The Fall Revisited

    The Fall Revisited

    The Old Testament reading on 26th February is the story of the Fall. Debbie Rooke invites us to revisit our assumptions about the story and what it says about responsibility.

    Abigail Reid 27th February 202327th February 2023 Biblical Interpretation, Sunday Sermon, Monday Mourning, Uncategorised No Comments Read more

    The Lure of Violence 

    The Lure of Violence 

    In this post guest blogger Christine Redwood uses Judges 3 as a way in to asking ourselves the question: Is Violence Ever OK? 

    Abigail Reid 31st January 20238th February 2023 Biblical Interpretation, current affairs, Resistance to violence, Sunday Sermon, Monday Mourning No Comments Read more

    Woe to the bloody city – Nahum 3

    Woe to the bloody city – Nahum 3

    Sermon by Helen Paynter, based on Nahum 1:2-10,15, and 3:1-3, with attention also to Eph 2 11-22.

    Abigail Reid 5th December 20228th February 2023 Sermon, Uncategorised No Comments Read more

    Book Review: The Things that Make for Peace

    Book Review: The Things that Make for Peace

    Carolyn Whitnall reviews Jesse P. Nickel, “The Things that Make for Peace: Jesus and Eschatological Violence“, (Berlin / Boston: De Gruyter, 2021), https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110703771 Jesse Nickel’s The Things that Make for Peace bears on a question of pressing and far-reaching concern:

    Abigail Reid 9th November 20222nd November 2022 Book Reviews, Uncategorised 1 Comment Read more

    Preaching Between the Wound and the Promise – Finding God in Texts of Terror

    Preaching Between the Wound and the Promise – Finding God in Texts of Terror

    Guest Blog from Hannah Wilkinson considering how to preach both the wound and the promise when preaching with difficult texts.

    Abigail Reid 30th August 20228th February 2023 Sunday Sermon, Monday Mourning, Uncategorised No Comments Read more
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