Intersecting Lives – Sermon, 27 Oct 2019
I came upon a verse from Psalm 13 in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible which struck me as something I had never noticed before: Psalm 13:5 (LXX) ἐκεῖ […]
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Death is a Violation
The sermon of October 20th is available as an audio file below. No text or text summary are available for this sermon, only the audio file.
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Language of our Lives
The great American writer and activist, Toni Morrison, died on August 5th at the age of 88. A true transformational presence in American life. She was awarded the Nobel Prize […]
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Captivated!
“They left everything and followed him.” If we are disciples of Jesus Christ, the same command applies to us as to the original twelve: Come follow me and I will […]
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What really happened on the Cross
The usual message of salvation you hear from popular preachers on TV and Christian radio is this: We are all sinners, born sinners, because Adam sinned. God is angry with […]
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Above and Beyond Labels
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An acceptable year
Tens of millions of Christians in this country love the Book of Revelation and what they think it tells them about the end of the world. But one verse you’ll […]
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The dia-logos of faith
I came upon a striking phrase in an article by Dionysis Skliris: Ο Χριστός, επομένως, ως ενυπόστατος διάλογος Θεού και ανθρώπου…: Christ, the ‘enhypostasized’ (let’s just say ‘personified’ for simplicity) […]
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Delayed Gratifications
This sermon is an attempt at bringing together the two great feast days of August (Transfiguration and Dormition) in dialogue with some of the Sunday Gospels (Aug 11, Aug 18, […]
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The First Liturgy
This is a unique miracle narrative (Matthew 14:14-22). It is the only miracle that all four Gospels include. So we should pay extra attention! It is also the most public […]