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Author Archives: Gerry Lynch
Where Did It All Go Wrong?: Sermon Preached on 22nd February 2026 (First Sunday of Lent)
No matter how hard we try to live good lives, some force seems to drag us into the worst version of ourselves. Where did it all go wrong? Continue reading
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Tagged free will, lent, satan, temptation, the devil, theodicy, wilderness
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Give Up Illusions… And Sweeties: Sermon Preached on 18th February 2026 (Ash Wednesday)
It’s good to give up sweeties or booze for Lent; better to give up illusions about our own goodness: even the Bible can be a murder weapon. Continue reading
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Tagged ash wednesday, fasting, grace, sin
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Once Pentecostalism Rose in Latin America. Now the Churchless are Growing.
Once Pentecostalism Rose in Latin America. Now the Churchless are Growing. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Ecclesiastical History Rocks, Global, Latin America
Tagged christianity, demographics, pentecostalism, religion, roman catholic, the nones, world christianity
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Snowdrops Signal a Pregnant Cosmos: Sermon Preached on 8th February 2026 (Second Sunday Before Lent)
Death and Resurrection are the pattern of the whole universe. We see it at every scale from supernovae to snowdops. Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, christian evidence, fine tuning, human nature
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Epiphanytide Reflection 2026
We tend not to think of children but as recipients of teaching rather than agents of mission. Yet, compared to God, we are little children. Continue reading
What if God was One of Us?: Sermon Preached on 1st February 2026 (Candlemas)
Candlemas celebrates two things—Mary and Joseph’s faithfulness, and Simeon recognising that Christ would bring light to the whole human race. Continue reading
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Yes, It Could Be Christmas Every Day: Sermon Preached on 4th January 2026 (Second Sunday of Christmas)
Preached at Christ Church, Worton and St Mary’s, Potterne Readings – Ephesians 1. 3-14; John 1. 10-18 “The law was indeed given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” Has anyone brought you a present today? A bottle … Continue reading
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Letter in the Daily Telegraph, 27 December 2025
I am grateful to the Daily Telegraph for publishing a letter from me in its edition of Saturday 27 December, in response to an article that was, I have to say, particularly irritating in its ill-warranted and self-deceiving triumphalism. I … Continue reading
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Tagged anglicanism, conversion, letters
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Christmas Is Really for the Kids: Sermon Preached on Thursday 25th December 2025
Christmas is about Santa, turkey, and chocolate bars, all for the kids, isn’t it? Or is there something more profound that’s for adults too? Continue reading
