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Was Nicodemus a Bit Thick?: Sermon Preached on 1st March 2026 (Second Sunday of Lent)

Paul’s letters can sometimes seem confusing, but they actually upend conventional morality and teach us we don’t have to earn God’s love. Continue reading

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Doers Not Merely Hearers: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 28th August 2021 (The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity)

Readings – James 1.17-27; Mark 7.1-8,14,15,21-23  “…be doers of the word, and not merely hearers…” In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.  “The Western mind is like a tuning fork calibrated … Continue reading

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