When we know ourselves as known by God, the demonic power of violent naming is broken and new life dawns.
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
An Open Table where Love knows no borders
Sermons on 1 Corinthians (Page 3)
In the encounter with Jesus, our self-delusion and our scapegoating are painfully exposed, but with the possibility of forgiveness and freedom.
Repenting of our past ways and following Jesus does not guarantee us safety from disaster, but it certainly opens the way to an abundance of life that is beyond what any disaster can destroy.
God consistently favours love and acceptance over purity, so when we are not sure, it is better to take a risk on love and acceptance.
The Advent season is a gift that illumines our present with light from our promised goal, to shape us as a people of patient and vigilant faithfulness.
Living as God requires may not make sense in the world, but God will make it worth our while.
Jesus calls us to take the way less travelled, to leave behind the sin that entangles, to be welcomed by God, that we may have power to welcome and love even our enemies.
Knowledge can be used to destroy or to liberate. In Jesus we see one whose teaching and actions are an integrated liberating message.
Fights and divisions in the church are a sign of how far we still have to go, but if we don’t run from them, God will use them to mature us and grow our ability to love.
We are saved by our trust in God, and the only basis we are offered for our trust is the cross.
The experience of Christ crucified unites us – theories about it are more likely to divide us.