An audio recording of previous church sermons
Reading Luke 13:10-21 In today's sermon, our Minister, Peter, continued his series on the myth of redemptive violence, concentrating this morning on how patriarchal domination systems have affected women, and how Jesus sought to restore women to their position as the equals of men in the sight of God, in a challenge to the prevailing …
Continue reading Sermon on Jesus’ Treatment of Women- 21st May 2017
Readings Psalm 23 John 4:1-30 In today's sermon, our minister, Peter Bluett, continued the theme of the myth of redemptive violence, by looking at an example used by the theologian Walter Wink of a society which has traditionally been non-hierarchical and non-violent, namely, the Batek Negrito people of the Malaysian peninsula. Contrasting this with …
Continue reading Sermon on the Myth of Redemptive Violence, part 2, 14th May 2017
Readings Micah 4: 1-4 Matthew 5:38 - 6:4 In this morning's sermon, the first of a series, Rev. Peter Bluett began to explore what the American theologian, activist and writer, Walter Wink, called "the Myth of Redemptive Violence." In the sermon he looked at the Babylonian creation myth, the Enûma Eliš, highlighting the violent underpinnings …
Continue reading Sermon on the Myth of Redemptive Violence, part one, 30 April 2017
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