Readings Luke 7:18-50 Matthew 12:46-50 In this morning's sermon, Rev. Peter Bluett continued his series on the myth of redemptive violence by looking at Jesus's challenge to the patriarchal domination system found in family life in his day. If you would like to listen to the sermon, please click on the audio player below.
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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