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2016-03-20 by Jeremy Clarke
Preacher: Christopher Adams 20th March 2016 — (Editor’s note: Although this is the sermon preached on the occasion of …
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Category: Sermons
| Tags: Anabaptist, cancer, distribution of wealth, economics, Environment, gender, hard comfort, inequality, justice, kill God’s enemies, LMC, London Mennonite Centre, lunch, Mennonite, money, pacifism, Peace, peace church, spiritual forces of evil, tea, themes, this present darkness, year of Jubilee
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2016-02-28 by Jeremy Clarke
Preacher: Veronica Zundel 28th February 2016 Readings: Luke 13:1-9, Isaiah 55:1-9, 1 Corinthians 10:13 — Nearly fifteen years ago when I …
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Category: Gospels, The, Isaiah, Sermons
| Tags: bad stuff happens, barren, bear fruit, Bob Dylan, buy, cancer, Christian women, disaster and sinfulness, disasters and the innocent, Dr Jane Plant, Eldon Road Baptist Church, endure, faithful, fig tree, food, foster parent church, fruitful, given up on church, God’s favour turned upside down., good, labour, London Mennonite Centre, manure, massacre and desecration, Mennonite, milk, Misrahi, money, new things God can do, nourishment, peace witness, price, rich, satisfy, Simple Twist Of Fate, spiritual food, testing, Tower of Siloam, way out, wine
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2015-10-11 by Jeremy Clarke
Preacher: Simon Woodman 11th October 2015 Readings: Mark 10:17-27; Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 — Mark 10:17-27 17 As he was setting …
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Category: Amos, Biblical Book, Gospels, The, Leviticus, Sermons
| Tags: belief in God, camel, Co-Op, Commandment(s), coveting, debt, ethical things with money, eye, fair and just taxation, help our society, inherit eternal life, inherited wealth and privilege, international debt relief, investments, issues of wealth economics and justice, Jesus’ message of repentance, maintain privilege, needle, new social order, party conference, perpetuate poverty, political, provision of benefits, redistributive justice, temptation, treasure in heaven, wealth inequality, welcoming of refugees, You shall not defraud your neighbour
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2015-09-13 by Jeremy Clarke
Preacher: Veronica Zundel 13th September 2015 Isaiah 50: 4-9a; James 3:1-12 — Isaiah 50: 4-9a (NIV) 4 The Sovereign Lord …
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Category: Biblical Book, Isaiah, Sermons
| Tags: Arts Centre Group, Bible notes, bring it on, devotional, God’s call to write, healing words, hurtful words, inclusive language, inspiration, Jesus’ anointings, self-esteem, sticks and stones, teachers, the poor, tongue of a teacher, writers
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2015-08-09 by Jeremy Clarke
Preacher: Ruth Goldbourne 9th August 2015 Reading: Luke 22: 7-23 — Luke 22: 7-23 7 Then came the day …
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Category: Biblical Book, Gospels, The, Sermons
| Tags: Last Supper
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2015-07-26 by Jeremy Clarke
Preacher: Geoff Thorington-Hassell 26th July 2015 Based on today’s lectionary readings (detailed further down the page) — Sitting at the dining table in …
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Category: 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, Ephesians, Gospels, The, Kings, Psalms, Sermons
| Tags: Arundhati Roy, Athabasca Chipewyan First nation, “chopping the cotton”, “common sense” narratives, climate change, conformability and comfort, consumer choices, de-industrialisation, ecological conversion, encounter with Jesus Christ, faith steps, Frinton, Gun fleet array, human invincibility, industrialise, interconnected events, James Burke, James Watt, Naomi Klein, Nicholas Lemann, On care for our common Home, Paris climate conference, philosopher Francis Bacon, Pope Francis, Promised Land, protected lifestyles, Royal Dutch Shell, sacrifice zones, Shell, steam engine, The Cost of Living, The God of Small Things, This Changes Everything, vested interests, William Derham
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2015-07-19 by Jeremy Clarke
Preacher: Veronica Zundel 19th July 2015 Readings: 2 Samuel 7:1-14a, Ephesians 2:11-22 — 2 Samuel 7:1-14a 1 Now when the …
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Category: 2 Samuel, Ephesians, Sermons
| Tags: built, church, community, David, Death, foundation, holiness, house, Israel, King, Lesley Misrahi, live, Lord, place, plant, Promised Land, Prophet, reside with mortals, spiritually, Tabernacle, Temple, together
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2015-06-14 by Jeremy Clarke
Preacher: Veronica Zundel 14th June 2015 Readings: 2 Corinthians 5:6-17, Mark 4:26-34 — 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 6 So we are always confident; …
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Category: 2 Corinthians, Gospels, The
| Tags: body, church, clothed, confidence, Death, despair, dwelling, ease, Faith, follow Jesus, food, grain of wheat, groan, Holy Spirit, home, imperishable, marriage, money, pain, Paul, perishable, poor, reject, resurrection, sacrifice, seed, serve, sex, share, sown, stigmata, suffering, surrender, Thomas Traherne, unclothed, virgin, wealth
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2015-05-31 by Jeremy Clarke
Preacher: Michael Nimz 31st May 2015 Reading: John 3:1-17 — John 3:1-17 (NIV) 1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man …
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Category: Biblical Book, Gospels, The, Sermons
| Tags: assurance of heaven, backslider, body, born a second time, born again experience, born from above, born from the head, celebrity, Christian, claim God as the parent, Cold War, comprehend, creating peace, culture, decision for Christ, evangelical belief, evangelical signifier, family, Greek context, intellectual pursuit, Jessica Simpson, Jesus and Nicodemus, Logos, Lord, Los Angeles, New Wave, Pharisees, pickled, practice of salvation, public persona, Punk, ridiculous, salvation, sanctification, Saviour, Stoic philosophy, structures for morality, teacher, Word
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2015-05-24 by Jeremy Clarke
Preacher: Alan Kreider 24th May 2015 Readings: Romans 8.18-28; Matthew 8.5-13; Isaiah 11.1-9 (referenced/quoted later in sermon) – Today is …
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Category: Biblical Book, Gospels, The, Isaiah, Romans, Sermons
| Tags: Alan Kreider, Algonquin, baptism, believers, children, Conflict, different reading, dove, Edward Hicks, Elkhart, English Quakers 1680s, Faith, food insecurity, Gerry Adams, gifts, God at work, God's kingdom, groan, gut feelings, Hicks, Holy Spirit, Indians, insignificant, Ireland, Jerusalem, kosher, labour pains, lambs, Lesley Misrahi, Lord's Prayer, manuscript, new church, new creation, occupation, passion, patience, peace agreements, Peaceable Kingdom, Pennsylvania, Pentecost, possessions, poverty, Prairie Street Mennonite Church, pray, Prince Charles, Quaker, reconciliation, Roman, Sinn Fein, snakes, suffering, The, tongues, trust, William Penn, wolves
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