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“The Cross and the Church: The Soteriology and Ecclesiology of P. T. Forsyth”
(Note: This article first appeared in the Andover Newton Review in 1992 (Vol 3, No. 1). It is the fruit of essays I wrote for my tutor the Revd. Donald Norwood during my 1989 sabbatical at Mansfield...
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“The God of the Far Off” Toward the Ministry of Inclusion
What an extraordinary week this has been for our country! The great Swiss theologian Karl Barth liked to admonish the church that it must read both the Bible and the newspaper, because we Christians...
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“Holy Weeping” A Sermon on Romans 12: 9 -18 and Revelation 21:1-4
Our two scripture readings today both speak about crying. The first reading speaks to the church on earth today, what I was taught as a child to call the church militant, and the second reading speaks...
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My Book on the Atonement
The Christian doctrine of Atonement has long been a theological preoccupation of mine, which may seem strange since I didn’t come out of an Evangelical background, where this is a central concern. I...
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“On Our Side!” A Devotional on the Atonement
“But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.”...
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Awesome God: A Sermon for Trinity Sunday
Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 29 When I read today’s lessons, I am struck by the mystery, grandeur and majesty of the Biblical conception of God. In these lessons God is the One who is due reverence and worship...
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“Down to Earth” A Sermon on John 13:1-17
I started my ministry 43 years ago in two small congregations in two adjacent tiny towns in Maine about 9 miles apart. When I lived in Maine just about the nicest compliment you could give someone was...
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“He knew where he was going!” A Devotion for Palm Sunday
“They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was...
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“You’ve Got To Serve Somebody” A Sermon on Luke 4: 1-13
When Patty Fox had her ecclesiastical council here in January I asked her to talk about how she goes about interpreting a scripture text to prepare to preach on it. She said several wise things, but...
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“How then shall we speak of the atonement?” A Reflection for Good Friday
(This essay was first written in 1995 for my study of the atonement with Professor Richard Bauckham at St Andrews University in Scotland. It later appeared as a chapter in my book When I Survey the...
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