The ultimate statistic
Just seen on the BBC News site:
Sorry, Jeremy - no matter how good a job any doctors do, it will remain at 100%.
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Structure of Matthew 6
Does the Lord's Prayer give the structure of Matthew chapter 6?
The Lord's Prayer contains
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Praying to the Triune God
I'm enjoying thinking about the Lord's prayer and the slightly wider context of Matthew 6:7-15 ready for this coming Sunday's services.
In the Lord's prayer we are told who we address (our Father in heaven), then three petitions for matters related to God (his name, his kingdom and his will) and then three petitions related to our own needs.
Women bishops: Let your yes be yes, and your no no.
Fulcrum have recently issued a statement articulating their view on the vote before General Synod, this November, on whether to proceed with women as bishops.
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A clean break from the church and the world
John Stott speaks with his characteristic clarity as he speaks on Matthew 6:1-18:
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BCP Lectionary
Many Anglican Churches across the country still use the 1662 Book of Common Prayer for some of their services. That is a good thing. It's theology is not without fault, but it attained a high standard of theology that has not been reproduced in any liturgies written since. A high proportion of all of its services are taken straight from Scripture, with the effect that a great number of Scriptures are read during any BCP service. The BCP takes the Bible, and turns it into a prayer book.
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Not to be served but to serve
I'd noticed that yesterday and today I was getting a lot of search engine originated hits on this website to a previous sermon I preached on Mark 10:35-45.
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Forgive us our sins
In Matthew 18:21-35, Jesus told a parable to illustrate the principle that we should forgive others. The perspective we need is how much God has forgiven us.
So how big is God's gift of forgiveness to us, then?
The man who was forgiven by the king in verse 24 was in debt to the tune of 10,000 talents.
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Consider carefully how you listen
Tomorrow, many of those who read this will attend a church service. As part of that, there will be a sermon.
At least - please do attend a church service tomorrow. It's a really good thing to do each week. And, if you are responsible for leading a church service, please do ensure there is a sermon - it's a really good thing to include each week.
Today, I'm doing a number of things, but one of them is marking. I have before me a number of assignments on preaching from trainee Readers in the Diocese of Rochester.
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Don't be a coot
The story is told of one Anglican clergyman I had the privilege to meet on a few occasions. Being an ordained minister, from time to time someone who ask him to pray for them. I think the thought was that, because he was ordained, God would hear him. "Say one for me, Father", came the request.
Apparently he used to reply: "Say one yourself, you lazy coot".
I'm not sure quite why the coot gets it in the neck here. I wasn't aware that it was a reputably lazy bird.
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