Life, Love & Stewardship (Romans 13:8-14)
October 19, 2008 by Simon
Please note: this sermon included contributions from other speakers, which do not appear here. It was given on the first Sunday of Pledge 08, when the focus was on financial stewardship, hence the narrow focus of its content.
Today you’re going to hear three different voices in the sermon slot. In a few minutes I’m going to talk to Revd. Dr. Rosemarie Mallett, Vicar of St John’s Angell Town about her parish. A little later on Chris Wright, a member of the DCC and the Pledge 08 Team, will share a little bit about our hopes and vision for 2009. And I’ll try to set all of that within the context of our Romans reading, where we’ve reached the end of chapter 13. Read more
The Christian and the State (Romans 13:1-7)
October 5, 2008 by Mary
I would seem to have been given a very short straw in this lucid little passage I have to talk about from the opening of Chapter 13. What is there one can possibly explain, expand, analyse, argue about or uplift the hearer by? What can you carry home that isn’t already manifestly obvious on first reading? Could it be particularly uplifting anyway? Pay your taxes. Is there a sermon in that? Read more