Tag: christian

  • JESUS, CHRIST, LORD

    A sermon preached this past Sunday, February 22nd – in a continuing series on the Apostles’ Creed. In the writing of this sermon I have made use of an essay by Richard Burridge in the book Exploring and Proclaiming the Apostles’ Creed.   ___________________________     We come this morning to the second section of…

  • The Fatherhood of God

    The second sermon in a series on the Apostles’ Creed. In the writing of this sermon I have benefitted from, and in some ways followed, a Father’s Day sermon that Karla Wubbenhorst (minister, Westminster, St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Guelph) has offered on the Fatherhood of God. I have also followed reflections on the Creed’s identification of God…

  • Sermon: Doubt and Dogma (1)

    A sermon preached in anticipation of a sermon series on the Apostles’ Creed. Sunday 11 January 2009   _________________________________   Today in Canada, as people think about the claims of religion, Doubt is very much in fashion.  Today in Canada, as people think about traditional Christian claims about Jesus, Doubt is considered the sophisticated option. Today…