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2021/02/07 By Barry Leave a Comment

It’s all about context

Context is one of those tricky things, at least it can be tricky. Today’s sermon is taken from St. Paul’s statement in 1 Corinthians, “I have become all things to all people.” (1 Corinthians 9:22b NRSV) It was all too easy for me, especially when I was younger, to look at Paul’s statement and write […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: 1 Corinthians, all things to all people, context, preaching, St. Paul

2015/02/08 By Barry Leave a Comment

Who should we be?

I don’t often open this sort of thing with a quotation but for this week, I am. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. Ralph Waldo Emerson* The reason for putting that quotation in is that today’s sermons are about who we should be when […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: all things to all people, consistency, preaching, St. Paul

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