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2020/04/19 By Barry Leave a Comment

Faith and doubt, courage and fear

This Sunday we have another one of those things that is from the Bible but not everyone knows the origin, namely, “Doubting Thomas.” I have known several (many?) people use the phrase who were very surprised to find out it was from the Bible. That doesn’t make them bad people or anything, rather it highlights […]

Filed Under: Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: certainty, Courage, doubt, Doubting Thomas, faith, fear, preaching, thomas

2020/03/08 By Barry Leave a Comment

Where are we going?

Very few of us like being kept in the dark about where we are going. There might have been a time when we were happy to jump into a car with our friends who were going “somewhere” without knowing where “somewhere” was . . . but lots of us, certainly me, are past that sort […]

Filed Under: Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: Abram, faith, follow, go, preaching, questions, trust

2019/08/11 By Barry 2 Comments

Talking about faith

 Faith. Faith is a big topic in some circles, like this one. It is one of the big three in 1 Corinthians 13, i.e. faith, hope, and love. It is something we need to see God. Depending on the translation you consult the word “faith” occurs somewhere between 247 and 274 times in the Bible. […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: faith, Hebrews 11, preaching, what is faith

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