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Words From the Middle

At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2021/10/10

Did you know you had a high priest?

What would anyone need with a high priest? In the Judeo-Christian tradition, there has been no need for a high priest since the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. Various Christian groups have hierarchies of one sort or another but I’m drawing a blank on one with a formal high priest. This Sunday the Hebrews […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / Hebrews, high priest, perfect, preaching, priest Leave a Comment

2017/02/19

Tricky words

 It is all too easy for me to allow almost any discussion to get to the level of words – how they are used, what they mean, what is the philosophy of that word – so I work pretty hard at not letting sermons end up there. However, there are times when we need to […]

Article by Barry / Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / holy, language, Leviticus, Matthew, perfect, preaching, Sermon on the Mount, totalizing, words Leave a Comment

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