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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2020/06/28 By Barry Leave a Comment

What are you working for?

Bob Dylan had a song a long time ago called “You gotta serve somebody” or something similar. It is a binary I’m inclined to accept. At least when I think of it the terms or our Romans passage for today (Romans 6:12-23), especially the last verse, “For the wages of sin is death, but the […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: eternal life, Paul, preaching, Romans, sin, wages

2014/08/02 By Barry Leave a Comment

Expectations

There is something about our expectations. I don’t for a moment think that I’m on to something new but there is real value in reminding ourselves that generally speaking, dashed expectations create the greatest disappointments for us, even more than what might be called actual disappointments. It seems odd but it seems to be the […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: cancer, expectations, Jacob, Laban, labour, Leah, preaching, Rachel, seven years, wages, work

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