Sunday Bible

Part two of the Beatitudes and so thoughts on being salt of the earth and light of the world  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

The Beatitudes are not a list of things you must get right but an insight into Jesus' radically different view of the world of of people This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Australia Day. It's complicated. Except that, according to Matthew 25, its really not This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

At our place on Sunday we had a service made up entirely of music. Classical, roots, Jazz and more. So, it was only right that the sermon should be music too. This is Water Into Wine by Bruce Cockburn. It is an interpretation in music of Jesus' first miracle in the Gospel of John where he turned water into wine at a wedding.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other s...

Why was Jesus baptised? There are all kinds of ways into this question. Here is one This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Luke's Gospel tells the Christmas story with Mary and shepherds, Matthew's Gospel tells it with Joseph and wise visitors. John's Gospel begins the Christmas story with the word logos...  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Matthew is telling us about a whole different kind of power in his ending to the Christmas story  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

The three wise men. Were they men? Probably. Were there three? who knows? Were they wise? Let's see. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Joseph is a bit player in the Jesus story except at the very beginning. It is his decision to listen to his dream and rethink how to experience what looked for all the world like disaster that changed everything. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Mary's song and John the Baptist's question from prison are both readings for this week. An Advent of hope and doubt. An Advent of possibility. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

John the Baptist calls us to repent. Why? Because the world is changing. How? by letting go and clearing stuff out. A good idea just before Christmas! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

This week is the first week of Advent, the beginning of the church year. So why, in what should be a time of expectant waiting, do we have a reading about he end of the world? (sorry there was no sermon up for November 24, I had a Sunday off!) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

The reading is parts of Luke's apocalypse. How did the people of Jesus time have hope after the destruction of Jerusalem? How do we have hope in the face of the existential threat of climate change? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Seven brides for seven brothers? Try one bride for seven brothers. Jesus deals with a hypothetical about what happens after death. It's not clear what Jesus thinks happens but there might be a few clues in his response...  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

A life of grace and the story of Zacchaeus This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

I wasn't preaching on the 27th so here's one I prepared earlier. Its from about this time last year and looks at the story of Bartimaeus This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Another reading from Luke, the upside down gospel. What does an upside down reading of the parable of the widows and the unjust judge offer us? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

I wasn't preaching on Sunday, so here's one I prepared earlier. it's from about this time last year and it's about Jesus and his comments on divorce. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Who would invite a slave to sit and be served? No one? Except we are reading Luke, the gospel that turns the world upside down... This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

The cracking story of the rich man and Lazarus and what it means to really live! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Looking at the first letter to Timothy and what it means to pray for everyone This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

The lost sheep and the lost coin, another couple of stories where Luke's gospel upends the way we run the world. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Unless you hate your folks, give away all your possessions and carry a cross, you can't be a disciple of Jesus. Seems pretty straightforward. If we're not planning on doing these things what does that mean for the rest of us? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Luke gives us a story (Luke 14:1, 7-14) about who to invite and who not to invite to dinner. What sense can we make of it today? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

What was the significance of Jesus healing a woman on the sabbath? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com