A sermon for the eve of St. Simon & St. Jude’s day, and the 23rd Sunday after Trinity October 25, 2008

“Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD” (Jer 3: 12 KJV).
What is backsliding? Does it damn us?
The second question is easy to answer; we are saved by Christ, so how much more even than does Israel will the Lord say to us “I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am [...]

The 22nd Sunday after Trinity October 18, 2008

“Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straitway pull him out on the sabbath day?” (Luke 14: 5 KJV)
These are the words of Jesus, our Saviour, responding to the question “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” (Lk 14: 3) (his question, to [...]