by Samuel Smithson | Jul 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today is Trinity Sunday so firstly I’d like to say a few words about the Trinity and what it means. I’d then like to look at the Trinity in the Old and New Testaments, particularly focusing on the ministry of Jesus and finally look at how we can come to know the...
by Samuel Smithson | Jul 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Let’s briefly picture the scene portrayed in the parable of the sower. A farmer is going out to sow some seed in his field. He scatters the seed liberally by hand throwing it from side to side and it falls in different places. Some seed falls on the pathway that goes...
by Samuel Smithson | Jul 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Our two readings this morning were chosen by the Liturgical Group of the Church of England, the body who choose the readings set for each day, because they complement each other and also shed light on each other. It is one of the basic principles of...
by Samuel Smithson | Jul 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Everyone has different ideas about what Christianity is all about – what its purpose is; what its goal is. As you know, there are many ‘denominations’ – different groupings of Christians who prefer to think of and practise their religion in different ways. The sad...
by Samuel Smithson | Jul 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
I don’t know if any of you managed to see any or all four of the episodes of the BBC’s ‘The Nativity’ this week. It did get a very good press overall – except, I saw, on the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science website, where it seems, sadly, from reading...
