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Tag: Worship and services

Interpreting the ‘still, small voice’ of the Scriptures

On 11th February 2024, the Sunday Before Lent, Richard was invited by the Dean and Chapter to preach at the 4pm Choral Evensong in Exeter Cathedral, at which the Cathedral Choir sang a selection of early 17th century music, including the anthem It is a good thing by John Lugge, who was organist at Exeter

Who is Jesus Christ for us today?

On February 4th, 2024, the Second Sunday Before Lent, Richard was invited to preach by the Rev’d Sheila Swarbrick, the Rector of the Central Parish, which now comprises of the historic churches of Exeter’s city centre, dedicated to St Stephen, St Olave, St Petrock, St Pancras, and St Mary Arches. The website for the Central

Michael Vasey’s ‘Strangers and Friends’ – over 25 years later

A recent post in the Facebook group ‘Inclusive Evangelicals’ (which offers an inclusive and accepting approach to homosexuality on contradistinction to the exclusive rejection by many conservative evangelicals) discussed the book written in 1995 by the Rev’d Dr Michael Vasey, Strangers and Friends: A new explanation of homosexuality and the Bible and published by Hodder

Living the Trinity

On Sunday 22 May 2016, Richard preached on the Trinity at the Choral Evensong service at Worcester College, Oxford. He spoke about the Church of the Father, the Church of the Son, and the Church of the Spirit, and concluded by saying: ‘At the end of the day, we cannot be Father Christians, or churches

The Resurrection

On Wednesday 30 March 2016, Richard gave the final sermon of the term at King’s College London on the resurrection of Jesus (Matthew 28) at the College Eucharist service in the Strand Chapel. He concluded by asking: ‘Where are we in the story? Who are we? Are we at the tomb? Are we the soldiers?