Went to the Local Preachers' study evening yesterday. These are excellent evenings where we can all learn things from one another. I think it would be good if we could have a short description of what we are doing, before we go. We were discussing theological reflection last evening and a short summary of what was involved would have meant a bit of reflection could have gone on before hand. Earlier in the year we had a study day"On bring hefted." I think some people were put off by the title. We are not here to be esoteric, we are here to help one another become preachers, who take the gospel to others, in a form they can understand. My pet hate in a sermon is to say something like,"this of course was the pre exilic era." We are supposed to make the message clear not show how erudite we are.
Every time I take a few days off from my blog my ratings slump. Very rarely do people go back into my old posts and read again. This is a typical attitude of the human heart, always wanting something different. At this time of year we should not be greedily wondering want new thing we will be getting for Christmas. Instead we should be looking at the old, old story, which is ever new of a baby who amazingly was God incarnate, God's gift to those who will put there trust in this one who was to grow up to give His life for His people. Set aside the controversy over whether December 25th is the actual date of His birth.(Shepherds do not keep their sheep out at night in Israel in December.) and set aside time to think about the fact that He did come and ponder if He came to set you free and if your answer is ,"Yes," He will make you free indeed.
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