by Brendan McLaughlin | Jan 19, 2020 | Weekly News
One of the common charges laid against the current generation is that we lack resilience. New phrases such as ‘snowflake’ (one who ‘melts’ under slight heat) and ‘triggered’ (one who get angry over minor infractions) show we no longer cope with discomfort This stems...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Dec 15, 2019 | Weekly News
Rom 3:21-26 is the climax of Paul’s gospel presentation, which began in Rom 1:1. In Rom 1:17 Paul declared that the gospel reveals ‘the righteousness of God’; a phrase which means that God does what it right. Since then Paul has been outlining how God has always...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Dec 8, 2019 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon passage was about as complicated as it gets, due to several textual issues: (i) The phrase ‘not at all’ (Rom 3:9) is better translated ‘not altogether’. There IS an advantage in being a Jew (i.e. they have the Scriptures; the treasure map to God –...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Dec 1, 2019 | Weekly News
In today’s passage Paul talks of those who are ‘under the power of sin’ (Rom 3:9). While most scholars believe this refers to ALL humans, the sermon will argue it is about ‘the wicked’ (i.e. non-believers). The Bible is at pains to ensure believers and non-believers...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Nov 24, 2019 | Weekly News
Over the past few weeks we’ve been looking at how some Christian doctrines are like a seesaw; in that it is easier to tilt into error than keep the right balance. After covering the doctrines of obedience and Communion in previous weeks, I now wish to look at the 2...
