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Temple Cowley United Reformed Church

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Articles & Sermons

Jesus the New Temple. If you want to understand God’s power, look at the crucifixion of Jesus. If you want to know what Jesus was about, look at his relationship with the Temple. A sermon on John 2 : 13 - 22. For a version that prints back-to-back as a booklet, click here

(For a booklet-printing version of this please request by email)

‘Faith-based schools should form no part of a State education system’. Dick Wolff’s speech in favour of this motion at a high-profile public debate in November ‘05 (Acrobat 114Kb)

a Review of Richard Dawkins’ recent bestselling book The God Delusion

click here to view or download the review for reading on-screen (it’s 24 pages long . .)

click here to download it in a form you can print as a booklet

Christian Oomph : an attempt at a less flawed interpretation of Jesus’ parable of The Talents. (Nov ’08) (Acrobat file)

The Homing Spirit (address for Collinwood Road URC. Adobe Acrobat, 441Kb)

Idolatry & Morality. A sermon following the 500th edition of Radio 4’s ‘Moral Maze’. “Do the roots of all morality have to be in Religion?” For transcript of the discussion and critique, click here

The Problem of Evil and a good God : the parable of the wheat and the weeds, July ’05. Adobe Acrobat file (21Kb)

6-part series on ‘Life in the Christian Community’

Dealing with Disagreement
Our needs can build community
Dealing with Money (the god Mammon)
The Ministry of all God’s people

Palm Sunday shanty

(to the tune ‘What shall we do with the drunken sailor?’)

1. We have a king who rides a donkey . .

clear the way for Jesus

2. Clear the way for a humble ruler . .

righteous Priest and prophet

3. Cut a branch from a tree and wave it . .

spread your coats before him

4. We have a king who cares for people . .

servant leader Jesus

5. Drive the crooks from the holy temple . .

it’s a house of worship

6. Let all the nations see God’s glory . .

shown to us in Jesus

7. Peace and justice for all God’s people . .

now’s the time to choose it

8. What shall we do with our life this morning?

Give our life to Jesus

Chorus Jesus, the Son of David

God has come to save us!

words by Dick Wolff, with acknowledgement to Fred Kaan who wrote the original verses 1 & 8

A link to the Revd Dick Wolff’s blog : click here

“It’s not about the packaging . .’ A sermon for Christians leading ‘double lives’ - one in the church, one in the world. Feb 8 ’09 (Adobe Acrobat file)

A short sermon on Christian Unity for St James C of E, Cowley, 20th Jan ’08 : “Unity is forged, daily, at the foot of the Cross” Adobe Acrobat file

Retribution versus Restoration. A response to a charge by a conservative evangelical who said that the liberal churches were poor at evangelism because they no longer believe in eternal punishment for the ‘unsaved’. June 2008, pdf

‘The God who connects all things’ : Sermon for Trinity Sunday. For a version that prints back-to-back as a booklet, click here.

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