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Tom's Sermons: April 2015
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To go back to www.tomkennar.com, please click here. Saturday, April 18, 2015. Easter 3 - You Will be My Witnesses. Jesus said: ‘Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.' (Luke 24.46-48). The witness replied "No.". Did you check for blood pressure? Did you check for breathing? No" said the Doctor. Yes, ...
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Tom's Sermons: January 2015
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To go back to www.tomkennar.com, please click here. Saturday, January 10, 2015. The Baptism of Christ - Last Sermon to The Parish of North End Portsmouth Team Ministry. I hope no-one decides to shoot the comic who drew that cartoon! Today we celebrate the Baptism of Christ, which for Jesus marked the beginning. Of his public ministry. The irony of the moment is, of course, that at the same time we are marking the conclusion. 8211; so there’s definitely no comparison with me there! We might give thanks fo...
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Tom's Sermons: VE Day 70th Anniversary - Address
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To go back to www.tomkennar.com, please click here. Friday, May 8, 2015. VE Day 70th Anniversary - Address. Address for VE Day Service – 8th May 2015. I am too young to have experienced VE Day the first time round – as you will no doubt have worked out from my youthful appearance! But what were the circumstances that would lead to such peace? What is it that Micah optimistically believed would bring about such a wonderful state of affairs? I learned a startling statistic recently. I don’t know ...GodR...
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Tom's Sermons: The Passion of the Christ
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To go back to www.tomkennar.com, please click here. Thursday, August 13, 2015. The Passion of the Christ. A Short Homily on the day of the Performance of the Havant Passion Play. Reading: John 6.51-58. I wonder how many of you saw yesterday’s production of the Havant Passion, in the park. If you missed it, there is another opportunity this afternoon at 3pm. The Great Example: Jesus was willing to be executed by the violent forces of power and influence of his day (the Roman authorities, and the religious...
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Tom's Sermons: What's Your Vocation?
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To go back to www.tomkennar.com, please click here. Friday, July 3, 2015. It also, happens to be the 10th Anniversary of my own ordination this weekend. 10 years since I had the hands of other clergy placed on me. 10 years since I was commissioned for a particular role within the Church. I have to confess that I'm rather grateful to God that my commissioning didn't take the same pattern as the ordination of the Twelve Disciples in today's Gospel. Jesus sent. They're crowding round your door. In fact, ove...
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Tom's Sermons: June 2014
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To go back to www.tomkennar.com, please click here. Monday, June 30, 2014. Let's get down to this morning's gospel reading shall we? Tough stuff this, isn't it? Verse 34-36: Do not think I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother in law; and one’s foes will be members of one's own household! It’s the sort of thing that we expect to h...
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Tom's Sermons: December 2014
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To go back to www.tomkennar.com, please click here. Friday, December 26, 2014. The First Sunday of Christmas. For many people who struggle with the whole idea of God, human suffering is one of their greatest stumbling blocks. This is especially true, perhaps, for those who have lost a child. One of the first questions to come to mind is often ‘why? 8217; or rather ‘How could a loving God stand by and let this innocent child die? Is that then the purpose of suffering? Perhaps that is part of the picture&#...
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Tom's Sermons: August 2015
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To go back to www.tomkennar.com, please click here. Thursday, August 20, 2015. VJ Day Sermon 2015. Sermon on the 70th Anniversary Commemoration of VJ Day - August 16th 2015. And yet, War is an inevitable and, it seems, ever-present aspect of human nature. So, what can we learn from the wars of the past (let alone the wars of today)? On this 70th anniversary of the surrender of Japan, perhaps it is worth a look at the causes of that particular conflict. To imagine that the Second World War was the last Gr...
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