Review of "The ‘Fellowship of Trial’: Religious Rhetoric in World War One: The Ser- mons and Poetry of Revd Walter Mursell, Minister of Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church, Paisley."
My sermon reflects on the freeing of the demoniac in Mark's gospel account. It is a first-person narrative (monologue), which takes place on the road back home after encountering Jesus. This publication resulted from my placement in top... more
My sermon reflects on the freeing of the demoniac in Mark's gospel account. It is a first-person narrative (monologue), which takes place on the road back home after encountering Jesus. This publication resulted from my placement in top ten of annual sermon competition coordinated by London School of Theology and Preach Magazine.
From CPO:
A collection of the top ten entries from Sermon of the Year 2018, a competition run by London School of Theology and Preach magazine. While the sermons vary in style and subject matter, all are challenging and uplifting.
At various points in Christian church history there is a tradition of using shame as a means of encouraging repentance. Today the works of various social scientists and practical theologians bring the theme of shame into critical... more
At various points in Christian church history there is a tradition of using shame as a means of encouraging repentance. Today the works of various social scientists and practical theologians bring the theme of shame into critical reflection. It is a rich season to reflect on the legacy of shame and this essay seeks to do just that. The purpose of this essay is to consider the portrayal of various shaming acts more broadly and the theme of shaming within preaching more specifically within a Scottish literary context. Towards that end this essay calls attention to several canonical moments in nineteenth Scottish literature which involve a preacher, a sermon, and the theme of shame. This case study employs mixed hermeneutical approaches in considering the extent to which the use of Pulpit Shaming functions polemically. The authors represent a range, rather than a strand, of attitudes towards the church, her ministers, and various institutions, which impact their portrayal of Pulpit Shaming. That is to say, their voices complement and contradict, rather than express the same view. By exploring the Presbyterian context as a case study, it is argued that the portrayal of shaming from the pulpit brings into focus a growing tradition of literary resistance against the power of the church to humiliate
