Provoking Faith

Provoking Faith in a time of isolation: A virtual gathering of Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church.

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If God is almighty, all powerful, all knowing, omniscient and omnipresent, then God runs the risk of becoming a dictator, or worse, a tyrant. #DailySermon #GospelofMatthew #ProvokingFaith @BaptistBookworm @BlmsburyBaptist https://t.co/dcQl1jOlgb

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What the path of violence does not know how to deal with is a movement, a kingdom, whose citizens refuse to believe that violence will determine the meaning of history. #DailySermon #GospelofMatthew #ProvokingFaith
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The kingdom of God may be political, but it is not party-political, and our allegiance is first and foremost to Christ alone. #DailySermon #GospelofMatthew #ProvokingFaith
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“The Way of Wisdom” #Sermon #ProvokingFaith #GospelofMatthew @BaptistBookworm @BlmsburyBaptist https://t.co/VNMhdksm26

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A sermon for Easter Day:

"Resurrection is not release from suffering, nor is it an excuse from mortality: it is the invitation to live anew, to start again, and again, and again; to experience freedom and hope in the midst of restriction and despair."

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Scattered yet gathered - a reflection on the sharing of virtual communion from @BaptistBookworm

The latest in our series of theological and biblical reflections from Baptists for Holy Week and Easter Week, co-ordinated by @andygoodliff

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We'll be using this liturgy for #ScatteredCommunion in our gathering on Sunday morning. Just because we are scattered, doesn't mean we cannot also be gathered. Written by @BaptistBookworm.

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Where people die, God is.
Where people suffer, God is.
Where people love one another, God is.
Where people make sacrifices for others, God is.
Where people risk their safety for others, God is.
Because God is love.
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Bloomsbury Deacon, Duncan Bartlett has written an interesting article on how a church in Hong Kong is responding to coronavirus.

https://t.co/VEPDMk3EBC

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Here's the recording of this morning's gathering of "Provoking Faith in a time of isolation"; Bible Study, discussion, prayer, and fellowship from the community at @BlmsburyBaptist https://t.co/JyIKc6KZYe

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"Be to thyself a throng" - Albius Tibullus (c. 55 BC – 19 BC). Good advice for those worshipping in scattered form tomorrow.

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"Be to thyself a throng" - Albius Tibullus (c. 55 BC – 19 BC). Good advice for those worshipping in scattered form tomorrow.

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#MotheringSunday #LordsPrayer 3/3
For your loving embrace is eternal,
unbreakable, and unconditional;
today, as it always has been,
and always shall be.
Amen.

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#MotheringSunday #LordsPrayer 1/3
God of all love, divine mother of us all,
your name is holy to us.
May your loving embrace
enfold our lives and our world.
You sustain us every day of our lives,
from birth to death.

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#MotheringSunday #LordsPrayer 2/3
You do not turn your face away from us,
and you enable us to not turn away from others.
Inspire us to live lives of love,
but keep us safe from those who enact hatred.