The inbreaking of the Kingdom
A sermon for Epiphany 4, preached at College Communion at Christ Church on Sunday 27th January 2019. Epiphany 4 Nehemiah 8: 1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Luke 4: 14-21 If you had the chance to be present at one event in the life of Jesus – to witness one moment from the gospels – what is the moment you would choose to see? Perhaps the birth of Jesus? Or the feeding of the five thousand? The Sermon on the Mount? The crucifixion? The Resurrection? The Last Supper? We’re unlikely to get our wish. But the moment we would choose has something to do with what we think about Jesus – what is most important for us about his message, his life, his identity. And there’s no wrong answer! Everything about Jesus is important. Everything the gospel writers wrote down was something they judged important enough to remember, and to teach new Christians about – communicating something important about who Jesus was. The Gospel stories are moments, incidents where Jesus, his identity...