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Against Greed

7 April 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

Against Greed - Sermo Humilis

The story Jesus told of the rich man in Luke 12:16-21 is ageless and simple. A wealthy man has a bumper crop and tears down his old barns to build bigger ones, store his surplus and kick back with a whiskey. But suddenly, just as he was set to enjoy his new prosperity, he … [Read more...] about Against Greed

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The 10th Commandment

20 March 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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To covet is to fix all of one's attention, action and desire onto something that doesn't lawfully belong to you. You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or … [Read more...] about The 10th Commandment

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.