Thomas Grieve

Guest pre­a­cher in the see­tal chile

What is a name?

13 Octo­ber 2019 
In the Bible, the sto­ry of David and Mefi-Bos­heth gives a powerful pic­tu­re of how God deals with us. God reve­als his own res­to­ra­ti­ve natu­re in the way David res­to­res the son of his fri­end Jona­than. What is a name? The thing we call a rose would smell just as love­ly under any other name. This is the famous ques­ti­on that Juliet asks in Wil­liam Shakespeare’s tra­gic mas­ter­pie­ce. The names Capu­let and Mon­ta­gue were for Romeo and Juliet… 
What do you do befo­re you move into a new home? What do you do befo­re you move into a new home? What do a who­le peo­p­le do when they move into a new home? Today’s Bible text deals with aspects of this ques­ti­on. We are deal­ing with a text from the 5th book of Moses. The Israe­li­te peo­p­le are on the east bank of the Jor­dan River pre­pa­ring to enter their new home­land. The pro­phet Moses, who for over 40 years… 
At the very end of the pray­er Our Father, it moves into wor­ship. «For thi­ne is the king­dom, and the power, and the glo­ry, for ever and ever.» This is not only the case in this pray­er, but also in many other places in the Bible – and could beco­me a habit of life. Today is 30 Decem­ber. If you still have open New Year’s reso­lu­ti­ons from last Janu­ary, the­re are about 30 hours left. If your reso­lu­ti­on was to stop put­ting things on the… 
The para­ble of the pro­di­gal son is an image of the Gos­pel and at the same time lin­ked to the Our Father. How this link is for­med and what this has to do with the the­me «When God is silent» will be the sub­ject of this sermon.