Why there can’t be a trial marriage

Pr. Christopher Esget quotes from Walter Trobisch's book I Married You a succinct and insightful rebuttal of the idea that cohabitation (or any other such arrangement) can work as a trial marriage. This reminds me of my distant past in military service: being struck by the fact that peacetime military training can teach you all…

The Finger of God

Sermon preached at Our Saviour Lutheran Church and Oxford Lutheran Mission 2012 on 26 August 2012, Trinity 12. Text: Mark 7:31–37 A recording from Our Saviour is available here. As is well known, the Gospel according to St. Mark is the shortest of the four gospels by quite a margin. Of all the evangelists, Mark…