Preaching in the Trinity season

THE SUNDAYS after Trinity this year run from 7 June to 18 October, inclusive. Most Churches nowadays follow the Revised Common Lectionary and Sunday sermons are usually based on the appointed Bible readings. The Lectionary covers most of the Bible in a 3-year cycle, of which this is Year B, and thus ensures that congregations are exposed to the Bible as a whole and not just to the preacher’s favourite passages. It can be a salutary but demanding task to wrestle with some unfamiliar or difficult pieces of the sacred text.

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William Marshall

author of Scripture, Tradition and Reason, was formerly vice-principal of the Church of Ireland Theological College and chancellor of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.