By what authority?
Sep 24th, 2005 | By admin | Category: SermonsSermon at Saint Matthias’ Church on 25th September 2005:
“By what authority are you doing these things?” Matthew 21:23
I spent the first ten years of my ministry in diocese where the bishop placed great emphasis upon clergy studying. In his scheme of things, mornings were meant to be spent reading and studying, afternoons were for pastoral care, and evenings were for meetings. It was never an easy pattern to follow. There is always the feeling that you want to be seen to be doing things; if you are out…