Reclaiming Paul

Paul has been used by conservative Christians as a force for reaction in the church, and has been dismissed by liberals as betraying Jesus’ true ‘ethical’ message. However, both liberal and conservative interpreters of Paul read him through the later contested letters and reformation theology, domesticating his radicalism, while other shortcomings in both positions also tend to miss out central tenets of Paul’s radical gospel.

Over the next year at All Hallows, Ray Gaston will be exploring Paul’s radical message in occasional series of sermons. He will show that Paul sought to empower counter-cultural communities committed to living ‘in Christ’. Through baptism they committed themselves to an alternative way of life, rooted in and inspired by a radical understanding of Jesus’ execution at the hands of imperial power and his resurrection through the love of God. We start with the first of these sermon series this Easter, looking at ‘Paul and Resurrection Faith’.

Easter 2006 at All Hallows

Paul and Resurrection Faith:
an exploration of 1 Corinthians 15

Listen to these sermons online

Easter Sunday: 16 April 2006

Paul and Resurrection Faith: Part One

1 Corinthians 15.1—11
As to one untimely born …
The reality of the resurrection

Easter 2: 23 April 2006

Paul and Resurrection Faith: Part Two

1 Corinthians 15.12—34
God will be all in all
The politics of resurrection faith

Easter 3: 30 April 2006

Paul and Resurrection Faith: Part Three

1 Corinthians 15.34—58
Death has been swallowed up in victory
The effects and meaning of resurrection faith

If you wish you can listen to these Easter sermons online. Just click on the appropriate link below:

(For other All Hallows sermons click here.)

*Notes on the audio formats

• MP4 format
  MP4 format is a multimedia container format standard. Audio MP4 files can combine high compression with very high quality. Many media players can play MP4 files, including RealPlayer, QuickTime, iTunes, and recent versions of Windows Media Player (you may need to download a codec from www.free-codecs.com/download/3ivx.htm).
• Windows Media Player format
  Windows Media Audio is the native format of Windows Media Player, which is installed as part of Windows. If you have an earlier version, you can download version 9 (for Windows 98SE, Millennium and 2000) or version 11 or later (for Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7) from www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx?displang=en&qstechnology. These are quite large downloads [~ 10 MB or larger], so if you have a dial-up connection you may prefer to ask Phil for a copy of the installation program on CD.
• MP3 format
  MP3 is a commonly used audio format using lossy compression. Most media players can play MP3 files, including RealPlayer, QuickTime, iTunes, Windows Media Player and many others.
• RealAudio format
  RealAudio requires RealPlayer (or the older RealOne Player) to be installed. A free version of RealPlayer can be downloaded from http://uk.real.com/player/ (choose the free player on the left of the page) — but again it’s a large download [~ 13 MB], so if you have a dial-up connection you may prefer to ask Phil for a copy of the installation program on CD.
  
  Alternatively, you can install Real Alternative, which will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player. Real Alternative is free, and works well with all major browsers; it is also a much smaller download (5.7 MB). Get it from http://www.free-codecs.com/Real_Alternative_download.htm.

This page was last updated on Sunday, 16 April 2006

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