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Article: All Christians need to become pregnant with the word of God Meanings of Christmas
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 28, 1994
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Today's Christmas sermons come from the Rev Geoffrey Kirk, of
Lewisham, and the Bishop of Birmingham, the Right Rev Mark Santer.
They ask how we can hear the Annunciation today.
Hark! the Herald Angels sing/ "Bultmann is the latest thing."/ Or
they would if he had not / Demythologised the lot! Nowadays, when
bishops of Durham have become noteworthy for activities other than
disbelief, the late Dr Eric Mascall's cheering carol might seem a
little dated.
But, even in the absence of Dr Jenkins, the debunking of the
Christmas story is still an expanding clerical industry. There were,
you will be told, in no end of daringly relevant Christmas sermons
from clergy of the established church, no ...