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TEN OF TED'S: Selected Sermons From The Oxford Years

We were asked to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Rev. Ted Atkinson by compiling  a short list of his sermons into a small booklet.  Ted saved 35 years worth of sermons, a vast collection.  To assist the selection process, the editors began with sermons they most remembered.  The ten printed in this booklet were the result of those memories.

We have arranged the order of these sermons into seasonal groupings from the church calendar:  Advent/Christmas, Lent/Easter, and special themes in Ordinary Time.

Ted's theological, literacy, historical, and existential knowledge is illuminated in all of his sermons, and it glows with imagery and metaphor.  He was a keen observer and an able assimilator of many different disciplines which shines forth in these sermons. 

One recurrent theme found in many of these sermons is that Ted was human, shared his doubts with his flock, and endeared himself to us for this honesty.  He said his job was not to point us toward his unwavering faith, but to point us to God.  This he did very well.

Another theme is Ted's firm commitment that "God will win in the end."  No matter how often Ted might tell us of his own skepticism, faith always prevailed- he clearly was steadfast to the end.

-edited and compiled by
Dr. Richard Winchester, Elder
and James Sumner, Elder

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Easter/Lent
1. "Easter Sunday" March 30, 1997

2. "The Resurrection Of The Son Of God" April 11, 2004

Christmas/Advent
3. "I'll Be Home For Christmas" December 24, 1988

4. "The Day's Are Getting Longer" December 24, 1997

5. "The X-Files and X-Mas" December 24, 1998

6. "When God Was A Cave Dweller" December 24, 1999

7. "Glimpsing The Face Of God" December 24, 2002

Ordinary Time
8. "Burned But Not Consumed" June 4, 1989

9. "My Times Are In Your Hands" October 12, 2003

10. "Fools Say There Is No God" July 27, 2003

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