Isleworth Congregational Church
Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 7EU, United Kingdom
by Rev. Antony W. Ball Only in Luke’s Gospel do we find the story of Zacchaeus, whom Luke introduces as a “superintendent of taxes and very rich”. Tax collectors were not very popular in those days – that’s probably not changed much over the years – but in New Testament times there were very definite […]
Read on...by Caroline and Rosie Andrews Last time I delivered a sermon, I spoke about my ideas about transgenerational trauma. To recap, this is the idea that the effects of a traumatic experience are passed down through generations. As I said, very little is known about the science behind forming memories; however, perhaps it is the […]
Read on...by Rev. Antony W. Ball Twice in his letters in the New Testament1, St. Paul compares Jesus with Adam, but the comparison is not immediately obvious apart from the scriptural claim that neither had a human father – and there’s more to it than just that. According to the creation story in Genesis2, Adam’s disobedience […]
Read on...by Donald A.G. Burling The year 1701 was the shortest in British history: it began on the 25th March and ended on 31st December. Moreover eleven days were cancelled, in spite of protests from people who imagined that their lives had been shortened by eleven days. The occasion was the revision of our calendar to […]
Read on...by Donald A.G. Burling There is a well-known story of a farm labourer who had heard a sermon on sin. When asked what the preacher had to say about the subject, he replied “Oh, he was agin it”. This was thought funny, because of course any preacher would be against sin, However, that was […]
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