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Suse has preached and taught on a range of biblical texts and topics. She particularly loves preaching on texts that don’t usually get a lot of airtime! Take a look at a selection of her talks...

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Dr McBay’s academic research includes the development of the divine warrior tradition in the second Temple period, the Sibylline Oracles and Stoic cosmological imagery.

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By Suse McBay September 5, 2025
Every summer, Wycliffe hosts a week-long summer school. This year, I gave the sermon at the opening Eucharist on August 31st. The reading was Luke 14:1-14: what I thought was a 'typical' gospel story about Jesus, but proved to be quite a striking dinner conversation on a closer reading.
By Suse McBay August 8, 2025
Why study academic theology? Here's a few observations from me.
By Suse McBay July 29, 2025
A sermon given at an all-age service at the wonderful church of St Wilfrid's, Calverley, on June 29th. The reading was Matthew 16:13-20: it was fun to work the film Labyrinth into a sermon on a very well-known text!
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