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What Mission Requires According To Jesus, Matthew 9:35-10:8 (Trinity 2...
Matthew 9:35-10:8 Jesus Christ Heals The Sick – vector image at Wannapik. CC 3.0. Mission. It’s everything the church is sent into the world to do. It’s our proclamation in words and deeds of God’s...
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Expecting The Trinity And Getting Jesus, Matthew 28:16-20 (Trinity Sunday...
Matthew 28:16-20 The Most Holy Trinity, St George’s Church, Guke near Pljevja – Montenegro on Wikimedia Commons. CC 4.0. I can guess what many of you are thinking. It’s Trinity Sunday, and in this...
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Keeping The Wrong Company, Luke 15:1-10 (Ordinary 24 Year C)
Luke 15:1-10 Back in prehistoric times when I was training for the ministry, one of our tutors told us that we should be at our desks every morning at 9 am with our shoes on. I’m sure I wore out some...
View ArticleJesus, Pastor and Apostle of the Resurrection: Luke 24:36-49 (Easter 3)
Luke 24:36-49 Here is a supposed church chain letter from the United States: The “Ideal” PastorThe ideal preacher lasts precisely ten minutes. He is a harsh critic of sin, yet he never causes damage...
View ArticlePrepared For Mission, Luke 5:1-11 (Ordinary 5 Year C)
Luke 5:1-11 Before I was a minister and before I studied Theology, I worked in Social Security. It was, as I have sometimes said, one way of seeing life. I can recall a number of stories from those...
View ArticleMission in the Bible 14: Our Of Our Comfort Zone (Acts 10:1-23a)
(This is a lightly revised version of a sermon I preached ten years ago.) Acts 10:1-23a There is an old joke that takes a Bible verse about some people not dying before the Second Coming of Jesus and...
View ArticleMission in the Bible 13: Divine Initiative Seen in the Conversion and Call of...
Acts 9:1-19 I don’t look forward to my eye test every two years. When they ask you how many dots you can see that have flashed up momentarily to test your peripheral vision, I’m always afraid of...
View ArticleMission in the Bible 12: Listening with Two Ears (Acts 8:26-40)
Luke 8:26-40 If Debbie tries to speak to me about something while I am watching the television, there is more than a fair chance that I won’t take in what she’s saying. She will have to tell me to...
View ArticlePentecost: The Spirit Brings Life, Purpose, And Hope (Ezekiel 37:1-14)
Ezekiel 37:1-14 I don’t know what associations go through your mind when you hear the reading from Ezekiel about the valley of dry bones. Perhaps you hear the words of the old spiritual, ‘Dem bones,...
View ArticleWhy Does The Risen Jesus Appear To The Disciples? Luke 24:36-49 (Easter 3...
Luke 24:36-49 It’s a thrill for parents when their child starts speaking. It’s less of a thrill when that child learns the word ‘Why.’ Every question becomes, ‘Why?’ As a child, I was certainly fond...
View ArticleMission in the Bible 7: The Missionaries Went Out Two By Two (Luke 10:1-12)
Luke 10:1-24 If I asked you to name the most influential Bible passage on the subject of mission, I think most people would plump for the one we call ‘The Great Commission’ at the end of Matthew’s...
View ArticleMission in the Bible 6: The Apostolic Call (Mark 3:13-19)
Mark 3:13-19 Hearing a reading about the apostles might provoke a reaction in us that says, ‘What’s this got to do with us? We’re not in the same league as the apostles. We’re just a motley crew of...
View ArticleMission in the Bible 5: The River from the Temple (Ezekiel 47:1-12)
I’m back, although not fully recovered yet. So here is a slightly shorter than usual Bible talk. Please excuse the regular water-sipping in the video! Ezekiel 47:1-12 If you ask most average...
View ArticleMission in the Bible 2: Chosen to Bless the Nations (Genesis 12:1-9)
Genesis 12:1-9 Last week, when I launched this series, I looked at Genesis chapter 3, where God comes looking for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after they have sinned. As such, God is the first...
View ArticleMission 1: God The First Missionary (Genesis 3:1-23)
Genesis 3:1-23 On Friday, an advert popped up in my Facebook feed for a company called Mission UK. You may think that’s interesting for a Christian, and especially suspicious for a minister who’s...
View ArticleNew Beginnings 4: You Have Not Been This Way Before (Joshua 3:1-17)
Joshua 3:1-17 The late American church leader John Wimber used to say that Christians are like people who go down to the quayside, expecting to board a ship that will take them on a luxury cruise,...
View ArticleNew Beginnings 2: Moving On (Deuteronomy 1:1-46)
Deuteronomy 1:1-46 “Are we nearly there yet?” I’m sure you recognise that as the frustrated cry of a young child on a car journey. I’m pretty certain those words came out of my mouth when I was small....
View ArticleWe Are Being Watched, Matthew 5:13-20 (Ordinary 5 Lent -3 Year A 2023)
Matthew 5:13-20 Earlier this week I was at the Byfleet Tuesday Fellowship where over a series of meetings I have been telling them the story of my life and faith. Bit by bit, episode, by episode, this...
View ArticleRemaking The Church, Luke 15:1-10 (Ordinary 24 Year C 2022)
Luke 15:1-10 At the recent Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops from around the world, Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York, said, McDonald’s makes hamburgersCadbury’s makes chocolateStarbuck’s...
View ArticleA Meze Meal of Mission, Luke 10:1-20 (Ordinary 14 Year C 2022)
Luke 10:1-20 The first time I was invited to a meze meal at a Greek restaurant, I was daunted when I saw the menu. Twelve courses? How on earth would I get through all that? But I need not have...
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