Tag Archives: the cross

The Power of God – 1 Corinthians

Last week we began our journey through the book of 1 Corinthians, this letter from Paul to the members of the church that he had planted in Corinth. We thought about Paul’s absolute focus on Jesus Christ as the foundation of his life, the source of all his thinking, and the root of all that […]

September 25, 2019 – 2:49 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Free Indeed

“It was badly done, indeed! You, whom she had known from an infant, whom she had seen grow up from a period when her notice was an honour, to have you now, in thoughtless spirits, and the pride of the moment, laugh at her, humble her–and before her niece, too–and before others, many of whom […]

May 8, 2017 – 11:49 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Forgiveness: Letting off. Letting go. Letting in.

“Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.” Is a well done phrase from a well known prayer. We will pray it ourselves in a little while. This theme comes up repeatedly in Jesus’ teaching to his followers, that the forgiveness we receive is dependent on the forgiveness that we give […]

September 19, 2016 – 7:57 am | By tim | Posted in Priorslee | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

A hot favourite?

Imagine a meeting. With all the words about courts and judges, James is probably picturing a kind of court room, a place where disputes are sorted out, maybe even between fellow Christians. So, picture the scene, the church has gathered to sort out a disagreement between two of its members. The first one arrives, looking […]

September 6, 2009 – 1:17 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Memories

I’ve spent a fair amount of time this week talking to people about what things used to be like. I’ve been with families preparing for the funerals of their loved ones, who remember what family life used to be like when they were growing up. I’ve had conversations with people living in Cavour Street in […]

July 19, 2009 – 10:47 am | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

The Top of the Hill

During the summer Tabitha and I went on an expedition. We set out at around 9:30 in the morning and caught two buses from the place we were staying to reach the place where we would start walking. The cloud base was quite low and we started walking in the cloud, with grey all around, […]

March 10, 2009 – 8:46 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Suspended

Tom is very excited. His dad has been away from home for what seems like forever. But, he is coming home today. All week Tom has been counting down the number of sleeps left before it will be the day that Dad is coming home. At school Tom has been telling his friends about how […]

March 23, 2008 – 5:12 pm | By tim | Posted in Littleover | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Slavery and Freedom

This sermon was put together with the help of “Keystone”, the youth group at St Peter’s Church, Littleover. I really enjoyed spending some time with them over a couple of weeks, thinking about what it is to be Christlike, and particularly about this teaching from Jesus. This passage is about freedom and slavery, truth and […]

March 23, 2008 – 4:30 pm | By tim | Posted in Littleover | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Grace – Come Thirsty

Last week we started off on our journey through Lent, a journey that will explore some of the ideas of spiritual refreshment that are presented in the “Come Thirsty” course. Charlie invited us to come and drink at a well, the well of God’s refreshment for us. We were introduced to the idea that the […]

March 22, 2008 – 8:21 pm | By tim | Posted in Luton | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)