Author Archives: tim

Unity in Vision – 1 Corinthians

For the next couple of months we are going to be exploring Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth. Well I say first. It’s the first one that we have a copy of in our Bibles. In Chapter 5, verse 9, of this letter, Paul refers to a previous letter that he had written […]

September 25, 2019 – 2:45 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Who is he?

I wonder what you think the most important question is. A few years ago the magazine, “Philosophy Now” ran a competition for its readers to suggest candidates for the most important question. Winners of the competition included: “How can we best serve others? “Is there some property, or some rational conceptual definition, which grounds Morality?” […]

September 1, 2019 – 12:46 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

That you might believe

“These are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.” This is why John wrote what we now call John’s gospel. The word, “gospel” means, “good news”, and the good news that John saw in […]

August 4, 2019 – 12:15 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Rock

Since Easter we’ve been exploring different aspects of God’s character in our morning services. We’ve thought about the God who is there, our holy God, the God of Angel Armies, God as shepherd, ascended one, advocate. God the trinity – three in one and one in three. God our peace, God who knows, God our […]

July 22, 2019 – 10:27 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Advocate

I’ve been on a conference this week, and on one of the days we did a Bible study on part of the first chapter of John’s gospel. It describes the time just before Jesus started his public ministry, a time when his cousin John was out in the desert outside Jerusalem, preaching and baptising. He’s […]

June 11, 2019 – 8:42 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Ascension

And so we come to the season finale, the episode that draws together a lot of the threads of the story line, but leaves a few hanging out there for the next season, even a bit of a cliff hanger – keeping us intrigued and ready to come back for more when the new season […]

June 2, 2019 – 11:45 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Hosts

I wonder what comes to mind for you if I say the word “hosts”. Perhaps you think of Ant and Dec, hosts of “Britain’s Got Talent.” or Gary Linekar and Des Lynam, hosts in different eras of “Match of the Day.” You might be thinking of a party or meal you’ve been to recently, and […]

May 20, 2019 – 10:42 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Mine

These are my scissors. This is my book. This is my watch. These are my scissors. I bought these scissors to sit on my desk so that when I need to have a pair of scissors to hand, they are there and available and I don’t have to go hunting for a pair. If anybody […]

May 14, 2019 – 11:51 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

God is There

God is there. God is here. God is everywhere. God is present. This is one of the basic Christian assertions. It is a belief that God exists, but it is more than that. It is an understanding that God exists and is present in and to creation. We do not believe in a God who […]

May 7, 2019 – 11:19 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Pierced

A sword will pierce your own soul too. It’s not exactly the kind of thing that you’re likely to find in a lovely Hallmark Mothering Sunday card is it? It’s the not what you’d expect to hear at a Christening party either. A sword will pierce your own soul too. It had all been going […]

March 31, 2019 – 2:10 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)