Some of Tim's Sermons

Covid-19

So, we’re starting this term with a couple of sermons looking at big issues that have come up over the last six months or so. This week we’re thinking about Covid-19, and next week we’re going to look at Black Lives Matter, and the challenges of racial inequality. I know that some of you feel […]

September 6, 2020 – 11:36 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Questions of Identity

When I was at theological college, we had preaching classes. In one of these, the lecturer showed us clips from four different films, each depicting the scene that we’ve read about this morning. So many film makers have given us their version of this story, ranging from Charlton Heston in the 10 Commandments all the […]

August 30, 2020 – 11:05 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Comments (0)

Laziness and Work

As I was thinking about this morning’s theme, and the ideas of laziness and diligence that we’re exploring today, I was aware of this real tension that we have to keep hold of as we’re talking about them. On the one hand we’ve got lots of warnings in the Bible about the dangers of laziness, […]

August 23, 2020 – 11:59 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Envy and Compassion

This morning we’re continuing our series looking at heroes and villains in the Bible, and how their stories can help us root out vices in our lives, and to encourage virtues. Our heroes and villains today are some of the most well known in the whole of the Bible. Andrew Lloyd-Webber has helped popularise the […]

August 16, 2020 – 12:00 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Lust and Love

I thought more than twice about changing the subject for this morning’s sermon. It’s difficult enough to speak about these things when I can see who I’m talking to, when I can get some clues about how it’s landing with people. When I know that we’ve got prayer ministry folk around who can come alongside […]

August 2, 2020 – 11:25 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged 2 Samuel 13:1-22, Forgiveness, grace, hope, Love, Luke 15:1-31, lust, pornography, rape, shame | Comments (0)

How to Talk

This morning we are coming to the end of our series in which we have been exploring one of our church values, that of “Loving Each Other”. This week we are thinking about “Talking to each other and not about each other” In many ways, this is linked with what David was talking about last […]

July 12, 2020 – 11:10 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged conflict, Hebrews 12:3-15, Jesus, listening, Matthew 5:21-24, reconciliation, speaking, talking | Comments (0)

Kindness

As I’ve said, this morning we are exploring one of our church’s values – loving each other, and in particular we are thinking about how we value kindness. Now, one of our other values is celebrating, and I’ve heard it said that you should celebrate what you value. So, this morning, I thought we might […]

June 21, 2020 – 11:10 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged hesed, kindness, Love, Matthew 9:9-17, Micah 6:6-8 | Comments (0)

Healing and Pandemics

In the time that Jesus was on earth, and for many centuries, leprosy was a disastrous disease for those who contracted it, and their families. Even if you didn’t have leprosy, but just something that looked like it might be leprosy, you were in trouble. Social distancing, self isolating, shielding, are nothing compared to what […]

June 14, 2020 – 12:34 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged evangelism, healing, Kingdom of God, leprosy, Matthew 9:35-10:8, proclamation | Comments (1)

Forgiveness

This morning we’re going back to exploring one of our church values in some more depth. As a church we value loving God, loving each other, loving our neighbours, celebrating and exploring. Over the next month or so we’re going to be looking at some different aspects of what it means practically to love each […]

June 7, 2020 – 11:15 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged Forgiveness, forgiving, freedom, guilt, Jesus, John 8:1-11, Micah 7:18-20, shame | Comments (0)

Everlasting Rest

“An inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.” I wonder how often you think about heaven, and about the glorious inheritance that is kept there for you, waiting for you to arrive and claim it. Over the last few months I’ve been slowly reading my way through a book called […]

April 19, 2020 – 11:08 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged 1 Peter 1:3-9, Heaven, hope, Richard Baxter | Comments (0)