Some of Tim's Sermons

How are you doing with your Smarties?

Apparently in America, Smarties are not like the Smarties that you and I know. In America, Smarties, are a roll of multicolored, chalklike, bite-size candies wrapped in clear plastic, about ten to twelve pieces in a pack. A bit like our Refreshers or Lovehearts. Can you imagine what I mean? They are perfect for sharing. […]

February 24, 2010 – 4:12 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged 1 Corinthians 15:20, Deuteronomy 26:1-11, firstfruits, James 1:18, Lent | Comments (0)

Glow, grow, and go.

What is this? It’s a box of Ready brek. Will anybody here admit to liking Ready brek? Does anybody remember the Ready brek ads on the telly? In those ads, what happens to the boys and girls when they eat Ready brek? They start glowing with this wierd orange glow, like a lightbulb has been […]

February 15, 2010 – 4:53 pm | By tim | Posted in Birches Head | Tagged baptism, Exodus 34:29-35, Luke 9:28-36, Ready brek, transfiguration | Comments (0)

Obedience, worship, and faith

Have you ever seen one of those films in which some of the characters find their way into a treasure hoard? They run from side to side, not knowing where to start looking at things. They pick one thing up and then dash over to the other side of the room as another jewel catches […]

February 8, 2010 – 12:42 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged creation, creator, discipleship, faith, Genesis 2, Luke 8:22-25, obedience, Revelation 4, worship | Comments (0)

Mission and Unity

Something very important happened in 1910 in Scotland. An event happened that was the birthplace of one of the most important movements in the modern international church. In 1910, in Edinburgh, there was a World Missionary Conference. Christians from around the world met to think and talk and pray about how God was calling them […]

January 24, 2010 – 12:25 pm | By tim | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, ecumenism, Holy Spirit, Luke 4:14-21, mission, unity | Comments (0)

Renewing

This morning we come to the third in our Advent mini-series on refining, reviving and renewing. A couple of weeks ago Marg helped us to think about God’s refining work in our lives. We heard about the real live example of a silver refiner, and what that can show us about how God works in […]

December 22, 2009 – 11:59 am | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged Colossians 3:9-11, Hebrews 10:5-10, Isaiah 43:19, Luke 1:39-55, renewing, worship | Comments (0)

Reviving?

I really struggled this week to work out what I was to say this morning. I really wanted to talk about a particular subject, but the bit of the Bible that we are looking at this morning didn’t seem to say much about it. Let me explain. Last week, Marg spoke about one of the […]

December 13, 2009 – 1:41 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Luke 3:7-18, reviving | Comments (0)

What King do you see?

Today is the feast day of Christ the King. I wonder what kind of picture comes into our heads when we hear the word, “King”. I wonder how we react to the idea of someone being King over us? What does it mean to have a King? These questions are difficult enough when we’re thinking […]

November 22, 2009 – 12:43 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged apocalypse, apocalyptic literature, Christ the King, Daniel 7:9-14, Jesus, John 18:33-37, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Revelation 1:4-8, Servant, witness, work, worship | Comments (0)

A Call to Action

On the 13th of May, 1940, a new Prime Minister stood up to speak in the Palace of Westminster. It was his first speech to the House of Commons, having replaced the previous leader of the government three days earlier. As the United Kingdom prepared to enter perhaps the most dangerous period of the war, […]

November 12, 2009 – 12:55 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged call, discipleship, Jonah 3:1-10, Mark 1:14-20, Remembrance, response, spiritual battle, victory, war | Comments (0)

How much is enough?

He ran up to Jesus. He knelt. He must have thought a lot of Jesus. He knelt in the road. He must have heard and been impressed by Jesus’ teaching. He knelt in the road, in the dust. How highly must he have rated Jesus. Have you ever run up to someone and knelt in […]

October 12, 2009 – 2:12 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged discipleship, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Mark 10:17-31, money, wealth | 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 favouritism, Good Samaritan, James 2:1-17, Kingdom of God, Luke 10, Luke 6, Mark 7:24-37, prejudice, the cross, welcome | Comments (0)