Some of Tim's Sermons

Close and Centred

A few weeks ago I began our exploration of discipleship, and what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. We talked about the ideas of following and of learning – that being a disciple of Jesus means to follow Jesus and to learn from Jesus. I gave a bit of an overview of how […]

October 2, 2022 – 11:31 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged Acts 6:8-15, Carpenters, Christology, Conditional preservation of the saints, Criticism of Jesus, Exorcists, God in Christianity, Jesus, Life of Jesus in the New Testament, Luke 10:38-42, Rabbis of the Land of Israel | Comments (0)

Sheep and Goats

Before we dive into the text that we are focussing on this evening, let’s take a step back and look at the context in which Jesus originally shared it. The first thing to note is that this is the end of one section of Matthew’s eye witness account of the good news of Jesus. If […]

September 27, 2022 – 8:05 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged Caiaphas, Christianity, Christology, Deities, Here Jesus, James 2:14-26, Jerusalem, Jesus, Life of Jesus in the New Testament, Mark 13, Matthew 25:31-46, Messianism, Prophets of Islam, Rabbis of the Land of Israel, Religion, Son of Man | Comments (0)

King

This morning’s reading from Paul’s letter to Timothy is a bit of a gift to a preacher, with all the things that are going on in our world at the moment, so you won’t be surprised to hear that we are going to be focussing on that this morning. For those of you perplexed at […]

September 18, 2022 – 2:25 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged 1 Timothy 2:1-7, Catholic spirituality, Christian prayer, Human behavior, Jesus Christ, Luke 16:1-13, Mental prayer, Paul, prayer, Prayer in the New Testament, Religion, Rosary, Spiritual practice, Spirituality | Comments (0)

Following and Learning

I wonder who you follow. Maybe you follow a sports team. Perhaps you follow friends or celebrities on social media. In the world of work there are usually rules or guidelines that we follow. Some of us might work for bosses that we find inspiring, and we’d be happy to say we follow them. For […]

September 14, 2022 – 3:51 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged Acts 16:1-11, Biblical people in Islam, disciple, discipleship, following, Jesus, John the Baptist, learning, Life of Jesus in the New Testament, Mark 1, Matthew 4:18-22, Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, Practical theology, Prophets of Islam, Religion | Comments (0)

Mountaintops

I was talking to my family this week about the preparation I was doing for this sermon. I explained that I had read some commentaries and written some notes, but that I was struggling a bit. What’s the Bible passage, and what’s it about. Well, I said. It’s towards the end of Hebrews, it draws […]

August 22, 2022 – 9:24 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged Bible, Christianity, Christology, Conditional preservation of the saints, Epistle to the Hebrews, Hebrews 12, Hebrews 12:18-29, Jesus, Jewish Christianity, Melchizedek, Moses, New Covenant, Priesthood of Melchizedek, Religion | Comments (0)

Wonder. Trust. Grace.

I wonder if any one here is an autograph hunter, or if anyone has an autograph from some particularly well known? I wonder if you, like me, have seen at the end of tennis matches at Wimbledon, people – often youngsters lining up at the entrance with programmes and big tennis balls for the players […]

August 14, 2022 – 11:37 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged 1 John 3:1-3, Carolyn Gillette, Christian theology, Conditional preservation of the saints, Deities, God in Christianity, Jesus, Mark 10:13-16, Messianism, Rabbis of the Land of Israel, Religion | Comments (0)

Mark 9 – Salt and Fire

I wonder how you feel about salt. I have what I think is slightly love/hate relationship with it. On the one hand I know that too much salt is bad for me – high blood pressure etc. So, I don’t usually cook with salt – I just leave it out when recipes list it. My […]

August 7, 2022 – 11:56 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged 1 Peter 1:13-25, Abrahamic religions, Bible, Carpenters, Exorcists, Jesus, Life of Jesus in the New Testament, Mark 8, Mark 9, Mark 9:42-50, Messianism, Rabbis of the Land of Israel, Religion | Comments (0)

Legacy

Does anyone know what this is? Yes, it’s a pie slice – but is more than that. This is a legacy, and inheritance. When my gran died, my mum inherited some of Gran’s things and she asked me and my sister if there were any mementoes that we would like. I had a look through […]

July 31, 2022 – 11:13 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged Carpenters, Deities, Exorcists, God in Christianity, Greed, Jesus, Luke 12:13-21, Messianism, Rabbis of the Land of Israel, Religion, Theology | Comments (0)

Mark 6 – More than enough

I wonder when the last time you were hungry was? I really dislike feeling hungry, I tend to get grumpy. And I find that I feel hungrier when I’m not doing very much. If I’m just sitting in front of the TV, I find myself wandering into the kitchen in search of a snack. But […]

July 17, 2022 – 12:34 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged 2 Corinthians 9:6-15, Bethsaida, Canonical Gospels, disciple, Feeding the multitude, Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, Mark 6:30-44, Miracles of Jesus, Religion, Synoptic Gospels | Comments (0)

One family, in Christ

I wonder how your family or friends can tell that you are upset. Do you go quiet? Do you shout? The Christians in Galatia, who received this letter from Paul would have been in no doubt that Paul was upset. It is, in short, quite a grumpy letter. Paul is beside himself at the way […]

June 19, 2022 – 11:55 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged Abrahamic religions, Apostasy, baptism, Carpenters, Christianity, Conditional preservation of the saints, Exorcists, Galatians 3:23-29, God in Christianity, Jesus, Paul, Paul the Apostle, Rites of passage, Theology | Comments (0)