Conditional preservation of the saints – Some of Tim's Sermons

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Remembrance 2022

I wonder what you think when you see All Saints church building. Maybe you don’t think very much at all. But just consider it a moment. Imposing, square, stone, set well in its grounds, overlooking the town, as if it’s been here forever, and always will be. But, of course, it hasn’t been here forever. […]

November 13, 2022 – 12:41 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Apostasy in Christianity, Christianity, Christology, Conditional preservation of the saints, Creative works, Gospel of Luke, Jesus, Luke 21:5-19, Religion, resurrection, Resurrection of Jesus | Comments (0)

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)

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)

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)

Centered on the Word

I feel like recently I’ve been starting a lot of sermons with references to TV programmes. I wonder if that’s anything to do with lock down? Anyway, I wonder if there are any other fans of the The Great Pottery Throwdown out there? For those of you not in the know, it’s like Bakeoff, but […]

October 3, 2021 – 12:06 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged Apostasy, Bible, Carolyn Gillette, Conceptions of God, Conditional preservation of the saints, Ezra, God, Jerusalem, Luke 24:13-27, Moses, Nehemiah, Nehemiah 8:1-12, Protestant theology, Protestantism | Comments (0)