Tag Archives: faith

What would Jesus say to the sick?

When Mark suggested that I might like to come and preach here at All Saints, I was very pleased to accept the invitation. When he told me that the subject was “What would Jesus say to the sick” I was even more pleased and also a little daunted. I was pleased because this is a […]

October 23, 2011 – 3:57 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Step away from the vehicle

I began by reading the first page of, “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien. The hobbit we meet on this page is Bilbo Baggins, and the adventure that is told of in this book is one of dragons and treasure, friendship and tested loyalties. It is a tale of a journey, and on that journey there […]

August 7, 2011 – 11:47 am | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Learn, leap, lean

To steal a cliché from the world of sport, it’s a game of two halves, you know. Well, we are now half way through our series thinking about the armour of God. We’ve got our belt of truth, holding everything together. We’ve got our breastplate of righteousness, protecting our hearts. We’ve got our sandals on, […]

July 18, 2011 – 10:35 am | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)

I’ll be back…

This morning we’re going to be thinking about waiting. How good are you at waiting? How long would you have to wait for something before you’d stop believing that it was going to happen? Let’s imagine that you’ve ordered pizza for tea. The guy on the phone said it would be half an hour. How […]

March 6, 2011 – 7:07 pm | By tim | Posted in Hanley | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Dancing to the music of the future

Someone once said that hope is hearing the music of the future and faith is dancing to it. Both our readings this morning are about Christian faith. There are three things that I’d like to draw out from them that I believe we need to get our heads round if we are to follow Jesus […]

August 8, 2010 – 5:03 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , | 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 , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Say no to cynicism.

Cynicism. Ezekiel faced cynics, Jesus faced cynics, and Paul faced cynics. Those of little faith. Those who could not see past the ordinary. Past the slightly odd priest who was prone to have visions and dreams that were hard to understand. Past the man who we grew up with, whose brothers and sisters we know. […]

July 9, 2009 – 8:20 am | By tim | Posted in Birches Head, Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

I am Thomas

Good morning, my name is Thomas. You might have heard of me. I was one of Jesus’ disciples, been with him from when he first started going around the Jewish countryside, teaching, telling stories, healing people. Most people call me doubting Thomas because of something that happened to me at the end of Jesus’ time […]

April 19, 2009 – 6:03 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Hezekiah

Last week we met Hannah, a woman who was desperate for a child. A woman who, in some senses, was a symbol of the fruitless life that the people of God were living. A woman who came to the place of worship, poured out her distress to God, and received the promise of God with […]

March 23, 2008 – 5:02 pm | By tim | Posted in Littleover | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Shield of Faith

What is it that is distinctive about the shield as a piece of armour that might say something important to us about the nature of faith. Imagine a Roman battle field. In the middle of the fight you see a person, isolated, sheltering behind a shield. It’s a fairly big shield, about as tall and […]

March 23, 2008 – 4:02 pm | By tim | Posted in Nottingham | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)