Life of Jesus in the New Testament – Some of Tim's Sermons

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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)

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)

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)

Easter Redux

So, in the last week a couple of months have passed. Did you notice? Let me explain. Last Sunday we were with Jesus’ friends on that first Easter Sunday morning, as they discovered that the tomb was empty. Some of them had seen Jesus, but not many, and they were just starting to get their […]

April 24, 2022 – 11:16 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged Acts 5:27-32, Christian theology, Christology, God in Christianity, Holy Spirit in Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life of Jesus in the New Testament, Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, Names of God, Patriology, Peter, Pneumatology, Revelation 1:4-8, Systematic theology, Theology | Comments (0)

Who gives a fig?

Welcome to Advent. I’m not sure why, but I do seem to have a habit of turning up at St Catherine’s on the first Sunday of Advent. And here we are again, at the beginning of a new church year, looking forward to Christmas. In previous years, I’ve brought along a round tuit, talked about […]

November 28, 2021 – 12:09 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged Abrahamic religions, Advent, Bible, Christology, Entering heaven alive, Glorious Mysteries, Gospel of Luke, Jeremiah 33:14-16, Jerusalem, Jesus, Life of Jesus in the New Testament, Luke, Luke 21:25-36, Mark 11, Mark 13, Religion, Son of Man | Comments (0)