Tag Archives: Matthew 16:21-28

What kind of Messiah?

Peter was on a high. He had just got the answer to a question right, having had a profound truth revealed to him by God, and Jesus had told him that he was to be foundational in the new movement that Jesus was beginning. In the conversation leading up to today’s reading Jesus had asked […]

August 30, 2026 – 2:51 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged | Comments (0)

Soldier. Athlete. Farmer.

Having spent the last few weeks in Paul’s first letter to his friend Timothy, we now step into the second. The context is similar for Timothy, he is still in Ephesus, leading the church there. It seems, however, that Paul’s suffering has increased as he is imprisoned in Rome, and his reflections on that lead […]

May 15, 2018 – 11:48 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Restoring Strength

When we get back from holiday earlier in the week there was a pile of post on the doormat, all needing to be sorted out. I wonder how you feel when you see a letter on the doormat. Some are marketing bumph and go straight in the bin. Some look official: on the bright side […]

August 20, 2017 – 12:15 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)