Tag Archives: obedience

Signs of the times

In the introduction of his letter to the Christians in Rome, Paul describes himself as someone who was sent by God to “call the Gentiles to faith and obedience”. It is this call that we’re exploring tonight. We don’t know if the official that Jesus spoke to was, himself, a Gentile, but we do know […]

March 16, 2020 – 3:50 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

More

Before we dive into looking in detail at this evening’s reading from Joshua, a bit of a reminder of some of the things that have happened in the lead up to the events described in this passage. How have the characters in the story got here? We’re not going to go right back to the […]

February 10, 2020 – 2:29 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Mine

These are my scissors. This is my book. This is my watch. These are my scissors. I bought these scissors to sit on my desk so that when I need to have a pair of scissors to hand, they are there and available and I don’t have to go hunting for a pair. If anybody […]

May 14, 2019 – 11:51 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

All your ways

I wonder who you trust. I wonder how much you trust them, and with what. Let’s explore this a little bit. You’re all sat down now on chairs or pews. How much thought did you give to sitting on the thing you’re sat on? Many of you have been here before – you know that […]

September 30, 2018 – 2:49 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

Money, money, money.

What do you earn? How much money do you have? What do you spend it on? These are questions that aren’t heard much in polite conversation in this country. We tend to be quite uncomfortable talking about money. Which is a bit odd, since it is such an important part of our lives, or maybe […]

September 17, 2017 – 3:20 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Speak Lord

I have a bit of a soft spot for good old Ananias. There he is, minding his own business in Damascus, when one day God speaks to him in a vision. In scenes reminiscent of the call of Samuel in the Old Testament, God starts with a simple call of a name. “Ananias”. Now, compared […]

May 24, 2017 – 12:24 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Babel: Scattering, Unity, Pride

We are coming towards the end of our sermon series, taking us from the beginnings of creation to the call of Abram. Now, I have not been here for the rest of the series and, because of other services that have interrupted the series, it’s actually been a couple of weeks since any of us […]

November 14, 2016 – 4:04 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Your will be done

The reading we have just heard is is primarily an account of a very personal encounter between Mary and God. However it draws on the story of the community and became formative for the community. So, as we explore this event this morning I invite you to keep two questions in the front of your […]

April 26, 2016 – 2:46 pm | By tim | Posted in Springfield | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Jonah – God’s change of mind

Welcome to the fifth week of our series exploring the book of Jonah, focussing especially on what it might have to say to us about conversion. Firstly a reminder of why we’re having this series. Our vision is for there to be a new congregation in Priorslee. This will mostly be made up of local […]

July 15, 2013 – 7:49 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Love and Obey

I’ve just finished reading a novel which took the form of a parable of a man’s journey to faith. This guy is a technology whizz kid, and at one stage he decides that the best way for him to help people follow Jesus is to go through the Bible and draw together all Jesus’ teaching […]

May 9, 2010 – 11:53 am | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)