Two powerful stories of God’s call upon mere mortals is viewed through Paul’s advice to Timothy. This was our first Hybrid service with the sermon preached to a live and online congregation. We consider God’s call on Moses and Peter and how they experienced that.
Mark Hill brought a compelling message from a key moment in Jesus’ mission and ministry. The recording is available but suffered some audio failures. Some perseverance may be necessary.
Jesus cuts like a hot knife through soft butter to distinguish the traditions of people from the Words of God. This exposes the garden of the heart and what lives there to either bless or defile through the mouth. Francis opens up an encounter between Jesus, the Pharisees and his disciples which lays bare the…
On a hot morning Francis spoke from the stories of Elijah and Peter as people who soared in faith and sank in doubt. The question of Jesus come to us all: Why do you doubt?” Why indeed? The audio will offer more.
In Matthew chapter 13 a string of Jesus’ parables of the Kingdom are found with a concluding statements about how a wise householder considered the Kingdom. This is the springboard for consideration of Life in the Kingdom of God during a pandemic.
Speaking on-line via Zoom, Jan Waterschoot interpreted Jesus’ Parable of the Sower. The short audio recording follows below.
Paul opens his inner life and Jesus exposes that of people who look like they are in the game but really are not. Getting it together and being aligned is the path of rest Jesus calls us to. It requires we take his yoke and follow him.
Transfiguration Sunday will of course consider the day Jesus shone like the sun and a voice was heard from the cloud. It was a day of glory. What does that mean, then and now? Read or listen:
The Bible is a before, during and after collection of writings centred on Jesus and his coming. Today Francis orientated to feature what Jesus first preached as a public message. Isaiah gave details of his coming, Matthew documented them and Paul picked up the pieces when new Christians messed it up.
Christmas over? Not so fast! Bethlehem just got dangerous and the outworking of God’s redemption plan comes down to two men: Joseph and Herod. This message looks at what they represent and what makes them tick so we might learn to walk in a right way.