All that Jesus said and did – Matthew 16:13-20
Jesus asks his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am? and then ‘Who do you say that I am?’.
Talks tagged with ‘Jesus’
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All that Jesus said and did – Matthew 16:5-12
Let’s not get confused by the bread, fake news or alternative ‘facts’. What has this encounter between Jesus and the religious hi-brow got to teach us today?
All that Jesus said and did – Matthew 16: 1-4
The sign of Jonah. Claire explores the demand for a sign by the Pharisees and Sadducees and asks us to look out for the way God acts in unexpected ways
All that Jesus said and did – Matthew 15: 29-39
Three-day seminar. Kate Baker explores the difference in the two ‘feeding’ accounts, a reflection on ‘mountains’ beginning with a story about ‘this week’ in the year.
Epiphany – Jesus, King of the Jews
Allen explores the geographical and historical context of the ‘Magi” as ‘king-makers’ of the East who come looking for a new-born king. Following the text of Matthew’s Gospel he leads on to ask what the message is for us today. Matthew’s emphasis is Jesus, King of te Jews. Our challenge is enthroning Jesus as ‘king of our lives’ each day. Herod wasn’t concerned to travel 7 ml to Bethlehem, the Magi travelled may be 1700 ml.
If we enthrone Jesus will we give him our treasure? What is our attitude to our possessions? Will we bring our praise and prayer and finally, dying to self, bring our lives?
Advent Sunday
Rev Peter Cunliffe speaks from Isaiah 2:1-5 and Matthew 24:36-66 “As in the days of Noah”
Paradise
Christ the King Sunday, Peter speaks about the plea of the thief on the cross. The lectionary for this Sunday was Colossians 1:11-20 and Luke 23:37-43. With thanks to Scott Hoezee of Calvin Theological Seminary for inspiration. The kingdom of God is expressed now whenever the People of God live lives that reflect the desire, purpose […]
Struggle: asking God’s help
The text for Liz Pinnock’s sermon were: James 5:13-18 and John 14:5-14 This is the eighth in a series on prayer. Supplication – a cry for help, for yourself, for others and for the world. Balancing the purpose of petitionary prayer -your kingdom come’ and to align our hearts with God – ‘your will be […]
Praying for ourselves
Fourth in a series on prayer. The following we read Matthew 6:5-14 and Psalm 25 Rosie spoke about the praying for ourselves highlighted by seven ‘keys’. Listen for more . . .
Conversing with God
Third in our series on prayer. Readings were from Psalm 86:1-17 and Colossians 3:1-4 Peter speaks about prayers as like answering speech and our need to respond first to what God has spoken. To familiarise ourselves with prayer as answering speech we need to immerse ourselves in the God speech as we find it expressed in the […]