All that Jesus said and did – Matthew 16:28-17:13
Hot-crossed buns! Parallels between the Transfiguration and the Cross, and mountain top theophanies
Talks tagged with ‘The Cross’
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All that Jesus said and did – Matthew 16:21-27
The Cost of the Kingdom. “Who do you say that I am?” Jesus. What’s our world view – earthly or heavenly?
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 […]
All that Jesus said and did – Matthew 10:1-16
Jesus first calls his disciples together before sending them out with his authority. Listen to the end for a summary of God’s plan and purpose.
Grace – the atonement as the work of grace
Peter Cunliffe speaks from Romans 3. Everyone has sinned, we fail to reach the mark. There are different ideas about sin; at sin’s root is the fundamental unbelief, distrust and rejection of God and the human displacement of God as the centre of reality; but apart from the fact that sin separates us from God and […]
The nature of the church: invisible yet visible (the church as God sees it)
God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church. Ephesians 1:22 Christ’s church, this body of people, benefit not only by what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross, but also that he has made us into a […]
Don’t be afraid
Jesus doesn’t say, Being a disciple will be easy, or undemanding, but what he does say is that he will equip and be with us, he will give us all we need. The call to discipleship is the call to be like Christ, including being treated like Christ. So we need to hear Jesus saying to us “Don’t be afraid.”
Easter Day
Easter 2015 Here are the notes of Peter’s address to the 9 am congregation on Easter Day in lieu of a partial recording.
Looking through the Cross (talk at 11am)
The Resurrection is a clarion call to the truth: life is God’s gift not until inevitable decay but for life in an eternal NewCreation. The price that God has paid for our salvation was through self-sacrifice but can only be redeemed by our own willingness to die to self. Resurrectional-life embodies & empowers the destiny of God’s people as divine-image-bearers from now and forever.
Through the Looking Glass
Tim Wetherfield speaks about the Cross and Wisdom from 1 Corinthians 1:18-30