Photo by Serhii Bondarchuk on pexels: pexels.com/@serhii-bondarchuk-216200266/ These words come from our Autumn 2022 “Contact” leaflet. There are many things to fear in the world. War is on everyone’s mind. But there’s also: the economy; new waves of Covid; social unrest.
Denial!
Peter was left confused by his Lord’s refusal to fight. Yet he still wants to be near him. However, when that leads to his exposure, the pressure pushes him into a corner like a frightened animal. The result is that
Look up!
Jesus is preparing his disciples to stand firm in the catastrophe which is coming to ancient Israel, especially Jerusalem and her temple. They must see, in those future days, that he has ascended to rule from above and is building
Getaway
From Jesus’ ascension until just before the fall of Jerusalem his followers must testify to Israel: tell of what God has done through his Son whom they killed. Some will believe and be saved. But many won’t and the formal
Future worries
In stress-filled times our minds can be disturbed making our responses unreliable. Jesus knows that the four disciples who ask him about the future face just this danger. They have heard him predict the fall of Jerusalem’s temple, which means
The resurrection principle
Once the disciples recognised Jesus as the Christ, God’s king, he began to tell them of his impending death. He also assured them that this will work out for glory, since the Father will raise him back to life. But
Charging to Jerusalem
The team of twelve disciples travelling with Jesus are feeling under great strain. He’s talking about dying and they don’t know where that leaves them. He speaks of riches yet also of persecutions. He strides towards Jerusalem ahead of the
A tale of the unexpected (HCTW 32)
He Changed The World – for an introduction to this series of talks, please click the title. Mark 9:1-8Using the player above you can listen to/download the talk, which also includes the Bible being read out. Once you’ve listened, take
Fear not
On this page you can listen to sermons from Christmas services in 2021. The theme for the sermons was ‘fear not’ and in them we look at people from the Christmas story who become afraid and then think about how
Who’s the greatest?
Jesus is trying hard to get his disciples to see the principle of “strength in weakness”. This is God’s plan for his people. Jesus is going to be handed over to be murdered, but God will raise him up again.