9.1e Becoming a Christian and joining a Church is a serious and life changing commitment, and should not be undertaken lightly. Commitment to a Church as a member involves: iii) giving priority to being present at (and taking part in)
Happy Christmas, City!
This is the third in a series of five sermons for Christmas 2023 which come under the general title: “What is a Happy Christmas?” This sermon links especially to Matthew 2:1-18 in the Bible. Photos by Sarah Evans and Giammarco
Patience runs out (HCTW 42)
He Changed The World – for an introduction to this series of talks, please click the title. Mark 11:27-12-11Using the player above you can listen to/download the talk, which also includes the Bible being read out. Once you’ve listened, take
Just believe (HCTW 41)
He Changed The World – for an introduction to this series of talks, please click the title. Mark 11:12-25Using the player above you can listen to/download the talk, which also includes the Bible being read out. Once you’ve listened, take
War (HCTW 40)
He Changed The World – for an introduction to this series of talks, please click the title. Mark 10:46-11:11Using the player above you can listen to/download the talk, which also includes the Bible being read out. Once you’ve listened, take
This is the end?
Sabbath has passed, a new week begins and on it God blows life into the new creation. The women who go to honour Jesus’ corpse, find the tomb unlocked and a stranger present. They came to find a crucified man,
Motives for murder
Pilate tries to free Jesus by getting the crowd to ask for his release. But it goes horribly wrong and Pilate has Jesus killed to save himself trouble. How does it go wrong? Jerusalem’s leaders stir the crowd to turn
A different attitude (HCTW 39)
He Changed The World – for an introduction to this series of talks, please click the title. Mark 10:32-45Using the player above you can listen to/download the talk, which also includes the Bible being read out. Once you’ve listened, take
Playing politics
Jerusalem’s first century leaders are ready to kill Jesus. But they can’t do it; it has to be the Roman authorities. So they drag him off to the governor, looking to manipulate Pilate into doing their dirty work for them.
Silence is golden
In the darkness of night, away from the city, following a violence encounter, in the hands of armed enemies and with no support, Jesus could meet his end. However, it will not be so. His opponents – Israel’s leaders –