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Nehemiah 5:1-19. Playing our part in God’s service means looking out for the needs of others – especially those who are weaker, more vulnerable etc. If we are to be effective as a church then it’s crucial that this is understood and acted on. Paul’s letters underline this time and again – cf. image of […]
Nehemiah 4: 1-23 and 6: 1-14 How do we deal with opposition? Does it come as a surprise? If so, it shouldn’t! (Cf. Jesus’ warnings, e.g. Mt. 10.17f.) But how do we identify opposition? It isn’t always obvious or ‘out there’. Sometimes we hear the kind of thing Nehemiah’s builders did inside our own heads! Thinking […]
Nehemiah 3:1-32. Nehemiah calls the people to work and delegates tasks appropriate to their gifts, skills and experience. There are links here with the New Testament image of the Body of Christ, gifts of the Spirit etc. One of the themes that emerges is that serving God is a wonderful privilege but it is also […]
Nehemiah 2: 1-20. Nehemiah didn’t go into this major task lightly and neither should we when God calls us to undertake a particular task. (Cf. Jesus’ challenge to would-be disciples.) What are the risks involved in saying that we’ll serve God? Are we prepared to put ourselves out for a greater purpose? Are we prepared […]
Start of a series entitled – Open to God through serving. Based on the book of Nehemiah. Nehemiah 1: 1-11. Sometimes it’s a big challenge to serve the Lord right where we are and/ or in the place we come from. Yet a vital part of our witness means identifying ourselves with those to whom […]
Luke 24: 36-53. The unprecedented, sublime, enigmatic, paradoxical resurrection appearances of Christ continue to the end of Luke’s Gospel. Jesus appears among the disciples as if from nowhere and they panic. Surely, only a ghost could by-pass the need for an open door! However, this ‘ghost’ enjoys eating tilapia and invites the quivering disciples to […]
Luke 24: 13-35, 38 The risen Christ walks alongside two disillusioned disciples and takes them on a ‘walk’ through the Scriptures. He helps them to see things in a new light. Familiar passages take on a new meaning. The old becomes new. Yet, although God has certainly done a “new thing” (!), it is a […]
John 19:30, Matthew 27: 51, 51, 62-66, Luke 24: 1-8, ! Corinthians 15: 3-10. Matthew 27.62-66 tells us the religious leaders were worried about Jesus’ disciples spreading rumours of resurrection. (Hence the seal and guard on the tomb.) However, there’s little evidence Peter & Co. were expecting this or in any mood to make up […]
HEBA Palm Sunday Service – 2016. Sermon by Rev. Nigel G Wright. Introduction by Rev. Keith Judson.
Luke 19:28-48. This passage is full of surprises! The disciples puzzled over what Jesus was up to, as did the owners of the colt. The Pharisees are scandalised by the “crowd of disciples” (v.37) using Messianic-sounding language. As for those doing business in the temple courts and the religious leaders, Jesus’ words and actions are […]