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Nobody said it would be easy.

15th May 2016 by Revd. Paul Lewis

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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 […]

Let’s all pull together.

8th May 2016 by Peter Billingham

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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 […]

Counting the cost.

24th April 2016 by Revd. Paul Lewis

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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 […]

There’s no place like home!

17th April 2016 by Revd. Keith Judson

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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 […]

Yes, it’s Me.

10th April 2016 by Jean Spencer

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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 […]

What’s it all about ?

3rd April 2016 by Revd. Paul Lewis

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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 […]

You weren’t expecting that !

27th March 2016 by Revd. Keith Judson

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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 […]

Jesus, our King.

20th March 2016 by Revd. Dr. Nigel Wright

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HEBA Palm Sunday Service – 2016. Sermon by Rev. Nigel G Wright. Introduction by Rev. Keith Judson.

What did you expect ?

20th March 2016 by Revd. Keith Judson

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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 […]

Persistent in Prayer.

13th March 2016 by Revd. Paul Lewis

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Colossians 4:2-18. St. Paul began ‘Colossians’ by referring to his prayers for them (1.3). He now urges them to devote themselves to prayer and humbly asks them to pray for him! The Apostle is under no illusion that his work’s effectiveness depends on God ‘opening doors’ and prayer is the key. He wants to be […]