And Can It Be?
By Nigel Coke-Woods
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Sermons and talks by Nigel Coke-Woods, a British Methodist Minister. He is concerned to explain and open the Bible in ways which are in plain english, open to Christ and to modern scholarship. He has served the Methodist Church in the North West, South West and South East of England since 1991 as an ordained minister having started as a lay preacher in 1976. Married to Sylvia, a Church of England priest, his experience has covered a wide cross section of British society from the poorest to the wealthiest. He is also a member of the Third Order of St Francis, an Anglican society which encompasses Nigel's own concerns for the proclamation of the Gospel, justice, peace and the integrity of creation. This podcast aims to deliver his much appreciated preaching to a wider audience.
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CleanPast, present and future - living for today | New Year tends to see us either looking back at the past or forward to the future. Both are important, but what about living in the present? | 3 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe beginning, but how will it end? | A sermon for Advent 2: This is the beginning, but how will the story end, and who will end it? | 10 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhy would God make us angry? | Advent 1: The disappearing and appearing God who shapes our lives. | 27 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe measure of a life | The Parable of the Talents: How do we measure the value of human lives, both those of others and our own? | 24 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA message of grace | The parable of the Sheep & the Goats: salvation by good works or a parable of grace? | 24 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHe's not coming to take you away, he's coming to stay | Christ's return is not a grand evacuation of a sinking ship. He is not coming to take you away, he's coming to stay. | 13 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhat will become of us? | A sermon on a life begun, a life drawing towards its close, and everything in between and beyond. This browser cannot play this audio. Please update. | 31 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLove is… | Love is not just a feeling, it is a choice. | 28 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA tale of two cities | When we are a contradictory, divided self of both good and bad, what must we do? | 9 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThrow the Church away | Worried about the church - throw it away! | 2 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrayer and Forgiveness | When Jesus said we can ask God for anything when two or three gather in his name what did he mean, and what has that to do with forgiveness? | 4 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanYour name is rock | What's in a name, and what does it matter to our world of targets, assessments and appraisals? Is being a Christian just one more goal to reach, or is it simply given? We examine the story of Simon Peter getting a new name, and what is meant for him, and us. | 21 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRiots, justice, and mercy | After the recent riots in London, Birmingham and Manchester, what do the justice and mercy of God have to say to us. We bring our shock, confusion and anger to God as we consider the story of Jesus and a Canaanite woman. | 14 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWalking on water | Through the stories of Elijah hiding in a cave and Jesus walking on the water we consider the questions "Where is God?" and "What are you doing here?" . This browser cannot play this audio. Please update. | 8 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHaving nothing and everything | What constitutes food on the table can mean different things to different people. The story of Jesus feeding the 5000 teaches us what it really means to have nothing and everything. | 31 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAn ambiguous life | Growing a field of wheat is a risk for any farmer. Jesus told a parable about a farmer who took such as risk, letting wheat and weeds grow together. Our complex and ambiguous lives are such a mixture, and God has taken a risk in us. If God is like that then how should we live our own lives in such a world? | 18 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Profligate God | Life can be full of frustration and regret. How should we deal with all the things that just didn't work out? In the Parable of the Sower so much seed fails, and only a little succeeds. If that is God's way then maybe we should take a different view of our own lives. | 11 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNot how, or why, but who | We all know the problem of the Creation account in Genesis. We may think that science is about how we exist, and religion about why we exist, but Genesis seeks to do something much more than explain. A sermon for Trinity Sunday. | 19 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWe are in this together | What has Pentecost to say about modern individualism, personal isolation and feeling that we are just not up to the task? | 12 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGetting it sorted | When is God going to get the World sorted out? From Misrata to Great Missenden we look for peace, security, prosperity and hope. The last question the disciples put to Jesus before he was taken into heaven was much the same. The answer he gave was not what they expected at all, but it was a new beginning. A sermon for the Sunday after Ascension. | 5 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe way, the truth and the life - really? | We distrust people who claim to have the absolute truth, like the US Pastor who predicted the end of the world on 21st May 2011. So what do we make of Jesus' claim that he is the way, the truth and the life, and that no-one comes to God the Father except by him? In this sermon we look at a different kind of way, truth and life which washes peoples feet, and dies on a cross for them. | 22 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Good Shepherd | Our image of Jesus the Good Shepherd perhaps needs to change, from one who leads us into a place of safety to one who leads us out into the world. Our image of being the Church perhaps needs to change too. A sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. | 15 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Gift of faith | Where does faith come from, and how do we get it? A sermon for the third Sunday after Easter. | 9 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSeeing, questioning, believing | How can we go from the kind of seeing which is mere noticing to the kind of seeing which asks questions, and on to the kind of seeing which is believing? We explore the Easter journey of faith of Mary Magdalene, Simon Peter and the Beloved Disciple. | 24 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe cost of love | The heart of the Gospel is the cross of Jesus, and the heart of the cross is forgiveness. We consider what is the cost of forgiveness, the cost of love, to God, and to you and me. A sermon for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. | 22 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFrom darkness to light - Palm Sunday | When we are in the darkness how do we come to the light? We look at how the disciples on Palm Sunday did not understand, but by looking back after the resurrection of Jesus they changed. They came to understand that the saving God of their past is the same God now, and the God they had experienced in their own lives is true to his self. Even in the darkness we can rely on him. | 22 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLiving Water | To discover a living faith we need to let go of dead faith. The Samaritan Woman at the Well learnt this in her encounter with Jesus, and his disciples did too. Does our faith work for us, or are there some things we need to let go off, such as false ideas about God, prejudices and personal spiritual baggage? How can we have the "living water" Jesus offers? | 27 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe man who didn't understand, and the woman who did | So much religion is about slogans, proof texts and dogmas. Jesus spoke about being "born again" - is that another religious slogan or something life changing. Nicodemus, a man who lived according to the book, didn't understand, but the Samaritan woman at the well, with unorthodox beliefs and a history of broken relationships found in him "someone who told me everything I ever did." Do we get it, or do we hide behind religious slogans? | 20 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSex and power - turning the world upside down | It wasn't sex that tempted Adam and Eve, it was power, the same temptation Jesus faced in the wilderness. This sermon examines how God turns the power politics of the world, work, marriage and our closest relationships upside down. | 13 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAre you feeling confident? | In troubled times what gives us confidence? When we answer that we discover the value we place on material things and on people effect others as well as ourselves. So how do we judge these things, and should we judge at all? A sermon on wealth, people, and God. | 27 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLove your enemies - seriously? | The most controversial and well known teaching of Jesus is "love your enemies", but how exactly do you do that when what you feel is something else? | 20 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIt's not just about ticking the boxes | How many of us think that if everyone knew and kept the Ten Commandments the World would be a better eplace. Yet Jesus seems to put much higher demands on us which are impossible to keep, or is he saying something else that enables us to go beyond the letter of the Law to choose life itself? | 14 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCairo, Salt and Light | Jesus called his disciples to be salt and light in the world, but has our salt lost its flavour, and is our light hidden under a bushel? This sermon thinks about this in the light recent events in Egypt, and in the light of our deepest prayers to God. | 6 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe measure of a human life | The news of the death of a little boy made me think about the Gospel this week and Jesus' words in The Beatitudes. How does God measure a human life, of a child, an adult, you, or me? | 31 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe King's Speech - Finding our voice | In the film "The King's Speech" we see how King George VI overcame his terrible stutter with the help of his speech therapist and friend Lionel Logue. When the first disciples came to Jesus he asked "what do you want?" They could not give a direct answer. If we met Jesus for the first time how would we answer him? We consider how Jesus helps us find our voice. | 26 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhy did God give us a broken Church? | Division and arguments in the Church lead us to ask, why can't we just simply follow Jesus. An examination of the New Testament shows us that simply following Jesus was not easy for the disciples either. In the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and in everyday Christian life, what encouragement can we take from this fact? The answer lies in God's challenge to us to change. Listen Now | 24 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHis story is our story | The Methodist Covenant Service reminds us that God's purposes, recounted in the Bible from beginning to end, involve us. The very origins of the Covenant Service are rooted in the experience of John Wesley, who discovered he too was part of God's story. It is our story too, no matter how insignificant we seem to ourselves, for we are never insignificant to God. | 9 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFinding the Child of God Within | At Bethlehem God was born a child so that we might be born as children of God. Each character in the Nativity found him in their own way, whether Shepherds or Wise Men. How do I find the child of God within me? | 2 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCrossing the River | The Jordan River was for Israel a physical and a spiritual crossing point. This is where John the Baptist chose to preach his message of repentance to prepare Christ's way. What does Christ's coming mean for our spiritual borders and crossing points? | 5 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMaking sacred places | What makes a place sacred if God is everywhere? A sermon for Advent Sunday on what "The Word made flesh" means for places and people. A sermon preached at St. Mary's Parish Church, Denham | 28 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe X Factor | Many seek to bridge the gap between their lives, which include pain and frustration, and heaven. The Colossians sought that bridge in asceticism, philosophy and religion, whilst to day we use celebrity, royal weddings and X Factor. How do we reach for heaven, and more importantly, how does heaven reach for us? | 21 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRemembering the future | As we remember today we have a duty to make sure the world so many gave their lives for is the world we are building today. As Christians we have to commit ourselves to a world which is just, and free, and where love of neighbour as well as God is the supreme commandment. Otherwise we may win the war, but we will lose the peace. If that happens then the society we take so much pride in will fall just as Jerusalem and its Temple fell, and God will not save us. | 14 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanChildren of the Resurrection | A Sermon for All Saints. Through the Biblical idea of the Kinsman Redeemer we see how God takes responsibility for us in the midst of suffering and death, but that means we too have responsibilities. | 7 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanI believe in heaven - A service for All Souls Day | What grounds do we have for believing in heaven? What makes it different from wishful thinking? Jesus said, "Believe in God, believe also in me." That is where we must begin. | 2 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWho do you think you are? | The Gospels have two genealogies for Jesus, showing our common humanity with all people with one common father in heaven. Forget this and we get lost. | 24 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHarvest: Wrestling, Widows and Warcraft. | The readings about Jacob wrestling with God and a woman wrestling with justice come from the Lectionary, the hymn "Hills of the north rejoice" from the harvest decorators, and World of Warcraft comes from me. Hear the theme develop. | 18 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA life long unity | Something different this time - a wedding address from the marriage of Richard and Patti, a transatlantic special relationship. I talk about romance, sex and choice, summed up in the Methodist Worship Book as "A life long unity of heart, body and mind." I show how these reflect the perfect love of God for us all. | 4 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBio-diversity in God's World - Steve Hughes of Arocha UK | Our guest preacher for Harvest Festival at Gerrards Cross, Steve Hughes of A Rocha UK, speaks about the work of A Rocha, an international Christian conservation charity. Taking Psalm 104 he speaks about the need to have a God centred perspective on Creation, power, God’s priorities for Creation and our place in those priorities. Steve is well placed to speak about this as CEO of A Rocha UK, and as a former senior executive with Shell. With his wife Jean, he is a member of the Baptist Church in Welwyn Garden City. Jean reads from Psalm 104 and sings a solo based on Matthew 6. | 27 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIt may be permissible, but is it loving? | St. Paul’s advice was that things may be permissible, but the need to act lovingly is more important. That seems as relevant in today’s ambiguous society as it was then. | 16 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAt a baptism ~ more important than family | When baptising a baby the last thing you want as a set reading is Luke 14 where Jesus says “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters — yes, even his own life — he cannot be my disciple.” Yet what a child will become, the kind of person they will be and the kind of world they will live in is surely of the utmost importance. This sermon offers no easy answers, but discipleship of Jesus and a life of questions where God is with us on the journey. his sermon included a poem by Jude Simpson read at the 2010 Greenbelt Festival and broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Worship on 5th September 2010. It has been omitted for copyright reasons, but can be heard in full read by the poet together with the text at Re:Jesus | 5 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanChoose your prayer mountain carefully | The image we have of God effects the way we pray, and the effectiveness of that prayer. The Letter to the Hebrews gives us two images of mountains, and two images of God. One is dark, dangerous, forbidding, dangerous and empty except for God. The other is light, welcoming and the location of a city full of saints and angels. One says “keep out” and the other says “welcome.” What image of God do you have, and how does that effect your prayer life? | 22 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanStressed or distressed? | Life is stressful, and the world is under stress. Jesus also knew both stress and sorrow in his own life, but he also understood the stress and distress of the world needed facing. In this sermon we see how he dealt with this through single minded, self sacrificial determination. | 15 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLiving with questions, living faithfully | Sometimes the questions we ask are more important than the answers. Abraham set out on a journey which he did not end, and which we are still on. The letter to the Hebrews makes this clear. Although our destination is important, how we travel is also important, and faith is as much about how we live now as it is about the end promise of heaven. Abraham is held up in the Bible as a supreme example of this journey of faith. | 9 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe nobody who became somebody | Mary Magdalene is someone who we think we know, but much of it is legend. In the Gospels we discover a marginalised and disregarded woman, a nobody, whose experience of Jesus in her healing and witnessing the resurrection transformed her. What does that say to the marginalised and disregarded today? | 5 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWashing one another's feet. | Throughout Holy Week I have been celebrating Holy Communion in my three Churches, ending with Maundy Thursday and preparing for Good Friday in the cross. The Eucharist, Lord’s Supper, Mass leads us to the cross on which Jesus died, and helps us understand it. It is central to all Christian worship, yet when John’s Gospel tells us about the meal Jesus shared with his disciples the night before he was betrayed he omits the actual breaking of bread and the words of Jesus, “this is my body,” “this is my blood.” Instead John shows Jesus washing his disciples feet, and commanding them to love one another. What does John in his Gospel want to teach us about the Eucharist, and about the cross? | 2 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDespair or hope, life or death? The story of Judas and Mary | Judas Iscariot is a man who has given up hope, and whose life ends in tragedy. Mary, with her sister Martha and brother Lazarus, is a woman of hope who finds in Jesus resurrection and life. Which are we? A sermon for Passion Sunday on the death of a much loved Church member. | 21 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Prodigal Family | A son who wants to leave home with his inheritance, a father who lets him do it without regard to the effect is has on the rest of the family, a jealous brother who feels ignored, and a mother who is absent from the scene. A parable not just of a prodigal son, but a broken family where each member is invisible to the other, but not to God. | 14 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe fox and the hen - discipleship without distraction | Jesus refused to be distracted, keeping on his path to Jerusalem and the cross. How can we prevent ourselves from being distracted from God's purposes in our journey of discipleship? A tale of a fox, a hen (and a buzzard!) | 28 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLent - becoming not grovelling | Lent is more than giving up chocolate. It is a time when Christians hone the skills we need to be disciples of Jesus 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. In Lent we concentrate on fasting, praying and giving that we may gain greater awareness of God and our neighbour. It is not about grovelling, but becoming. | 21 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanStanding in the light | Light reveals things in new ways. In the Old Testament to look on the face of God meant death, but the Transfiguration shows Jesus in the light of God and he lives. Peter, James and John see the glory of God revealed in Jesus and they live. The Gospel shows us in the Transfiguration of Jesus that God reveals himself to us in an open and honest way, because he loves us and wants to give us life. In the same way we need to be open, honest and life giving as we reflect the light of God. | 17 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLighting candles and building bridges | Candlemass is not a very Methodist celebration, but it has a lot to tell us. The Presentation of the infant Christ in the Temple, and the encounter there with Simeon and Anna represents a bridge between the old and the new, rooted in the tradition of the past but with a vision of the future. It represents a bridge between God and man, between Christmas and Good Friday, between joy and suffering. When we are properly rooted in what God has done we can face today's suffering with hope for God's future. | 12 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHaiti & the Methodist Covenant Service | In our Annual Methodist Covenant Service we place ourselves once more in God's hands, whatever his will for us is. Sometimes this brings us joy, but it can also bring us pain and loss for the sake of the Kingdom. What does this absolute trust in God and living at his disposal mean in the light of the devastating Haiti earthquake? | 17 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanI believe in God's Kingdom | Advent is a time when we celebrate the coming of God’s Kingdom, which is at the heart of Jesus’ teaching. He asked “what is the Kingdom of God like?” Through his parables and teaching we see it is not a place, or something private, nor based on power and status, but a dynamic community of love centred on him | 8 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanI believe in the Resurrection | The Resurrection is not just about Jesus, it is about us. He entered human life and death so we might enter his eternal life, and our resurrection is his. The Bible teaches this means resurrection of the whole person, body, mind and spirit, not just the greek idea of a disembodied soul. As a consequence the resurrection means an end not just to sin, but also an end to everything that seeks to destroy or corrupt what God has made, physical as well as spiritual. Christians believe in a holistic resurrection. | 22 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanI believe in God the Saviour (part 2) | When the New Testament describes what God has done for us through the death of Jesus it presents us not so much with precise doctrinal statements but vivid images. These come from the Slave Market, from the Temple and from the Law Courts. By these images we learn that in the death of Jesus we find the place where God is most present, where atonement is made for the sins of humanity, and where the Covenant between God and his Creation is sealed and renewed. This can only be understood in terms of the Holy Trinity, for on the cross it is God who suffers, dies and atones. The power of the cross is available to us when we know this not simply as an idea, but as an experience in our hearts. | 27 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanI believe in God the Saviour | We use the word "Saviour" all the time of God, but what does it mean? Jesus' name means "God saves", so God's salvation comes through Jesus, but he is not just a lifeboat in a crisis. God's salvation is shot through time and space from beginning to end, and by entering into his Creation God saves from the inside out. He saves not just from sin but from everything that seeks to rip God's Creation apart and plunge it into darkness. In that way Jesus, God the Son brings us to God the Father. | 12 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDon't be childish, be childlike | Jesus’ disciples childishly argued about who was the greatest. That the disciples are portrayed in their fallible humanity and not as plaster cast saints make the Gospel very believable (why would they tell stories against themselves unless they were true? This should encourage us because if Jesus chose them our own human fallibility is not an obstacle to his love. Just as Jesus is to us so we need to be to one another. He gave a little child as a model of discipleship, accepting, trusting, full of awe and wonder and open to giving and receiving love. That should be the pattern for our Christian relationships. | 21 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanI believe in God the Creator | This address begins a series on the basics of Christians faith which will lead to the Confirmation Service in the New Year. We cannot prove God exists, yet those who claim belief in God is not scientific or that such belief causes suffering in the world are unjustified. We cannot prove God, but we can experience him through a loving relationship and because out of his love God reveals himself to his creation. We therefore believe in God not simply as Creator, but as Father | 14 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDo you really want to live forever? | Jesus called himself the bread of life and promised that whoever eats this bread will live forever, but do you really want to do that? Is heaven a place measurable in time and space, because day after day forever could get boring, even in paradise? Heaven is measured by love, and exists in the eternal now, when in the depths of love time stands still. That is why we know heaven through our relationship with Jesus, and not via a telescope | 17 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe politician who did not do God, and the God who does politics | St. Paul claimed the state authorities were put there by God. Jesus said give to Caesar what is Caesars, and to God what is God’s, and eschewed political power. The Old Testament Prophets both anointed Kings and opposed them. Politics belong to God, but God does not belong to the politicians. God calls his people to be political. A sermon on Romans 13:1-10 in memory of Neda Agha Soltan | 1 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanStilling the storm, bearing witness | The story of Jesus stilling the storm is about having faith in the midst of danger. Faith does not seek to explain suffering, but to use it for good. Suffering in itself has no value, but what we do with it does. We see this in Iran, Zimbabwe and Burma. St. Paul describes his suffering as something positive as he bears witness to the Gospel, God turning his weakness into strength. This is the true meaning of the word “martyr” - one who bears witness. Christians are called to witness to God’s Kingdom by faith which turns our suffering to His purpose. | 22 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDr. Leslie Griffiths - The Commandments of Jesus | Dr. Leslie Griffiths preaching on the Commandments of Jesus at the 170th Anniversary of Lee Common Methodist Church in the Amersham Circuit, 14th June 2009. The recording is slightly truncated but still worth a listen. | 14 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWe are not at home right now | Existing in two worlds, this one and the world to come, creates an uncomfortable tension for Christians, at least it should do. When we settle down problems start, because we have not yet arrived. The feeling of not being at home can make us feel uncomfortable, naked and confused, yet St. Paul tells us to be confident, to regard no-one in a worldly way, and to live by faith . We are all in this together as pilgrims, and we are all in God's hands. | 14 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Power of the One in Three | The doctrine of the Holy Trinity can be confusing, but to our Celtic Christian forebears it was empowering. They invoked the name of the Trinity in all they did, and it can do the same for us. A sermon for Trinity Sunday | 7 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCosmic Salvation | Through Christ we are in the process of what God intends us to be, but Christians can take a very egocentric view of our faith. Instead we should realise that God is redeeming the whole Cosmos, making us partners in the process. That is why justice, peace, politics and the environment need our involvement. | 28 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBelieving through loving | Sometimes believing is difficult, and yet John tells us “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” What does it mean to believe? Scripture tells us we believe not with our minds but with our hearts. Jesus did not say “believe in me” to his disciples, he said “follow me.” John shows us that belief of the heart means love in action, not a set of academic ideas. That’s something even a little child can do | 15 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGet your love in first | John tells us that we love because God first loved us. This is something we can put into practice when we have to deal with people and situations we find difficult or fearful - get your love in first. A sermon on 1 John 4:7-21 (third in a series of four) | 14 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhen everything is up in the air (and it's God doing it) | We like our lives to be orderly, but sometimes everything seems chaotic and just up in the air. Sometimes it is God who dies this to us. When life is like that we need to learn to trust in him. | 13 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLiving confidently when you don't feel it | John in his first letter speaks both of being confident before God but also of not feeling confident. How do we deal with our feelings of guilt? John's answer is to put love into action, to choose to live as if we have confidence before God until we do. A sermon on 1 John 3:16-24 | 4 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhat we will be has not yet been made known. | Through the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ we have already become children of God, yet there is much more to come. How can we become what God intends when we have so many dark corners in our lives? A sermon on 1 John 3:1-7 “What we will be had not yet been made known.” | 26 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEaster Sunday - The Lord is Risen | he risen Jesus was found not in heaven, but in the earthly experience of Peter, John and Mary. The Resurrection brings hope for this life, as well as the next. This sermon was preached at Gerrards Cross Methodist Church on Easter Day. | 12 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGood Friday - bearing the image of Christ | This evening I was privileged to preach at an ecumenical service in St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Chalfont St. Peter. The address followed some moving Stations of the Cross. You can hear what I said here. | 10 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMaundy Thursday - The woman who anointed Jesus | A sermon for Maundy Thursday on the woman who anointed Jesus at Bethany (Matthew 26:1-16) | 9 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThought for Thursday | Thought for Thursday given at Prestwood Methodist Church on the Annunciation, raising the dead and the need for redemption to be made flesh. | 31 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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