SUNDAY 18 APRIL 2021 EPHESIANS: A CHRISTIAN MANIFESTO AN ENLIGHTENED PEOPLE 1:15-23 When we were on holiday in Lindisfarne last year we went to a shingle beach and lazed about for a while and then walked the couple of miles back to our cottage. When I got home I realized that my favourite watch was […]
WISDOM AND CHRIST JESUS (PROVERBS 3.13-20) INTRO Life throws all sorts of circumstances upon us. And God’s Wisdom is sufficient for us to navigate all of life’s complexities. And so, a lot of what we’ve heard over this series on Proverbs has been very practical. We’ve heard about why, for example, it’s wise to be […]
We are continuing with our series in the book of Proverbs entitled “Wisdom for the Way.” What I want to deal with today is the issue of wisdom with regard to managing our resources and particularly how to deal with questions of wealth and poverty. I found this an extremely difficult issue to get a […]
One of my favourite television series is “Call the Midwife”. Those of you who are familiar with the series will know that it’s set in Poplar, East London in the late 1950s and early ‘60s. And, not surprisingly, it revolves around a group of midwives who, in the course of their work, come up against […]
1 DEPENDABILITY INTRO When others know that they can hang their trust on you, they consider you dependable. TERMS There are a cluster of words (depending on which version of the English Bible you are using). • ‘loyal’ • ‘reliable’ • ‘trustworthy’ • ‘faithful’. UNRELIABILITY Let me, first, give you the picture of another kind […]
Slide 1) Diligence: Wisdom for the Way. Oxford: careful and persistent work or effort. Slide 2) Doing the work we’re responsible for Including the jobs we hate Doing it well Starting in good time Keeping going till the job is done. Some jobs are never done. Diligence […]
Have you ever said something you’ve later regretted? And have you ever been on the receiving end of hurtful, unkind comments? I’m sure you have. But has there been a time when you’ve said something that’s brought encouragement to someone? And have you ever been a recipient of a remark that’s lifted your spirits and […]
THE WISDOM OF RIGHTEOUSNESS INTRO This morning I’d like to speak about the wisdom of ‘righteousness’. The Book of Proverbs tells us that one of its goals is to teach us ‘righteousness’ (see Prov. 1.3). Proverbs 8.20 (NRSV): Why is it wise to be righteous? Why is acting with integrity really the best strategy for […]
LEARNING TO SEE WITH THE HEART (PROVERBS 24.30-34) INTRO The reality is that we are often blind to things that we aren’t paying attention to. We must train ourselves to pay attention. This is especially true for our spiritual life. If we aren’t deliberate about paying attention to know truth, chances are that we’ll not […]
WISDOM FOR THE WAY Part 2 Wisdom and Folly–or- A Tale of Two Women This is the second part of our series from the Book of Proverbs entitled “Wisdom for the way” which Vijay kicked off last week. My subject is “wisdom and folly.” Vijay, in his usual open-hearted way, allowed his preachers to choose […]