Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22; Psalm 124; James 5:13-20 Over the past two months we have been examining the letter attributed to Jacob, the brother of Jesus, and the message that…
Proverbs 31:10-31; James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a Today is a good day for me because today get to preach from one of my favourite preaching passages Proverbs 31:10-31. But before that, let’s…
Today’s set selection from the Lectionary is one of those great climactic stories from The Hebrew Tradition, the end bit from the story of Esther. In assorted verses from Esther…
Today we begin with a story that takes place at the Education Support Centre in Hertfordshire where I worked as a specialist teacher, and an episode where something seemed to…
Last week I introduced a new series to you, so that last week and in the next four weeks of my preaching here we will walk through The Letter of…
Six years ago, in my final month of Long-Term Supply at Yallourn and Morwell Cluster in Gippsland, I preached a five-week series on The Letter of James, following the lectionary…
1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14; Ephesians 5:15-20 In 1 Kings 2:10 we come to the climax of a long narrative with the death of David, King over Israel, and in 1…
2 Samuel 18:5-33; Ephesians 4:25—5:2 Last week we began the story of David’s decline from the place of honour before God, where at the height of his glory as king…
2 Samuel 11:26-12:13; Ephesians 4:1-16. Some time ago while I was wasting time on the internet, (which I always hate doing in hindsight but every time get stuck doing in…
2 Samuel 11:1-15; Ephesians 3:14-21 Last Tuesday was an anniversary for me; it was actually two on the same day. On Sunday 23rd July 1972 I was baptised, and Monday…