John
Mission
John 21. Theme: Mission. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 11 April 2021. Pray: Lord open our ears, that we may respond in faith and in action. Why is it here? Why do we need Chapter 21? Jesus has risen and appeared three times. John has just explained why he wrote his book at the end of the last chapter. Read more
John 21. Theme: Mission. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 11 April 2021. Pray: Lord open our ears, that we may respond in faith and in action. Why is it here? Why do we need Chapter 21? Jesus has risen and appeared three times. John has just explained why he wrote his book at the end of the last chapter. Read more
Resurrection
John 20. Theme: Resurrection Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 4 April 2021. How do you decide what is true? How do you decide who to believe? We all believe in something or someone. Even atheists believe. But is your belief something that you can build your life upon? Read more
John 20. Theme: Resurrection Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 4 April 2021. How do you decide what is true? How do you decide who to believe? We all believe in something or someone. Even atheists believe. But is your belief something that you can build your life upon? Read more
Crucifixion
John 19:1-3; 14b-42. Theme: Crucifixion. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 2 April 2021. Prayer: Open our eyes to see wonderful things in your word. You may have heard this story a hundred times, or today may be the first time. I want to show you what John is telling us here in a way that may be new to you. Read more
John 19:1-3; 14b-42. Theme: Crucifixion. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 2 April 2021. Prayer: Open our eyes to see wonderful things in your word. You may have heard this story a hundred times, or today may be the first time. I want to show you what John is telling us here in a way that may be new to you. Read more
The Trial
John 18.12-19:16. Theme: The Trial. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 28 March 2021. John Trial Context It’s a dark night - just before the first Good Friday. Roman soldiers and servants of the Jewish high priests are about to arrest Jesus. Peter, his disciple, tries to stop this by cutting an ear off one of them. Read more
John 18.12-19:16. Theme: The Trial. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 28 March 2021. John Trial Context It’s a dark night - just before the first Good Friday. Roman soldiers and servants of the Jewish high priests are about to arrest Jesus. Peter, his disciple, tries to stop this by cutting an ear off one of them. Read more
Jesus surprises
John 18.1-11 Theme: Jesus surprises. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 14 March 2021. Open our eyes to the riches of your word, Amen Do you feel powerless? You know God has a plan but does that seem so far away as to be meaningless and irrelevant to your own daily struggles. Read more
John 18.1-11 Theme: Jesus surprises. Sermon by Pastor David Williams. Strathalbyn Church of Christ. 14 March 2021. Open our eyes to the riches of your word, Amen Do you feel powerless? You know God has a plan but does that seem so far away as to be meaningless and irrelevant to your own daily struggles. Read more
I go to prepare a place.
Heart trouble is a common problem, perhaps indicated by the number of by-pass and stent operations. But there’s another type of heart trouble too - the sort of heart trouble that we hear about in today’s reading in John. Jesus said to his disciples, “Let not your hearts be troubled.” And so, his disciples had troubled hearts. Read more
Heart trouble is a common problem, perhaps indicated by the number of by-pass and stent operations. But there’s another type of heart trouble too - the sort of heart trouble that we hear about in today’s reading in John. Jesus said to his disciples, “Let not your hearts be troubled.” And so, his disciples had troubled hearts. Read more
The Raising of Lazarus
Perhaps you have heard someone say something like, ‘when a person dies he or she only lives on in other’s memories, or in their achievements’? But is that all we can say? Not according to Jesus, as we heard in today’s reading from John. Jesus says “I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Read more
Perhaps you have heard someone say something like, ‘when a person dies he or she only lives on in other’s memories, or in their achievements’? But is that all we can say? Not according to Jesus, as we heard in today’s reading from John. Jesus says “I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Read more
Psalm 23: God our Shepherd
Perhaps you have a photo album at home, with some of your favourite pictures in it. Well, the bible is a bit like a photo album containing ‘pictures’ of God. Perhaps one of the favourite pictures of God given to us in the bible is that of ‘God our Shepherd’. Read more
Perhaps you have a photo album at home, with some of your favourite pictures in it. Well, the bible is a bit like a photo album containing ‘pictures’ of God. Perhaps one of the favourite pictures of God given to us in the bible is that of ‘God our Shepherd’. Read more
The healing of the blind man
The Healing of the blind man. John 9: 1-41 2nd August, 2020 There’s a hymn, ‘Amazing Grace’ that has a line in it - ‘I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see.’ ‘was blind but now I see’ could summarise the story we have just heard from John. Read more
The Healing of the blind man. John 9: 1-41 2nd August, 2020 There’s a hymn, ‘Amazing Grace’ that has a line in it - ‘I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see.’ ‘was blind but now I see’ could summarise the story we have just heard from John. Read more
“I am the bread of Life”
“I am the bread of Life” John 6:1-15, 35, 47-51 Jesus made some great “I am” claims for himself, which we find in John’s gospel. I want to take one of these and think about it with you this morning. It is “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. Read more
“I am the bread of Life” John 6:1-15, 35, 47-51 Jesus made some great “I am” claims for himself, which we find in John’s gospel. I want to take one of these and think about it with you this morning. It is “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. Read more
Catch, Commissioned, Come
Catch, Commissioned, Come John 21:1-19 Alex Bainton. 26th April. ‘20 In today’s reading from John 21:1-19 there are three things in particular that I’d like to draw attention to; we could call them catch, commissioned, and come. Let’s consider each of these in turn. Catch. Simon Peter said to some of his fellow disciples, “I am going fishing”. Read more
Catch, Commissioned, Come John 21:1-19 Alex Bainton. 26th April. ‘20 In today’s reading from John 21:1-19 there are three things in particular that I’d like to draw attention to; we could call them catch, commissioned, and come. Let’s consider each of these in turn. Catch. Simon Peter said to some of his fellow disciples, “I am going fishing”. Read more
The first Easter night
We are living in days when we may be fearful or disturbed or unsettled, because of the coronavirus, and how it is changing or upsetting our lives in many ways. In the bible reading for today from John 20verses 19-31, we hear how the first disciples of Jesus were fearful and disturbed and in their case it was because their Master had just been crucified. Read more
We are living in days when we may be fearful or disturbed or unsettled, because of the coronavirus, and how it is changing or upsetting our lives in many ways. In the bible reading for today from John 20verses 19-31, we hear how the first disciples of Jesus were fearful and disturbed and in their case it was because their Master had just been crucified. Read more
Easter Day
Someone asked Joseph of Arimathea, “That was a great tomb. Why did you give it to someone else to be buried in?” “Oh”, said Joseph, “he only needed it for the weekend”. Today we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus! And so I’d like to think with you about the Bible reading for today from John, because it is about this resurrection of Jesus. Read more
Someone asked Joseph of Arimathea, “That was a great tomb. Why did you give it to someone else to be buried in?” “Oh”, said Joseph, “he only needed it for the weekend”. Today we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus! And so I’d like to think with you about the Bible reading for today from John, because it is about this resurrection of Jesus. Read more