Tag: jesus

Simplify Your Diary

Why do we get so busy? And what can we do about it? A talk on Jesus\ example in Mark 1. (mp3)

Gethsemane and the Half-Blood Prince

On Sunday I preached on the Garden of Gethsemane, one of the darkest and most psychologically intense passages of Scripture, as Jesus looks into the face of death, pleads with the Father to take away the cup of judgment, and then resolutely decides “Yet not my will, but yours.” As I was preparing for it…

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Holy Week: Gethsemane (Matthew 26)

In the final hours before his arrest, trial and execution, Jesus found himself alone in a garden, wrestling in anguished prayer. This talk looks at the events in Gethsemane and considers what it was that made Jesus’ experience so unique (mp3)

Easter Reflections

Next week I will be blogging a series of reflections on the story of Easter. Find out more about what to expect.

Theology Matters: 4 – Purpose: Luke and John

Each of the gospels tells the story of Jesus in a particular way, for a particular purpose. In this session, we look at Luke and John and try to work out why they emphasise certain themes and what particular points they are trying to make about who Jesus is and what he has come to do. (mp3)

Theology Matters: 3 – Purpose: Matthew and Mark

Each of the gospels tells the story of Jesus in a particular way, for a particular purpose. In this session, we look at Matthew and Mark and try to work out why they emphasise certain themes and what particular points they are trying to make about who Jesus is and what he has come to do. (mp3)

Theology Matters: 2 – Genre

What are gospels anyway?! Why do we have four of them? And why are there differences between the accounts? This is the second in a series of seminars on the gospels. (mp3)