Deep-Dive: Easter Hope - 1 (Romans 5:2-11)

Deep-Dive - Easter Hope 1 - Romans 5:2-11

Deep-Dive - Not Simply with Words - 1 Thessalonians1:5

Deep-Dive: Babylon's Last Night ... fall - Daniel 5

Deep-Dive - Daniel 4 ... Authoritarianism and the God Who is King of all kings

Deep-Dive - Daniel 3, the God with superior power

Daniel 2 - The God Who REVEALS mysteries

New Testament Missionary Methods - Luke 15:1-32

HAPPY New Year - 1 John 1:1-4

Deep-Dive Malachi 3:13 - 4:6 God deals decisively with religious cynicism

Deep-Dive - the most encouraging verse in the Old Testament - Malachi 3:6-12

Deep-Dive: He sent His Son - Malachi 2:17-3:5

Deep-Dive: Really. Lousy. Preachers. (And where they get you). Malachi 2:1-16

Deep-Dive: Crossing Cultures in New Testament Mission - Miletus - Acts 20:17-38

Deep-Dive: Crossing Cultures in New Testament Mission - Athens - Acts 17:16-33

Deep-Dive: Crossing cultures in New Testament mission - Acts 13:13-52 Pisidian Antioch

Deep-Dive: Malachi 1:10-14 One People under God for His Glory

Deep-Dive: Shut that (Temple) Door! Malachi 1:6-14

Deep-Dive: Love's memory lost - Malachi 1:2-5

Deep-Dive: Malachi 1:1 - religious disillusionment

A message for the Church on International Suicide Prevention Day - 2 Corinthians 1:8-11

Purpose - Ephesians 1:23

Vulnerability - Colossians 1:22-23

Weakness - Ephesians 1:19-23

The ANXIETY of the preacher - Hebrews 3 and the Doctrines of Grace

World-weariness - Hebrews 11:1-2 & 12:1-3

Paranoia & the Powers that Be - 1 Peter 2:11-17

Loss - Job and Philippians chapter 3

Loneliness - the sermon that came back to front

Psalm 32:1-7 ... unresolved guilt.

Colossians 1 vv 21-23 Part 2

Colossians 1:21-23 ... What is YOUR life story?

Jesus is God ... and it MATTERS! Colossians 1:19-20

The solution to all our soul-ills - Colossians 1:18

Colossians 1:16-17 - it's going to be ok, and here's why ...

I don't know WHICH way to turn! Colossians 1:15

Colossians 1:13-14

Ransom! Matthew 28 v 20 - Easter 2023

I shall not die but live - Psalm 118

Psalm 117 - 'I'm treating you all the same ...'

Psalm 116 - resilient faith in the resilient Lord

Easter 2023 - Psalm 115

Esther 9 - memorialising God's great reversals

Luke 23:42 - Inclusive, but inclusive of what?

Esther 8 - pressing the advantage

Ephesians 6, Esther 7 and the concept of the 'Holy War'

Esther 7:1-10 ... brave Esther puts the pedal to the metal

Has God got a sense of humour ... why would He?! - Esther 6:1-14

Esther 5:1-14

Motto Text 2023 - Hebrews 3:12

Prepare ... for something WEIRD - Matthew 3:1-12 - Christmas 2022

Prepared - for THIS at Christmas? Luke 1:76

Preparing for Christmas 2022 - 2. Unrecognised person in the bagging area Malachi 3 v 1

Preparing for Christmas 2022 - 1. Prepare - Isaiah 40:3

Verse for the Day 01/12/2022

Verse for the Day 30/11/2022 - Psalm 130:5

Verse for the Day 29/11/2022 - Matthew 14:30

Verse for the Day 28/11/2022 - Acts 3:19

Esther 4 - navigating life's most 'decisive' moments

Verse for the Day 25/11/2022 - Psalm 100:5

Verse for the Day 24/11/2022 Psalm 100:4

Verse for the Day 23/11/2022 Psalm 100:3

Verse for the Day 22/11/2022 Psalm 100:2

Verse for the Day 21/11/2022

Esther 3:5-15 When the powerful plot to wipe you out ... where is God?

Esther 2 v 19-3 v 6 ... getting 'passed over', and doing it well

God and Moral Injury: How compromised can God's people be and it's all still going to be OK? Esther 2 vv 1-18

How bad a situation can God's people live through? - Esther 1

Romans - the POINT of it

The structure of Esther - are we living on the WRONG side of history?

Esther overview - the God Who seems not to be 'there'

Hebrews 9:27-28 - Ritual, Tradition and Hope - on the death of the Monarch

Matthew 9:9-13 - The Scandal of God's Grace - Part 2

Matthew 9:9-13 - The Scandal of God's Grace - Part 1

Matthew 4:12-14 - The Biblical Theology of the Tactical Withdrawal

Judah - Part 2

Judah - Part 1

1 John 5:20b-21 Pt 2 The True God and Eternal Life

1 John 5:20b-21 Pt 1 - The True God and Eternal Life

1 John 5:16-20 When Christians sin ... what to do?

1 John 5:13-15 Prayer - it works! (But not like a slot machine)

1 John 5:6-12 Which of these many 'voices' to listen to

1 John 5:1-5 God's commands ... burdensome?

1 John 4:10-12 ... you want to see God?

1 John 4:7-10 Where love comes from and what it does for you

1 John 4:1-6 - Discernment for the people of God

1 John 3:19-24 - The Sources of Confident Assurance

1 John 3:11-18 - 'The loving thing'?

Sound meme: More Value than Ravens

1 John 2:28-29 & 3:4-10

One minute of the Joys of Creation

1 John 3:1-3 And we will be CHANGED!

Hope - Anchored beyond our Era of Anxiety - Hebrews 6:19

11. Hope for our Suffering - 2 Corinthians 1:3-11

Hope for our Era of Anxiety - 10. Justice - 2 Peter 3:13

Hope for our Era of Anxiety - 9. Peter - John 21:15-19

7 - Case Studies for our Era of Anxiety - 3 - Thomas - John 20 vv 24-29

Trauma. Joseph. Genesis 41:50-52

Case Studies for our Era of Anxiety - 2. The Disciple Jesus Loved

Thought for the Day 15/02/22 - Mind your Head

Case Studies for an era of Anxiety – 1. Mary - John 20 vv 1 & 11-17

5. Subversion for our Era of Anxiety - 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

4. Transcendence for our Era of Anxiety - John 11:40

Hope - 3. A new era for our Era of Anxiety - Mark 1:14-15

2. Facts for our Era of Anxiety - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Hope for our Era of Anxiety - 1 Peter 1:3-5

The Five Magnetic Points of Christmas - Transcendence - Colossians 1 vv 15-23

The Five Magnetic Points of Christmas - Destiny

The Five Magnetic Points of Christmas - 3. Deliverance - Luke 19:1-10

Norm - John 14:6

The Five Magnetic Points of Christmas - Totality, the way to connect - Ephesians 2

1 John 2:15-17 - What's NOT to love?!

1 John 2:12-14 - the Heart of a Real Christian Faith

Romans 15:4 - Teamwork and God's Word for all: Reformation day 2021

1 John 2:7-11 - Light and Love in a toxic environment

1 John 2:3-6 - Authenticating the claim to Know God

A sermon for Ag. Mental Health Week - 1 John 2:1-2

1 John 1:1-5 - The One big thing you REALLY need to know

1 John vv 1-4 - The Way Back to Unity from Division

An Introduction to 1 John - 19/09/21

Mental Health Lessons from an Angry and Desperate Prophet - Jonah 4 vv 5-11

Jonah 4 - The angry prophet and the ethical God

Thought for the Day 29/08/21 - Fear of Failure

Jonah 3 - a Dodgy Prophet and the Second Chance God

Thought for the Day 26/08/21 - (Not) cracking up

Thought for the Day 02/07/21 - HOLI-BOBS!

Thought for the Day 01/07/21 - Caged Birds Don't Sing

Thought for the Day 30/06/21 - Confidence and Assurance in the Dark

Thought for the Day 29/06/21 - Correct and Clear Trumpet Calls

Thought for the Day 28/06/21 - Truth and Power

Jonah 1:1-10 - Me, Myself and I

Thought for the Day 24/06/21 - Learning how to Ride on Eagles' Wings

Thought for the Day 23/06/21 - Ragged Robin

Thought for the Day 22/06/21 - Facing False Accusations

Thought for the Day 21/06/21 - Anxiety and the Powerful Patron

Drive In Church at Llandovery 20th. June 2021 - complete

Jonah 1:4-17 - Getting called on a 'Straightener' by God

Thought for the Day 18/06/21 - Back Foot Believing

Thought for the Day 17/06/21 - Stand STILL!

Thought for the Day 16/06/21 - BrainWASHING

Thought for the Day 15/06/21 - Chicken wings

Thought for the Day 14/06/21 - Safe

Ty'r Bugail Online 13/06/21 - Jonah ... being the actual opposite of a prophet

Thought for the Day 11/06/21 - Dread

Thought for the Day 10/06/21 - Don't trust a horse ...

Thought for the Day 09/06/21 - The (happy) Tale of the Prophet with a Problem

Thought for the Day 08/06/21 - Sowing weeping: reaping leaping

Thought for the Day 07/06/21 - Heart Trouble

Drive In Church - Llandovery Livestock Market 06/06/21

Thought for the Day 04/06/21 - Cover up

Thought for the Day 03/06/21 - Rock-not paper or scissors

Thought for the Day 02/06/21 - Sign-writing

Thought for the Day 01/06/21 - Clap!

Habakkuk - Is God really good when life seems so bad?

Thought for the Day 28/05/21 - Take a life to save a life?

Thought for theDay 27/05/21 - Things that we don't like the sound of

Thought for the Day 26/05/21 - Where's yer God NOW then?

Thought for the Day 25/05/21 - Ignorance is no defence

Drive In Church - Llandovery Livestock Market - 23/05/21

Drive In complete service at Llandovery Livestock Market 23/05/21

Thought for the Day 21/05/21 - Farmer Guilt

Thought for the Day 20/05/21 - Ecstasy and Delight are essential

Thought for the Day 18/05/21 - Coronanxiety

Thought for the Day 17/05/21 - Sanctuary

Nahum - a comforting prophet for our times?

Thought for the Day 14/05/21 - 'Tiddles' was outside my kitchen window ...

Thought for the Day 13/05/21 - LIMITED TIME offer!

Thought for the Day 12/05/21 - The Inspection

Thought for the Day 11/05/21 - Read (or listen!)

Thought for the Day 10/05/21 - Forgiveness and the New Pharisaism

Micah - Getting the Nations to Glory through Babylon

Thought for the Day 07/05/21 - Wobbly Towers

Thought for the Day 06/05/21 - Confessions of a frustrated street preacher

Thought for the Day 05/05/21 - Vaccination vanity

Thought for the Day 04/05/21 - Knowing what to do

Thought for the Day 03/05/21 - Confidence!

Obadiah - Joy from Ashes

Thought for the Day 30/04/21 - Hope in Dark Places

Thought for the Day 29/04/21 - Combatting Killer Relationships

Thought for the Day 28/04/21 - Ransom

Thought for the Day 27/04/21 - Pushy Parents

Thought for the Day 26/04/21 - Listen to your HEART?!

1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 Love & Kisses - Priorities for People under Pressure

Thought for the Day 23/04/21 - The Seret of Contentment

Thought for the Day 22/04/21 - The Unsnatchables

Thought foir the Day 21/04/21 - There's no such thing as an NDA

Thought for the Day 20/04/21 - Changing the bad news agenda

Thought for the Day 19/04/21 - Qualifying for Jesus's Ploughing Match

The Big Messy Matter of our Relationships - 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24

An interview with Jonathan Stephen

The Big Messy Matter of our Relationships - 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24

Thought for the Day 16/04/21 - Living life two steps behind

Thought for the Day 15/04/21 - GREATNESS in Leadership

Thought for the Day 14/04/21 - Leadership?

Thought for the Day 13/04/21 - Doctor-denialism

Thought for the Day 12/04/21 - Do we KNOW Him (meaning: should we TRUST Him)?

Easter 2021 - Luke 24:13-35 Jesus is an absolute eye-opener!

Thought for Good Friday 2021 - DONE!

Thought for the Day 01/04/21 - Dead men walking is NO April Fool

Thought for the Day 31/03/21 - Is Easter the time to change your curtains?

Thought for the Day 30/03/21 - Even the Sun turned its face away

Thought for the Day 29/03/21 - How could you possibly DO that?

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 ... Living in the Light of Christ's Return

Thought for the Day 26/03/21 - How do you handle Black Swans?

Thought for the Day 25/03/21 - How can you cope with the menace of mortality?

Thought for the Day 24/03/21 - Why would you WANT to go to Chapel?

Thought for the Day 23/03/21 - How do you 'process' a pandemic?

Thought for the Day 22/03/21 - What will you do with Confusion?

1 Thessalonians 4 vv 13-18 - the Bereavement Visit

Thought for the Day 19/03/21 - Spring cleaning (your head)

Thought for the Day 18/03/21 - Father never used to sing in Chapel

Thought for the Day 17/03/21 - Try or no try?

Thought for the Day 16/03/21 - Not only pigs stink

Thought for the Day 15/03/21 - Not Drinking in the last Chance Saloon

1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 - LOVE 'em some more

Thought for the Day 12/03/21 - Flight lines

Thought for the Day 11/03/21 - 'The Jab'

Thought for the Day 10/03/21 - I spy strangers

Thought for the Day 09/03/21 - Shaming

Thought for the Day 08/03/21 - Confronting life's storms

1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 - 'Fornication'

Thought for the Day 05/03/21 - Leaving your legacy

Thought for the Day 04/03/21 - Insecurity, bricks and mortar

Thought for the Day 03/03/21 - Food Wars!

Thought for the Day 02/03/21 - The Secret to Making Good Decisions

Thought for the Day 01/03/21 - MUNNAY!

1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13

Thought for the Day 26/02/21 - Love MEH!

Thought for the Day 25/02/21 - Please yourself(?)

Thought for the Day 24/02/21 - Stupid, stubborn scaredy-cats

Thought for the Day 23/02/21 - God's plan and dodgy blokes

Thought for the Day 22/02/21 - Dewch i MEWN!

1 Thessalonians 2 vv 13-20 - identifying and enjoying authentic Christianity

Thought for the Day 19/02/21 Untouchable!

Thought for the Day 18/02/21 - Soap up!

Thought for the Day 17/02/21 - WAIT!

Thought for the Day 16/02/21 - TALK!

Thought for the Day 15/02/21 - Mouthguards

Zechariah 7 - Preparing to recover from Pandemic ... it may not be all about vaccines

Thought for the Day 12/02/21 - #Tired

Thought for the Day 11/02/21 Love isn't necessarily pink ...

Thought for the Day 10/02/21 - Come on ... heads UP!

Thought for the Day 09/02/21 - Weepy sowing

Thought for the Day 08/02/21 - Invincible!

1 Thessalonians 2 vv 7-12 Mimicking better Models for Ministry

Thought for the Day 06/02/21 - abandoned and horribly feeling it

Thought for the Day 05/02/21 - CRITICS!

Thought for the Day 04/02/21 - Outnumbered!

Thought for the Day 03/02/21 Hold on!

Thought for the Day 02/02/21 - Unimaginable

Thought for the Day 01/02/21 - Grace loves an outsider

The key to being bold with the Gospel - 1 Thessalonians 2:4-7

Thought for the Day 30/01/21 - The Stag and the faith of the faithful

Thought for the Day 29/01/21 - Hope held out for healing the Land

One life - but HOW best to live it?

Thought for the Day 26/01/21 The luxury of leg-up generosity

Thought for the Day 25/01/21 Sin- who is it going against?

1 Thessalonians 2 vv 2-4 Daring to tell the Gospel - tuning your heart strings

Thought for the Day 23/01/21 A Future and a Hope

Thought for the Day 22/01/21 He will stand and Shepherd HIS flock

Thought for the Day 21/01/2021 Seek His face ... always

Thought for the Day 20/01/21 It's Amazing what Praising can DO!

1 Thessalonians 2 vv 1-16 How to feed your soul and 'do' church in non-ideal times

1 Thessalonians 2 - the prequel - the very lost art of mimesis

Persevering in the faith through disruption and decay

Winding us up with Amen and aWOman

Flavel and the three kinds of fear

Transforming the fear of mankind - Isaiah 8:12-17

Kicking the Boxing Day Blues

The Star and the Magi (like you may not have heard before ...)

I'm dreaming of a WEIRD Christmas - Daniel 9:1-19

The second song of Christmas Luke 1 vv 46-55 - Substance to our singing

Virtual Drive-In Carols for Llandovery Livestock Market 6th. December 2020

1 Thessalonians 1 v 10 - Patiently waiting

1 Thessalonians 1 v 9 - making your turns

The Christian Way - of transformative relationships not religious rules - 1 Thessalonians 1:5-8

1 Thessalonians 1 vv 4-5 Assurance and doubt and the mistakes we make

Act of Remembrance with Last Post, one minute silence and Reveille

Remembrance Sunday 2020 - Confidence, competence and the morale to keep going 2 Corinthians 3 vv 4-6

1 Thessalonians 1 vv 1-5 The Real Deal

1 Thessalonians - the Big Picture

Acts 17:5-10 Ministering from the margins - A church born for battle

Drive-in Church at Llandovery 20th. October 2020

Acts 17:1-4 A good foundation laid - ministering from the margins

Solitude's Spiritual Survival Kit - 7. Temptation

Drive-in Church, Myddfai 2020927 Psalm 23 v 4

Finding light when life's turned into darkness - Jeremiah 31:31-34

The upside of bad stuff ... Matthew 5 vv 1-12

Solitude's Spiritual Survival Kit - 6. Bible teaching

Solitude's Spiritual Survival Kit - 5. Practising the Presence of God

Solitude's Spiritual Survival Kit - 4. Anxiety

Solitude's Spiritual Survival Kit - 3. Maintaining Worship's Purpose

Solitude's Spiritual Survival Kit - 2. Doing Fellowship to one another

Solitude's Spiritual Survival Kit - 1. The Sabbath

Ruth 4:13-end Redemption, restoration and ... response?

Ruth 4 vv 1-12 Integrity and Grace

Ruth 3 vv 1-18 The Time for Decisive Action is NOW!

Ruth 2:17-23 Working in the dark

Joel - a prophet for WEIRD times

Ruth 2 vv 1-16 The God Who provides the needy with a man of awesome grace

The 'C' word - Ruth 1 vv 13-18

Ruth 1 vv 6-19 Handling knock backs and kicks in the teeth

The God Who stands smiling - not shouting - Ruth 1 vv. 1-5

Introduction to Ruth

Ruth 1 vv 1-7 Ben Harrison

An Easter for Job's troubles

John 6:53-69 Facing hard facts leads to easy decisions

John 6 vv 47-51 The Open Secret of How to Live Forever

Panicking and running ahead of God John 6:16-24

John 6 - dealing with at least two types of 'plague'

John 5:24-30 What on earth is faith FOR?

John 5:31-47 Authenticating Jesus

How can we get a LIFE in this confusing broken world John 5v24

John 5 vv 16-23 Why people really persecute Jesus - and why you don't want to do that

John 5 vv 1-15 ... Jesus brings hope when your hope turned out to be hopeless

Foundations for Church Planting - lessons from Philippi you won't find in the library

John 4 vv 43-44 A politically sold out person finds Jesus

John 4 vv 1-30 & 42-49 The secret of satisfaction for followers of Christ

John 4 - Jesus blows away the cobwebs in Samaria

Luke - the Big Picture on Christmas Pt 3 ... the party isn't over

Luke - the Big Picture on Christmas Pt 2

Luke - the Big Picture on Christmas Pt 1

John 3 vv 22-36 - When someone 'muscles in'on YOUR ministry ...

John 3 vv 17-21 ... Condemnation (or not) - how and why (or why not)

A grassland shepherd predicts a terrible famine - Amos 8 vv 11-12

John 3 vv 11-15 When God doesn't seem to make sense

John 3 vv 1-11 Born again - meaning WHAT?

John 2 vv 13-25 When church has been totally RUBBISH ....

John 2 vv 1-12 Free drink or free grace … What is this REALLY about?

John 1 vv 35-51 What IS 'becoming a Christian?'

John 1 vv 29-39 Jesus ... He's the One

John 1 vv 19-34 Being clear about who we are not to be clear about Who Jesus is

Our inspiration - The Church 3 - solidarity and awe - Acts 2 vv. 41-47

Our Inspiration - the Church 2 - Devotion

Our inspiration - the Church 1

Our inspiration - 3. Galilee

Our Inspiration 2. Antioch

Our inspiration 1. The church at Jerusalem

Dealing with argumentative people - John 1 v 14

Narcissism and Nihilism - sacrifice and satisfaction - John 1 vv 19-23

John 1 vv 1-5

What we REALLY need - Phenomenal Fathering

The Big Picture - Colossians

The Big Picture - Philippians

Lion Taming for Beginners - 1 Peter 5 vv 8-11

1 Peter 5 vv 12-14 Love and kisses from Babylon!

A Tale of Two Cups - Matthew 26 - Easter 2019

1 Peter 5 vv 1-4

1 Peter 4 vv 12-19 Your theology is your therapy - commit and continue

What should we do for Mothers Day - an y GRWP special episode

1 Peter 4 vv 7-11 Living in the Tractor Beam of the future

Persevering through persecution pain - 1 Peter 4 vv 1-6

Knife Crime Special - a Rural perspective

Christian unity - not herding cats but feeding lions

Diversity in the Church - interview episode: there is no 'religious type'

What repentance LOOKS like 1 Peter 3 vv 8-9

Divorce, the Bible and you

1 Peter 3 v 7 The Manly Part in a Magnificent Marriage

The Goodness Gracious marriage, Pt 1 - 1 Peter 3 vv 1-7

Motivating radical Christian life

The Christian's response to unjust suffering