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At the very centre of the gospel is the question “Who do you say that I am?” which is posed to Peter by Jesus, but - more importantly - to us, the readers, by the writer. In some ways - this is the fundamental question of the Christian faith and the key reflection point for all those wanting to follow the way of Jesus.
Over several years I’ve been on a journey of increasingly appreciating the inescapably interconnected nature of humanity and the calling to the church to respond to that connectedness well. Here are a couple of talks in which I address this theme as it appears in 1 & 2 Timothy.
I love Isaiah! As far as I’m concerned it is the fulcrum upon which the whole of scripture turns. It stands at the centre of our Bible, connecting the history of the Old Testament to the promise of the New. This is the first session from a sermon series I helped produce on this fantastic book. It provides some insight into what Isaiah exists for as a text, and spells out the ways in which it resembles a bit of a court room drama.
This is a recording of an advent sermon I delivered during a particularly painful time in my life. My marriage had just broken down. And yet, in the midst of the pain of that season, my appreciation for the nature of God as Emmanuel took on a whole new meaning for me… I’ve never quite thought about the incarnation, Christmas (or Joseph) the same way since.
