I don't always use sermon headings, and I might actually just walk though the story on Sunday. But I have been playing around with diff...

 (1)    Resolve to lead, and know why. Be a leader and not a follower.   One fundamental decision one must make is whether to lead or to f...

Those preaching on Sunday’s Common Worship Lectionary Gospel (Matthew 18:15-20) may be Googling policies and procedures on excommunication. ...

In a 1991 speech, John Cleese famously tried to say how we can be creative. He said not much could be said. Have a playful childhood was a g...

 It is sometimes claimed that the sacred / secular divide is a product of Christianity.  Some contemporary Christians are very much against ...

From The Rectory   I hope you’re enjoying our explorations in Matthew’s gospel a little bit, if not as much as I am. We recently spent t...

What are we to make of so-called Christian Nationalism? Well, we can all see some far right people waving flags and we know that we are agai...

 The kids are sometimes encouraged to use WOW words in their writing. And of course a rich and varried vocabulary is a wonderful thing.  Tho...

 There was an old adage, perhaps especially in free church circles, that the minister should be never out of his study in the morning and ne...

Certainly the preacher should prepare.  He (or she) should prepare himself. He should pray.  He should prepare his material. He should study...

  In All Things Thee To See : A Devotional Guide to Selected Poems of George Herbert Stephen Witmer Crossway, 2026 (ISBN: 9798874900748 ...

Surely we want to minister the gospel wisely.  There may even be a place for some sort of strategy and efficiency in the church.  But may th...

 I allowed myself to write at enormous length: So far I’ve been very much enjoying re-engaging with Jesus for this Diocesan year of focus on...

  The real Jesus of the Bible is endlessly fascinating.   Have you read one of the Gospels (the short accounts of his life) from the New...

  KING JESUS AND HIS MISSION Matthew 9:35-10:23 (p974)   It is always good to ask what does this passage tells us about Jesus? ·    ...

Parish Magazine Item for July  From The Rectory I don’t know if you’ve ever had that sense of finding your people, a tribe or individual wit...

  Matthew 28:16-end (p1001) The Great Commissions    (Notice all the alls)   ALL FOR JESUS ALWAYS! (Matthew 28:18-20)   Basis:  ...

I am trying to always mention Matthew's Gospel this year as it is a diocesan focus.   From The Rectory   Sunday 31 st May this year...

 I'm thinking of plagiarising this (based on our jottings) for our benefice prayer meeting this evening The Revd Canon Vaughan Roberts a...

 I'm not sure I would have chosen the same unit boundaries as the Lectionary, but for what it's worth, here are some attempts at hea...

  in Revelation. Vaughan Roberts at Bible by the Beach. 

Butner (Christological Dogmatics, 104) follows Edward Fisher (Marrow of Divinity, 36) in showing how Adam broke each of the commandments. ...

  Acts 2:42-end (page 1094); John 10:1-10 (page 1076) A MODEL CHURCH   v42: Devoted… KJV / AV: “continued steadfastly in” – v46   ...

  This year we journeyed through Easter in our church services with Matthew’s Gospel.   I’ve mentioned here before something about the s...