Evangelicals are often concerned to be friendly and informal. We don't want our worship to be stuffy and we have often done away with so...

You may want to look away now if you are coming to Warbleton church tomorrow. What passes for some kind of structure / headings / handout ...

Humbling and exalting is a theme in Luke 18-19. Two men go up to the temple to pray (18:9). One man exalts himself and the other h...

From The Rectory As you may know, the Church of England divides the year into “Seasonal Time” (the festivals of Advent, Christmas,...

Some Google translations of "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" (Acts 2:21) I did diligently chec...

Just as we are used to reading Luke-Acts as one two-volume work, Peter Leithart (Revelation, International Theological Commentary, T & T...

Indulging once again my passion for over complicated handouts, here's a draft for Sunday:   An Extraordinary Angelic-guided Tour ...

PSALM 23 (page 555) Where do you place your confidence? Who or what do you depend on / follow? TRUST THE GOD ...

God-willing I am going to preach on Psalm 23 on Sunday. We are planning to sing Henry Baker's, The King of Love My Shepherd Is. And ...

If you are coming to Bodle Street or Warbleton churches on Sunday, you may wish to look away now. It might go something like this: A c...

"The New England Primer was the first textbook printed in America and it taught the letters of the alphabet by short poems. Here's ...

Because everyone wants a 5 point sermon for Easter Sunday, not just merry japes with chocolate eggs. RESURRECTION REVERSAL: THE ...

At this year's Maundy Thursday Communion, I am hoping to tell the story of Easter as the tale of two cups: the cup of God's wrath wh...

From The Rectory Obviously, I would like you to come to your parish church, well, pretty much every week, unless you are really in...

Motyer, Psalms by the Day: Tension. Now and not yet: laughter and tears Joy: what Yahweh has done (vv1-3) Longing: ...

  Psalm 126 (page 623) Sorrow & Singing How do you feel? Sadness (v1, vv4-6) and / or Happiness? (vv2-3, vv5-6) ...

Mrs Lloyd tells me that as usual I have possibly over complicated it, so maybe it should have just said: Seeking? Satisfied? Singing? S...

Some extra jottings that might not make it into the sermon: The worst brings out David’s best in terms of words and deeds When thi...

Michael Wilcock says there's no very clear structure to Psalm 63 but some commentators find a pretty elaborate one. For example, the E...

From The Rectory In recent months I have written in these pages about desire, regret and hope. These articles have comprised somet...