by Samuel Smithson | Jun 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
AN INTRODUCTION TO ‘ACTS’ Over the next weeks we shall be taking a closer look at St Luke’s second book of ‘Acts’. Episodes from it will be the themes for the main Sunday service sermons and for the Afternoon and Evening Study Groups. The title actually ought...
by Samuel Smithson | May 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Initially in order to understand today’s passage from Acts we need to recap on what’s just happened in the previous chapter. Peter and John – on their way to the temple in Jerusalem meet a beggar – a man lame from birth. Peter says to him; “I have no silver or gold...
by Samuel Smithson | May 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Pentecost Acts 2; 1 to 21 Today we’re starting our series of talks on the book of Acts. Hopefully many of you will have read Campbell’s excellent Introduction to Acts which he printed out for us to read last week. This will give you a good background to this second...
by Samuel Smithson | Apr 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Luke 4; 1 to 13 In today’s gospel reading we meet a very important biblical character who doesn’t often make a centre stage appearance. He’s sometimes mentioned as being there in the backgound but we rarely get to see him in action. I’m talking of course about the...
by Samuel Smithson | Apr 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
John 12 verses 1 to 8. I think today’s gospel reading from John is primarily about worship. We see Mary the sister of Lazarus – who was raised from the dead – expressing what she feels in her heart for Jesus. In short she worships Him. She recognises him as God and...
