Lindisfarne Anglican Church Podcast

In the lead-up to Jesus' death and resurrection, he gathered with his disciples and did something very unusual for a leader. He took the role of the servant and washed their feet. This incident symbolised both the spiritual cleansing we all need in Jesus as well as physically demonstrating the kind of sacrificial love all Christians, especially Christian leaders, are called to show. Have been wash...

In John 12:37-50 we see three responses to Jesus, unbelief, scared or half hearted belief and true belief. Each is revealed by actions. What do your actions show about what you believe about Jesus?

In this talk we reflect on Jesus call on us as disciples to follow him and die. As Jesus faces his impending death he doesn't do it without trepidation. Yet he seeks to do His Father's will for His Father's glory. We need to have the same mind when faced with our own need to die as we follow Jesus, seeking to do what is right for the glory of God. Likewise just as the people in Jesus day needed to...

In John 12:12-26, Jesus calls those who wish to follow him to glory to first follow him in His death. What does it mean to follow Jesus and die? How do we do that?

In John 12:1-11 the gospel transitions to telling the story of Jesus' final week of ministry before his death and resurrection. As Mary anoints Jesus with oil so pointing us forward to Jesus' death, it's also an occasion for us to reflect on the main characters in the story, Judas and Mary. Judas, much like the Chief Priests, has let sin take over his life. Mary on the other hand shows us how to f...

Many people are feeling like Christmas isn't the same as it used to be. There are a lot of worries and concerns this year. How can we feel Christmassy at Christmas no matter what our circumstances? We need to look to Jesus!

Andrea reflects on the promise of Isaiah 9:2-7 and what it means for Jesus to have come and for us to await his return?

It can be very hard to have hope in the world we live in. Especially when we consider all the problems in our world. But Advent is a season of hope. Not looking forward to the presents under the Christmas tree, but the return of Jesus. However, the Bible reminds us we need to be ready by trusting Jesus. If we trust Jesus then we can have hope for the future!

In our final talk on evangelism, Chris opens up Sam Chan's excellent book "How to Talk about Jesus without being that guy" to help us think about how we can share the hope we have in Jesus with our friends, families, and colleagues.

In this talk, Chris unpacks not only what Evangelism is but whose responsibility it is. Do you have a role to play when it comes to telling the world about Jesus?

Andrea unpacks Jesus' call to all of us to make disciples of all nations.

Paul's letter to Philemon is a wonderful reminder to us as Christians to make sure we're letting the grace of God given to us in Jesus Christ impact every aspect of our lives, especially how we live in community together. This sermon also touches on how we should understand what the Bible says about slavery.

Paul concludes Titus in Chapter 3 by encouraging Titus to teach the Christians under his care how to relate to outsiders. Then he turns his mind to the heart of the Christian faith. Salvation through Jesus.

In Titus chapter two, having considered the kind of leaders the church should have, Paul now turns his mind to instructing Titus on how he should teach the Christians to live in their most intimate relationships.

As we kick off our. three-week series in the book of Titus we see that Paul was concerned that Titus choose people with the right doctrine and right duty (right living). The reading is taken from Titus 1.

In John 11 Jesus heads to Bethany to raise his friend Lazarus from the dead. In doing so he foreshadows his own death and resurrection and proclaims himself to be the resurrection and the life. Jesus weeps at our pain, but he's angry at sin, satan, and death. He loves us so He offers His own life in our place to defeat our great enemy, death, and bring us eternal life that starts now. All you've g...

Andrea continues our series in John's gospel looking at John 10:22-42. Jesus knows his sheep, they listen to his voice and follow him.

You're a sheep and you will be shepherded, the question is by who? There are all sorts of bad shepherds out there. People who seek to lead us for their own personal gain or lead us into destructive paths. Jesus is the best shepherd we could have. Not only does he lead us into abundant life, but he also dies for us so that we can live. If you want to be led into the best life you can live, you need...

John 9 is a wonderful story about how Jesus heals a man born blind, but as John tells us what happened he shows us that actually, the real problem we all have is spiritual blindness, being unable to see who Jesus truly is. We need God's help to cure us from our spiritual blindness, our love of darkness, and our attachment to sin.

Today many people say the believe in Jesus, but often that is a Jesus made in thier own image, not Jesus as he reveals Himself ot us in the Bible. In John 8:31-59 we see that the people in Jesus day also did the same thing, they said they believed in Jesus, but on their own terms, with their own ideas. Jesus confronts the people of his day who bought their own ideas about Jesus to the table and sa...

In John's gospel Jesus claims to be the light of the world. This is a big claim and it's one some of the people listening to Jesus refuse to believe. The Pharisees constantly question Jesus as a cover for their own love of darkness. But many others hear Jesus and believe. This begs the question for each of us, what will we make of Jesus? Will we continually question his claims? Or will we simply t...

In John 7 Jesus goes to the festival of tabernacles (booths) and declares that he is the fulfilment of all that God's people had been hoping for. That it is in him the people will find true living water that will quench their deepest thirsts. Jesus will quench our thirst by sending us His Holy Spirit and empowering us to offer this water of life to our friends and neighbours too.

Sam wraps up our 3 week series on the books of 1 & 2 Chronicles by showings us how 2 Chronicles helps the people of Israel know what kind of anointed messiah king they should be looking out for. The sort of king fulfilled perfectly in Jesus!

In the second week of our Chronicles overview series, Sam shows us how Chronicles is preparing the people of God for the coming Messiah (God's anointed one) by reminding them of the anointed (Messiah) Kings of the past, both their successes and failures and why we need God's true Messiah, Jesus. Chronicles challenges us to make sure we are building our life on God with the messiah as our foundatio...

Have you ever wondered what all the names at the start of 1 Chronicles were all about? Have you ever wondered what they were meant to teach you about God? Or how they could encourage you as a Christian in the 21st century? In this sermon, Rev Samuel Green visits us to bring us part 1 of a three-part series providing an overview of 1-2 Chronicles. We learn that there is actually lots that has been...