Sunday Bible

What did Jesus mean when he said that he didn't come to bring peace to the earth? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

What might Jesus have meant when he says in Luke that we should expect the unexpected? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

We explore a passage from the ancient book of Deuteronomy and see how it relevant to our situation nearly 3000 years later This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

What did Jesus mean us to do when he taught us to pray? What does it mean that all who ask will receive? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

If one way of reading the Gospel of Luke is as a discipleship manual, what can this little story of Mary and Martha teach us? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

A reading of the story of the Samaritan as an exploration of how to respond to existential fear and pain  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Jesus sent disciples out from town to town, house to house. But that was first century Palestine, what does that mean for disciples today?  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

We are free but we don't always live like we are. Paul's letter to the Galatians invites us to see freedom as a experience of interconnectedness  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Jesus, Legion, the man, the pigs. What are we to make of it all? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

At a time when we are talking about fake news, alternative facts and truthiness, what did Jesus mean when he talked about the Spirit of truth? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

It is Pentecost Sunday and the disciples begin to understand their relation to god in newer and deeper ways  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Last week of the Easter season and Jesus is praying that his disciples and all who follow might be one. What did he mean? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

We're still in the Easter season, still unpacking the incarnation and the resurrection. This time through the lens of John 14:23-29 BONUS! following the sermon, The Spire Quartet singing an ancient Icelandic hymn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

What does the world 'glory' mean in John's gospel? And what about the meaning of 'love'? how can we experience these terms when we are so used to hearing them over and over? What does it mean to love? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

What does Jesus mean when he says that he and the Father are one? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

I wasn't preaching on the 5th. Here's a sermon from back in October of 2018 when we baptised a little fella and looked at what greatness is according to Jesus  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Every year, on the Sunday following Easter Sunday, we hear the story of Thomas and his demand to experience the resurrection for himself. What does it mean for us to experience the risen Christ? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

It's Easter, we need to talk about the story of the resurrection This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

It’s Palm Sunday, it’s Passion Sunday. Jesus wasn’t offering an alternative to the power of Rome, he was offering an alternative to power itself. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

It's all about Mary and the expensive perfume she pours on Jesus. It's about living in reality not fantasy. It's about living with death and renewal. BONUS! at the end of the sermon, hear The Spire Quartet sing Ave Maria by Barrows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

The Prodigal Son, The Lost Son, The Lost Sons, take your pick! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

Does everything happen for a reason? Not according to Jesus  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

The reading this week is from near the end of Paul's letter to the Philippians. Paul makes the outrageous and dangerous claim that those he is writing to are citizens not of Rome but of heaven... This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

I wasn't at worship on Sunday March 10, so here's one I prepared earlier. It works for the beginning of Lent I think. It's from November of 2018 and the reading is from John 18 when Jesus is before Pilate and Pilate asks Jesus if he is a king... This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com

It's Transfiguration Sunday. What are we to make of this experience/vision/event?  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sundaybible.substack.com