Author: annewitton
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Picture This Thought – Microphone [Spreading news – Easter special]
A reflection on how the good news of Jesus’ ministry, death and resurrection spread in the early church and how we can take up the challenge of Jesus’ Great Commission to take the gospel to the ends of the earth.
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Palm Sunday sermon: Matthew 21: 1 – 11
This sermon was originally part of Durham Road Baptist’s online service on 5 April 2020. If you want to explore more about who Jesus is, the Bethinking website is great. Find a church near you on the Evangelical Alliance church finder page.
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Stations of the cross – 15 video meditations
In preparation for Easter, our church has produced 15 short video meditations centred round the stations of the cross. Each short video features a Bible reading, reflection and song to help us focus on Jesus’ journey to the cross. I hope these bless you in your own faith, and please feel free to share with…
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Coronavirus – opportunities for mission
In these uncertain times, many people are understandably feeling a mixture of emotions including fear and anger. For many, the things that they find security in like health, work, finances and comfortable living are being taken away. It’s easy to panic. It’s easy to react by hoarding tins of meatballs and packets of loo roll.…
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Giving what is most precious: Lessons from a young boy and his Easter egg
When I was younger, my family and I were often on holiday over Easter. Mum and I had a tradition that we’d always go to the Easter service at the local church, which I really enjoyed. One Easter, we were on holiday somewhere in Wales and I was sitting in the pew next to a…
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Slavery or Freedom? Galatians 4
Last Sunday I preached on this rich passage from Galatians. Here’s a rough transcript of what I said. You can also download the MP3 (15 mins) and PowerPoint from the church website. We’ve looked at 3 main themes in Galatians: The story of Hagar and Sarah and its symbolic meaning This helpful diagram by Mark…
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Book Recommendations 2019
It’s become traditional that I round off the year with a survey of my reading and a few recommendations of books that I think are interesting, challenging, moving, informative or just fun. Here are the numbers of books I read for the last four years: 2016 – 402017 – 1342018 – 542019 – 80 As…
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10 Christian podcasts to grow your faith
This is the third post in my series on recommended podcasts and there are some absolute gems to discover. (1) Nomad Topic: Interviews with Christian thinkersFrequency: FortnightlyRun time: Variable. Usually about 90 mins.This is my current favourite and I listen to it while I’m swimming (on a waterproof MP3 player). Tim and David present a fascinating…
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What’s wrong with the world?
The word ‘sin’ isn’t used much these days is it? We talk about making ‘mistakes’ as if it’s accidental. We talk about ‘inappropriate’ behaviour (a bit like wearing ‘inappropriate’ shoes for a night out). We talk about ‘misconduct’ as if someone wasn’t paying attention in deportment lessons and has been presenting themselves is a sloppy…
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