Tag Archives: Jesus

Healing, wholeness and being accepted

Posted on 24th May 2019 by Jonathan Clatworthy

How Jesus healed Continue reading →

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Resurrection, miracle and Harry Potter

Posted on 17th April 2019 by Jonathan Clatworthy

What does the Resurrection of Jesus mean? Continue reading →

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On responding to tragedy

Posted on 22nd March 2019 by Jonathan Clatworthy

A reflection on Jesus’ response to some tragedies Continue reading →

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The origins of the Eucharist: not what you may have thought

Posted on 30th August 2018 by Jonathan Clatworthy

Eucharist, Communion, Mass, Lord’s Supper. For the first Christians, it was their central activity. It was what they gathered for. Why? The usual story goes like this. On the day before he died, Jesus gathered with the twelve apostles for … Continue reading →

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The Resurrection: what happened?

Posted on 30th March 2018 by Jonathan Clatworthy

A few years ago there was a popular game of Bug the Bishop. Every Easter at least one newspaper would come out with a shock horror story about a bishop who didn’t believe in the Resurrection. They don’t do it … Continue reading →

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The Parable of the Mustard Shrub

Posted on 27th July 2017 by Jonathan Clatworthy

This is my sermon for this coming Sunday, based on the Gospel reading’s parable about mustard. I have designed it to illustrate two things. The first is how New Testament scholars analyse early Christian texts to shed light on what … Continue reading →

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Is Jesus the way?

Posted on 12th May 2017 by Jonathan Clatworthy

This is a sermon on a passage from John’s Gospel, 14:1-14. It’s the lectionary reading for this coming Sunday and I’m posting it in advance in case any other preacher wants to pinch bits. In Christian circles this passage is … Continue reading →

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Why Christians should vote for a different government: 2) Jesus

Posted on 3rd May 2017 by Jonathan Clatworthy

This post is part of the series introduced here, summarising some of the arguments in my new book Why Progressives Need God. The series presupposes that people who call themselves Christians ought at least to think Christ was broadly right … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday’s two processions

Posted on 8th April 2017 by Jonathan Clatworthy

This is my sermon for Palm Sunday, based on Matthew 21:1-11. I was brought up to think of Jesus’ procession with the donkey and the palm branches as one of the most colourful stories in the Bible, but without the … Continue reading →

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Zacchaeus and the sex worker

Posted on 25th November 2016 by Jonathan Clatworthy

This is about shame and reconciliation. It is an edited version of a sermon I gave last Sunday. It draws on two stories. The main one is the biblical story of Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10). By way of a modern comparison … Continue reading →

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