sermon – ACTS and MORE—Steve Walton’s blog on New Testament Studies

30 December 2023

Living from the future to the present: a talk on Isaiah 61:10–62:5

I had the privilege of speaking at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough on 31 December on Isaiah 61:10–62:5, and am glad to share my slides from that talk here. Thoughts and questions are very welcome!

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1 October 2023

Jesus’ message to Smyrna: video and slides from a talk

I had the privilege of preaching on Jesus’ message to the church in Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) as part of a series on the book of Revelation at our church, Emmanuel, Loughborough on the evening of Sunday 1 October. Here are the slides from my talk. My scholarly readers will recognise the influence of Colin Hemer’s superb The Letters to the...

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21 August 2023

Slides and a video on Jesus’ meeting with the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28)

I had the privilege of preaching on this passage last Sunday. It’s interesting because it’s sometimes claimed (wrongly) as showing Jesus being racist and sexist—Ian Paul tackles that well on his blog, here. The video of my sermon is and here are my slides—thoughts and comments most welcome.

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9 August 2023

Slides and a video on the parable of the wheat and the weeds (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43)

My apologies for the sound between about 7 mins 20 secs and 8 mins 45 secs: there was some distortion on the original recording which I haven’t been able to fix. Please persist: the voice is audible (to my ear, at least) in the fuzzy bit, and it then becomes clear.

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27 March 2023

Slides from a sermon on John 12:20-36

I preached yesterday evening at our evening service at Emmanuel, Loughborough, and had the privilege of exploring this very rich section of John, with its many images of the death of Jesus. Here are my slides—thoughts and comments welcome.

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14 March 2023

Sermon on John 1:1-18

I had the fun of opening a series of sermons on John’s Gospel for St Mary’s, Sileby last Sunday, 5 March, and they’ve made the sermon available on their Youtube channel. So I thought I’d share it with my blog readers. I begin by looking at John’s purpose in writing, focusing on John 20:30-31, and then turn to look at...

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Living from the future to the present: a talk on Isaiah 61:10–62:5

Jesus’ message to Smyrna: video and slides from a talk

Slides and a video on Jesus’ meeting with the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28)

Slides and a video on the parable of the wheat and the weeds (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43)

Slides from a sermon on John 12:20-36

Sermon on John 1:1-18