Ultimate Poetic Justice: (and God’s Response to anti-Semitism) from Stephen Sizer on Vimeo. A reporter was interviewing an elderly gentleman on his 100th birthday. “What are you most proud of?” he asked. “Well, “said the man, “I don’t have an enemy in the world.” “What a beautiful thought! How inspirational!” said the reporter. “Yep,” added […]
Matthew 15 from Stephen Sizer on Vimeo. When you find yourself in deep trouble, when the rubber has hit the fan, it really does not matter whose fault it was does it? When you find yourself broke, bruised or beaten up, you are not desperate for a therapist to find out why are you? If […]
Sleepless in Susa (Esther 6) from Stephen Sizer on Vimeo. Sleepless in Susa : Things are not always as they seem (Esther 6:1-6:14) Once upon a time a man was shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. He was the lone survivor. Over several months, he constructed a shelter from pieces of wood salvaged from the wreck and […]
NEW ANGLICAN MISSION SOCIETY ANNOUNCED The Anglican Mission in England (AMIE) held its inaugural event on Wednesday June 22 during an evangelical ministers’ conference in central London. AMIE has been established as a society within the Church of England dedicated to the conversion of England and biblical church planting. There is a steering committee and […]
Jesus, Mary and Martha from Stephen Sizer on Vimeo. Please make yourself comfortable. Now please cross your arms. Not hard was it? Glance down and notice the position of your hands and arms. O.K. Relax, unfold your arms. Now I’d like you to do it again. But this time, put the arm that was underneath […]
The Widow’s Mite from Stephen Sizer on Vimeo. The Butterball Turkey company has a hotline to answer consumer questions about preparing and cooking turkeys. Occasionally they get a rather unusual query. One lady called to inquire about cooking a turkey that had been in her freezer for 23 years. The operator told her it might […]
This Lady is not for Stoning (John 8:1-11) from Stephen Sizer on Vimeo. As a young kid I used to read the newspaper every day, or at least the cartoon section. The Daily Mail still carries a one line Snoopy cartoon. It became my thought for the day through my teenage years. As I grew […]
Samaritan from Stephen Sizer on Vimeo. A language instructor was explaining to her class that in French, nouns, unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine. “House,” in French, is feminine = “la maison.” “Pencil,” in French, is masculine = “le crayon.” One puzzled student asked, “What gender is ‘computer’?” The teacher […]
Mary and Jesus: The most privileged among women from Stephen Sizer Some 8 year old children were once asked what love is: “Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.” “When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name […]
Esther: An Introduction Esther 1:1-11: The Arrogance of Xerxes and the Context for God’s Sovereign Providence. The story of Esther is quite remarkable. It belongs to that dark period in Jewish history when God’s people were enslaved and scattered right across the Babylonian empire. It has the fairy tale atmosphere of a 1001 nights, tinged […]