Simon Vibert
personal website
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Simon Vibert personal website |
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WelcomeWe preach, not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. (2 Corinthians 4:5). What a great verse! I love it because it does just what Charles Simeon longed to do whenever he entered the pulpit: "To humble the penitent, to exalt the Saviour and to promote holiness." Simeon is best known for his long service in the University Church, Holy Trinity Cambridge. When he died in 1836, he had written 12,536 skeletal outlines of expository sermons preached from the Bible. If there was a secret to his ongoing influence among younger preachers, it was surely this life conviction about the purpose of preaching. This is the personal website of Simon Vibert. The purpose of this website is to put together teaching and sermon resources which I have written/spoken for free download. They are no where near as vast, incisive or extensive as Simeon, but, they are modest resources for a modern age! My blog is updated more frequently than this site and includes comment on contemporary issues, such as BBC executives pay, challenges of preaching in the contemporary age, comment on a Christian response to the "The Shack", Financial Challenges, X Factor and Robbie Williams, Wycliffe Hall, thoughts on Preaching and more, please see: http://metamorphe.wordpress.com/ I teach Homiletics (Preaching) and Hermeneutics (Biblical Interpretation) and am Vice Principal at Wycliffe Hall, an Evangelical theological college which is part of the University of Oxford. See "what tools should new preachers invest in" New stuff *** Powerpoint slides for Langham level one seminar Osijek, Croatia, January 2012 *** Simon Vibert IVP "Excellence in Preaching. Learning from the Best" published September 2011 *** Sermons preached recently:- Luke 17:20-31St Leonard's Eynsham (20th Nov 2011) audio and preacher's notes John 18-19 at Adam Road Presbyterian Church in Singapore "Jesus Betrayed" and "From Doubt to Faith" in John 20:24-31 *** John Stott tribute and review of Roger Steer book PowerPoint slides for Lecture on John Bunyan (1828-1688) given at Wycliffe Hall July 2011, examining the background to the Allegory Pilgrim's Progress in the Autobiography Grace Abounding Following high profile publicity and discussion about Heaven and Hell, herewith is my article on Rob Bell's "Love Wins" Men's Breakfast Talk on "21st Century Preaching - is preaching out of date?" at Christchurch Virginia Water. The most recent Wycliffe Hall Newsletter which includes an article on the School of Preaching. Article on John Calvin and implications for Theological Training, first published in the Church of England Newspaper January 2010 John Calvin 4 short video interviews on John's Gospel. Cycling
Recent cycling trips have raised - £8,000 for Wycliffe Hall teaching resources and - nearly £1,500 for The Big Issue Charity
Books/Interviews The Diamond Marriage published 1995 Lives Jesus Changed published January 2010 Commendations from Jonathan Fletcher, Greg Scharf and Paul Wells 4 talks on themes from John's Gospel 1. Characters Make Stories 2. Disciples: Seeing Jesus' Glory 3. Nicodemus: A Religious Conservative is Challenged 4. Woman of Samaria: A Questioning Woman is Transformed Published in Anvil Spring 2009 Lives Jesus Changed. external links (These links will take you away from this site).
(pictured here with Vicar Richard Crocker) Sermons preached at St Andrew's North Oxford
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St James Newport Beach California sermon preached 12th September 2010