Category Archives: sermon

Hope for the Bad Guys: Sermon Preached on 30th March 2025 (Fourth Sunday in Lent)

People have lost faith in their leaders. Yet if Manasseh can turn his rule around after a bad start, so can our leaders. Continue reading

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The Tough Message of Mother’s Day: Sermon Preached on 30th March 2025 (Mothering Sunday)

Underneath the boxes of chocolates and posies of flowers, Mother’s Day has a tough message of pain, forgiveness and love. Continue reading

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New Life and the Cross: Sermon Preached on 16th March 2025 (Second Sunday in Lent)

Our instinct for beauty is a sign that we were made for more than just life in time and space and matter. Continue reading

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Faith in a Geopolitical Wilderness: Sermon Preached on 9th March 2025 (First Sunday in Lent)

In the geopolitical wilderness of 2025, we can live in terror of death or we can learn to trust God. Continue reading

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Mercy Transcends Justice: Sermon Preached on 5th March 2025 (Ash Wednesday)

The Church puts enormous effort into seeking justice; but justice without mercy can be cold and cruel. Seek mercy, which transcends justice. Continue reading

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We Need Visions: Sermon Preached on 23rd February 2025 (Second Sunday before Lent)

If we dismiss visions of heaven, what is left to inspire us when our dreams of making a better world fall apart? Continue reading

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A Faith for this World?: Sermon Preached on 16th February 2025 (Third Sunday before Lent)

If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. Continue reading

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The Times Are Changing: Sermon Preached on 9th February 2025 (Fourth Sunday before Lent)

When you lose your illusions about this world, you might find all you dared hope about the world to come is true. Continue reading

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Never Mind the Bishops!: Sermon Preached on Candlemas (Sunday 2nd February 2025)

Renewal is unlikely to come from the top of the Church. Good leaders will almost certainly emerge as a result of renewal at the grassroots, not the other way round. Continue reading

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You Couldn’t Make It Up: Sermon Preached on 25th December 2024 (Christmas Day)

Imagine an obviously pregnant woman walked into your local and said she was still a virgin – she’d just been overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Continue reading

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