Category Archives: sermon

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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True Light and Deep Darkness: Sermon Preached on 24th December 2024 (Midnight Mass)

We live in a society surrounded by all sorts of light we have generated ourselves. But our souls are as dark as they ever have been. Continue reading

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Duty: Sermon Preached on 22nd December 2024 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)

Duty is a very unfashionable idea, but no society can function well without it, and in performing our duties we touch God’s nature. Continue reading

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You Brood of Vipers!: Sermon Preached on 15th December 2024 (Third Sunday of Advent)

Are you a viper? Have you, in the course of this year, exhibited any snake-like characteristics? Continue reading

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The End of Our Era?: Sermon Preached on 8th December 2024 (Second Sunday of Advent)

We are living at the end of an era, something that always brings chaos in its wake. Yet all this feels a relief as much as a source of fear. Continue reading

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The Advent of a Journey: Sermon Preached on 1st December 2024 (Advent Sunday)

One distinct thing about Luke’s Gospel is the way it presents our lives as a grand journey. Continue reading

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Tyrants and a King: Sermon Preached on 24th November 2024 (Christ the King)

What do you think about the idea that Jesus Christ will return? Do you think it’s mad? Be honest. Continue reading

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The Birth Pangs of Something New?: Sermon Preached on 17th November 2024 (Second Sunday Before Advent)

We probably aren’t living near the end of the world; but we might well be living through the end of an era. Continue reading

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Following Christ in Our Place: Sermon Preached on 10th November 2024 (Third Sunday before Advent)

We’re not all made to be the sort of people who just walk away from their jobs to convert the world—but we’re all called to something. Continue reading

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What if there were another Dunkirk?: Sermon Preached on 10th November 2024 (Remembrance Sunday)

I wonder if it had to, could the UK do again what it did in the Second World War? Continue reading

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