Category Archives: sermon

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

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

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)

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

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)

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

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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Without the Freedom to Do Evil There Is No Love: Sermon Preached on 2nd November 2024 (Fourth Sunday Before Advent)

Posted on November 3, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

There are moments when we think we want God stop all the worst things happening in the world, with thunderbolts and of rains of fire if necessary—but when we think about it, we don’t really. Continue reading →

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Earthly Power or Eternal Glory?: Sermon Preached on 20th October 2024 (Twenty-First Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on October 20, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

Right-wingers seeking “cultural Christianity” are making the same mistake as James and John asking to sit next to Christ in glory. Continue reading →

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Soul Harvest: Sermon Preached on 15th September 2024 (Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity, Harvest Festival)

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

It is complex for farmers to manage a harvest of so many different crops. How much more complex is a harvest of human souls. Continue reading →

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Disability, Demons, and Gays (Oh, My!): Sermon Preached on 8th September 2024 (Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

Whether we’re rich or poor, disabled or athletic, gay or straight, we all need to be opened up by the love of God who is Father of us all. Continue reading →

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Angry People Click: Sermon Preached on 1st September 2024 (Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

The Internet is a big mirror reflecting our emotions back at us. What they reveal about us isn’t pretty; maybe even confirming the doctrine of original sin! Continue reading →

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Eat Me!: Sermon Preached on 25th August 2024 (Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

Never lose sight of how much of what Jesus Christ taught was seriously, seriously, weird. Continue reading →

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The Limits of Good Works: Sermon Preached on 11th August 2024 (Eleventh Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 11, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

Human beings are made of star-stuff but spend a lot of our in the muck. Continue reading →

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