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We Preach Christ Crucified: Sermon Preached on 3rd March 2024 (Third Sunday in Lent)

Wisdom, like beauty, is a bit ambiguous, with a dark side as well as a divine one; and frankly Jesus sometimes seems nuts rather than wise. Continue reading

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Losing Your Life: Sermon Preached on 25th February 2024 (Second Sunday in Lent)

The Devil promises we can have both it all if we have enough power: but most people with power abuse it. Continue reading

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Choose Your Story: Sermon Preached on 18th February 2024 (First Sunday in Lent)

Christianity embraces that all things must die, and new life follows; Communism and Capitalism instead adopt the cancer cell as their model for human development. Continue reading

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Is Lent What You Do?: Sermon Preached on 14th February 2024 (Ash Wednesday)

Good works are good, but we lose much of the richness of the Christian faith if we reduce it to a religion of good works. Continue reading

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The Transfiguration of Technology: Sermon Preached on 11th February 2024 (Sunday Before Lent)

We seem to be hardwired to giving more credibility to information that comes from a screen than things we hear in-person from other people, or even things we see directly with our own eyes. Continue reading

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Christianity is Strange: Sermon Preached on 4th February 2024 (Second Sunday Before Lent)

Christianity is a very weird belief system. Only the way it has dominated our mindsets for over a thousand years obscures that. Continue reading

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Fragments of Wisdom: Sermon Preached on Sunday 7th January 2024 (The Epiphany)

To fall down and worship Christ is, for many, something comes at the end of a long and arduous journey. Continue reading

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The End of the World: Sermon Preached on 24th December 2023 (Midnight Mass)

The end of the world seems a depressing topic at Midnight Mass; but this is the night when we celebrate God’s plan to save humanity from self-destruction. Continue reading

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Patience and Obedience: Sermon Preached on 24th December 2023 (Fourth Sunday in Advent)

Neither patience nor obedience are exactly fashionable virtues at the moment. Consumer culture mitigates against patience, and we mix obedience up with authoritarianism. Continue reading

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Waiting Patiently for Christmas: Sermon Preached on 17th December 2023 (Third Sunday of Advent)

It’s hard to wait patiently for Christmas in Advent. But patience is a virtue needed for ordered freedom. Continue reading

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