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Fr Mund Cargill Thompson
Contributing sermons since Jan 12, 2010
Newest Sermons
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A Strange Place To Kneel Down
Contributed on Jan 2, 2026
A story sermon - using the imagery of the 3 wise men kneeling with their gifts before Jesus, comparing those gifts to CS Lewis, John Wesley and Ignatius Loyola giving lives to Christ, and challenging us to give our lives fully to him.
A strange place to kneel down. And yet on the bare floor of this stable, his knees fell to the floor. It was like the clouds opened and as the star shone down it all made sense. And Melchior fumbled in his cloak and brought Gold to bring to the King - to the King who wasn’t the sort of monarch he ...read more
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Must I Go Unto The House Of The Lord?
Contributed on Jan 1, 2026
Some good reasons for going to Church... And some even better reasons for going to Church!
“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’” (Psalm 121:1) “In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it. Many peoples shall come ...read more
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Six Trees
Contributed on Jan 1, 2026
An Advent journey through the whole story of the bible from Genesis to Revelation - by using six trees from the Bible
In the wilderness a voice splits open the wind, a hard cry— REPENT Even now the axe gleams, lying at the root of the trees, cold as truth, waiting for the weight of a just hand. Every tree that bears no good fruit leans already toward its ending, toward the fire that hungers for what has hollowed ...read more
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He Is Not A Puppy
Contributed on Dec 28, 2025
A sermon portraying the controversial Christmas Christ. The God who acts (do we want him to act?). The God who instructs (how uncomfortable are his instructions). The God who rescues (Because, yes, we need the weight of our messes to be lifted from us).
This sermon was first preached (with slightly less visuals in 2007 at Holy Trinity Barkingside, then again in 2025 at St Christopher's Hanwell. ................................................................ [holding a cardboard box] – So I’ve got here a controversial statement. Now what I ...read more
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Hope Help And Healing
Contributed on Dec 13, 2025
What the Millenium Falcon can teach us about how God brings Hope even when all is hopeless. A sermon for Advent 2 first preached 14th December 2025
Hope, Help and Healing Many a classic story features a moment when all feels lost and the protagonist loses hope. Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Star Wars… Star Wars – The Death Star is getting ready to fire on the rebel base. Luke Skywalker and his fellow x wing pilots appear to be the last ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Year A Lent 4
Contributed on Apr 4, 2025
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Science And Religion
Contributed on Feb 22, 2025
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Year B 2nd Before Advent
Contributed on Nov 16, 2024
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Year B Proper 22
Contributed on Nov 9, 2024
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The Cross
Contributed on Oct 22, 2024
Newest Sermon Illustrations
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Evanglism Quote
Contributed on Jan 24, 2017
St John Chrysostom says “I cannot believe in the salvation of anyone who doesn’t long for ...read more
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What Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes And Lilo And Stitch Tell Us
Contributed on Apr 10, 2015
Two films. The 2014 film “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” and the earlier “Lilo and stitch”. In the Dawn of the Planet of the apes, small groups of human beings and intelligent apes have both survived a deadly plague. A group of humans trying to restart a hydro electric generator stumble across ...read more
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Sinking Ships
Contributed on Apr 10, 2015
Let me share with you two stories that happened within two years of each other in the second decade of the Twentieth Century. The first you will know. On April 15, 1912, on which the Titanic plunged 12,000 feet to the Atlantic floor, some two hours and forty minutes after an iceberg tore a ...read more
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The Opposite Of A Christian
Contributed on Jan 29, 2013
THE OPPOSITE OF A CHRISTIAN What would you say was the opposite of a Christian people? would it be an atheist people? a pagan people? Perhaps even a hypocritical people, an unforgiving people. What would be your answer? When the novelist George bernanos was asked this question "What is the ...read more
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I End With Words From The Lion, The Witch And The ...
Contributed on Dec 24, 2012
I end with words from The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe, in which Mr Beaver describes Aslan, the lion who represents Jesus. “Safe?” said Mr Beaver. “Didn’t you hear what Mrs Beaver tells you? Who said anything about ...read more