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Revd. Martin Dale
Contributing sermons since Jul 9, 2001
Newest Sermons
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Reflections On Maundy Thursday
Contributed on Apr 14, 2022
Why was it important that Jesus had a password for the Last Supper
Sermon Maundy Thursday Today we remember the events that occurred on Thursday of Holy Week usually reckoned to be about AD 29. It is the most talked about week in the history of mankind It has been estimated that about a third of all the events that we have recorded in Scripture about Jesus’ ...read more
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Were The Events Of Holy Week - A Sherlock Holmes Style Mystery
Contributed on Apr 9, 2022
Was Holy Week an unfortunate series of unfortunate chance events or did Jesus plan it meticulously like a Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Spy Wednesday The Student Cross Leicester Leg 2022 (from Leicester to Walsingham) Today we find ourselves in Holy Week and today is the day we know as Spy Wednesday It is the day we focus of the betrayal of Jesus by his friend Judas Iscariot It is the day just before Maundy Thursday when we ...read more
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Judas Iscariot And Mary Of Bethany
Contributed on Apr 2, 2022
Who do you wish to serve God or Mammon
Jn 12:1-8 Story: A Quaker once posted a sign on one of the choicest fields of his farm. It stated, "This land will be given to the first truly satisfied person who passes this way" . He no sooner arrived back at his house than a man knocked at his door. “Sir," he said, "I ...read more
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Spy Wednesday. Was Holy Week A "sherlock Holmes Mystery"?
Contributed on Mar 28, 2022
Was Holy Week merely a series of Unfortunate Chance Events or did Jesus prepare the events in advance in the style of a Sherlock Holmes mystery?
Spy Wednesday The Student Cross Leicester Leg 2022 (from Leicester to Walsingham) Today we find ourselves in Holy Week and today is the day we know as Spy Wednesday It is the day we focus on the betrayal of Jesus by his friend Judas Iscariot It is the day just before Maundy Thursday when we ...read more
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Candlemas And How The Service Didn't Go As Planned
Contributed on Jan 28, 2022
The Curiosity of Candlemas
Presentation of Christ in the Temple Story: I came across this interesting snippet the other day on the web for the computer buffs among you. At a recent computer expo, COMDEX, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the car industry and is reputed to have said:, "If ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Ruth
Contributed on Jun 6, 2020
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Post Resurrection Appearances In John
Contributed on Apr 24, 2020
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Lenten Series On Prayer
Contributed on Mar 4, 2020
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Emb
Contributed on Nov 2, 2019
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God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways
Contributed on May 30, 2013
Newest Sermon Illustrations
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Understanding Justice And Mercy
Contributed on Dec 2, 2021
As we consider the call of John and look forward at Christmas to the birth of Christ, let us look at the content of God’s message to us God knew exactly what he was doing when he sent Jesus to this earth. The Cross wasn’t a “horrible misjudgement” Rather the reason Jesus came into this world ...read more
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He Who Has The Son Has It All
Contributed on Dec 31, 2020
I wrote this at the end of 2014 Fourteen years from the Millennium seemed a long time and now we are into a new year – again!! I have spent much of last week preparing to lead a pilgrimage to Israel – a new experience for me. And with the new it is good to recall the old. Our Gospel reading is ...read more
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Road To Emmaus - The Good Samaritan Inn
Contributed on Apr 28, 2020
The Road to Emmaus The scene: A table in the Inn in Emmaus – with a big sign on the Table saying “The Good Samaritan Inn in Emmaus” Luke and Cleopas seated around a Table Cleopas and Luke start talking: Cleopas: Luke, Where’s he gone – he was standing right there and puff - He just ...read more
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Norman Vincent Peale On Spreading Love
Contributed on Mar 16, 2013
Norman Vincent Peale wrote this: "Ralston Young carries bags for a living but his real job is living the spirit of Christ as a porter in one of the world's greatest railway stations. One day he was asked to take a little old lady to her train. She was in a wheel chair so he took her down ...read more
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Story: Some Years Ago, I Attended Called A ...
Contributed on Feb 23, 2013
Story: Some years ago, I attended called a conference called “Spring Harvest at Work” in Sheffield (in November 1998). And what was memorable for me was that the conference organisers sprang a surprise interviewee on us – Jim Bakker- a pariah in the Evangelical community. Indeed he was ...read more