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Revd. Martin Dale
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
Newest Sermons
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Easter Sunday Morning In Ad 33
Contributed on Apr 16, 2025
If the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is so important to the Christian Faith (and it is0 why does St John only record four Resurrection appearances in his Gospel
Swayfield 20-04-2025 Sermon Before I was a Vicar, I was a patent lawyer. So I am keen on evidence. And I do believe we have a reasonable faith And the more I think about it, the most reasonable explanation for my Christian faith is that Jesus died and rose from the dead. For that ...read more
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The Healing Of The Syro-Phoenican Woman's Daughter
Contributed on Mar 8, 2025
The real lesson of the story of the healing of the Canaanite woman’s daughter is that we must approach Jesus with humility in our prayers.
The Syro-Phoenican woman Swayfield 15-03-2025 Story: The Cathedral in Freiburg (in Breisgau), Germany had recently installed new magnificent Gottfried Silberman Organ, that took three years to build (1711 to 1714). The Old Cathedral Organist, on retirement had been made Custodian of the ...read more
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Marriage Is More Than Simply Falling In Love.
Contributed on Feb 18, 2025
Marriage is more than falling in love. Both parties to the marriage have a complementary role to play to the other. And you need to work at it.
Marriage Foundation Introduction: The marriage covenant predates the Fall I would like to like to go back to the very basics of when marriage was instituted. We first read about it in Genesis 2. I am not talking about a piece of paper saying you are married but to the marriage covenant between ...read more
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Have You Ever Been Confronted By A Message That Has Transformed Your Life
Contributed on Feb 12, 2025
What is God calling YOU to do in your local Church
Luke 6:17-31 Have you ever been confronted with a message that changed your perspective? Certainly on the day Jesus spoke the words of Sermon on the Plain, as our Gospel reading is known as, He gave those around Him a new perspective on life with the Beatitudes (the sayings that started with ...read more
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Church Is Not A One Man Show
Contributed on Feb 3, 2025
We all have a part to play in our church or fellowship. To find out what it is we need to i) prayer ii) read our Bible and iii)m have fellowshop
Sermon: The Church is not a “one man show” As I was thinking about the sermon for today, I was struck by the thought that the Church is not a “one man show” God calls us to be a community – and the Church has no passengers. As our Bishops often remind us – our baptism is a calling to ministry ...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