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A sermon for those for whom it is not "their thing" about the biblical basis for Christian devotion to Mary preached Northolt 13th August 2017
..................................... I want to talk to you about someone who is very important in the Christian story. Many Christians, not all Christians, but the majority of Christians world wide believe that when this faithful person came to the end of their earthly life, they did not die but ...read more
Scripture: Luke 1:26-56, Revelation 12:1-17, John 3:16, John 2:1-12
Denomination: Anglican
A sermon preached at a healing service while I was visiting a Lutheran church in Sweden (This is the English text - it was translated as I gave it by my host)
The little baby Mary wasn't expected to live. She was now in hospital. Her parents had been told to expect the worst. But the curate from the local church refused to give up. Day after day he went and prayed by her bedside. Seven decades later I met Mary. The baby who was meant to die was now a ...read more
Scripture: Luke 9:1-10, John 5:1-18
A sermon for a mixed congregation (adults and children) trying to get across why it matters that Jesus became flesh and why it matters that he still makes himself present to us now in bread and wine.
............................. “ Beloved, I received from the Lord what I also hand on to you” (1 Cor 11:23) - where to begin? Perhaps with meeting someone famous…. Have you ever met anyone famous? ............. [take answers from congregation] ............ Once when I was 20 I met a famous person. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 6:1-58, Matthew 26:26-29, Mark 14:22-25, Luke 22:14-23, John 1:10-14, Philippians 2:1-11, Luke 2:1-7 (view more) (view less)
a sermon on Stewardship
“Father, the hour has come, glorify your son so that your son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people to give eternal life to all you have given him” (John 17:1-2) In a month or so’s time I am going to have a hernia operation, so yesterday morning I went to UCH for my ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 24:1-27
Separating the myths from the God who acts in our lives - a sermon for Easter morning
................................................................................ I have no idea what Easter Bunnies are all about. Imagine a situation where on the 11th of the 11th - Remembrance Day - shops started selling chocolate grasshoppers. “Why are you selling chocolate grasshoppers?” “well ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-18, Mark 8:31-38, Luke 18:31-33, Matthew 16:21-28, John 12:21-26, 1 Corinthians 11:23-25, Matthew 26:26-30, Mark 14:22-26, Luke 22:14-23 (view more) (view less)
Why a crass 2017 advert from Tesco may be wrong but can help us understand what is really Good about Good Friday. (a short sermon for an outdoor service)
“Great offers on Beer and Cider. Good Friday just got better” That if you have not seen it is the advertisment that Tesco have been tweeting all over the internet “Great offers on Beer and Cider. Good Friday just got better” Now I’m an Anglo-Catholic. We do partying Heck I even run a biblestudy ...read more
Scripture: John 3:16
It’s like looking at Jesus on the cross. We can look at him on the cross and see how much he loves us. But it’s too big. How are we meant to copy that? So Jesus shows us something we can copy. He kneels down and washes his followers feet.
The Cup - well I am hoping they are just tannin stains on the inside. Looking round at the flat I am guessing they are worse than that. Some houses are untidy. My house is untidy. This house wasn’t untidy. It was filthy. Dirt. Crumbs. Mouldy bits of food. Wrappers and scraps of packaging. Dust. ...read more
Scripture: John 13:1-35
Making sure our actual fasting is backed up by the things that need to lie behind it
...... You have a colleague at work. You are always very friendly towards him. You greet him with a smile. You ask after his family. You ask what he did over the weekend. You make him a cup of tea. But behind his back, you take the credit for all his work so that you end up getting a promotion ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-12
A panto style sermon on the theme of Evangelism for the third Sunday of Epiphany (Don't mistake the light hearted nature of the presentation for a lack of depth in the content)
This sermon, being delivered in “panto” season is interactive. Alan:`I say “Dare” you say “share” Alan:` Dare All: Share Alan:` Dare All: Share [Alan passes the mike around various people who each speak as if sharing their faith in a natural way with a friend] Simon Harris “What did I do over ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23
You are sitting here at midnight, your presents bought and wrapped, but how will the people you give them to react? And what of a gift given to you?
By now either you are really panicking or you have bought your presents. There will be one, maybe two here who will be staying up until the small hours… but by now the rest of you have already wrapped them. [take big present out] And now there is nothing to do but wait. This is the most difficult ...read more
Scripture: John 1:1-14
A sermon for our once a year Giving Sunday
It was a hot long day … not the first hot long day. The crowds had been there three days now. The disciples could see their excitement as they listened to the master. You could see that look in their eyes as they just had to listen to every word he said. But after three days of listening and ...read more
Scripture: Malachi 3:6-12
Whatever it feels like, even if you haven't noticed yet - it is a happy Easter!
.................................................................................................................................................. “When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, … The doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-19
A centurion, converted at the foot of the cross, tells the story in his own words
Eight words. That’s what I am remembered for 2000 years later. You don’t remember my name. But I guess of the 230 million people alive in 33AD - I guess there are not many people you remember anything of - and at least for me you remember 8 words “Truly this man was the Son of God” - not in John’s ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 8:5-13, Matthew 7:1-10, Matthew 5:40-42, Matthew 9:9-13, Mark 2:13-17, Mark 15:1-2, Galatians 3:26-29 (view more) (view less)
Shame: I am a bad person. If other people knew what I was like they would despise me. I must save face. versus Guilt: I am a person who has done bad things. Can I make amends? Can I be forgiven? Which do you feel? How does it make you feel towards others?
[I pick up TABLOID newspaper and pretend to read a story on the inside} “No?....Really?” “God, after what he has done, he has got what is coming for him” [look up at congregation] we all think that - we all pick up the newspaper and read stories and think that “he ...read more
Scripture: Luke 13:1-9
Using the 2015 Mulberry and John Lewis adverts to reflect on the Christmas message
I wonder - do you use your sky plus to fast forward through all the adverst on TV. If so you may have missed some very crafted commercial takes on the Christmas message. I wonder for example if you have seen the Mulberry Christmas advert A young couple are in rural cottage with a blazing fire. Jo ...read more
Scripture: Luke 2:1-20