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  • Boundless Grace, Even Through Judgment

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,146 views

    God’s wonderful banquet is free for all.

    I wonder if you’ve ever bought a new car? Different things appeal to different people, don’t they. Some people are concerned with the technical details about the engine, others are keen to buy from a local dealer, others want to stick with a manufacturer they’ve bought from before, others are ...read more

  • The Churches At Smyrna And Pergamum

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,012 views

    What can we learn today from the churches at Smyrna and Pergamum, one of the seven churches in Revelation 2-3 ?

    Why would letters be written to these churches? Well, Smyrna was a very important centre of trade, with a valuable harbour, and big wine business. It was a very beautiful city, even outstanding. In all the civil wars, the people of Smyrna always chose the right side to be: it was politically ...read more

  • The Onward Christian Soldier

    Contributed by Marty Hopkins on Oct 17, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 16,355 views

    God has equipped the believer with His armor to use in the spiritual battles we face every day.

    The Onward Christian Soldier (Ephesians 6:10-20) Well folks, it’s great to be back with you tonight. It’s a real joy to be with those who love the Lord Jesus and love each other. I believe when we come to God’s house that this should be a place where we can enjoy each other’s company and ...read more

  • Church Anniversary Sermon

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Oct 17, 2005
    based on 139 ratings
     | 135,841 views

    A sermon for Church Anniversary

    Jesus said, ‘every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure-store both the new and the old.’ This rather odd little verse is probably a kind of signature from the writer of the Gospel. It’s as though he was giving us a hint about ...read more

  • Church At Thyatira Series

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Oct 17, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,803 views

    the next sermon in the series on the seven churches of Asia

    And so we come to the church at Thyatira. This is the longest of the seven letters, which, ironically, was written to the smallest and least important city. Unlike the other towns, we don’t know very much about Thyatira, so it’s not so easy to understand and interpret the contents of the letter. ...read more

  • Questions, Questions

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Oct 25, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,097 views

    How do we respond to the questions of life? How did Jesus respond?

    It seems that questions fill our daily lives. Everywhere we go, we are confronted by questions. At home it might be very simple things like, “What’s for tea?” or, “When’s Grandma coming?”, “How can I afford it?”, “Who does she think she is?”, “What was that referee doing?”, “Why can’t I have ...read more

  • Church In Sardis

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Oct 30, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,119 views

    The message to the church in Sardis and it’s relevance to us today

    Over the last few weeks in the United Reformed Church, we’ve been looking at the stories of some churches, and seeing what they might have to say to us today. These stories are in the book of Revelation, and they take the form of letters that were written to these churches. Like all of the book ...read more

  • The Armour Of Light

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Nov 3, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 12,183 views

    Thinking more about the phrase, "the armour of light"

    There’s a proverb which says, "It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness". I want to reflect, this evening, upon a phrase of Paul’s in that reading from Romans: the armour of light. As well as our usual, longer, silence after the sermon, there will some shorter silences as part of the ...read more

  • Four Weddings And A Funeral

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Nov 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,052 views

    1 Corinthians 13’s message about Christian community

    In the film Four weddings and a funeral, during the first wedding, the reader begins the well-worn reading of 1 Corinthians 13, saying, "if I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal". As the reader pauses for breath, someone ...read more

  • Remembrance And Holy Communion

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Nov 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,247 views

    A sermon linking themes of Remembrance Sunday and Holy Communion - an uncommon combination in English Free churches

    This evening is something rather unusual in our church. Very rarely has our calendar so fallen that we celebrate Holy Communion on Remembrance Sunday. At first sight it seems very odd to mix something so religious, Holy Communion, with something with so many secular overtones, Remembrance Sunday. ...read more

  • Reformation Sunday

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Oct 22, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 15,129 views

    A Sermon for Reformation Sunday - the last Sunday in October

    At St. Columba’s United Reformed Church in Oxford, where I spent many happy years, the premises are a little bit old and rambling. In a far away corner, not often visited was a hidden away toilet. This was always known as the Calvinist toilet, because it was very dark and gloomy. It’s a sure ...read more

  • Being And Becoming

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Feb 2, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,117 views

    A sermon on the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (also called Candlemas)

    I wonder if you’re familiar with fresh lychees? The fresh fruit is much more pleasant than the tinned variety. They are small fruit about the size of a walnut. On the outside is rough and robust skin, which might lead you think it wasn’t worth opening, but when one peels it, inside is a soft, ...read more

  • God: Father, Son, And Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Jun 10, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,733 views

    A sermon on the doctrine of the Trinity

    The story is told of a man feeling suicidal, who climbed from his office window onto the ledge outside. Naturally his colleagues were concerned, and one climbed out and sat next to him on the window ledge. After a few words the conversation went something like this: “I get a lot of strength from ...read more

  • Sowing Seeds Of God's Kingdom

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Jun 11, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 9,403 views

    Mustard seed and the kingdom with practical examples

    I’ll begin by saying that our second reading is a very complicated passage indeed. Indeed, it’s so complicated and obscure that I’ve decided to say nothing about this morning, and concentrate on our gospel reading, because it would be too long and involved to try and make sense of it now. So, ...read more

  • Who?

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on May 26, 2013
     | 3,298 views

    Use of Jeremiah, John, and Luke, to bring out three persons of the Trinity, and an analogy with TV programme Dr Who - different faces and mystery.

    Luke 19:1-10 Jeremiah 32:21-25 John 20:19-23 As a child, I always enjoyed Dr Who on a Saturday teatime. For me, Tom Baker was the doctor - the others who came after weren’t quite the same. Perhaps, for you it was Jon Pertwee who was the doctor, or Patrick Troughton, or William Hartnell; or ...read more