Sermons

Christians are to be known for what they celebrate and affirm and encourage rather than what they are against.

Recognising what sort of sacrifices we are called to make and what sort of sacrifices we are called to refrain from making is crucial to faithfully following the way of Jesus.

Even for Jesus, and certainly for us, there is sometimes the need to be jolted into the reality of what God’s new revelation of grace is all about.

Jesus went up the mountain and was transfigured, and we assume that it was a wonderful experience. And so it was, but maybe not in the way we think. What if the glory of God revealed in the face of Jesus at that moment was the face of utter human vulnerability?

The parable of the sower is not about us and our shortfalls but on the generosity of our Maker – the Prolific Sower.

My journey has brought me to a place where I have begun to know the rest that Jesus offers.

What we do with our children is one of the great tests of our faithfulness to the God of Jesus, and tragically, child sacrifice is common in our society.

In a world infested by terror and fear, Jesus tells us that becoming the victims of that world is not nearly as dangerous as becoming part of it.

Baptism is to the Christian life as a wedding is to the married life – an ongoing symbol of the vowed and relational life in God.

The Spirit of Jesus unites us across previously hostile boundaries and teaches us a language of liberating love.

Allowing ourselves to be shaped by the teaching and testimony passed down from the Apostles protects us from falling for the idea that the gospel is a marketable means of gratifying our wishes.