The Good Samaritan is a well known parable, but why did Jesus tell it? Nathanael looks at the question that led to this parable, how Jesus answered and what our response should be.
Christmas Day 2022. In this sermon we spend time thinking about Simeon’s response to the coming of the Lord Jesus and we too get a sense of excitement as we contemplate the magnitude of God’s love to us.
This morning we are looking at the very last word of Jesus, which is… “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” These words have everything to do with our comfort!
The Shepherds are a well-known part of the Christmas story. But do we need them? What do they add to the story? What might we miss if they were not? Our sermon considers that as shepherds they point us to Jesus, the true and good shepherd. But they are also normal everyday people like all […]
This moment on the road to Emmaus leads to a discovery for the disciples on their journey which changed their lives eternally. An understanding of who the man journeying with them and what it is that has happened can change our lives also. Jesus was raised to life, resurrected – and for those who believe […]
In this first part of 2 sermon’s, we consider what the bible has to say about worry. Whether long term or short, whether significant or even insignificant, worry is weighty. Worry can consume us, it can change how we think and feel and act, it can paralyse us, it can limit and reduce our lives […]
Reaching the end of one year and preparing for the next, we naturally look back as well as forward? How do we assess the year gone by? What has been good, challenging, beneficial, what have you learned? What would you like to change moving forward? This time of year is a good time to take […]
So many people live a life of ease avoiding the hard questions – the ponderings. They don’t want to waste the mental energy on these questions, or they think it is all beyond them and so they do something else. The biblical writer of Ecclesiastes records that some people believe that we ought to eat, […]