All Souls Sunday Sermons

Series : Journeying with Jesus : Lessons from the Gospel of Luke

Two very different men. Two very different approaches to God. One meets with approval

Jesus warns us that how we use our money has eternal consequences for us

Shrewd investment in God’s Total Return Fund

How to be a child at the Father's feast, not an orphan in the far country or a slave near the Father's house.

The good news of Jesus Christ is our true blessing. Our mission is to share the good news with others. The challenge for us is giving up our rights so we can be a “blessing” to others

Series : Journeying with Jesus: Lessons from the Gospel of Luke

"Come, for everything is now ready."

'There is a cost both to following, and not following, the Lord Jesus Christ.'

'Repentance: If not now, then when?'

Series : And so was Fulfilled: Snapshots from the Gospel of Matthew

'Who is this baby?'

'John the Baptist: Turning Point of History and Faith'

New Year's Eve Watchnight Service

Series : Fully God, Fully Man

Jesus deserves our devotion and demands a decision

'God really does love you'

'Christmas: who will be King?'

'Christmas in Four Words'

Sermon Series : Psalms of Ascent

'Stay Awake and Stay Faithful!'

'Our total dependence on the Lord for meaning in life and indeed sleep'

“Our problem is not that we want too much, it’s that we’re satisfied with too little.” CS Lewis

'Psychologists tell us that awe (a sense of wonder tinged with mystery) is a beneficial emotion linked to our ability to step outside of ourselves to see a story that is bigger than ‘me’. Can there be any experience more awe-inspiring than to encounter the God of the Universe in the person of his Son Jesus Christ? And to be invited into his story?'

'Choosing the fear of the Lord over the fear of man'

Series : Songs of Ascent

'Finding it hard to pray in Coronavirus? We learn again from the Lord Jesus with these simple lessons from the Lord's Prayer'.

“We should not be surprised when suffering comes. Instead we ought to keep our eyes on the glory to be revealed”.

‘One Thing : Listening to Jesus in lockdown’

Speak blessing. Share hope. Show life. This is how we are to live as strangers in a hostile world.

“Who is my neighbour?” In a debate or in a ditch?

God uses ordinary people in His mission. Paul kept his focus because he understood who God was, he knew his limitations and he relied on God's grace to carry him through. God wants to use you as you are. How will you respond?

World mission flows from God's heart. He invites us to be involved in His mission. We are motivated by the cross of Christ, mandated by the call of God and we are moved by the crisis around us. How will you be involved?

"We are to submit to the state...right up to the point where obedience to the state would involve us in disobedience to God.” John Stott

Jesus' principles for mission

Strangers in a Strange Land

Journeying with Jesus : Lessons from the Gospel of Luke

'As obedient children, we are spurred on by hope and fear to be holy.'

'Luke highlights four vital ways in which our thinking must change as we listen to Christ'

Strangers in a Strange Land

Journeying with Jesus : Lessons from the Gospel of Luke

When God asks The Questions

The Steps to Repentance in Ezra 10

'Recognizing and following Jesus'

'Painful reality in the culture war'

When God asks The Questions

Ezra displays a daring confidence, recognising that God's people live 'under grace'

When God asks The Questions

Rebuilding the Church: Lessons from the Book of Ezra

'In Christian proclamation the Word of the God and the Holy Spirit combine to bring us from death to life, so dead bones can live.'

“Afflictions serve as our preacher and tutor. A sick-bed often teaches more than a sermon” Thomas Watson

'The life of Moses is about what happens when an ordinary man, with an ordinary gift encounters an extraordinary God.'

'Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.' Hebrews 12:1-2

"For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty." Isaiah 6:5

'Ezra 3 : As God's people rebuild, the Cross must be central, the Scriptures must be authoritative, the world must be the mission'

'When God asks you a question He's not trying to understand your heart. He already understands it. He's trying to get you to understand your heart!'

'The church is, in every age, a diverse people and a devoted people.'

'Guilt and shame can haunt us throughout our lives, but the Lord Jesus came to set us free'

'The Lord is sovereign in history and calls us to go and give'

'Paul’s teaching about sex and the body, negative and positive'

'Praise God as He reveals Himself in the world He has made'

“The cross is the pulpit of the Father’s love.” Anonymous

'Christian, do you know who you are?'

'Taking steps to turn weary souls to trust in God'

"Nothing can be more cruel than that leniency which abandons others to sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than that severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one’s community, back from the path of sin." Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Life Together, 105)

Series : Learning to Trust

'Christian leadership under the Cross: pictures of an authentic ministry'

'There's more to giving than we might think'

'Repentance from sin, with particular reference to racism and idolatry'

'Getting the roof on before the storms hit, by being honest about our emotions, our sin and God's sovereignty'

'So then, no more boasting about human leaders!' 1 Cor 3:21

"I say to myself, 'The Lord is my portion, therefore I will wait for him." Lamentations 3: 24

'The mystery of God's Wisdom and the ministry of God's Spirit'

'Giving voice to lament, without losing hope'

'The Cross is at the heart of true spirituality. Foolishness to those who are perishing, it is God's power to those who are being saved.'

'If we push the ReSet button for church life ... ?'

'Unity in a fractured church'

'Salvation is found in Jesus, the Resurrected Messiah and Exalted Lord'

'Part I : An interview with Hugh Palmer, sharing an overview of 1 Corinthians with Rico Tice. Part 2 : Rico looks at how the Apostle Paul outlines some key themes of the letter in chapter 1 verses 1-9, namely a need for holiness, dependence and hope.'

'Lockdown work ethics : Working with our whole hearts for Christ in all of life'

'We're called to know who we are in Christ - and to make a difference for Christ - in our work'

'Holiness is living out a liturgy of our love for God and love for others'

'In Jesus' resurrection both God's future for humanity and God's future for the world are fully secured and fully assured.'

'Peter shows us the landscape of hope for hard times'

'Christ rose from the dead! What if he hadn't? So what that he did!'

Jesus for All

The God of Easter

Good Friday Service of Meditation

'In times of uncertainty we can trust that God will lead and provide for us'

The God of Easter

Part 1 : There are two ways to live, but only one way we can be saved. Part 2 : Don't chase everything in life but miss out on life itself!

"Jesus Christ is unique, and one cannot be in his presence - particularly when one sees him crucified - and not reveal the person one really is." Bishop Festo Kivengere

Part 1. Put your trust in Christ and God's judgment becomes your salvation! Part 2. If you feel as if your life is shrinking, remember that the world is opened up to you through prayer.

What is God saying through the virus?

'We mustn't allow our longings to trump our faith. Keep seeing the God who sees you.'

'Open our eyes, Lord, so that we may see'

'How's your future?' How God assures us that we can be right with Him

'Come and See'

'Following Abram's storyline and staying a pilgrim'

'This is a day of good news and we're keeping it to ourselves'

'The challenges of life as a pilgrim'

'Taste and see that God is good ; Trust and know that God will deliver'

'The Christian's family roots : The story that undoes the curse'

'Don't try to cover up your sin, but confess it and let Christ cover it over for ever'