Category Archives: sermon

Is Doing Good Enough?: Sermon Preached on 31st August 2025 (Eleventh Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

At one level, parish church Christianity is about helping people do good; go deeper, and more than this is needed. Continue reading →

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Unknown Bartholomew is the Saint for Our Times: Sermon Preached on 24th August 2025 (St Bartholomew)

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

We know almost nothing about St Barnabas—he’s the perfect saint for our celebrity-obsessed era. Continue reading →

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Peace—But Not On Earth: Sermon Preached on 17th August 2025 (Ninth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

We’re disturbed that Jesus says he came to bring division, not peace on earth. But without division, we would be inhuman. Continue reading →

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Can You See Love?: Sermon Preached on 10th August 2025 (Eighth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

You may not have faith in God or in Jesus Christ as God incarnate, but we all have faith in some unseen and unprovable things. Continue reading →

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Change the World by Living for Heaven: Sermon Preached on 2 August 2025 (Seventh Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

We’re all obsessed with changing the world; but we need to remember to take care of our immortal soul, not just the physical world. Continue reading →

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Prayer, Persistence, and Peace: Sermon Preached on 27th July 2025 (Sixth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

The world won’t be perfect; but we’re told to pray for God’s Kingdom to come on Earth. How do we resolve this tension? Continue reading →

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Would God Wind You Up?: Sermon Preached on 20th July 2025 (Fifth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

If Jesus truly is God made man, then God has an acute sense of humour! Continue reading →

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Can We Really Do Likewise?: Sermon Preached on 13th July 2025 (Fourth Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

We’re all hypocrites! So can the Good Samaritan teach us to trust in God’s grace rather than thinking we can save the world? Continue reading →

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Things Don’t Always Get Better: Sermon Preached on 6th July 2025 (Third Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Nobody believes things can only get better anymore. Yet we are made for more than this world—for beauty, truth, goodness, love. And for Heaven. Continue reading →

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The Chickenhawk and the Oddball: Sermon Preached on Sunday 29th June 2025 (Feast of SS Peter and Paul)

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Paul was an oddball and Peter a chickenhawk: but God leads flawed people like them to greatness; and maybe you, even if you aren’t religious. Continue reading →

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