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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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Power and Glory (Trinity Sunday, 15th June 2025)

We take it for granted that the story of the human race is to learn more and make things better. But what if progress goes wrong? Continue reading

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Modern Medes and Parthians (Pentecost, 8 June 2025)

Despite persecution and even martyrdom, the Church in Iran has grown rapidly in recent decades. Continue reading

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