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Patience Amid Shrill Voices: Sermon Preached on 14th December 2025 (Third Sunday of Advent)

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

No society can work well unless people take actions on timescales beyond their lifetimes. That is the ultimate form of patience. Continue reading →

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Live in Light: Sermon Preached on 30th November 2025 (Advent Sunday)

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

The speed with which the optimistic era around the millennium passed should teach us to seek eternal, not worldly, riches. Continue reading →

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The Advent of a Journey: Sermon Preached on 1st December 2024 (Advent Sunday)

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

One distinct thing about Luke’s Gospel is the way it presents our lives as a grand journey. Continue reading →

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Patience and Obedience: Sermon Preached on 24th December 2023 (Fourth Sunday in Advent)

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

Neither patience nor obedience are exactly fashionable virtues at the moment. Consumer culture mitigates against patience, and we mix obedience up with authoritarianism. Continue reading →

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Waiting Patiently for Christmas: Sermon Preached on 17th December 2023 (Third Sunday of Advent)

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

It’s hard to wait patiently for Christmas in Advent. But patience is a virtue needed for ordered freedom. Continue reading →

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Descended from David: Sermon Preached on 18th December 2022 (The Fourth Sunday of Advent)

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

As we wait to celebrate God’s first coming into the world in a few days, be open to how he might break into the world now Continue reading →

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Proclaiming Forgiveness: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 5th December 2021 (The Second Sunday of Advent)

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

Advent is a time of waiting; so is a pandemic. But God is working his purposes out, usually where we aren’t looking. Continue reading →

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“Waiting”: Sermon Preached at St John’s Devizes on Sunday 6 December 2020 (the 2nd Sunday of Advent)

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

Hope and frustration and pain all mixed together: that is the mood of Advent. As we endure this hard winter of waiting, wait with Jesus Christ, your brother, friend, Lord, and saviour. Continue reading →

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