Tag Archives: apostles

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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Forgiveness and Repentance: (Second Sunday of Easter: 27th April 2025)

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

Christians aren’t perfect, and many others are truly holy: but will our society revert to ancient savagery without Christianity? Continue reading →

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A Vision for the Appointed Time: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 3rd July 2022 (Feast of St Thomas)

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

There are appointed times when we find that, for all of our flaws, we are playing our parts in a divine vision. Continue reading →

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The Worth of Doubters: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 24th April 2022 (Second Sunday of Easter)

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Do you blame Thomas for doubting his friends’ bizarre report that Jesus was alive? The Church needs its sceptics as well as its romantics. Continue reading →

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