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Tag Archives: forgiveness
Impossible Even for Saints: Sermon Preached on 2nd November 2025 (All Saints’ Day)
We’re all called to be saints; but loving your enemies is nearly impossible, even for saints. Continue reading
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Is Doing Good Enough?: Sermon Preached on 31st August 2025 (Eleventh Sunday After Trinity)
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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The Tough Message of Mother’s Day: Sermon Preached on 30th March 2025 (Mothering Sunday)
Underneath the boxes of chocolates and posies of flowers, Mother’s Day has a tough message of pain, forgiveness and love. Continue reading
Duty: Sermon Preached on 22nd December 2024 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)
Duty is a very unfashionable idea, but no society can function well without it, and in performing our duties we touch God’s nature. Continue reading
The Good Shepherd: Sermon Preached on 21st April 2024 (Fourth Sunday of Easter)
We can fall into using the story of the Good Shepherd as twee spiritual wallpaper. Continue reading
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Forgiving Ourselves for Being Imperfect: Sermon Preached on 7th April 2024 (Second Sunday of Easter)
Why can’t we live in perfect harmony like those early Christians who shared all their possessions? Because even they didn’t for long. Continue reading
Destined for Salvation: Sermon Preached on 19th November 2023 (Second Sunday before Advent)
Don’t be too casual about your spiritual wellbeing. The moment you meet Christ as judge could come at any time. Continue reading
The Workless Labourers: Sermon Preached on 17th September 2023 (15th Sunday after Trinity)
What does tombola have to do with eternal life? Click through to find out. Continue reading
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Reflection on ‘Betrayal’ for Holy Week; Wednesday 5th April 2023
Betrayal can leave us feeling understandably bitter: but bitterness is corrosive emotionally and spiritually Continue reading
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