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Was Nicodemus a Bit Thick?: Sermon Preached on 1st March 2026 (Second Sunday of Lent)

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Gerry Lynch

Paul’s letters can sometimes seem confusing, but they actually upend conventional morality and teach us we don’t have to earn God’s love. 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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Hope for the Bad Guys: Sermon Preached on 30th March 2025 (Fourth Sunday in Lent)

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

People have lost faith in their leaders. Yet if Manasseh can turn his rule around after a bad start, so can our leaders. Continue reading →

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The Times Are Changing: Sermon Preached on 9th February 2025 (Fourth Sunday before Lent)

Posted on February 9, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

When you lose your illusions about this world, you might find all you dared hope about the world to come is true. Continue reading →

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Render unto Caesar: Sermon Preached on 22nd October 2023 (20th Sunday after Trinity)

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

It’s difficult to use this story as a simple proof-text for any particular approach to relations between Church and State. Christians need to read it in their own time and place, and think and pray about its implications Continue reading →

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I Do What I Hate: Sermon Preached on 9th July 2023 (5th Sunday After Trinity)

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

It is human nature to seek to progress. But is the gap between our technological power and our wisdom widening? Continue reading →

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CONVERSION EXPERIENCE: A poem for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Gerry Lynch

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfT-xUV1Nok] CONVERSION EXPERIENCE Voice and light that left him blinded,      Lashed him like a cattle prod. “That you do for me is evil!      That you thought the devil, God!” ‘Did I really intrigue murder?’ –      Pride that led to such … Continue reading →

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