The following sermons are listed via date and preacher:
Well done good servant Sermon preached at Enmore, Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 19th. November 2017 Readings: Judges 4.1–10; Matthew 25:14–30 The book of Judges doesn’t get many appearances in our lectionary readings and that may be the case because the narrative is riddled with violent episodes some of which involve violence against women. Judges covers…
Accountable to God Sermon preached at Enmore, 15th Sunday after Pentecost, 17th September 2017 Readings: Exodus 14.19–31, Romans 14.1–14, Matthew 18.21–35. As a child the story of the Israelite’s crossing the Red sea was one of my Sunday School favourites. It remains one of the most dramatic moments in The Old Testament and we understand why it…
A living sacrifice Sermon preached at Enmore, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, 27th. August 2017 Reading: Romans 12.1–8. At the end of nearly every Communion service that we conduct in this church we join in the prayer: “Father, we offer ourselves to you as a living sacrifice through Jesus Christ our Lord, send us out in…
Mary treasured all these words Sermon preached at Enmore, Feast of Mary, Mother of our Lord, Sunday 13th August, 2017 Reading: Luke 2.1 ‑7 Today’s Gospel reading set for the Feast Day of Mary, Mother of our Lord is a reading from Luke’s birth narrative. Nearly everything we know about Mary comes from Luke’s pen. He…
For I am convinced Sermon preached at Enmore, Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 30, 2017 Readings: Romans 8.26–39; Matthew 13. 31–33, 44–58 In September 1961, the Swedish New Testament scholar Krister Stendahl gave an address on the work and thought of the Apostle Paul. What was unusual on this occasion was Stendahl’s audience. He was not…