The following sermons are listed via date and preacher:
I repent in dust and ashes Sermon preached at Enmore, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, 28/10/18 Reading: Job 42: 1–6; 10–17 Having had two special services in recent weeks we have missed out on readings from Job so today is the final reading from that book and it seemed a pity to let it pass without comment.…
But from the beginning Sermon preached at Enmore, 20th Sunday after Pentecost, 7th October 2018 Reading: Mark 10. 2–16. When I looked at the Lectionary readings for this week, the passages from Job and Hebrews looked very attractive as good preaching material. But the passage from Mark can’t be avoided and demands some explanation. This is…
Lord, to whom can we go? Sermon preached at Enmore, 14th Sunday after Pentecost, 26th. August 2018 Reading: John 6. 56–69 “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” The context for this passage read as our Gospel this morning is Jesus’ teaching following the feeding of the five thousand. Jesus used the feeding of the…
Sermon preached at St. Luke’s Enmore, Sunday 12th August, 2018 Readings: Isaiah 61.10–62.3; The Magnificat; Galatians 4. 4–7; Luke 2. 1–7. Our Readings today give us the chance to take a brief look at the significance of Mary, the Mother of our Lord. My own thinking about Mary has been coloured most particularly by my…
A life worthy of the calling Sermon preached at Enmore, 11th Sunday after Pentecost, 5th August 2018 Readings: 2 Samuel 11.26–12.13a; Ephesians 4.1–16; John 6.24–35 The David we encounter in 2 Samuel 11 is a very different person from the young shepherd boy we were introduced to in 1 Samuel 16, when Samuel anointed him…