How many times have you tried to turn over a new leaf, only to find that yet again it hasn’t worked? Old habits die hard. The New You is awfully familiar. You’ve tried the carrot and you’ve tried the stick, but neither seems to work. In the last book of the Bible, God’s people have … More New Sermon Series: Malachi

If people claim to love, worship, and obey God, that’s supposed to show itself in their lives. They should be different. They should be good. But sometimes people who claim to love God are obviously hypocrites. A few are headline-worthy, but many just get on with low-level prejudice, greed, and discrimination. Does God care about … More New Sermon Series: Micah

It all comes down to this. Jesus will be fully and finally rejected by the self-righteous religious elites, the self-serving political leaders, and the self-assured population of God’s own people. He will even be abandoned in the key moments by his confused and cowardly friends and followers. But when we read John 18-21 over these … More New Sermon Series: John 18-21

“The Bible is all made up. God’s final day of judgment is just a scare tactic. And as for Jesus coming back, how could anyone believe in that when it’s over 2000 years without a peep? Just live for the moment and enjoy yourself!” So said some people slipping in to young churches across the … More New Sermon Series: 2 Peter

If you could join any dinner party in the world, which would you choose? Maybe you would celebrate with your team as they feast after victory. Maybe you would dine with great heads of state on a night of great history. Or you might sit with celebrities at an awards dinner. In January and February … More New Sermon Series: John 13-17

Churches go wrong. Unhelpful teaching and unhealthy leadership provide the growing conditions for toxic cultures and for members whose lives and characters are unchanged by what is supposed to be a life-changing faith. Is that your experience of churches? It easily could be, but it shouldn’t be. The Apostle Paul’s short letter to his apprentice, … More New Sermon Series: Titus

Three Sundays taking a bird’s eye look at the story of Joseph, the technicolor teenager who went through slavery and prison on the way to saving the world, and Judah, his selfish opportunistic half-brother who turned from sin to step into self-sacrificial leadership that reminds us of Jesus.

It’s the mid-60s AD. The Roman authorities have turned against Christians. The Apostle Paul is locked up, soon to be executed. People are deserting churches, and false teachers are stepping in to try to steer churches away from Paul and from Jesus for their own selfish gain. A new generation of leaders is needed. Who … More New Sermon Series: 2 Timothy

What do you think ‘the God of the Old Testament’ is like? That phrase often seems to be used as shorthand for a God who is stern, harsh, judgmental, dangerous, angry, even bigoted. If that’s what we think then we’ve been fooled! The short story of Jonah shows a God who rules his creation, who … More New Sermon Series: Jonah

So 2020 wasn’t a vintage year. Here’s hoping that in 2021 we can get back to normal. Then again ‘normal’ isn’t always all we would want it to be. C.S. Lewis once said that if we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we … More New Sermon Series: John