Read the text – Psalm 23, Luke 15:1-10
In the final sermon of the sermon series ‘Jesus Transforms’, David Swan speaks on Jesus’s love and mercy, and how it can transform us from being far away and lost to close to Jesus.
Category Archives: New Testament
Sermon – Jesus Transforms: Blindness 2 Sight
Read the text – Psalm 36, John 9:1-41
In this sermon of the sermon series, “Jesus Transforms”, Neil Atwood speaks on what the book of John says on being spiritually blind. This sermon analyses Jesus’ interaction with the blind man and what it means in our own search for truth and meaning, as Jesus transforms even blindness to sight.
Sermon – Jesus Transforms: Death 2 Life
Read the text – Psalm 46, Luke 7:11-22
This is the first sermon in the sermon series ‘Jesus Transforms’. In this sermon, Joshua Schroder speaks on the hope we can find in Jesus, and how he can transform hopelessness to hope, fear into courage, and death to life.
Sermon – God & Life: End of Life
Read the text – Psalm 139; Deuteronomy 30:11-20; Isaiah 65:17-25; Romans 14:1-9
God ends life. God is the author and sustainer of life – from conception to eternity. How does the Christian person live by his timing and determination until he brings you home. In this Bible Talk, Ken Noakes aims to help us think Christianly (Biblically) about the value of life under God’s hand when it comes to dying and death – especially as we live in a world where life can be quietly ended or painlessly prolonged. Our topic: Thinking Christianly about Euthanasia.
Sermon – God & Life: Limitations in Life
Read the text – Psalm 139; John 9:1-34
God shapes life. Disability is a normal and good part of God’s creation and whilst that may mean there are limitations placed upon a person (including their reliance on others), Christians should embrace the God’s gift of each person.
In this talk, Ken Noakes opens a discussion about how Christians can think about disability in our fallen world now and suggests a different approach to thinking about disability in our coming perfect world. This will create discussion – agree or disagree – let’s together recognize that we can take steps now to care well for those who live with disabilities as we all wait for heaven.
Sermon – God & Life: Start of Life
Read the text – Psalm 139; Luke 1:39-45
God gives Life. We are fearfully and wonderfully made by God – and we need to make choices to protect the sanctity of life (mother and child) even in hard or unwanted circumstances.
In this talk, Ken Noakes looks at the wonderful, sometimes difficult, and always emotive topic of start of life matters with particular reference to decisions about medical termination (abortion).
The approach here is pastoral as the Christian response should always be one of embrace and comfort as we draw towards both mother and child in Christian faith.
Sermon – God & Life: Made in God’s Image
Read the text – Psalm 139; Genesis 1:26-2:4; Colossians 1:15-23; Revelation 21:1-4
We see ourselves as choosing individuals. Our strength is measured by our ability to stand on our own two feet and make decisions (we value agency). And we live in a society which views the autonomy of the individual as sacrosanct and defining, and that any challenge to that autonomy is regarded as a threat (we value choice). In addition, we live in a consumer culture, which tells us that we deserve to have whatever it is we want (we value entitlement). Yet, Christians hold to the biblical view that God makes men and women in his image. He gives life, shapes life, and takes life – and we experience that life both individually and collectively.
This ‘God & Life’ series looks at some of those key and ethical life matters where we, as choosing individuals, are now able to make decisions that will impact our life or another’s life: Abortion, Disability, Euthanasia (to pick three examples).
In this first talk, Ken Noakes sets the scene which help us think theologically about life matters over the next three talks. The purpose: to start a conversation – how can we value humanity as created by God and so in our care for ourselves and others, how do we think Christianly?
Bible Talk Series – Christian Citizenship (Mark 12)
As Christian citizens, our role is not to seek worldly power, but to remain faithful to Christ, knowing that he has established his forever kingdom in heaven. The challenge is to resist the temptations of a Kingdom without the King, to give Caesar what belongs to God, to let cultural trends dictate faithfulness, or to seek glory in this life. Instead, Christians should engage in public life with wisdom, love, and conviction as the Kingdom of God overflows in all of our life, standing firm in truth even when it means losing. Like the widow who gave all she had, true discipleship means surrendering everything to God, knowing that we serve a victorious King whose Kingdom will never fail.
In this Bible Talk series, Nick Lindeback uses Mark 12 as a foundation to help us think about what it means to be a Christian Citizen. Across four talks, this series moves from theology to practice, showing how Christian citizenship in God’s Kingdom affects our engagement with culture and politics. It challenges us not to fear, compromise, or grasp for power, but to trust, engage wisely, and remain faithful, even when it costs us.
Talk 1 lays the foundation: Jesus is the King of the Kingdom. As we live for him, we are Kingdom driven in all of life.
Read the text – Psalm 1; Mark 12:1-12
Talk 2 addresses engagement with earthly authorities: Our faith does not make us silent or apathetic but leads us to engage with government whilst keeping our ultimate allegiance to Jesus.
Read the text – Psalm 2; Mark 12:13-17
Talk 3 confronts moral collapse and our actions: Without a right love for God, society loses its moral and spiritual fabric. Political engagement is one way we can love our neighbour.
Read the text – Psalm 3; Mark 12:18-34
Talk 4 calls for courage and faithfulness: True discipleship means standing firm in truth, even at great personal cost. We can do this because we know Christ is the risen King.
Read the text – Psalm 4; Mark 12:35-44
Sermon – You need Easter: Hope (Matthew 28:1-20)
Read the text – Matthew 28:1-20
In this special Easter series, we explore the Death of Jesus Christ, the events that proceeded it and what it means for us as Christians. For Easter Sunday of 2025, Gary Haddon speaks on why we need Jesus as our hope.
Sermon – You need Easter: Justice (Matthew 27:1-26)
Read the text – Matthew 27:1-26
In this special Easter series, we explore the Death of Jesus Christ, the events that proceeded it and what it means for us as Christians. In this sermon on Justice, Paul Hallam speaks on the unjust trials that led to Jesus’s crucifixion, and how it lead to an ultimate justice for all of humanity, whether we deserved it or not.
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