Category Archives: Sermons

This might not be a question you’ve ever asked yourself, but we don’t have to look far in the news or on social media to see examples of dissatisfaction.

Interpreting Bible stories can be challenging. The author simply tells the story and doesn’t tell you what its relevance might be for future generations. The crossing of the Red Sea was an unforgettable event for those who were there, but what might it be saying to us?

Pharaoh did not listen to God, through Moses and Aaron approaching him and saying ‘Let my people go’.God had sent warnings to Pharaoh of the consequences of not obeying a simple instruction – there were already nine plagues that had grown in severity and destruction, and the tenth plague bought a warning of death.

Colin Gale reflects on how the first of the ten plagues of Egypt hints at the truth that God alone can bring great good out of the darkest horror.

What has bought you to church this morning?

What is baptism all about? Why the symbolism of water? The New Testament points back to some Old Testament stories to help us understand. In this talk we consider the story of Moses in a basket in the Nile.

When the Holy Spirit first came on the church, it was a dramatic event. The same strange signs don’t happen when people become Christians, but they help us understand what the coming of the Spirit is all about.

What’s next? Jesus had died and risen again, but what was next for him and his disciples and what’s next for us as a church?

Increasingly people say they want to be ‘Spiritual’ but don’t believe in organised religion. We are not saved by organised religion, but we do need it to help us in our discipleship. In Exodus 18, Moses is given advice on how to organise the people of God.

With the Coronation of King Charles, it is worth reflecting on the Christian understanding of political authority. If Christians see God as the ultimate authority, how are we to relate to earthly rulers? Both the good and the bad? Claire explores the Biblical teaching in Romans 13.