Category Archives: Sermons

Three words and expressions came top of the Oxford Word of the year 2022 competition: ‘Goblin Mode,’ ‘Metaverse’ and #IStandWith. What have they to do with Christmas? Read this talk given at the Sailor’s Church Carol Service on Friday 23rd December.

Check out these three talks about what God is inviting us to this Christmas. Will you accept the invitation?

As Christians we look forward to our ultimate homecoming to be with God in joy forevermore. But how can we be confident that we can make it there?

Are we still a Christian nation? Do we want to be a Christian nation? What is a Biblical vision for Christian rule? Isaiah 11 helps to answer these questions.

What should be the target and strategy for the church?

In this short and snappy parable Jesus gives a very strong warning against greed. But what is wrong with greed?

How do we respond to the global and personal pressures that we are facing? Do we retreat from the pressures or persevere? In this passage from Luke, Jesus tells his disciples to expect pressures on a global and personal scale but gives them the resources and encouragement to stand firm.

Bishop Rose preached this sermon at St. Luke’s church for our confirmation service. There were 14 candidates confirmed from four churches across Thanet.

Where does your confidence lie? In the government, family, friends or yourself? In this parable that Jesus tells, it is the one who puts their confidence in God rather than themselves who find true mercy! Where do we put our confidence? I wonder particularly in the past few weeks whether we have questioned where ourContinue reading “Finding Mercy (Luke 18:9-14)”

Sometimes when we see things from the perspective of the future, we can see warnings for how we live now. In this story that Jesus tells, he wants to warn us from the perspective of life beyond death. Kwasi Kwarteng This week we have seen one of the most dramatic falls in recent political history.Continue reading “Eternal Perspective (Luke 16:19-31)”