Grace Church Exeter Podcast

Sunday 29th March - Dan Roach preaches from Genesis 35:1-15. This sermon explores Jacob’s return to Bethel, where God’s persistent grace transforms mess into grateful worship. Believers are urged to abandon idols, trusting the faithful God who remains with them through every single life moment.

Sunday 15th March - Dave Rogers preaches from Gen 32:1-32-33:20 to explore Jacob’s wrestling match with God, highlighting how struggle fosters dependence over self-reliance. Through this confronting encounter, God transforms Jacob’s identity. This points to Jesus, who was broken to secure our blessing.

Sunday 8th March - Mick Taylor preaches from Genesis 34:1-31. Mick looks at maybe one of the most challenging accounts found in scripture and what we can learn from it. Please note, this sermon is a from a very troubling part of the Story of Jacob in Genesis 34 which includes references to sexual assault at the very beginning.

Sunday 1st March – Chris Collison preaches from Genesis 31:1-55. This sermon explores Jacob’s time working for his devious uncle Laban. Despite Laban's cheating and Jacob’s superstitious breeding tactics, God’s invisible hand brought prosperity. Chris encourages believers to always acknowledge God’s sovereign grace rather than relying on personal self-sufficiency.

Sunday 22nd February – Dan Roach preaches from Genesis 29: 1 - 30. This sermon explores Jacob’s prayerless decision to marry Rachel and the resulting years of hardship under Laban. This "bend in the road" shows how God uses messy circumstances to humble believers, refining them even when His presence feels completely hidden.

Sunday 15th February - Huw Hadden preaches from Genesis 28. This sermon explores Jacob’s encounter with God at Bethel, showing how unmerited grace finds us at our lowest points. Jacob saw a ladder but the Christian life under grace is more like an escalator – whilst our progress fluctuates, we are still carried along and upwards by Jesus, the true stairway to heaven.

Sunday 8th February – Lydia Pavey preaches from Genesis 27:1-46. This sermon explores Jacob’s deceitful theft of Esau’s blessing, revealing a broken, manipulative family. Remarkably, God’s mercy prevails through them. This points to Jesus, whose righteousness covers believers, providing them with God's truly incredible, unearned grace.

Sunday 1st February - Dan Roach preaches from Genesis 25:19-34. He introduces Jacob’s "messy" life to illustrate God’s unearned, transformative grace. Contrasting "scheming" Jacob with impulsive Esau, the sermon emphasizes that God’s powerful, freely given gift meets people in their brokenness and is received by simply turning to Him.

Sunday 26th January - Dan Roach explains that a flourishing church is a generous one, rooted deeply in Jesus’s sacrificial grace. Financial giving remains an ongoing, joyful opportunity for every single believer to support local ministry and global missions.

Sunday 16th January – Dave Rogers defines church leadership not as power, but as a God-given, servant-hearted means to release flourishing. Elders provide spiritual oversight while deacons manage the more practical aspects of church life. Together, they equip and encourage every single believer to grow mature in Jesus Christ.

Sunday 11th January – Huw Hadden preaches from Revelation 7. If the eternal future has a diverse church then a united diverse church in the present will both flourish and point to that glorious reality. Unity in difference glorifies God more than unity alone. This can be achieved through gospel hospitality and relationships rooted in Christ.

After Huw preached, the people above shared about a few of the many forms of diversity he mentioned and how they can flourish in church life. Topics covered were women in church, adoptive families, people with neurodiversity and welcoming/forming relationships with those not originally from England.

Sunday 4th January - Dave Rogers starts our new mini-series calling the church to prioritise wholehearted worship as its foundation for 2026. Worship is a communal, physical participation that re-centres believers on God’s worth, teaching biblical theology and propelling the congregation into daily service and lives of grace.

Sunday 7th December - Dan Roach preaches our last in the We Believe series from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. The sermon focused on the resurrection of the dead, the Christian's sure hope. Believers can grieve with hope because Christ's return means the dead rise first, and death is swallowed up in victory.

Sunday 30th November - Mick Taylor preaches from 1 Corinthians 11:23-26. Communion, or the Lord's Supper, is a symbolic meal that is more than remembrance. It is an empowering encounter defined by four aspects: remembrance of Christ, proclamation of his death, anticipation of his return, and participation (fellowship) with Christ and believers.

Joe Greenhalgh ran an excellent workshop exploring God's perspective on work and we now have it in podcast form. With your community group, follow the session outline pdf along with the two podcasts to inspire, envision and equip your group members for what they spend most of their waking lives doing! Please ask Huw for the pdf.

Joe Greenhalgh ran an excellent workshop exploring God's perspective on work and we now have it in podcast form. With your community group, follow the session outline pdf along with the two podcasts to inspire, envision and equip your group members for what they spend most of their waking lives doing! Please ask Huw for the pdf.

Sunday 23rd November – Joe Greenhalgh preaches from Romans 6:1-11. This sacrament, symbolizing union with Christ's death and resurrection, is an ongoing, vital sign. It reminds believers they are dead to sin and raised to a new life in Jesus. Does our self-talk align with the truth that baptism represents?

Sunday 16th November – Dan Roach preaches from Ephesians 5:25-27. We believe in the church, Jesus's beloved bride, who he sanctifies and cleanses. Though imperfect now, she will be presented in splendour. Christians must overcome individualism and cynicism to love and serve the church as Christ does. Jesus loves the church - how do you feel about it?

Sunday 9th November – Mark Mould preaches from 1 Corinthians 1:11. Spiritual gifts are diverse tools distributed by the Holy Spirit for the common good and building up the church. They make God's people distinctive. Christians must eagerly desire them and embrace their role, recognizing God's generous grace.

Sunday 2nd November - Mick Taylor preaches from Galatians 5:16-26. This sermon, based on the Nicene Creed and Galatians 5, explores the Spirit as the "giver of life," promising transformation and the fruit of love, joy, and peace. It sternly warns against practicing sins of the flesh, urging believers to actively walk by the Spirit via humility, prayer, and confession.

Sunday 26th October – Huw Hadden preaches from Acts 1:8. This sermon encourages believers to embrace mission, empowered by the Holy Spirit. Based on a walk through of key mission milestones in the book of Acts, the church is called to be witnesses locally ‘here’, ‘there’ with people unlike us and ‘everywhere’ taking the gospel to every ethnic group.

Sunday 19th October – Dave Rogers preaches from John 16:7. This sermon explores the Nicene Creed's declaration that the Holy Spirit is God, the Lord and giver of life. He is the Counselor (Paracletos) sent to empower a vibrant, powerful, and joyous Christian life. Believers are called to be continually filled and led by the Spirit.

Sunday 12th October – Dan Roach preaches from Revelation 21:1-8. This message focuses on Jesus’ return. Three scenes are explored: the Rider on the White Horse, the Great White Throne judgment (where the Book of Life is key), and the hope of the New Earth. Following Christ is an eternal life-or-death issue.

Sunday 5th October - Dave Rogers preaches from 1 Corinthians 15:17. This message examines the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, asking: "What difference does it make?". Jesus' life proves death is defeated, sin is forgiven, and hope is certain. As the risen, reigning King, He empowers believers to live steadfastly on mission.