Grace Church Exeter Podcast

Sunday 23rd March - Dan Roach preaches the last message in this series from Genesis 23. This sermon explores the circumstances surrounding Sarah's death and how Abraham works out his grief with faith underpinning his response. His purchase of land for her burial is highlighted as an act of faith in God's promises. Dan also reflects on grief and the hope in eternal life that we have as Christians.

Hear from Liz as she talks, amongst other fascinating aspects of her job, about four ways her faith informs and inspires her job. Apologies for sound quality for the first few minutes - we've done our best :)

Sunday 9th March – Mick Taylor preaches from Genesis chapter 22. Over 25 years, Abraham's faith matured through tests and obedience. This sermon encourages us to evaluate where our faith stands – rising, falling, or plateauing – and to consider where God is calling us, even with unanswered questions. Like Abraham, we can entrust all that we count as most precious in our life into God's care.

Phil Taylor, an electrician, found self-employment challenging but rewarding, relying on faith and prayer for guidance and success.

Sunday 2nd March - Lydia Pavey preaches from Genesis 21. This sermon emphasises God's faithfulness in the birth of Isaac to Abraham and Sarah, despite their doubts. In response to God's faithfulness, people can be obedient, trustful, and thankful.

Emma Taylor shares her experiences of working in the Arts. Listen to this to find out what makes 'her soul sing'!

Chris Collison, a management consultant, assists organisations by untangling complex issues through listening, facilitating workshops, and sharing ideas. He shares how faith influences what he does and how he is able to use his knowledge to serve the church too.

Sunday 23rd February – Huw Hadden preaches from Genesis 20. This sermon explores Abraham's repeated mistake of lying about his wife, Sarah, and extracts lessons about faith and personal growth in the face of fear inducing situations. The key points are to notice recurring patterns of weakness, take courage inspired by God's rescues, and accept God's offer of grace.

Rachel Wilmot shares how her faith influences, guides and strengthens her work as a palliative care nurse.

Sunday 16th February - Dan Roach preaches from Genesis 18:20-19:38. This sermon examines Abraham's faith and God's mercy amid Sodom's wickedness in Genesis 18-19. It highlights Lot's compromised faith and God's ultimate judgment, balanced with His compassion. Despite destruction, God remembers Abraham, extending mercy and rescuing Lot.

Tim Mitchell, a climate scientist at the Met Office, discusses his work and how it aligns with his Christian faith. He sees his work as a way to care for God's creation and help the vulnerable. He also trains early career scientists.

Sunday 9th February - Huw Hadden preaches from Genesis 17. This sermon explores God's grace and faithfulness using the story of Abraham and Sarah. Despite their mistakes, God doesn't give up on them and reaffirms his covenant. This covenant is a reminder that God is always faithful, even when people are not. It emphasizes responding to God's grace with obedience and setting apart Christ as Lord in...

Rach Bartlett shares how her faith informs her parenting and explains a very helpful perspective on what she finds most challenging about it.

Sunday 2nd February - Dave Rogers preaches from Genesis 16. This sermon explores the story of Abram, Sarai, and Hagar highlighting how their impatience and attempt to control God's plan led to negative consequences. It emphasises that, despite our faulty faith, God is faithful, hears, sees, and cares for us, offering forgiveness and redemption through Jesus.

This interview explores how James, a data engineer, integrates his faith into his work at Gregory Distribution, and how his faith informs his role and relationships with his colleagues.

Sunday 26th January, 2025 - Dan Roach preaches from Genesis 15. This sermon explores Abram's faith, highlighting his initial fears and how God met him in his vulnerability. It emphasises that faith is trusting God, not a blind leap, and is essential for a relationship with Jesus. As a result of Abram’s faith, God declared him righteous, a gift available to all who believe.

Jess talks about the unique opportunities she has at university for sharing her faith and also how faith shapes her perspective on study. 

Sunday 19th January - Mick Taylor preaches from Genesis 14. This sermon explores the life of Abram, focusing on God's promises and Abram's faithful responses. It highlights how Abram's faith led to blessings, including protection and influence, and his courageous rescue of Lot. The sermon also contrasts two kings' responses to Abram: one of blessing, and one of suspicion. Ultimately it calls liste...

Joe talks about his role as an Assistant Headteacher in a local secondary school, the highs and lows and three ways to pray for all those involved in education.

As part of our Life of Faith series, we will be hearing from different people working or volunteering in different sectors across the city.

Sunday 12th January - Dan Roach preaches from Genesis 13. This sermon focuses on Abram's life of faith, highlighting challenges he faced. These challenges included famine and abundance. Abram's responses to these challenges serve as lessons for listeners on where to turn when facing difficulties. The sermon encourages trust in God through all circumstances.

Sunday 5th January - Dave Rogers preaches from Genesis 12 exploring the theme of faith, using the biblical story of Abram as a model. The sermon encourages listeners to embrace uncertainty and trust in God's guidance, even in everyday decisions. It highlights the importance of faith as active obedience and a willingness to be a blessing to others and then calls the congregation to embark on a new...

Sunday 15th December - Mark Mould preaches from Matthew 1. This sermon explores how the Christmas story offers hope and peace amidst the chaos of the world and personal stress. Mark explains how Matthew's genealogy of Jesus connects to Abraham and David as key figures and the events that show God's plan to restore blessing, his presence, and the world as He intended. Jesus is the fulfilment of thi...

Sunday 10th December - At our joint evening Carol Service with St Thomas Church, Dan Roach explores the true meaning of peace. Discover how to find peace in a busy and stressful world by looking to the story of the birth of Jesus, the Prince of Peace.

Sunday 1st December - Dan Roach preaches from Isaiah 9:1-7. This sermon focuses on the meaning of light in the Christmas story, exploring Isaiah's prophesy about the coming of a child who would be a light in the darkness. It explores how this prophecy was fulfilled in Jesus Christ and the impact of his birth on the world, encouraging listeners to reflect on their own experiences with darkness and...