Ammanford Church Sermon Podcast

This week John Perry starts proper in the Sermon on the Mount as he dives into the Beatittudes

Smartphones are everywhere - for good or for ill. But that doesn't mean they should have free reign in our lives. In this podcast, Sammy is joined by Jonathan Thomas to discuss 5 tactics we can employ to ensure we rule over our phones instead of having our phones rule over us. Jonathan Thomas is the author of, 'Intentional Interruptions: Learning to be Interrupted the Way God Intended&#0...

We begin this week a study in Jesus' great Sermon on the Mount (SOTM). One of the most influential teachings in human history ... what is it? Is it a template for what life SHOULD be like? Is it a mirror held up to to our shortcomings, our CAN'T? Or is it pulling back the curtain on what life lived in the Father's rule COULD be like? Pastor Sammy Davies helps us to consider

We begin 2025 by considering the wise men - who investigated and sought out the new king they had heard of. Matthew 2:1-12

It's the final Sunday in Advent - and Pastor John Perry helps us to contemplate waiting and hope through the story of Anna

Waiting for Jesus by exploring Mary's revelation of favour.

Waiting for Jesus by exploring Elizabeth's first encounter with Jesus.

We reach the end of our time in the Book of the Kings - but is this the end of the story? Does it finish with sorrow? With sadness? Or does it lead us on, somewhere, someone more?

As we draw near the conclusion of the book of Kings, Pastor Sammy takes us on a quick tour of Josiah, the child King who oversaw a great renewal in the people. The question for us is, do we want it? Do we want God's Kingdom come? What might that look like amongst us?

We are back in the book of Kings, stopping at some of the 'highlights.' This week, Sammy takes us to chapter 17 of the second book and the sad story of Israel's exile from the land. What hope can we draw from such a sad story of continued rebellion?

Pastor John Perry continues our series exploring some of the defining characteristics of our church. In this sermon we consider why the sacraments (baptism and communion) are important parts of our church life.

The more we 'live for Christ' the more we can expect opposition for His sake. But how do we respond? How do we endure? Guest Preacher Clive Bowsher joins us to help share the good news that God still dwells with His people and strengthens us in our sufferings.

At Ammanford Evangelical Church we want to be open and accessible to all sorts of people. Why is that? Why do we go out of our way to be accessible to all?

Surely knowing about, or better still knowing personally, Jesus is all that really matters. And once you know him ... there's nothing more? Today Pastor John Perry helps us to consider why we want to know Jesus more and more all our lives.

It's almost an assumed that believers and churches will spend time, energy, and effort in order to make Jesus more known - why tho? We walk. through a number of scriptures to help unpack both the duty and the delight of sharing Jesus with the world.

The Bible bubbles to the service of all we do publically and privately - why is that? Isn't it outdated and unreliable? Why are we always banging on about the Bible????

As we continue to explore the sort of church we are, we look to 'leadership' and why our leaders *shouldn't* be revered, exalted, or put on a pedestal. Simply, it's because Jesus tells us that the world we're used to has gotten leadership very, very, wrong.

IN our new series, exploring some of the things that describe and define us, we ask the question, 'why is the Gospel foundational to all we do?'

How can we ever expect to understand the Kingdom of God when we won't listen to the one revealing it?

In our final (for a while) installment from the book of Kings, Pastor Sammy davies takes us to a simple tale which echoes the biggest story in scripture

This week as we celebrate baptism in our Sunday Service - Pastor John Perry revisits 2 Kings 5

We continue our series in the Book of Kings - Pastor John Perry opens up for us the story of good news in a very desperate situation

How do we react to a world that intends harm for us? Do we retreat into our own strength? Do we call down fire from heaven? Or do we feed those who persecute us?

This week Pastor John Perry opens up 2 Kings 5 for us, the story of Naham and his healing. It prompts the question of why it is, or what it is, that draws us out in search of God.

Sammy Davies continues our time in 2 Kings by exploring the similarities between 5 miracles in the ministry of Elisha found in chapter 5 - and how the Spirit of God brings life into our deathly existance.