Christ Church Fareham Sermons

People around the World, Christian and Non-Christian suffer individualitis, a spiritual disease where you think the World is all about you (credit Andrew Wilson for the sermon title & inspiration).  Nehemiah 3 shows that we are called to work together - great things are acheived by God through a team and we all have a small part of the wall to build.

Nehemiah demonstrates boldness in prayer, in the presence of the King, in leadership and in the face of opposition.  We too are called to faithful boldness.

We start a new sermon series in the Book of Nehemiah, seeking to rebuild our lives, our Church and the nation.

When we share the Gospel, why do some people receive it with joy and fall away, why do some people reject it immediately and others believe and grow for eternity? Jesus explains in his famous Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13.

Jesus, through word and deed, reveals his identity as the Chosen One who bring justice to the nations. he also rebukes the Pharisees and heals miraculously.

As the Pharisees challenge and seek to undermine Jesus, he teaches them about the true purpose of the Sabbath and shows his amazing compassion to a man with a withered hand. The Pharisees, in anger, decide to put him to death.

Jesus offers rest to the weary and the opportunity to learn from Christ.  This promise comes after he pronounces woe to the Pharisees revealing the need for repentance and then shows that God is sovereign in salvation.

Dayo uses the story of Mary and Martha, encouraging us as a Church to sit at Jesus' feet and learn from him.

Jason calls us to persistent prayer, using Jesus' parable about the persistent widow to challenge us.

Jeff reminds us of the love of Jesus for his sheep and the way he tenderly cares for us and guides us.

Lamentations 5 teaches how to pray in difficult circumstances, inviting God to look, remember and see, to call upon God's sovereignty and to ask for restoration in hope.

Focusing on Lamentations 4:1-2, Duncan shows how Christ restores what was broken in Jerusalem, how the New Testament Gospel mends the damage done by sin in the Old Testament.

A call to repent, a call to return to God from sinful ways, ignoring God.  In the midst of sorrow and suffering return to the LORD and he will receive you with mercy.

After Gemma shared the really difficult circumstances in UK hospitals at the moment, we consider whether there is any comfort from God for those whose endurance and hope is failing.

How does the writer of Lamentations understand the defeat and destruction that has come upon Jerusalem?  He knows it's God's just response to the sin of the nation.

As we go through the Covid pandemic together, we begin a new sermon series in the book of Lamentations.  How can we involve God as we mourn the loss we are experiencing right now.

When Mary goes to see Elizabeth, Elizabeth encourages her such that she bursts into a song of praise.  This song reveals the relationship between magnifying God and humbling ourselves in a godly and worshipful way.

Jeff Moss speaks from Philippians 3 and encourages us to finish our race, continuing in the faith for God's glory.

Guest preacher, Tim Blaber, kicks off our church process of appointing elders by encouraging us to see the qualities of leadership in Acts 20.

How does Jesus respond to John the Baptist when he has doubts? Find out in this sermon from Matthew 11.

Evening sermon on Matthew 10:16-42 focused on what Jesus teaches his disciples about mission.

Sermon all about the mission Jesus gives to his Apostles in Matthew 10, the challenges of mission and the healing authority Jesus gives specifically to the Apostles.

As the UK goes into a second National lockdown, we consider the way David is able to pray and praise God even in a dark time in his life in Psalm 57.

A sermon from Matthew 9 on prayer, evangelism and Jesus compassion for lost sheep.

A question about fasting gives Jesus the opportunity to teach us about the newness of life he is bringing in comparison to the old system of religion. At the same time, we are reminded of the hope of resurrection we have and given instructions about fasting at this time in history.