Grace Church Exeter Podcast

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...

Sunday 24th November - Dave Rogers rounds off our year long series in Romans preaching from the doxology Romans 16:25-27. He explores the end of Romans, a letter written 2,000 years ago that is still bursting with wisdom for us today. The sermon focuses on how the gospel establishes us, reveals God's plan for salvation, and calls us to worship and mission. It also emphasises that this message is f...

Sunday 17th November - Dan Roach preaches from Romans 16:1-24 and how it represents a wonderful community of diverse people united in Christ. The sermon explores the importance of working at unity and showing affection for one another to create a church community where everyone feels valued and loved. By loving one another, the church can demonstrate the transformative power of the Gospel to the w...

Sunday 10th November - Andy Arscott preaches from Hebrews 12:1-2. From Grace Church’s founding pastor (2003), this sermon encourages us to run the race marked out for us by God, explaining there will be challenges, but ultimately it will lead to fulfillment. He emphasizes that faith is essential for pleasing God and urges us to actively demonstrate our love for Jesus by serving the Church.

Sunday 3rd November - Matthew Skirton, CEO of Operation Mobilisation, shares his personal journey in missions and the importance of God's mission for all people based on Romans 15:14-33. The podcast explores the concept of being commissioned to share the Gospel, inspired by the example of Apostle Paul's passion for Christ. It highlights the need to reach the unreached and encourages listeners to f...

Sunday 27th October - Huw Hadden preaches from Luke 14 at our all age meeting. This sermon uses the parable of The Great Banquet to explore the inclusivity of the Gospel. It highlights how God invites everyone, regardless of status or background, to join His kingdom. It emphasises the benefits of accepting God’s invitation, such as forgiveness, family, purity, victory over sin and death, and freed...

Sunday 20th October - Dave Lambert preaches from Romans 15:1-13. Dave explores the vital purpose of unity in the church. He reminds us that our unity should go beyond just feeling good; its purpose is to glorify God with one voice. He encourages us to welcome one another as Christ has welcomed us, embracing our differences and working together in harmony. He highlights practical ways we can achiev...

Sunday 13th October - Huw Hadden preaches from Romans 14:1-23 This sermon explores how to navigate conflict in the church. Huw uses the example of disagreements between Jewish and Gentile Christians in the early church to highlight the importance of viewing others as God views them and prioritising love over liberty. This involves extending grace and understanding to those with differing opinions...

Sunday 6th October - Dave Rogers preaches from Romans 13:8-14

Sunday 29th September - Dan Roach preaches from Romans 13:1-7

Sunday 22nd September - Mick Taylor preaches from Romans 12:9-21

Sunday 15th September - Dave Rogers preaches from Romans 12:3-8