Hardwick Sunday Sermons

Robbie Thomson spoke about the dying thief who trusted Jesus - a simple faith.

Kate spoke about the disciples, a motley bunch, rather like us. Where do you fit in?

Today we heard from Scott Paton from Harston Baptist Church on our annual Pulpit Swap Sunday. The church in Philadelphia (in modern Jordan, not USA!) in Rev. 3.7-13  had its problems but the Spirit commends its faithfulness.

David looked at the leadership style of Moses, then asked the congregation to look at 5 other leadership contexts - The Judges, Prophets (Samuel), Kings (Saul), Good kings (Hezekiah) and Empire (Assyria). The recording is only the Moses part, which is fine because it looks like a good leadership model. 

Kate summarised what we learned about the characters featured in the book of Judges - leaders who were flawed but used by God at the time of need.

The life of Samson makes for uncomfortable reading. He is a morally flawed and complex person yet God used him to rid the land of enemies. Read Judges 13 to 16 for the whole story.

Jephthah made a fooling vow, but it didn't turn out as badly as you might have thought. On the back of this story we learn what "living sacrifice" means.

We found that God made use of Gideon's strengths, and was gracious and patient with his weaknesses.

Robbie spoke from Judges 4&5 on Deborah, Barak & Jael. They all played their part, but the victory was the Lord's.

Enid starts off the new series on Old Testament Leaders with an introduction to the background of the book of Judges, and we meet Othniel and Ehud. There's another talk that you might like to hear in our archive, about Achsar, Othniel's wife.

David gave us a vivid picture of the somewhat uproarious events of the first Palm Sunday.

Kate rounds up our series on images of the Church with the Church as the Temple of God.

R.A.F. chaplain Tim shares his insights on the Church as an army. 

Kate considers the image of the Church as a body, united with Christ as its head.

David investigates the idea of church as the family of God.

Robbie explores the Bible image of the church as a city.

Enid tries to dig into the image of the Church as the Bride of Christ and finds a link to the Old Testament images of God's relationship with his people.

Kate looks at the church as a flock of sheep - not the wooly-headed creatures we think of!

Kate launches our series on images of the Church by examining the language used in the Bible to describe what we now call "church". 

Kate explored the background and reason for sharing Communion together.

Kate shared her observations about the place of food in our lives together.

Robbie spoke about this time of year feeling a bit in-between, and related this to the situations described in three Bible passages.  Exodus 13 - in-between Egypt and the Promised Land;  Acts 1 - in between the resurrection and Pentecost;  John 20 - in-between the death and resurrection of Jesus.  A lot can happen in the in-between.

Kate concluded our studies of the Sermon on the Mount with the choice that Jesus lays out in Matthew 7 - which path do you want to follow?

Tim Williamson challenged us to live today in the light of the future - is our treasure on earth or in Heaven?

We've come to the point in our reading of The Sermon on the Mount when Jesus gives his followers a framework for their daily prayers - we call in The Lord's Prayer - Matthew 6:9-14.