St Boniface Whipton - Sermons

Dan takes a dive into the reasons why we don't tell others, gives us reasons why we should, and gives us a formula to help tell our story.

Sarah explores love in the Bible, and looks at how the love of God compells us to love others.

Dan talks us through why we gather together to share bread and wine, what doing communion does, and what we do when we do it!

Anna talks us through the reasons for why we worship, and explains some of the ways we can express that worship.

Carl kicks off our new sermon series, Why We Church, which aims to get back to the basics of why we do what we do. In this talk Carl discusses what the Church is and what does it mean to be a part of it.

Our guest speaker, Claire, talks us through how we can ask God what changes we need to make to our lives so that we can learn to care more for God's creation in the day-to-day.

Dan talks us through how God is an extravigent creator, and what that means for us as we navigate a culture of scarcity.

Mia talks through Psalm 104, points out how God's creation reveals his power, and how it can move us to worship.

Carl talks through 2 Corinthians 5:14-20, what it means to be ambassadors of God here in Whipton, and how that fits into the church vision.

Sarah talks through the incredibly power of the resurrection of Jesus and how that can give us hope.

Dan takes us through the famous story of Daniel in the Lion's Den and points out how God protects Daniel, and protects us too.

Dan talks us through Daniel 5 and the 'writing on the wall' story. He points out that we aren't God, but that God is sovereign over all things, which allows us to live in freedom.

Carl talks us through Daniel chapter 1 and encourages us that when we make a stand in our faith, God sees us and stands with us. To watch the Bible Project video that was shown in church, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cSC9uobtPM There were some technical issues during this recording, as a result the final few minutes of the talk are missing.

Dan talks through the epic scene at the Mount of Transfiguration, as seen in the gospel of Mark, and explains how we can find Jesus in his glory on the mountain top. But Jesus doesnt stay on the mountain, when we come back down, Jesus comes with us too.

Dan points out three things that we can recognise about Jesus from the story of the Wedding in Cana, where Jesus turns water into wine and reminds us, that with Jesus, the best is yet to come.

Dan talks us through John 1, pointing out how we can recognise Jesus in this passage.

Steve helps us unpick the myths around the Magi and points us to how they recognised him as king.

Dan talks us through the season of advent with readings from Isaiah, 1 Corinthians and Revelation, and reminds us that we are longing for Jesus to come again and while we wait we can be ushers of the Kingdom.

Carl walks us through the biblical basis for our church mission, and encourages us to pray, engage, give, and to serve more within our church for our local community.

Our guest speaker Graham talks through the parable of the seed and explains how it shows us glimmers of the Kindom of Heaven.

Dan wraps up our series on Colossians by sharing his thoughts on Paul's words about prayer from the final chapter of Colossians.

Mia talks through Colossians 3:5-17 and explains how Paul tells us to put off our old self and to follow Jesus.

Carl takes us through the end of Colossians 3 to the very start of chapter four, and what it could look like for us to pursue Christlikeness in our homes.