St. Luke's, Ramsgate

When we sacrifice for others it shows how much we love them. What are we willing to sacrifice for God? In this story Abraham's love for God is tested in a profound and powerful way. Yet his faith holds firm.

How would you respond if some friends turned up out of the blue? Would you offer them a meal? Abraham offers a fantastic meal to some strangers that turn up and discovers an incredible blessing.

This chapter is the longest in Genesis and ends with the marriage of Rebekah and Isaac. In a sense it is a romance, but it is a strange kind of romance...

Hagar has been terribly mistreated by God's people, Abram and Sarai. Yet, the angel of the LORD finds her as she flees and makes some amazing promises to her.

The story of Abraham is foundational for both Judaism and Christianity. In this passage we see God confirm his promises to Abraham in a way that breaks the mould for all religions. Preacher: Colin Gale.

Abraham and Lot faced important choices when arguments broke out. Yet, what motivated Abraham to make the choices he did?

Abraham is one of the Bible's best known characters, but why is this man who lived 4,000 years ago so important? Find out how the promises God made to him are so important for understanding the whole Bible and why Abraham himself is a great example to us.

What are you waiting for? Are you expectant about what Jesus might do? The people of Jesus's day were expectant for the Messiah to come. Then Jesus was baptised.

How do we escape the same pattern and stories of greed, lust, arrogance and anger generation by generation? At the heart of Christmas is the answer!

On seeing the baby Jesus, Simeon says he is ready to face his own death. Why is this? his is the talk from the St. Luke's 2021 Service of Remembrance just before Christmas.

It is often said that our society is increasingly divided. But what are the divisions that really matter? John spoke to a very divided society, but challenged their views of which divisions mattered.

In ancient times in order to prepare for a king's visit to a city, they would level the ground, flattening mountains and filling in valleys. The prophets said that someone would come to prepare the way for God to come as king - that was John the Baptist, who came calling for people to repent.

The church in the West seems shaken by the current Pandemic. Why is that? Have we failed to take Jesus's words about the future seriously? Are we too invested in the present world order and not enough in the eternal Kingdom of God?

The story of Noah and the flood is the first major story of God bringing salvation. It also focuses on the covenant that God makes with Noah, his family and all the creatures of the earth. In this talk we see how Noah is a model for the better salvation that God brings through Jesus.

Genesis 4 presents the continuing results of sin in our world by showing us God's warning to Cain, that sin should not master him. Sadly, Cain gives in to sin with tragic consequences. Will we heed the warning today?

When we look at our world we see amazing acts of bravery, courage, kindness and compassion. Yet we also see much evil and wickedness. What's gone wrong with the world? How does the Bible explain the complex mix of good and evil in humanity?

In this talk, Claire takes us through Genesis 2 and helps us to see the importance of our relationships with God, with one another and with Creation.

In this passage, Jesus encounters two sisters in their grief at the loss of their brother Lazarus. What happens is amazing, but it points to an even more important truth.

How do we gain true Spiritual Insight? The Blind Man in this encounter with Jesus, becomes the person who sees more clearly than anyone else.

John's version of the feeding of 5,000 is subtly different to the accounts in the other gospels. What is he trying to teach us?

We are all concerned to have good well-being. Jesus wants to bless us with the greatest well being possible, but will our attitudes get in the way, like the man in this encounter recorded in John 5:1-18?

As Christians we talk a lot about faith, but are there different kinds of faith? In John's gospel we are presented with Jesus encountering a wide variety of people. This encounter shows how Jesus helps someone move from one kind of faith to another.

As those in Christ, how do we find strength to cope with the struggles of life? As Paul wraps up his meditation of life in Christ, he finishes with this rallying cry to make full use of the resources we have in Christ, to deal with the trickery of the devil and the pressures of life.

What difference does being in Christ make to our everyday relationships? In this passage we see what Paul has to say to employers and employees and to parents and children about how as Christians we are to relate to each other.

What is more important: sexuality or spirituality? Romance or religion? And how are they connected?