St. Luke's, Ramsgate

Prayer is about expressing our goals to God and trusting in his care. How does the expression: 'Give us today, our daily bread' help to shape the goals we pray for and breed a deeper trust in God, that releases us from anxiety?

What are we praying for in the Lord's Prayer? What does Jesus mean by, "Your Kingdom Come." What kind of kingdom is this?

The key thing to understand when we pray, is who it is we are praying to. Jesus helps us with this in the Lord's Prayer by starting with a reminder of who we are praying to... "Our Father in heaven..."

Paul compares the church to a building. But what points is he trying to make about the building and its builders? This really helps us understand what it means to be built together as Christ's church. The service in which this was preached also included a commissioning for Ramsgate's Community Pastors.

In this All Age talk, Claire takes us through Paul's teaching on who has helped the Corinthians grow, showing it is not so much the preacher that matters, but the message of the gospel and the power of God.

What is the difference between God's wisdom and human wisdom? What difference does it make to being a Christian?

What do you boast in? Paul wants us to boast in Jesus and him crucified. But that seemed like foolishness to people at the time....

The church in Corinth was split with divisions over which leaders people claimed to follow. What were the underlying causes and how does the cross of Christ deeply challenge those issues?

What is the Church? In writing to the Church in Corinth, Paul wants them to have a clearer understanding of what the church is in order to correct the problems that the church there is facing.

What is Jesus like? How does he stand out from the crowd? Jesus's baptism comes at the start of his ministry, but it also shows us who Jesus really is.

What's so wonderful about being a child of God? Listen to this New Year message at an All Age service.

How can we find joy in this dark world? Isaiah points us in the right direction in this traditional Christmas reading?

Is truth stranger than fiction? Can we really believe the Christmas story? Is Jesus really so special? Bruce Stokes shares some reflections at our Traditional Carol Service.

Check out these three talks about what God is inviting us to this Christmas. Will you accept the invitation?

As Christians we look forward to our ultimate homecoming to be with God in joy forevermore. But how can we be confident that we can make it there?

Are we still a Christian nation? Do we want to be a Christian nation? What is a Biblical vision for Christian rule? Isaiah 11 helps to answer these questions.

In this short and snappy parable Jesus gives a very strong warning against greed. But what is wrong with greed?

How do we respond to the global and personal pressures that we are facing? Do we retreat from the pressures or persevere? In this passage from Luke, Jesus tells his disciples to expect pressures on a global and personal scale but gives them the resources and encouragement to stand firm.

This is the sermon preached by Bishop Rose at the confirmation service at St. Luke's on 6th November 2022.

Where does your confidence lie? In the government, family, friends or yourself? In this parable that Jesus tells, it is the one who puts their confidence in God rather than themselves who find true mercy!

Sometimes when we see things from the perspective of the future, we can see warnings for how we live now. In this story that Jesus tells, he wants to warn us from the perspective of life beyond death.

How should we make the most of our money for eternal uses? In this sermon Colin Gale unpacks one of Jesus's parables and his follow up application around our use of money.

Jesus tells great stories, but what is he trying to do with the Parable of the Lost (or prodigal) Son. The clue is in the context in which he tells it. The story both assures those sinners coming to him in repentance and challenges those who criticise him for welcoming them.

After loving God, the greatest command according to the Bible is to 'love your neighbour as yourself'? But who counts as a 'neighbour'? That is the question an expert in the Old Testament Law poses to Jesus. Jesus responds with a story and a question.

The writer to the Hebrews compares the Christian life to a race. If that is the case, how can we run it in the most effective way?