Sunday Bible

Sermon 8 November 2020 08.11.2020 15:30 ↓

Why exactly were the foolish bridesmaids foolish?

Sermon 1 November 2020 01.11.2020 13:10 ↓

The Beatitudes are not a list of things to do but a window into a world view 

Sermon 25 October 2020 25.10.2020 16:08 ↓

How can there be more that one 'greatest commandment'? Jesus is thinking radically different things about the Law

Sermon 18 October 2020 18.10.2020 16:28 ↓

A dispute between two divinities, one real and one false. What does it mean for us today?

Sermon 11 October 2020 11.10.2020 15:23 ↓

A way into the parable of the wedding feast and the man who doesn’t have the correct outfit. A story of resistance and courage.

Sermon 4 October 2020 04.10.2020 13:41 ↓

Jesus breaks the cycle of violence in this week’s reading (sorry for the two week break. I was on holiday)

Sermon 13 September 2020 13.09.2020 19:58 ↓

Getting forgiveness sin wrong and what seeing them differently might mean

Sermon 6 September 2020 06.09.2020 16:40 ↓

What does it mean to take a bother or sister aside and show them their faults as Matthew's gospel advises?

Sermon 30 August 2020 30.08.2020 18:04 ↓

What can we do with Jesus shocking call to ‘take up your cross’? Not much I think…

Sermon 23 August 2020 23.08.2020 22:25 ↓

Jesus is in Caesarea Philippi and that matters when he tells the disciples that he is going to build the church 

Sermon 16 August 2020 16.08.2020 15:03 ↓

The Canaanite woman is a story that turns her world, Jesus’s world and ours upside down

Sermon 9 August 2020 09.08.2020 17:13 ↓

Jesus walks on the sea; Peter walks on water. What’s the difference? And what was Peter doing?

Sermon 2 August 2020 02.08.2020 15:08 ↓

What can we take from Jesus feeding the 5000? In what ways are we fed in this story?

Sermon 26 July 2020 26.07.2020 16:55 ↓

Jesus’s short parables of the kingdom, what do they have in common?

Sermon 19 July 2020 19.07.2020 18:06 ↓

What to do about evil? The parable of the weeds and the wheat 

Sermon 12 July 2020 12.07.2020 17:11 ↓

The Parable of the Sower. What does it mean that the seed is sown everywhere?

Sermon 5 July 2020 05.07.2020 16:22 ↓

In this week's text Jesus, in a counter-cultural move, invites us to rest

Sermon 28 June 2020 28.06.2020 14:07 ↓

What does it mean to welcome God?

Sermon 21 June 2020 21.06.2020 11:46 ↓

Do you hate your parents? Jesus said you should. Or, maybe he was saying something else...

Sermon June 14 2020 14.06.2020 8:27 ↓

The reading for this week is Matthew 9:35-10:8 Jesus sending out the twelve disciples 

Sermon June 7 2020 07.06.2020 8:36 ↓

A short reflection (we’ve returned to public worship in a limited and very short service this week) on the trinity for Trinity Sunday.

Sermon May 31 2020 30.05.2020 14:15 ↓

It is Pentecost. Happy Birthday! Let's have a bit of a look at some of what it means to be Church 

Sermon May 24 2020 23.05.2020 16:18 ↓

The last Sunday of Easter 2020 and the last words of Jesus in John's Gospel. What does Jesus want for his disciples? He wants them, and us, to know God. 

Sermon May 17 2020 16.05.2020 15:54 ↓

In the third quarter of the Gospel of John, Jesus continues to invite his followers into his abundant, grace-filled life and world-view. 

Bonus episode May 10 2020 09.05.2020 15:24 ↓

Jesus said, 'I will do whatever you ask in my name.' what are we to do with this strange and unsettling statement?