The structure in the church enables discipline to restore, protect and forgive.
Loving God, his people and our community
Loving God, his people and our community
Sermons on Matthew
How do we understand the Sacraments? They are a visible sign of an inward grace. There are 2 sacraments: baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
We look at the reactions of the people in this passage: the anger of Herod, the apathy of the religious leaders and the adoration of the Magi.
We hear people sometimes say that there are many ways to God and it doesn’t really matter how we get there. Jesus shows us in this passage that this is not true but that the gate is small and the road narrow that leads to life.
Have you ever been asked to do something you don’t feel equipped for? Yet this passage tells us that is what Jesus does. He calls us to tell people the Good News.
On this happy day that Emma Gordon is being baptised, this passage is a dark one. But it is important to recognise that Jesus experienced the Cross in order that our sins could be washed away. In this passage, we witness Jesus experiencing the dereliction of God, ie God has left Him alone. We ask […]
We are acting out what we believe on the stage of life. Jesus helps us recognise where this stage is located, laid out before heaven.
As Christians, we are to be different from other people. If we stop listening to Jesus, we won’t be different. He is the Son of God, He speaks with authority. We are not to be slaves to money or worry but slaves to God.
How public is your faith? On social media, people present their lives as happy and perfect. In private, their lives are more complicated; perhaps they are even struggling. As Christians our lives should be ‘what you see is what you get’. We should not care how we look to the rest of the world. We […]
In Brexit negotiations this week, fishermen have accused the Government of letting them down. Politicians are calling each other liars, tearing each other apart. There is no love of their enemies. Being Christians, Jesus calls us to be radically different, in the way we treat our enemies.