Sermons and Teaching
Want to catch up on sermons you may have missed from St Paul's?
Or just want to go back over something?
We are recording lots of talks from our Sunday services, as well as other teaching we offer, to help go back over what God might have to say over the weeks.
25th August 2024:
Feast: The Wedding Banquet
Matthew 22: 1-14
Revd Matthew looks at Jesus's parable of the Wedding Banquet - are we ready to accept God's invitation to the amazing feast he is preparing for us? But are we willing to change for Jesus? Where do we need his transformation in our lives?
1st September 2024:
Feast: The feast of bread and wine
1 Corinthians 11: 23-26
Mark 14: 22-25
Every week we feast together, alongside Christians all over the world - that ordinary but extraordinary feast of bread and wine at the Lord's table. Revd Abby asks why Jesus called us to share bread and wine together.
18th August 2024:
Feast: Raisin cakes, fig cakes and grain
1 Samuel 25: 2-19, 23-35
Sometimes a wonderful feast can be no more than a tool in a bigger plan. Revd Abby looks at how Abigail used food as a key part of her plan to reduce tension and make peace with David, when he was set on revenge. What can we take from her story?
11th August 2024:
Feast: Manna and quail in the desert
Numbers 11: 4-20
After the miracles that God did to release his people from slavery in Egypt, they should have been full of gratitude when he provided food in the wilderness. Revd Matthew asks why they grumbled instead and what we can learn from their reaction.
4th August 2024:
Feast: Breakfast on the beach
John 21: 4-19
Why did the risen Jesus choose to repeat a miracle of a catch of fish and then feed his disciples breakfast? Lou Peet thinks about why we should be ready to see Jesus in unexpected places and to feast with him.
28th July 2024:
Feast: Elijah and the flour and oil
1 Kings 17: 2-16
Revd John thinks through the significance of bread in the bible and how important this story of shared bread is throughout scripture. The widow had almost nothing to offer Elijah- how can God honour the little we can offer and increase it?
21st July 2024:
Feast: Five loaves and two fish
Psalm 65
Mark 6: 30-44
We begin our summer sermon series, Feast, thinking about what Jesus did with just five loaves and two fish - feeding more than 5000 people. Bishop Saju asks what little thing Jesus might be asking us to offer to make a big difference.
14th July 2024:
Faith Works: Connection
James 5: 12-20
Luke 6: 27-36
James ends his letter with lots of reasons to pray and lots of ways to pray. Mary Morris delves into this subject, thinking about some of things that connecting with God in prayer can do for us, in us and with us.
7th July 2024:
Faith Works: Judging or Humility
James 4: 11-17
James has much to say about judging others. Revd Matthew thinks about the temptation we often feel to judge others and whether we are serious about focussing on building others up instead of judging them!
30th June 2024:
Faith Works: Making Peace
James 3:13—4:10
Matthew 5: 1-12
James gets tough about our motives and what will bear fruit in the lives of followers of Jesus. Rosie Lee explores what we need to think about to make sure that we make peace and bring Godly wisdom into the situations we find ourselves.
23rd June 2024:
Faith Works: Taming the Tongue
James 3: 1-12
Matthew 15: 1-11
Revd Matthew thinks about the impact that our words can have on the world and asks what James has to say about training and taming the tongue. How do our words and attitudes reflect what is in our hearts and heads?
16th June 2024:
Faith Works: Faith and Deeds
James 2:14–26
Matthew 17: 14-21
Revd Abby looks at the second of our passages from James - thinking about the tough questions he asks about whether we really do live out the faith we say we have? If we are saved by faith, are we being messages as well as messengers?
Archived sermon series
Catch up with whole sermon series at the following links, as this page changes each week....
Autumn 2023: The 5 Rs - key values for discipleship
Spring 2024: Journeys of Faith
June/July 2024: Faith Works - lessons from the letter of James
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