Matthew 4:1-11 – The Temptations of Jesus

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here We have now entered the season of Lent, which is one of the most important seasons of the Christian liturgical year. And, at the outset we reflect on this passage from Matthew 4 about the temptation of...

Matthew 4:12-23 – “I will make you fish for people”

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here Last week, we thought about Luke’s version of the first day of Jesus’ ministry; how Jesus went into the synagogue and took the scroll of Isaiah and read a portion of it and then announced that the...

Matthew 4:18-22 – The call to mission

You can download this sermon as a Word document here. The call of St. Andrew, which we are celebrating here today is a call to mission: pure and simple. And if we are to be a church that reflects and lives out the spirit of Andrew, we too are called to a community...

Matthew 6:24-34 – Coping with stress and worry

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here It seems that whatever we do nowadays, we can’t escape from stress: life is stressful! In our homes, in our work, even in our leisure activities, we are put under stress that causes worry and anxiety....

Matthew 7:7-12 – Ask, Seek, Knock

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here Our daughter, Rebekah, is 25 now – but she still knows how to wrap me round her little finger! I won’t hear anything from her for a few weeks – and then a text arrives. It usually just says, “I...