John 1:1-14 – Don’t listen to this sermon!

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here I’m going to give you the greatest Christmas present you could ever receive this morning. What’s the greatest present? I’m going to preach A Really Short Sermon! Look at all your faces lighting up!!! And...

John 1:1-14 – Bringing Christ to the local community

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here If you want to see a Vicar looking depressed, go round his or her house at about 7.30pm on 20 December: any year will do… It’s pretty much always at that time that a Vicar sits down to write the...

John 1:1-14 – Words and worlds

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here Words are so powerful, aren’t they? We have to be very careful how we use words because once something has been said, or a letter or e-mail has been written, those words can’t be unsaid and they can’t be...

John 1:1-14 – Welcoming Christ

You can download this sermon as a Word document here This passage from John’s Gospel is so well known. We hear it every Christmas, and it becomes so familiar that the depth of it is often lost on us. This morning, I just want to pick up on one verse in the passage:...

John 1:1-14 – God has moved into the neighbourhood

You can download this sermon as a Word document here “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us…” Here is an incredible message for us to hear; announced by the angels, received by the shepherds, pursued by the wise men, feared by Herod, ignored by the world, loved by...

John 1:1-14 – Social media and mission

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here It was distressing last week to hear the news of the teenager Molly Russell who committed suicide and the anguish of her family in their loss. And it was a story that made the news particularly because...