Sermons
May
12
2013
Acts 22:3-16 - This is my story
ACTS 22.3-16: THIS IS MY STORY [Chelmsford 12 May 2013] CHAOS ON DAMASCUS ROAD - Did Aliens Cause Multi-Chariot Pile-Up? So begins an imaginary tabloid account of Paul’s conversion Road networks around Israel were thrown into chaos yesterday as chariots were caught up in a pile-up on one of the ...
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May
12
2013
James 1:1-18 - When life gets tough
JAMES 1.1-18: WHEN LIFE GETS TOUGH [Chelmsford 12 May 2013 evening] Over the next three moneths we will be looking at the letter of James. It is therefore appropriate to begin the series by first looking at the letter in general. “From James, a servant of God and of the ...
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Apr
07
2013
John 20:11-18 - Why are you crying?
[John 20.11-18] JOHN 20.11-18: WHY ARE YOU CRYING? [Sunday morning 7 April 2013] Easter has not come and gone. Easter is still with us. Christmas may have its 12 days, but Easter has its 50 days. Today is the second Sunday of Easter. In the church’s liturgical calendar there are ...
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Mar
31
2013
Matthew 28:1-10 - The women who stood by Jesus
[Matt 28.1-10] MATTHEW 28:1-8: THE WOMEN WHO STOOD BY JESUS [Chelmsford Easter Day – March 31 – 2013] It was Sherlock Holmes who said: “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”. I.e. only those with closed minds can dogmatically say: “Resurrections do not ...
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Mar
28
2013
Isaiah 53 - What a Saviour!
ISAIAH 53: WHAT A SAVIOUR! [Chelmsford Maundy Thursday 2013] ‘A penny for your thoughts’, we sometimes say to a friend, when we want to know what they are thinking. I would have given more than a penny to have known what Jesus was thinking in the last few days of ...
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Mar
24
2013
Matthew 27:35-36 - The criminals who died with him
[Matt 27.35-36] MATT 27.35-36: THE SOLDIERS WHO CRUCIFIED HIM Death by crucifixion was a well-known custom in the ancient world. It was practised in Egypt, Phoenicia, Carthage, Persia, Assyria, Scythia, and India, as well as in Greece and in Rome. Interestingly crucifixion was not a Jewish practice. Before the Romans ...
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Mar
03
2013
Matthew 26-27 - The priests who hated him
MATT 26.1-5, 57-67; 27.1-2, 41-43: THE PRIESTS WHO HATED HIM [Chelmsford 3 March 2013] Hatred, said Martin Luther King, paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. As part of our Lenten series on the Passion, I want to speak about ...
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Feb
24
2013
Matthew 26:14-16 - Judas who betrayed him
[Matt 26.14-16] MATT 26.14-16: JUDAS WHO BETRAYED HIM This week I read of how some years ago a pastor and two girls who belonged to his church were sentenced to death by the Chinese communists. The pastor was promised release if he would shoot the girls. He accepted. On the ...
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Feb
10
2013
Matthew 26:6-13 - Mary who loved Him
[Mk 14.3-9] MATT 26.6-13; MARY WHO LOVED HIM [Chelmsford 10 February 2013] When love is in the air the message of the florist is "Say it with flowers". This morning I want us to look at a woman who said it with perfume. I want us to look at Mary, ...
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Jan
13
2013
Ephesians 1:18-23 - Seeing and Believing
EPH 1.18-23: SEEING AND BELIEVING [Chelmsford 13 January 2013] I. SEEING For some people glasses are a fashion item. Alas for me, they are a necessity. Without glasses, I have poor vision. I first realised there was something wrong with my sight when as a 17 year old boy I ...
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