Sermons

Readings Ezekiel 37.1-14, Luke 24.13-35 Preacher Canon Robert Titley Every Easter the church dabbles in advertising. We work quite hard to let the world know about what we are doing in this most important week in the Christian year. Leaflets … Continue reading →

Reading Mark 16.1-8 Preacher Canon Robert Titley How would you like the story of your life to end? What would you like to be the words that left a lasting impression in people’s minds? Kindness? Reliability? Success (whatever success is for … Continue reading →

Sermon for Maundy Thursday (2012) Most people, I would imagine, have on occasion looked up into the night sky and been overwhelmed by the majesty of what they are seeing. And, as we now know, there are billions of stars … Continue reading →

Reading John 12.20-33 Preacher Canon Robert Titley   Since Ash Wednesday we have been directing our eyes towards the suffering and death of Jesus. The focus now narrows further, because today begins the season of Passiontide. There’s a word, ‘passion’. … Continue reading →

Sermon Sermon. Ruth Martin, St Mary Magdalene  Lent 4 . Choral Evensong Numbers 21 v 4-9, and Ephesians 2 v 1-10 May what we think and feel and say always be acceptable to you oh Lord, and may we be … Continue reading →

Reading Philippians 3:4b-14 Preacher The Revd Jane Speck – Chaplain, King’s College London Thank you for having me here this evening! It’s likely that this will be the last sermon I’ll preach for a while, so it feels like a great privilege … Continue reading →

Readings: Exodus 20.1-17 John 2.13-22 Preacher Canon Robert Titley The other day I went to Leeds with our daughter Julia for a university open day. It was a good day, and it had an artistic bonus, because in the unremarkable … Continue reading →

Readings: Exodus 12.1-9, Hebrews 11.1-16 Preacher Canon Robert Titley The reading from the letter to the Hebrews is all about faith – and what is faith? The New Testament uses the word in two ways: ‘faith’, an attitude of trust, … Continue reading →

Readings Genesis 17.1–7, 15, 16 Romans 4.13–end Preacher Canon Robert Titley Last week Noah and the flood. This week, more Old Testament giants, Abraham and Sarah. God promises them that, despite age and infertility, they will give birth to nations … Continue reading →

Sermon for Lent 2 (Year B) (St John’s 4th March 2012))   My intuition and my experience tell me that people find one thing difficult above all about the Christian belief in a loving God – and that is the … Continue reading →