Preached on Sunday 24th April 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The eighth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
1. Rejoice when only Jesus gets the Bride (22-30)
2. Rejoice in what only Jesus can give her (31-36)
2. The Dawn Overcomes (Lam 3)
Preached on Easter Sunday, 17th April 2022, by Rupert Hunt Taylor
1. Hope Buried: 15-18
When God is angry, human hope is stifled in the grave
2. Hope Remembered 19-24
Because God is God, hope can always be found in Him
3. Hope Shared 25-27
Because Jesus rose, we can trust God’s goodness to us
1. The Enemy Has Triumphed (Lam 1)
Preached on Palm Sunday, 10th April 2022, by Rupert Hunt Taylor
A soundtrack to the suffering of exile
1. The Crimson Stain
• Lonely isolation
• Shameful degradation
• Bitter realisation
“Is there any sorrow like my sorrow?” (v12)
2. The Crucified Saviour
• Departed majesty
• Desecrated temple
• Deriding foes
7. The most shocking verse in the Bible (John 3:16-21)
Preached on Sunday 3rd April 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The seventh sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
1. “For” | The shocking result of God’s love (16a)
The giving over to death of his only Son
2.“World” | The shocking reach of God’s love (16a)
This entire, dark, God-hating world
3. “Whoever” | The shocking reason for God’s love (16b-17)
The salvation of anyone… who looks with faith at the cross
• A very moral man? (3:1-15)
• A very immoral woman? (4:7-42)
4. “Loved” | The shocking response to God’s love (18-21)
The rejection of goodness, or the embrace of exposure
6. What Jesus sees in our hearts (John 2:23-3:15)
Preached on Sunday 27th March 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The sixth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
1. Whoever we are, the night claims us 2:23 – 3:3
Our heart, mind and will are darker than we know
2. Only Christ’s Spirit can change us 3:4-8
We cannot give birth to our own spiritual life
3. So cry to the one sent to save us 3:9-15
Jesus alone knows the way to new life, and makes it possible
• Guide
• Guarantee
5. Love that Burns: What Makes Jesus Angry? (John 2:13-22)
Preached on Sunday 20th March 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The fifth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
1. Consumed by zeal: 13-17
Jesus burns for his Father’s honour
• Malachi 3:1-3 (A God who will purify Israel’s sacrifices)
• Psalm 69:9 (A king rejected through his zeal for God’s temple)
2. Consumed for zeal: 18-22
Jesus’ body is the place we can honour him
• A demonstration: Jesus has authority to judge his temple
• An invitation: Jesus is the true and final temple (Rev 21:22)
The true family of God, born of the Word of God (1 Thessalonians 2:6-16)
Preached on Sunday 13th March2022 by Peter Dickson
A one-off sermon
4. The Bringer of Joy (John 2:1-12)
Preached on Sunday 6th March 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The fourth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
What sort of God shows his glory like this? (v11)
1. The Crisis: a people starved of joy (v1-5)
• Where is the Bridegroom?
• How things should be in the promised land (Song of Songs 5:1)
• “My Hour” (4:21,23; 5:25,28; 7:6,8,30; 8:20; 12:23,27; 13:1; 16:2,21; 17:1)
• “That Day” – a promised messianic banquet (Isa 25:6-9; Amos 9:11-15)
Follow the Sign:
2. Rich rejoicing waits for the Bridegroom’s hour (v6-12)
The sign itself (6-8)
• Lavish provision
• Water and cleansing (1:33; 2:6 3:5; 4:10; 5:7; [6:19]; 7:38)
• Fulfilment: from watery washing to potent rejoicing
The glory it points to (9-11)
• A true bridegroom and bringer of joy (made explicit from 3:29)
• Just a taste: we are saved in hope of a wedding feast to come
3. The opener of hearts and of heaven (John 1:35-51)
Preached on Sunday 27th February 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The third sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
Who is seeking who?
1. The Lamb who opens hearts
Day three: vv35-42
John the Witness points two disciples to Jesus: Andrew and (John?)
Andrew finds, tells & brings: Simon Peter
Day four: vv43-51
Jesus himself searches out Phillip
Philip finds, tells & brings: Nathaniel
2. The King who opens heaven
Jacob’s dream: Genesis 28:10-22
The Son of Man: Daniel 7:13
So come and see, and stay with Jesus!
3. Being Tempted and Trusting God (James 1:13-18)
Preached on Sunday 2oth February 2022 by Rob Cardew
The third sermon in an occasional series on the book of James: No Direction Home
Sermon Notes:
1. God’s will is to deliver us from evil (13-15)
2. God’s will is to raise us by his word of truth (16-18)
2. Look at the Life-Giving Lamb! (John 1:19-34)
Preached on Sunday 13th February 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The second sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
Sermon Notes:
1. Look away from the servant in the lime-light… (v19-28)
3 deflected questions:
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
What do you think you’re doing?
Background: A voice preparing the way for God (Isa 40:1-5)
2. …And look at the life-giving lamb (v29-34)
3 destiny-shaping answers:
Lamb
Lord
Life-Giver
Background: The Spirit-filled Messiah (Isa 11:2, 42:1, 61:1)
1. Love Eternal Speaks (John 1:1-18)
Preached on Sunday 6th February 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The first sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
Sermon Notes:
A Prologue: Not Just Words.
1. Love Eternal: The God with God behind time
2. Love Shared: The God sent to search through the darkness
Sent:
- to the world, v10-11:
Ch 1-12 (Public ministry, faith, believe”)
- to claim his own, v12:
Ch 13-21 (Private ministry, “love”)
3. Love Known: The God of all Glory and Grace
What Does God Think About Abortion?
Preached on Sunday 30thJanuary 2022 by Dave Brennan
A one-off sermon by Dave Brennan from Brephos
Sermon Notes:
What does God think about abortion? Luke 10:25-37
1. Who is my neighbour?
When does life begin? What makes us valuable?
2. What is happening to my neighbour?
What takes place during an abortion?
3. What must I do for my neighbour?
What does a truly Christlike response to abortion look like?
2. Under Trial and Trusting God (James 1:1-12)
Preached on Sunday 23rd January 2022 by Rob Cardew
The second sermon in an occasional series on the book of James: No Direction Home
Sermon Notes:
1. The steadfast under trial know it’s joy for the soul
2. The steadfast under trial trust God’s gracious wisdom
3. The steadfast under trial fall deeper in love with God
1. Beware the Double-Minded Path (Jas 1:1-4; 5:19-20)
Preached on Sunday 16th January 2022 by Rob Cardew
The first sermon in an occasional series on the book of James: No Direction Home
Sermon Notes:
1. God’s people live as exiles from their true home
2. God’s truth is wild, so we are prone to wander
3. God’s forgiveness awaits those who return
In him we live and move and have our being: The doctrine of participation in the Christian life (Acts 17:16-34)
Preached on Sunday 2nd January 2022 by Matthew Baines
A one-off sermon
Sermon Notes:
1. Participation
2. Three pitfalls:
• Paganism
• Pantheism
• Pelagianism
3. Payoff