Preached on Sunday 19th June 2022 by Matthew Baines
A one-off sermon
Sermon Notes:
#Blessed
Three important principles
Blessings
The poor in spirit
The mourners
The meek
The hungry and thirsty for righteousness
The merciful
The pure in heart
The peacemakers
The persecuted
Be Glad and Rejoice
Preached on Sunday 12th June 2022, by Rupert Hunt Taylor
A one-off sermon on Psalm 133
1. God is a joy best shared (v1)
2. God’s blessings pour down when we do (v2-3)
Like sacred oil, that belongs in no-one else’s beard (v2)
Like life-giving dew, that belongs nowhere else on earth (v3)
Preached on Sunday 5th June 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The twelfth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John:
From the Father’s Heart
1. The strangest ‘So’ in the Bible: 43-48
When mankind is at its most superficial and selfish,
Jesus gives himself.
2. The kindest ‘No’ in the Bible: 49-54
When life is at its most real and raw,
Jesus gives his word.
Preached on Sunday 29th May 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The eleventh sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
1. What the uncertain evangelist has 27-30, 39-42
2. What the unpromising apostles lack 31-38
Look at the love willed in eternity
Look at the calendar written into your Bible
Look at the joy waiting for you in the world
Preached on Sunday 22nd May 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The tenth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
If only you knew the Gift of God!
• “Living water”?
• Satisfaction?
• Cleansing?
• Eternal life?
• The Holy Spirit?
• True, spiritual worship?
1. What Jesus gives to us: Not just benefits, but a bridegroom
The Gift: Christ himself, though his Spirit, with every blessing in his hands
Christ alone possesses the Spirit “without measure”, and every gift of the Father is placed in his hands (3:34-35)
God himself is “living water” his people need (Jer 2:13)
Drink from Christ, receive the living water of his Spirit (7:37, 39)
So What: No a ‘second blessing’, but more of Jesus
2. What Jesus wants for us: Not just mercy, but a marriage
A thirst we never knew we had: a temple for honest sinners to worship in
Preached on Sunday 15th May 2022, by Rupert Hunt-Taylor
The ninth sermon of our series in the Gospel of John: From the Father’s Heart
Listen for the wedding bells…
The shocking bride: From heaven he came and sought her
The shocking gift: …to be his holy bride!
So how wide is Jesus’ great ‘whoever’? (3:16)
The scandalous bride Christ loves and redeems:
Discarded
Disgraced
Disinterested
Desperate
Dirty
Water that brings beauty out of brokenness (Ezek 47:1-12)
Preached on Sunday 8th May 2022 by Rob Cardew
The fifth sermon in an occasional series on the book of James: No Direction Home
Sermon Notes:
Love Born of desire shows partiality (1-7)
Love born of mercy shows mercy (8-13)
Preached on Sunday 1st May 2022 by Rob Cardew
The fourth sermon in an occasional series on the book of James: No Direction Home
Sermon Notes:
1.God’s word leads to living in purity and truth (19-21)
2. God’s word leads to a special selfless love (22-27)
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)
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
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
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
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
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)
Preached on Sunday 13th March2022 by Peter Dickson
A one-off sermon
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