Sermons from 2016 (Page 2)
He too is a Son of Abraham
He too is a son of Abraham Sermon preached at Enmore, 24th Sunday after Pentecost, 30th October 2016 Reading: Luke 19.1–10. We are nearing the end of our journey with Luke and in today’s Gospel reading Jesus has almost reached Jerusalem, a journey which has taken up nine chapters of Luke’s narrative. The road up from the Jordan River to Jerusalem…
He turned back
He turned back Sermon preached at Enmore, 21st Sunday after Pentecost, 9th October 2016 Reading: Luke 17. 11–19. I remember as a child the one down side of Christmas and birthdays was the little ritual that my mother forced upon me. I would be sat down at a table, given a pen and paper and told to write a nice thank you note to the grandparents, uncles…
The Joy of the Gospel
The Joy of the Gospel Sermon preached at Enmore, St. Francis’ Day, October 2, 2016 Readings: Matthew 11.25–30; Galatians 6. 14–18; Genesis 1.26–31 Apart from Mary the mother of our Lord, Francis is probably the world’s best loved saint. In an age when we have become very conscious of our environment and the need to preserve it, Francis seems a man for…
Come and See
Sermon preached at Enmore, Feast of St.Michael and All Angels, Sunday 25th September 2016. Reading: John 1.43–51 “The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.†John’s Gospel is structured around encounters with Jesus. Again and again from the calling of the first disciples, to the Pharisee, Nicodemus, to the…
Clothed with Christ
Clothed with Christ Sermon preached at Enmore, Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 19th June 2016 Readings: Galatians 3.10–14; 23–29. Luke 8.26–39. At first reading the Gospel passage for today transports us into a world that is both alien and disturbing to our modern thinking. The picture of a deeply disturbed, possessed man living among the tombs seems very…