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David and Bathsheba

Posted on16 September 202416 September 2024

Read Canon Chris’s sermon from 28 July on what we can learn about sin and forgiveness from the story of David and Bathsheba. Download the pdf here.

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Jesus Reveals Himself

Read Rowan Callick’s sermon for 22 September 2024. Download the pdf here

A servant-heart (22 September)

From Rowan Callick Today’s readings are an especially eclectic collection: a description of “a wife of noble character”, the very first psalm comparing the wicked with those who “delight in the law of the Lord”, and James imploring us to “control our tongues”, even while fearing this to be a hopeless aim. Our gospel from…

Bread of Life

Read Canon Chris’s sermon from 4 August on the meaning of Jesus’ saying: ‘I am the Bread of life’. Download the pdf here.

Feast of St James

Read Canon Chris’s sermon from 21 July on the Feast of St James the Great. Download the pdf here

Living the faith (15 September)

From Fr Stephen Delbridge As we continue to read through the Letter of James and juxtapose our readings from Mark’s Gospel we are called to be mindful of who we are and how we live. James is vigorous in his declaration that faith requires works and Jesus is vigorous in his holding of the tensions…

‘Faith without works is dead’ (8 September)

From Fr Stephen Delbridge Canon Christopher alerted us last Sunday to these weeks that we will spend in James’ Letter. Last Sunday we had the line: ‘be doers of the word and not hearers only’. Today we have the follow-up verse: ‘faith without works is dead’ (!). We can match this verse with the actions…

Be doers of the word (1 September)

For the next five weeks our Sunday epistle readings come from the epistle of James. It is a practical and straightforward letter, attributed to James, the brother of Jesus, which emphasises the importance of living out one’s faith through actions. James declares ‘faith without works is dead’ (2: 17). The letter includes themes of perseverance,…

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