Sermons

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Date Church Year Title Passage Preacher
8 February 2026 Sexagesima Shouldn’t I be ashamed of how tiny my church is? 2 Corinthians 11:19-12:9 Pete Myers
1 February 2026 Septuagesima What will keep these boys, baptised today, in the Christian faith? 1 Corinthians 9:24-10:5 Pete Myers
25 January 2026 Transfiguration Why does trying to prove God actually silence him? 2 Peter 1:16-21 Pete Myers
18 January 2026 Epiphany 2 How does my life matter? Romans 12:6-16 Pete Myers
11 January 2026 Epiphany 1 Why does my life matter? Romans 12:1-6 Pete Myers
4 January 2026 Christmas 2 Don’t I deserve better than to suffer like this? 1 Peter 4:12-19 Pete Myers
28 December 2025 Christmas 1 Having no strategy, credibility, networks, money, or numbers—is our church dead? Isaiah 11:1-5 Pete Myers
21 December 2025 Advent 4 Why are Lutherans controversial—even at Christmas? Isaiah 40:9-11 Pete Myers
14 December 2025 Advent 3 Aren’t I too important to need Christmas? Isaiah 40:1-8 Pete Myers
7 December 2025 Advent 2 How does Christmas actually fix anything? Malachi 4:1-6 Pete Myers
30 November 2025 Advent 1 Why does Christmas kill the idea of “Christian Britain”? Jeremiah 23:5-8 Pete Myers
23 November 2025 Last Sunday Have I ruined my life for good? Isaiah 65:17-25 Pete Myers
16 November 2025 Trinity 22 Should I forgive when they’re not really sorry? Matthew 18:21-35 Pete Myers
9 November 2025 Trinity 21 How can God’s law—so often felt as a burden—become for the Christian a source of joy, peace, and blessing? Psalm 119:1-8 Lars Borgström
2 November 2025 Trinity 20 Why go to church if God already loves you? Matthew 22:1-14 Pete Myers
26 October 2025 Reformation Is God angry with me? Romans 3:19-28 Pete Myers
19 October 2025 Trinity 18 How can I trust a God who loves “Islamic Terrorists”? Deuteronomy 10:12-21 Pete Myers
12 October 2025 Trinity 17 How do I get GENUINE approval? Proverbs 25:6-14 Pete Myers
5 October 2025 Trinity 16 Should we just give up? 1 Kings 17:17-24 Pete Myers
28 September 2025 Trinity 15 Why is God’s Word not reasonable? 1 Kings 17:8-16 Pete Myers
21 September 2025 Trinity 14 God does NOT reward good behaviour! — Why? Deuteronomy 8:10-18 Pete Myers
14 September 2025 Trinity 13 Am I nice enough — within reason? Luke 10:23-37 Pete Myers
7 September 2025 Trinity 12 How could an atheist ever come to faith in Jesus? Mark 7:31-37 Pete Myers
31 August 2025 Trinity 11 Why would Jesus not feel assured by Calvin? John 18:9-14 Pete Myers
24 August 2025 Trinity 10 If God’s in a good mood with everyone—then why do some people still go to Hell? Luke 19:41-48 Pete Myers
17 August 2025 Trinity 9 How do Christians behave—and does it really matter? Luke 16:1-9 Pete Myers
10 August 2025 Trinity 8 What churches does Jesus want me to avoid? Matthew 7:15-23 Pete Myers
3 August 2025 Trinity 7 Does Jesus care about the things that matter to me? Mark 8:1-9 Josiah Myers
20 July 2025 Trinity 5 How is Jesus actually relevant to me and the things I care about? Luke 5:1-11 Pete Myers
13 July 2025 Trinity 4 What kind of person do you want to be? Luke 6:36-42 Pete Myers
29 June 2025 Trinity 2 What’s the only way to make God angry? Luke 14:16-24 Pete Myers
22 June 2025 Trinity 1 What does an honest conscience say? Luke 16:19-31 Pete Myers
15 June 2025 Holy Trinity Do I have real faith? John 3:1-15 Pete Myers
8 June 2025 Pentecost What does it mean to be spiritual? John 14:23-31 Pete Myers
1 June 2025 Easter 7 How does the Spirit speak today? John 15:26-16:4 Pete Myers
25 May 2025 Easter 6 If we have the Spirit—what’s the point of praying? John 16:23-30 Pete Myers
18 May 2025 Easter 5 Why does Manchester need the Holy Spirit? John 16:5-15 Pete Myers
11 May 2025 Easter 5 How does the Spirit turn sadness into joy? John 16:16-22 Pete Myers
4 May 2025 Easter 3 Am I in plan B, C or Z of a life that should be so much better? John 10:11-16 Pete Myers
27 April 2025 Easter 2 How can I believe without evidence? John 20:19-31 Pete Myers
20 April 2025 Easter Day What does God do when you fail Him? Mark 16:1-8 Pete Myers
13 April 2025 Palm Sunday Should the church try to transform politics? Matthew 21:1-9 Pete Myers
6 April 2025 Lent 5 Why do people hate Jesus’ undeserved love? John 8:46-59 Pete Myers
30 March 2025 Lent 4 Where can I get enough? John 6:1-15 Pete Myers
23 March 2025 Lent 3 How can good defeat evil? Luke 11:14-28 Pete Myers
16 March 2025 Lent 2 When God is silent—what then? Matthew 15:21-28 Pete Myers
9 March 2025 Lent 1 Where does evil come from? Genesis 3:1-19 Pete Myers
2 March 2025 Quinquagesima Why does the Bible make no sense? Luke 18:31-43 Pete Myers
23 February 2025 Sexagesima If God’s Word is so powerful, why isn’t everyone a Christian? Luke 8:4-15 Pete Myers
16 February 2025 Septuagesima Don’t I deserve to go to heaven? Matthew 20:1-16 Pete Myers
9 February 2025 Transfiguration Why is suffering necessary? Matthew 17:1-9 Pete Myers
2 February 2025 Epiphany 4 Why give up everything to follow Jesus? Matthew 8:23-27 Pete Myers
26 January 2025 Epiphany 3 Can you have saving faith without works? Matthew 8:1-13 Pete Myers
19 January 2025 Epiphany 2 Where can you see God? John 2:1-11 Pete Myers
12 January 2025 Baptism of Our Lord How can I belong? Matthew 3:13-17 Pete Myers
5 January 2025 Epiphany Who, or what, is guiding your life? Matthew 2:1-12 Pete Myers
29 December 2024 Christmas 1 How can Christ be true if so few people follow him seriously? Luke 2:33-40 Pete Myers
22 December 2024 Advent 4 Who should you stop thinking about this Christmas? John 1:19-28 Pete Myers
15 December 2024 Advent 3 Isn’t Jesus just too pathetic to take seriously? Matthew 11:2-10 Pete Myers
8 December 2024 Advent 2 Why do we experience anxiety? Luke 21:25-36 Pete Myers
24 November 2024 Last Sunday Is Jesus worth waiting for? Matthew 25:1-13 Pete Myers
17 November 2024 Trinity 25 What’s God doing about all the evil? Matthew 24:15-28 Pete Myers
10 November 2024 Trinity 24 Is following Jesus laughable? Matthew 9:18-26 Pete Myers
3 November 2024 All Saints What does it mean to be blessed? Matthew 5:1-12 Pete Myers
27 October 2024 Reformation Why are we Lutheran? John 8:31-36 Pete Myers
20 October 2024 Trinity 21 How does faith grow? John 4:46-54 Pete Myers
13 October 2024 Trinity 20 Why do people reject Jesus? Matthew 22:1-14 Pete Myers
6 October 2024 Trinity 19 What is Jesus really all about? Matthew 9:1-8 Pete Myers
29 September 2024 Trinity 18 What’s the point of life? Matthew 22:34-46 Pete Myers
22 September 2024 Trinity 17 What does love look like under the microscope? Luke 14:1-11 Pete Myers
15 September 2024 Trinity 16 What difference do words make? Luke 7:11-17 Pete Myers
8 September 2024 Trinity 15 What comforts you when you worry? Matthew 6:24-34 Pete Myers
1 September 2024 Trinity 14 Does your faith work? Luke 17:11-19 Pete Myers