This sermon is based on Luke 11. 1-13. I hop about quite a bit so it's worth having the passage open in you Bible or a separate tab.
For added context I preached this sermon at a service my friend Pete was leading, as well as knowing each other since High School we also trained for Ordination together. He's the one I refer towards the end. How should we pray? It’s a common question, particularly among those coming to faith or starting to take it more seriously. And there have been countless books written on the subject by countless people. I’m reading one by Tim Keller at the moment, rather conveniently. But how should we pray? In Jesus’ day it was common practice for disciples to learn from their Rabbi a way to pray that was somewhat unique to that teacher, as John the Baptist taught his disciples. So the disciples aren’t unusual in making their request, they’ve seen him pray, watched him go off into quiet places gone looking for him while he is praying. Teacher, teach us how to pray. And Jesus gives us the masterclass in prayer.
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A sermon based on Luke 10.38-42 with reference to Genesis 18. 1-10.
Have you ever missed an amazing opportunity? Missed out because you were doing something else? When I was in my early teens I went to a music festival at Alton Towers with my youth group. I’d gone because one of my favourite bands at that time was opening, and in the run up to it I’d been listening to the music of the two headliners and really got into them too. Now when I got to the festival I really enjoyed my favourite band’s set. Then another band went up that I didn’t know but I listened to them. And then another band came on and I decided that actually, now would be a really good time to go to the merchandise tent at the back of the site to buy some CD’s, perhaps a t-shirt. And I spent the whole of their set in the merch tent, as I came out they were just finishing ready for the next band to play and I enjoyed the rest of the festival. This sermon was preached on the Feast of St Thomas the Apostle and is based on Ephesians 2. 19-22.
We often think new is better don’t we. The new iPhone will be better than the last one. If we get a new car or a new house we want it to be better than the last. And we have this wider sense that progress always pushes forwards, we’re always getting better. Our generation should be better than the one that came before it, which should have been better than the one which came before that. Newer means better, doesn't it? |
AuthorAn Anglican Curate in my 20's I was raised in an Anglican Church, went to a Youth Club run by an Evangelical Church, attended a Baptist Church while at Uni and was a member of a New Monastic Community after graduating. As such my faith has been influenced by these experiences and traditions into what I hope is a more rounded viewpoint. Archives
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