Precept & Practice – MARCH 29 – Only Temper
Keep me from wrath, let it seem e’er so right; my wrath will never work Thy righteousness. Incline mine heart to take men’s wrongs as Thou tak’st mine.
Category: Church of England
Stick or Twist (aka Turn or Burn) – A Sermon
How to Repent:
1. Stop doing the bad stuff.
2. Start doing the good stuff.
3. Give away the fruit of our penitence.
(We do not join the ‘God Squad’ for our benefit alone.)
An SOS for Jesus – A Sermon
Travelling with Jesus does not mean we are immune from storms. It does mean we are safe in the midst of them and are given the courage to follow Him more closely
Wonder Working Waiters – A Sermon
Jesus… doesn’t choose the powerful and capable to manifest his glory. He chooses corrupt tax collectors, penitent publicans, simple soldiers who are ‘only following orders’, women about whom your mother warned you, failed fisherfolk, and even us to be the workers of miracles that will transform a worn-out world into a feast overflowing with the finest of wine.
A Sermon: Batman & the Quest for the Lost Children
During ‘Twixtmas, like Mary & Joseph having been busy about the Festival we may have lost the Child at the centre of it. How will we use the rest of the season to find the One who came to find us?
A Sermon for Christmas Night: The Year in Review
May we, having witnessed the birth of the Babe of Bethlehem in our carols and our worship this night, become proclaimers of those same words to all those we meet this Christmas.
‘Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you;
he is the Messiah, the Lord.
Fear Not!’
A Sermon: Apocalypse When?
if we knew ‘the hour and the day’ of our Lord’s return we might be tempted to behave a little more like Christ as the Day approaches. And what kind of fair-weather (or more correctly Apocalyptic-weather) disciples would that prove us to be?
A Sermon: Dying to Live
The only power struggle in the Church of Christ should be that of competing for the last place!
True greatness is not found in ruling.
True greatness consists in serving!
A Sermon: Empty Handed Helpers
We cannot hold on to the blessings of Christ if our hands are wrapped around something, anything, else.
We will not enter into the joy of our Father if we continue to seek fulfilment in the things of this world.
Suffolk Vicar 