Sermon: Covenants
Sermon by Kenneth Padley Lent 3 2018 Exodus 20.1-17; John 3.14-21 Christians don’t always help ourselves with some of our complicated, technical words. The week before last, a friend of mine was teaching a lesson to a class of
Jesus’ strapline: The Kingdom of God
Sermon for the Second Sunday after Epiphany 2018.1.21 Jonah 3.1-5,10; I Corinthians 7.29-31; Mark 1.14-20 Kenneth Padley The best adverts have the most memorable straplines. There are dozens of these phrases that immediately call to mind a product
Sermon: Dreaming of a white Christmas? Think again!
Sermon for Advent IV; 2017.12.24; Kenneth Padley Are you dreaming of a White Christmas? Two Sundays ago those who battled through the blizzard conditions arrived at church in a winter idyll, the snow as deep and crisp and even
Sermon: ‘Mark’ and his ‘gospel’
For those snowed in, here’s this morning’s effort! Mark 1.1-8 10th December 2017 Mark’s ‘gospel’ Kenneth Padley Nineteen hundred and fifty years ago a writer sat down to write. We don’t know where the writer was writing. We
Sermon: what are angels? – and what they are not!
Revelation 12.7-12; Hebrews 1.5-14; John 1.47-51 Patronal Festival 1st October 2017 Kenneth Padley About fifteen months ago I noticed a significant increase in the number of people walking through St Michael’s churchyard. What was this new phenomenon? Was it
Sermon: does religion make us better people?!
Ezekiel 33.7-11; Psalm 119.33-40; Romans 13.8-14; Matthew 18.15-20 17th September 2017 Kenneth Padley Does religion make us better people? There are many in society who doubt or dispute this claim. And yet this morning’s readings all presume it, firmly
Sermon on Conflict 3rd September 2017
Jeremiah 15.15-21; Romans 12.9-21; Matthew 16.21-28 Kenneth Padley Alongside the selection of hymns which I give to couples preparing for marriage, I carry an unwritten list that I prefer them to avoid. I’m thinking here about ‘Dear Lord and
Sermon: Kenneth Padley on John 17.3
Working from the gospel for the Sunday after Ascension I drill down on what the controversial John 17.3 says about the Trinity and salvation plus contemporary issues surrounding dementia and terrorism. Sunday after Ascension Year A 2017.5.26