Notes of a sermon preached at Holy Trinity, Norwich, on the morning of Sunday 11th August, 2024. It was part of a short series covering the first four chapters of the Book of Proverbs.
How would you like to live a long, healthy, and successful life?
You’ve come to the right place!
Long life. Keep God’s commands, and you will live a long and successful life, v1f
Honour. Be loving and faithful, and you will win the favour of both God and man, v3f.…
Video and notes of a sermon preached on the morning of Sunday, 9th June, 2024 at Holy Trinity, Norwich.
On Palm Sunday, 2017, bombers destroyed two historic Coptic churches in Egypt. Nearly 50 parishioners were killed and 100 others were injured. Just hours after the blast, Father George stood before his packed congregation and delivered ‘A message to those who kill us’:
‘Thankyou,’ he said. Thankyou, because you have given the dead the honour of dying as Christ died; because the victims are now with Christ, which is better by far; because your actions have made people mindful of their eternal destinies. …
Video and notes of a sermon preached at St Andrew’s Eaton (Norwich) on Sunday 2nd June 2024.
‘Spiritual failure is more often a slow leak than a burst tyre.’
So it was with King Saul. He looked every inch a king. But deep character flaws led to rash decisions and foolish choices.
To mention just one: Saul made his troops swear, on pain of death, that they would not eat any food until they had won a certain battle. …
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: your child at death’s door.
There is a spark of faith; a tiny seed. And see what happens as this tiny seed engages with a mighty Saviour. Watch as it grows, flowers, and brings forth fruit.
(a) He comes, v47. He has heard that Jesus has been doing amazing things. He is in desperate need. So he comes. 17 miles. ‘Faith is the foot that runs to Christ, the hand that takes Christ, the eye that sees him.’…
I guess that for most of us, Christmas and birthday are among the most exciting times of the year, because of the gifts we receive. Have you noticed that the gifts we get the most pleasure from are often not the most costly ones? What parent has not spent quite a lot of money on some marvelous new toy, only for the child to get hours of enjoyment from playing with the box the toy came in!…
[Notes of a talk given at the Service of Thanksgiving for God’s goodness during the recent illness and ongoing recovery of Sarah Mason. Holy Trinity Norwich, at 2pm on Saturday 8th July 2023]
‘Consider it pure joy’ – Really?
James 1:2f – ‘Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds.’
Or as a well-known saying puts it:
‘God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.’…
A sermon preached at Holy Trinity, Norwich, on Sunday 20th November, 2002.
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Text: Psalm 28
Wouldn’t it be great if
We don’t know what David’s problem was, exactly. But it was serious and persistent.
Just like some of the problems faced by Christians today:
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[A short talk, delivered at a mid-week prayer meeting.]
Hebrews 6:9-12
In her first Christmas broadcast as Queen in 1952, Her Majesty asked people to pray for her: ‘Pray that God may give me wisdom and strength to carry out the solemn promises I shall be making, and that I may faithfully serve him and you all the days of my life.’
The heartfelt desire of the writer to the Hebrews is that his readers may faithfully serve God and one another all the days of their lives.…
