Category: Sermons

1st Sunday in Easter – Sermon 7

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ Introduction Our two readings have something to say about hunger! – but –What is Hunger ? We’ve all seen the pictures on our televisions of Famines in…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off

Easter Sunday – Sermon 158

Prayer to start  May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMENIntroduction Is it too good to be true – that Jesus lived – and died and rose again? Most people have no problems with the first two…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off

Easter Sunday – Sermon 112

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the glory and honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction If you managed to get any of the Compline services last week – You’ll have been treated to something different Instead of the usual address…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off

Easter Sunday – Sermon 67

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction “Love” is probably the most talked about, written about, sung about word in the human vocabulary – when we think of love – we think…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off

6th Sunday of Easter – Sermon 69

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction What do we value most in life? The house we live in? the money we earn? The car we drive? The holidays we experience? Or…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off

2nd Sunday in Advent – Sermon 168

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction Telling the truth is not always easy – but God commands that we do it – Today we don’t often speak about lies – we…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off

4th Sunday of Easter – Sermon 30

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction “A city where no one rests in peace” just one of the newspaper headlines used to describe “Pristna” the capital city of Kosova after Kosovan…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off

2nd Sunday in Advent – Sermon 23

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thought of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN INTRODUCTION This week we light the second candle of our Advent wreath – and we focus especially on the prophets – to help us look again…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off

4th Sunday in Easter – Sermon 41

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction At the start Christian Aid week – we are reminded of the importance of providing food and aid – for those in need – to…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off

3rd Sunday of Advent – Sermon 77

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction Less than two weeks to go – and around seven posting days to Christmas – have you sent off all your Christmas cards yet? –…

By Derek Buckthorpe 13th February 2011 Off