Blessed (Psalm 1)

Please see below a recording of a sermon I gave this morning on the first psalm. Thanks to everyone at church and hope you enjoy the message.

Misery into Hope (Micah 7:1–10)

It was a pleasure and an honour to preach at church yesterday we have been working our way through the book of Micah, and finally reached the last chapter.

The chapter opens with a rather bleak picture, but turns to the Lord in hope. You might find it helpful to read Micah 7: 1–10 before listening.

A cartoon image of a man hiding in a bush with a long butterfly net, ready to pounce 

Finding Hope in the Midst of Turmoil: Unlocking Micah 5

As always, it was a pleasure to preach at our church this morning. Today’s passage was particularly challenging, and I must admit I found it quite hard to bring the message together. Here’s the passage, followed by the audio of what I said. Apologies for the audio quality which was not the best.

Micah 5:1-6 (NLT)
1 Mobilize! Marshal your troops!
The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem.
They will strike Israel’s leader
in the face with a rod.
A Ruler from Bethlehem
2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
are only a small village among all the people of Judah.
Yet a ruler of Israel,
whose origins are in the distant past,
will come from you on my behalf.
3 The people of Israel will be abandoned to their enemies
until the woman in labor gives birth.
Then at last his fellow countrymen
will return from exile to their own land.
4 And he will stand to lead his flock with the LORD’s strength,
in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God.
Then his people will live there undisturbed,
for he will be highly honored around the world.
5 And he will be the source of peace.
When the Assyrians invade our land
and break through our defenses,
we will appoint seven rulers to watch over us,
eight princes to lead us.
6 They will rule Assyria with drawn swords
and enter the gates of the land of Nimrod.
He will rescue us from the Assyrians
when they pour over the borders to invade our land.

Beyond Doubt: John 20: 19–31

As ever, it was a tremendous privilege to speak at this morning’s church service. Continuing our Easter services, we were looking at the gospel of John and share below my sermon which I hope you enjoy.

A cartoon image of doubting Thomas standing in the middle of a room looking sceptical 

The star, the journey and the Word 

As ever, it was a real privilege to share the message at my church this morning. Please see below a recording which I hope you enjoy. God bless you this Christmas time 

Humility, Compassion and Authority

As ever, it was a great pleasure to speak at my church yesterday morning.

We have been studying the book of Luke, and yesterdays passage cover the first 17 verses of Luke 7.

I share below a copy of the recording, which I hope you enjoy. The microphone picked up a fair bit of background noise which I hope does not spoil your enjoyment.

900 years (audio)

As always, it was a great honour to speak at my church service yesterday morning. This time, in particular, was special as the church celebrated its 900th anniversary!

A paint by numbers of the church building, contributed to by the entire church family

I share below a recording of the message, based on Luke 4.

Apologies that the sound quality is not the best, but I hope you’re still able to hear what I say clearly.

Enjoy and God bless, and here’s to the next 900 years!

My witnesses (audio)

Several weeks ago, my church held its annual meeting – APCM. I was hoping to speak at the service beforehand, but unfortunately was unwell. In preparation for the service, I was able to record the version of my sermon which I share below.

I hope you enjoy and are blessed by this.

The Lost Sheep (Audio)

As ever, it was a great privilege to be able to speak at our church is lent meeting yesterday evening.

Over the course of Lent, we are thinking about Luke 15 in the three “lost “parables. I gave a brief message last night about the parable of the lost sheep and I share the recording below.

I hope you enjoy!

Humility & Baptism (Luke 3:15-22)

As always, it was an immense privilege to be able to share with God’s people at my church this weekend. I share below a recording of the message which I hope you enjoy.

A dove

Here is the text from Luke 3 for your reference:

The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah. 16 John answered them all, “I baptize you with[a] water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” 18 And with many other words John exhorted the people and proclaimed the good news to them.

19 But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, 20 Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”

Luke 3:15-22 NIV

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire Luke3:16 #NIV #Bible

Palm Sunday talk

A sermon I preached on Palm Sunday several years ago now… Hope you enjoy

Lost in Paris #TestimonyTuesday

In this audio clip, Andy shares a story of a time he and a group of friends were lost in Paris.

The Eiffel Tower in Paris

In case you missed any of my previous posts…