Category Archives: Sermons: Gospels

The Kingdom of God is a party, Jesus says (in Matthew 25) and this sounds rather familiar! Jesus talked a lot about parties. He gave us quite specific instructions on how we should hold parities: ‘Don’t just invite wealthy and … Continue reading →

Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. And so Jesus begins another of his great ‘party parables’. The Kingdom of … Continue reading →

“Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be … Continue reading →

“Sydney Under Siege” – that was the headline of Friday’s Sydney Morning Herald! “Sydney Under Siege – terror plot foiled, high alert for the next 18 months. Top terrorist recruiter Mohammad Ali Barayalei is behind an Islamic State plot to … Continue reading →

We may be on the brink of a Third World War! That’s probably not what you were hoping to hear from me this morning – not from the pulpit especially! Many of us gather inside these cloistered walls on a … Continue reading →

Jesus used parables to tell them many things. “Once there was a man who went out to sow grain. As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate … Continue reading →

“Come to me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) When I was a much younger man I attended a Pentecostal church for a while and I guess I did so … Continue reading →