Introduction ‘What then should we do?’ This is a dangerous question to ask of Jesus! Watch out, you will likely not be comforted by the answer… Luke 3:7-18 John said to
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Open the Gospel December – 8 December, 2 of Advent
Introduction ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’ This Advent season is all about preparing, but preparing what? How can we keep all the practical preparations in proportion
Open the Gospel December – 1 December, 1 of Advent
Introduction ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’ We live in unsettling times [to say the least]. What comfort and hope can we bring
Open the Gospel October – 24 November, Christ the King
Introduction ‘Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.’ How good are we at discerning Jesus’ voice in the clamour? How might we help others to listen to
Open the Gospel October – 17 November, Christ the King
Introduction ‘This is but the beginning of the birth pangs.’ Ministry often feels like a very long and painful labour hey? Let’s encourage one another that there is a happy
Open the Gospel October – 10 November, Remembrance Sunday
Introduction ‘Beware of the scribes… They will receive the greater condemnation.’ In a world raging with conflict, let’s discern together who the scribes we should be aware of are –
Open the Gospel October – 3 November, All Saints and All Souls
Introduction ‘This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on
Open the Gospel October – 27 October, last after Trinity
Introduction ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ What might you answer? How is our confidence to ask those big, audacious things of God? Mark 10.46–52 They came
Open the Gospel October – 20 October, 21 after Trinity
Introduction ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.’ If we’re honest, aren’t we often just as outrageous in our requests? Even if it’s not
Open the Gospel October – 13 October, 20 after Trinity
Introduction ‘Why do you call me good?’ Another of those simple, yet unbelievably complex, questions of Jesus’. What does good look like; for us personally, as worshipping communities, as a
Open the Gospel October – 6 October, 19 after Trinity
Introduction Those Pharisees, focussing on outward appearances when Jesus is so clearly interested in the inner life! Easy to see from our vantage point – but are we any better?
Open the Gospel September – 29 September, Trinity 18
‘Whoever is not against us is for us.’ The church hasn’t always be open to working with people of peace – it can feel like a minefield. But are we
Open the Gospel September – 22 September, 17 after Trinity
‘What were you arguing about on the way?’ What arguments do we get into, and how much damage do they do? When is it worth arguing, and when does it lead
Open the Gospel September – 8 September, 15 after Trinity
Reading: Mark 7.24-37 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there.
Open the Gospel September – 15 September, 16 after Trinity
‘Who do people say that I am?’ is one of those questions Jesus asked that exposed so much. It’s a great question to be asking in our preaching context. As
Open the Gospel September – 1 September, 14 after Trinity
Reading: Mark 7.1-8,14,15,21-23 Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled


