Sermons
Abraham, Sarah, Hagar and babies
Sarah, Abraham, Hagar, and Laughing Boy. Genesis 15-21. Looking at a lot of complicated hurts, plus a happy ending (of sorts). Abraham and Sarah received three great promises from God:… Read more
Abraham and Sarah in the land – the mysterious Melchizedek and being good neighbours.
Abraham and Sarah – Immigrants who learn to live with their neighbours. Abraham and Sarah are promised that they will possess the land of Canaan, but that doesn’t happen in… Read more
God works through Abraham and Sarah to reverse the impact of sin and evil
Following on from the confusion of languages after the Tower of Babel, people were on the move, seeking out places to settle down. Abraham are part of that general movement… Read more
Tower of Babel. Group entitlement falls over.
In Genesis 11, when everyone still spoke a common language, we hear of a people who wanted to be secure and stay together, by building a city featuring a tower… Read more
Noah and the flood
This is not just a children’s story. From Genesis chapters 3 – 6 , the effects of sin reach up even into the heavens, with the ‘sons of God’ (some… Read more
Cain and Abel. God’s grace in a terrible situation. Genesis 4:1-16. Learning to be aware what is happening inside us, and then learning to bring that to God.
In Genesis 4 we glimpse life after Adam and Eve have eaten the fruit from the one tree they were told not to. Thinking of this as the Tree of… Read more
Genesis 3 The Fall. Can’t go back to naïve innocence.
Genesis 3 includes so much: a tricky snake who lies about God; Eve who adds extra words to what God has said; Adam who stands there saying and doing nothing…. Read more
Job descriptions of God in Genesis 2
Here are some of the things we named during the sermon time on Sunday, as we looked at the actions of God. Forming the man from the dust of the… Read more
Genesis 1
We started our journey through Genesis by looking at Chapter 1, God creating the world in 6 days and resting on the 7th. We explored a number of themes. 1…. Read more
The Wedding at Cana
This is a very simple account: Jesus attends a local wedding, the wine runs out during the week long celebrations, his mum tells him to help, so 600 l of… Read more