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Matthew 5.33-37 – Commit

“Yes,” or “No” that is all we need to say we read in the Gospel passage for this weekend. Yet how often have we heard someone say I’ll try and make that event, whilst inside...

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Matthew 5.17-20 – A Heart For The Law

Many of our friends believe that the Bible is just full of rules, and to be fair you can hardly blame them. They may know nothing else in the Bible, but they will know of...

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APCM 2019 – Rector’s Comments

Bedhampton APCM 2019 Rector’s Comments   Speaking Notes – Caveat These notes are my speaking notes and are provided as an accompaniment to the recording. Please accept that they are not intended to be a...

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Matthew 4.23-25 – Jesus Heals

Matthew 4.23-25 Speaking Notes – Caveat These notes are my speaking notes and are provided as an accompaniment to the recording. Please accept that they are not intended to be a published grammatically correct essay....

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Matthew 4:18-22 – The Call

This week we reach that point in Matthew where Jesus seemingly wanders up to a couple of random fishermen and brings them onto His team. In Exodus, after Moses has an encounter with a burning...

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Matthew 4.12-17 – Repent

For many Christianity is about reserving a place in some future heaven. However, as we return to the book of Matthew we see Jesus announce His ministry on Earth by saying, “The kingdom of heaven...

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Belonging, Believing, Behaving

Last week in the three different services we had three different speakers and yet there was one consistent message. I am sure that the three speakers had not got together beforehand and conspired to deliver...

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Who Am I?

Sit two strangers down next to each and it won’t be long before one asks the other, “what do you do?” What they are really asking is, who are you, what box can I place...

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When God Gives A Vision

“I have a dream…” On August 28th, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr delivered perhaps the most iconic words heard in any speech ever. Dreams are the lifeblood of hope and vision is the path towards...

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Matthew 4.1-11 – Testing

This week we see Jesus taking some time out to prepare for the mission that is His purpose for being on this Earth. Unsurprisingly, Jesus hits some bumps in the road in the form of...