Sermons St Peter's Barge

Acts 9:1-19 Saul's conversion shows us the power of the gospel to transform lives, even though his conversion was supernaturally and historically special.

Maybe this makes you think about juggling career and childcare, or finding your dream job doing something you love which also makes you fabulously wealthy! We shall think together about what the "all" or success that we should aim for in life is, and how we can arrange the different areas of our life that call for our time, resources and energy in light of that.

Acts 8:26–40 A supernatural meeting, and the suffering servant, means that even the most outcast can be included in the people of God

Acts 8:4–25 The word is more powerful than persecution and paganism, which means the outcast Samaritans can be included, but faith must be apostolic and repentant.

John 20:1-18

Various In Genesis there’s a priest-king called Melchizedek who makes a brief appearance. It would be easy to miss him. But as the Bible story unfolds it turns out that he is hugely important, pointing us forward to the ultimate priest-king, and to what Easter is all about.

Romans 10:9 'If you see something that doesn't look right'... That could be the harsh reality of the world we live in – so much of it doesn't look right! But the solution suggested by the British Transport Police is surprisingly similar to the meaning of Easter, 'See it, say it, sorted.'

Various We all love stories. But as we get older, we wonder if there is a bigger story of which we are part, which gives meaning to our lives. The Bible reveals this bigger story, in which the main character is Jesus. The mini-stories in the Old Testament are part of this bigger story and point to him, as we see in this talk which focuses on Jacob, Joseph, and Judah.

Various How would you sum up in one word your philosophy of life, your beliefs? What would be the one word for someone who is a Christian? Christianity is about Christ; the Bible is about Christ; even the Old Testament is about Christ. As we continue to explore Jesus in Genesis, this talk focuses in on the stories of Noah, Abraham, and Isaac.

Psalm 1 Of all the many ways our world says we can live, did you realise that it really comes down to just two? While from our perspective it looks like there are lots of paths our life could take, from God's perspective, there are just two.