Talks And Sermons From St Matthew's

As Joseph invites us to dream God’s dreams, we discover that following God isn’t always we expect. Join us as Carol Morgan retells this story in our Sunday morning service.

Recorded at our 2013 Carol Service. For more information about our church, visit www.st-matts.org.uk

When God's promises are fulfilled in ways we do not expect we can start to doubt whether God is really at work at all. We are not alone-John the Baptist shared our doubts when he was improsonned and heard of Jesus' acts. Join us as Pads Dolphin shares God's word with us on this third Sunday of Advent.

Recorded at the Beansheaf Carol Service, 15th December 2013.

What value could the message from a prophet called Isaiah from thousands of years ago have for us? Join us as Carol Morgan shows us how this message of hope applies to our world today.

Join us for the first Sunday of Advent, when Pads Dolphin encourages us to consider the return of Jesus to this Earth.

There's a fellowship and companionship in walking with someone. God offers us that companionship, saying he will walk with us every day if we choose. Join us at our November Baptism service as Andrea Baker speaks to us about God's amazing love for us.

Life is full of opportunities to take the option to take short-term gain over long-lasting, more fruitful long-term benefit. In His encounter with some Sadducees, Jesus reminds us that what happens in this lift will pass but what we do matters for the eternal life to come. Join us as Pads Dolphin speaks to us at our Remembrance Sunday service.

Jesus' Sermon on the Mount is the most famous, powerful and impactful sermon in all history. Join us as Pads Dolphin retells it to us at our monthly evening service.

It is often said that the Bible is God’s love letter to His people, even when it contains some difficult words for us, much as Jesus’ letter to the church in Sardis. As Jesus appealed to them to come back to him, so to He appeals to us today. Join us as Pads Dolphin continues our look at the letters to churches in Revelation.

Sometimes being a Christian is very hard, particularly when people around us expect us to lie or do other wrong things. Join us as Carol Morgan explains to us how we can resist by keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus.

Jesus is building an unstoppable church on the foundation of prayer, using people that acknowledge that he is the son of God. He's doing it all over the world and He's doing it at St. Matthew's. Join us as Pads Dolphin introduces the idea of a Mission Action Plan and looks to the ministry of Jesus as he explains why we're doing it.

During the course of our service, approximately 12 Christians will be murdered because they believe in Jesus. That's happening today. What can we do? Join as Pads Dolphin explores with letter to the churches in Smyrna and Pergamum to help answer the question.

The account of Jesus' healing of a man born blind brings to our attention of the the many paradoxical themes of the Gospel: the blind man - the man who couldn't see - saw Jesus and recognised who He was, whereas the seeing Pharisees were blind to who Jesus was. Join us at our monthly evening service as Paul Fulton expounds this passage for us and encourages us to consider how we might want to respond to who we see Jesus is.

When Jesus invited himself to Zaccheus' house for lunch he it changed his life forever. Join us as Pads Dolphin retells the story during our Harvest service.

Join us for the first in our series looking at the letter to the seven churches at the beginning of the book of Revelation. We begin with the church in Ephesus. The Ephesians were doing many things well, but had lost their first love. Join us as Dan Heyward shows us what we can learn from this letter today.

Why should someone come to church? Isn't church boring and Christianity one big fairy story? The greater question isn't why should we go to church but why we should decide to become followers of Jesus Christ. Join us as Pads Dolphin shows us how St. Matthew's life was changed when he chose to follow Jesus.

Paul's heart was filled with the knowledge of what God had done for him. His life shows us that no one is beyond God's grace and mercy and, when received and understood, how that grace can lead us to reach out to the lost around us, not out of duty but because we just can't help it.

Relationships are exciting and wonderful. But when they break down they can be really hard to put right. In fact, it often seems easier just to walk away. Join us as we learn from St. Paul how we can reconcile relationships in our lives.

God has invitation that he wants the whole world to receive and we are the ones he wants to share it. Join us at our September evening service as Pads shares with us some practical guidance on how we can share the invitation in a simple and non-scary way.