Hardwick Evangelical Church - Sunday Sermon
By Hardwick Evangelical Church
Hardwick Evangelical Church - Sunday SermonMar 28, 2022
5 / 5/ 2024 - Kate Gaze: Parables of the Kingdom
Kate continued our series on the Kingdom in Matthew's gospel, finding a developing theme in the "parables of the Kingdom" in chapter 13.
28 / 4 / 2024 - Soula Charalambous - Proclaim the Kingdom
We read Matthew 10:1-39 with Soula, when Jesus sent his twelve closest disciples out on an exciting mission.
21 / 4 / 2024 - Kate Gaze - "Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done"
Kate continued our study of the Kingdom in Matthew's gospel with part of the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 6.
14 / 4 / 2024 - Robbie Thomson - "The Upside-Down Kingdom"
Robbie gave our second talk on the Kingdom of Heaven from Matthew's gospel, taking us through the Beatitudes.
7 / 4 / 2024 - David Instone-Brewer: Matthew 4:12-22
David launched our new series on the Kingdom of Heaven in the gospel of Matthew. This week: a surprising new message.
31 / 3 / 2024 - Kate Gaze - "Worthy is the Lamb" - Rev. 5
On Easter Sunday Kate talked about the last song recorded in the Bible, in Revelation 5: "Worth is the Lamb that was slain!".
24 / 3 / 2024 - Soula Charalambous - Jehoshaphat's battle song, 2 Chronicles 20
Soula told of a terrifying battle that wasn't fought thanks to God's intervention. It's an interesting narrative worth a read, from 2 Chronicles 17.
17 / 3 / 2024 - Robbie Thomson - Song of the Vineyard, Isaiah 5.
Robbie noted a connection between this song and our recent talks about Israel in the Bible. The Song of the Vineyard starts out like a love song but soon takes a darker turn.
10 / 3 / 2024 - David Instone-Brewer - Does praying for peace in Israel slow Jesus' return?
David examines this question - if we pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and if we see from prophecy that there will be war against Jerusalem when Jesus returns, are we praying for the wrong thing?
3 / 3 / 2024 - Kate Gaze - David's lament, 2 Samuel 1
Although David had been anointed as king to replace Saul he laments over the death of Saul and son Jonathan, who was David's close comrade.
25 / 2 / 2024 - Gale Richards - Habakkuk's song, chapter 3
Our Area Minister joined our series on songs in the Bible with Habakkuk's song in chapter 3, read for us by Julie Coulson.
18 / 2 / 2024 - Kate Gaze - Moses' song in Deuteronomy 32
Moses' song in Deuteronomy 32 is quite a challenging read - a prophetic song of warning of disaster and offering rescue.
11 / 2 / 2024 - David Instone-Brewer - Does Israel have an everlasting claim to the land?
David looks at the Bible passages where God promises the land to Abraham, and finds something that may surprise you.
4 / 2 / 2024 - Enid Instone-Brewer - Deborah's Song, Judges 4 & 5
Two strong women and a miraculous storm brought great change for the Israelites as they settled in Canaan.
28 / 1 / 2024 - Kate Gaze - Songs in Gen 15 and Rev 15
Kate starts our sermon series on "songs" from the Bible. This week - the first and last recorded songs in the Bible both sing of God as a rescuer.
21 / 1 / 2024 - Israel - does God have favourites?
Talk 1 of a mini-series of three talks from David Instone-Brewer about the status of Israel in the Bible.
14 / 1 / 2024 - Kate Gaze - Colossians 4:7-18
Kate concludes our series on Colossians by seeing what we know about the people that Paul names at the end of his letter.
17 / 12 / 2023 - Kate Gaze - Carol Service
We've included all the traditional Christmas readings and Kate's reflections in this bumper episode. Kate hung items of clothing on a rail to illustrate each of the readings and used these to walk through the whole Bible narrative from the Fall to Redemption.
10 / 12 / 2023 - Robbie Thomson - Colossians 4:18
Robbie concentrated on three words: "Remember my chains".
3 / 12 / 2023 - Kate Gaze: Colossians 3:16 - 4:6
Kate showed how Paul's advice for society both mirrored and challenged the understanding of the time.
19 / 11 / 2023 - Kate Gaze - Colossians 3:1-17
Colossians moves from giving warnings to advice - turn away from bad behaviour and take on newness in Christ.
12 / 11 / 2023 - Enid Instone-Brewer - Colossians 2:16-23
Enid continues our reading in Colossians and refers back to what we heard from David just before, about Daniel's prayer, so you might want to hear that first.
12 / 11 / 2023 - David Instone-Brewer - behind the scenes
It's Remembrance Sunday and David looks as the glimpse that Daniel gets of what goes on behind the scenes when we pray. Our next talk in Colossians follows the same theme so you might want to hear it next.
5 / 11 / 2023 - David Instone-Brewer - Colossians 2:6-15
David looks at theories of the Cross - how did Jesus save us, and from what?
29 / 10 / 2023 - Robbie Thomson - Colossians 1:24-2:5
Robbie labelled this section of the letter "Paul's blueprint for Christian living" with three main points.
22 / 10 / 2023 - Kate Gaze - Colossians 1:21-23
We need to maintain our relationship with God and continue in the faith - but if we fall away there's always a way back.
15 / 10 / 2023 - Enid Instone-Brewer - Colossians 1:15-20
Possibly Paul's most elevated passage about the nature of Jesus, it was written to answer problems facing the church in Colossae. What was going wrong?
8 / 10 / 2023 - David Instone-Brewer - Colossians 1:9-14
David asks why Paul prayed so much for the church in Colossae, and what he asked for.
1 / 10 / 2023 - Kate Gaze - Colossians 1:1-8
Kate introduces our new preaching series on Paul's letter to the Colossians with an intriguing look at the first 8 verses.
24 / 9 / 2023 - Kate Gaze - The Holy Spirit deepens our relationship with God
The last of three talks based on the points found in the booklet Knowing God Personally. This week - the Holy Spirit.
17 / 9 / 2023 - David Instone-Brewer: Jesus fixes our relationship with God
The second of three talks based on the points found in the booklet Knowing God Personally. This week - Jesus came to fix the problem, but how does it work?
10 / 9 / 2023 - Enid Instone-Brewer - Sin breaks our relationship with God
The first in three talks based on the points found in the booklet Knowing God Personally. This week - God loves us, but sin breaks the relationship.
27 / 8 / 2023 - Kate Hitchings - "Rescuer"
Kate spoke of the value of singing together - with, to and for each other, with special reference to "He's Our Rescuer" (Rend Collective).
27 / 8 / 2023 - Dave Sage - "Great is thy faithfullness"
Dave showed us where in the Bible the lyrics of this hymn might be found, and asked what Scriptures would express our personal song.
20 / 8 / 2023 - Liz Pamplin - Praising in all circumstances
Liz agreed to speak on this day, not knowing that England's Lionesses would be playing a World Cup Final at the same time! Liz is a member of the F.A. Women’s National League Board and has been a lifelong player and fan. Today she shared her reflections on the Matt Redman song "Blessed be your name".
13 / 8 / 2023 - Steve Gaze: Songs of lament
The church needs songs to express sorrow and longing. Steve focusses on a modern song reflecting on climate change.
30 / 7 / 2023 - Jane Golding - Think about song lyrics
Jane asked some great questions about the lyrics of the songs we sing in church. Her talk ends at 16m33s and there follows feedback and discussion, some of which is quite quiet.
23 / 07 / 2023 - Pam Harper on the song "Ancient of Days"
Pam unpacked the lyrics of the song "Ancient of Days", (Jesse Reeves, Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, Rich Thompson, (c) 2018 CityAlight Music)
16 / 7 / 2023 - Kate Gaze - Song series intro
Kate introduces our Summer series on the songs that we sing in church and what they mean.
18 / 6 / 2023 - David Instone-Brewer - Who was Cain's wife?
We're told that Cain got married and founded a town after he left Eden, and was afraid that someone out there would kill him so God promised to protect him. But who was there to marry and to fear?
11 / 6 / 2023 - Kate Gaze - God's Generosity
Kate showed how God gives gifts to his people in an overview of the Bible.
4 / 6 / 2023 - David Instone-Brewer - Galatians 5:13 - 6:8 - Live by the Spirit
A Christian life lived by the Spirit will show the fruit of the Spirit.
28 / 5 / 2023 - Kate Gaze - Galatians 4:21 - 5:12
Kate unpacks Paul's OT allegory in chapter 4 and his call to freedom in chapter 5.
21 / 5 / 2023 - Enid Instone-Brewer - Galatians 4
Paul is desperate to get his point across.
14 / 5 / 2023 - Kate Gaze - Galatians 3:15 - 4:7
Kate develops Paul argument against putting obstacles in the way of those coming to faith.
7 / 5 / 2023 - David Instone-Brewer - Galatians 3:1-14
David updates Paul's rather convoluted reasoning as he (Paul) continued to show how Peter went wrong.
30 / 4 / 2023 - Enid Instone-Brewer - Galatians 2:11-16
Paul has a stand-up row with Peter and accuses him of hypocrisy. Do we ever act out of tradition and prejudice?
23 / 4 / 2023 - Kate Gaze - Galatians 2:1-10
Kate asks if there are any obstacles that the church throws into the path of those who are coming to faith.
16 / 4 / 2023 - David Instone-Brewer - Galatians 1:1-12 - "Another gospel"
What did Paul mean by "Another gospel"? What do we think of other Christian sects?
9 / 4 / 2023 - Kate Gaze - Easter Day
Kate walked us through the events of the first Easter with readings from John 20, and songs as a response to the unfolding drama.