Christchurch Chislehurst Podcasts

In this podcast Cath talks about the challenges of following Jesus and adds in some of her own experiences too.

In this podcast Sue explores the statement from Jesus "Who do you say that I am?"

In this podcast, Dave talks about the Jesus views on prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping.

In this podcast, Dave explains how Jesus came not to abolish the Law but to fulfil it and how Jesus can cause you to have a change of heart.

In this podcast Sue talks about how we might fear or be apprehensive of accepting change.  The disciples had to accept change when they followed Jesus.

In this podcast Angela talks about Jesus's first "I am" - I am the bread of life

In this podcast, Cath talks about the sort of attributes that an Olympic athlete has to have and aligns these with what Jesus wants from us.

In this Podcast, Dave talks about how Anger Management is addressed in the Bible

In this podcast, Dave explains how Jesus is the fresh bread of life

In this Podcast, Sue describes the fear the Disciples had when they met Jesus walking on the water during the storm

This podcast is a sermon given by Dave on what we should do on the Sabbath.  Should we go to the shops or rest in God's love for us?

In this sermon Dave talks about the role of the Holy Spirit in our life today.

In this podcast Cath talks about being on a journey and summarises the five priorities we have learnt about in the previous weeks.

In this sermon, Dave looks at two things - Don't put your trust in material things and being a follower of Jesus isn't easy.  Bit of a difficult sermon topic then .....

This is a sermon given by Dave and builds on Justin Welby's words - "Prayer is not about sending requests into the sky.  It's about allowing God to make us more like Jesus".

To be a good team builder you have to understand people.  Jesus was a great team builder, he sorted out the disciples and he can sort us out too.

In this podcast, Dave tells us the teachings of Jesus on how a rich person can enter the kingdom of God and gain eternal life (beware its a bit of a challenge!)

In this podcast, Dave preaches that although the world looks up to the likes of the CEO of Amazon and Microsoft, Jesus is interested in all of us including the sick, the less highly paid and children.  Jesus says we should come to him in humility like little children.

This podcast is a sermon give at Pentecost (Whit Sunday).  Dave talks about the Holy Spirit coming at the appointed time.

In this sermon, Angela takes John 17:6-19 and explains how Jesus prays for himself, for his disciples and for the Church. 

This is a sermon given by Sue on Ascension Day.  Sue talks about how Jesus prepared the disciples for his departure.

This podcast is a sermon from Dave and continues the idea that we should remain in Christ and be still.  God knows us and loves us.  John 15:9-17

This podcast is a sermon from John 15 1:17 where Jesus says "I am the true vine".  Dave takes this theme and preaches that we should "Remain in Christ"

In this sermon Dave does not teach the story of the ark building, the animals 2 x 2, the dove and the raven but instead looks at Noah's obedience and faith in God.

In the period between Easter and Pentecost we go back to our series of Old Testament Bible characters.  This is a sermon given by Angela on David.  She could have chosen to do David and Goliath but that would have been too easy.  Instead she chooses to align David's character with Psalm 23.

This podcast is given by Sue.  The topic is the Road to Emmaus.  In this story the disciples saw Jesus but did not recognise him.  Perhaps we can have this problem sometimes.  But Jesus is with us always.

This podcast is a sermon given by Dave at Easter.  It is about the Easter Hope that is in the risen Christ Jesus.

This is a sermon Given by Cath.   Esther was called by God to be his advocate in the King’s family. She did not know what was coming and how to react, but she knew God was with her. Perhaps we have been in situations where we have felt fear, anxiety and wondered where God is in this situation. The answer is to have faith in God.

This is a podcast given by Paul on Joseph.  The story of Joseph is similar to today's soap operas on TV - no-one gets along with each other.   Joseph starts off being big headed and thinks he is better than his brothers - his coat of many colours did not help.  But eventually he cooled off and with God's help he became more understanding and loving towards his friends and family.

Sometimes we wrestle with God - when will this happen, why don't you do something God?  Perhaps the answer is to pray then let God do his work.  Jacob wrestled with God too.

This is a podcast of a sermon given by Cath.  It's about Ruth and the three R's.  In this case the three R's are how Ruth was Rescued, Redeemed and Restored by God. 

This is a podcase presented by Angela and Sara on Gideon.   Gideon was a bit indecisive and need signs from God that he really did want him to get on with things.  Perhaps we can be like this - we know God wants us to do something but we just need to check on a few things before we do it ....... 

This is a sermon given by David.  It's about Moses.  Perhaps Moses knew that the route to the promised land included crossing the Red Sea which would clearly be a challenge.   But Moses knew that was what God wanted him to do.  

This is a sermon given by Sue on Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent.  She give us her thoughts for Lent.  Perhaps Lent is not a time for giving things up but a time of looking at things differently.

This sermon is given by Patrick who represents Kintsugi Help.  Kintsugi Hope is a charity based in the UK striving to make a difference to peoples mental wellbeing.    'Kintsugi' is a Japanese technique for repairing pottery with seams of gold. The word means 'golden joinery' in Japanese. This repairs the brokenness in a way that makes the object more beautiful, and even more unique than it was prior to being broken. Instead of hiding the scars it makes a feature of them.

This sermon was given by Dave on 12 January 2020 as close to Epiphany as you can get when the wise men came to Jesus.  It ties in with the Church Lectionary.  It's about the Baptism of Christ and how Jesus insisted that he was baptised by John. 

Here is a sermon from Dave on the COVID Pandemic and its scriptural relevance.   Take not this was given on Valentine's Day so there's some relevant teaching on this too.

Here is a sermon from Paul on Abraham.  Apologies to Paul here as we were a bit slow pressing the "Record" button so we must have missed the first few minutes of his sermon. 

Here is a sermon from Dave, our vicar and he talks about Perfectionism and how this might be a challenge.  If you are a perfectionist the apologies for the echo on the recording as these (like many) were recorded with an empty church because of COVID.

The title of our podcast is Anxiety.  It's a Christchurch Chislehurst sermon, given on 24 January 2021 by Cath Johnston.

Here is a sermon from Cath about water.   Jesus talks about the necessity for your sins to be washed away.  Here is something to think about.

Here is a sermon from Paul, who talks about being born again.  He talks about Range Rovers being reborn as an analogy.   

Here is a sermon given by Angela, early in February 2020.  The sermon was given when COVID was starting up so perhaps a relevant topic.  

Here is another sermon from Dave Johnston including some typical Dave-style humour.  It's after a big storm which may have prevented some people getting to church, so it's good it's included here.   Watch out for the word "flavoursome" - probably from a crisp advert!

This is a sermon given by Dave Johnston on 08 Sep 2019, just after returning from their sabbatical in Tanzania.  It's about being a disciple and giving Jesus 100%.