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Mark 7:24-37

The following is a sermon from my last full service in my summer placement at Orchardhill Parish Church, Giffnock. As it was a communion service, there is also quite a lot of additional liturgy that I wrote for the occasion. You can download the full service here.

Our reading toda...

Romans 8:31-39

This sermon was written for a preaching workshop, and aimed for a Remembrance Sunday. See notes below

Our reading this morning begins with a question. “If God is for us, then who can be against us?” It’s a question that leads us to consider other questions - is God for me? Am I fo...

Judges 10:6 - 11:11

The Book of Judges is a bit of a wild ride. It’s a book full of surprisingly bloodthirsty stories of the history of Israel. When people talk about this book, they often talk about it being cyclical - going round and round in circles. The people of Israel fall away from followi...

I don’t know what Sunday mornings are like for you, but from the way many of my friends have talked about it in the past I get the feeling that Sunday mornings are a source of stress and tension for many, if not all, of us. Indeed, for those of you with small children, I congratulate you on making i...