Sermons from St Andrew's

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These are the sermons that are given from the pulpit of St Andrew's Church in the village of Slip End, Bedfordshire in the UK.

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September 07, 2025 The Cost Of Being A Disciple
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by our reader Julie Taylor on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity on the 7/9/25
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Luke 14 v 25-35

The Cost of Being a Disciple

25 Large crowds were travelling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:

26 ‘If
anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children,
brothers and sisters – yes, even their own life – such a person cannot be my
disciple.

27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my
disciple.

28 ‘Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and
estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?

29 For if you lay
the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule
you,

30 saying, “This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.”

31 ‘Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit
down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one
coming against him with twenty thousand?

32 If he is not able, he will send a
delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.

33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot
be my disciples.

34 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?

35 It is
fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.

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August 31, 2025 The Lost Sheep
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by our reader Richard Palmer on the 31/8/25
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Sermon starts at 2:30
Ezekiel chapter 34

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This is what the Sovereign LORD says, “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who
only take care of themselves! You have not strengthened the weak or healed
the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or
searched for the lost. My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every
high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or
looked for them.”

This is what the Sovereign LORD says, “I myself will search for the sheep and
look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with
them, so will I look after my sheep.

Luke 15 v 1-7

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus.

2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

3 Then Jesus told them this parable:

4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?

5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders

6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’

7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

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August 24, 2025 Healing On The Sabbath
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by our visiting preacher and one time vicar Rev Joy Daniel on the 10th Sunday after Trinity on the 24/8/25
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Hebrews 12 v 18-end

The mountain of fear and the mountain of joy

18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;

19 to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,

20 because they could not bear what was commanded: ‘If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.

21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, ‘I am trembling with fear.’

22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,

23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

25 See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.’

27 The words ‘once more’ indicate the removing of what can be shaken – that is, created things – so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,

29for our ‘God is a consuming fire.

Luke 13 v 10-17

Jesus heals a crippled woman on the Sabbath

10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,

11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, ‘Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.’

13 Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.

14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, ‘There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.’

15 The Lord answered him, ‘You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?

16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?’

17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

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August 17, 2025 Strong Meat
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by our reader Julie Taylor on the 9th Sunday after Trinity on the 17/8/25
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Isaiah 5 v 1-7

The song of the vineyard

1 I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:
my loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.

2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.
He built a watchtower in it
    and cut out a winepress as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.

3 ‘Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.

4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?

5 Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;
I will break down its wall,
    and it will be trampled.

6 I will make it a wasteland,
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain on it.’

7 The vineyard of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.

Luke 12 v 49-56

Not Peace but Division

49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!

51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.

52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.

53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

Interpreting the Times

54 He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.

55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is.

56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?

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August 10, 2025 Tammy’s Testimony – 2025
Tammy’s road to regaining her faith after her epileptic episode earlier this year.
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August 10, 2025 Better Be Ready
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by our reader Richard Palmer on the 10/8/25
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Matthew 25 v 1-13

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise.

3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.

4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.

5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.

11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’

12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Luke 12 v 35-40

Watchfulness

35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning,

36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.

38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.

39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

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August 03, 2025 The Parable of the Rich Fool
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by Rev Cathy Pullinger on the 3/8/25.
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Luke 12:13-21

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”

15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.

17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.

19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

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July 13, 2025 The Good Samaritan
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by our reader Richard Palmer on the 13/7/25
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Luke 10 verses 25 – 37

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

25
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus, “Teacher,” he
asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26 “What is written in the Law?”
he replied. ”How do you read it?”

27 He answered, “Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all
your mind; and love your neighbour as yourself.”

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied, “do this and you will live.”

29
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my
neighbour?”

30
In reply Jesus said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho
when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat
him and went away leaving him half dead.

31 A priest happened to be going
down the same road and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other
side.

32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by
on the other side.

33 But a Samaritan, as he travelled, came where the man
was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.

34 He went to him and
bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his
own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.

35 The next day he
took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he
said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may
have.’

36
Which of these three do you think was a neighbour to the man who fell into
the hands of robbers?”

37
The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told
him, “Go and do likewise.”

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July 06, 2025 Jesus Sends Out The Seventy Two
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by Rev Cathy Pullinger on the Third Sunday after Trinity – 6/7/25.
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Luke 10 v 1-11, 16-20

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by
two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.

2 He told
them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the
harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

3 Go! I am
sending you out like lambs among wolves.

4 Do not take a purse or bag or
sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

5
“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’

6 If someone who
promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to
you.

7 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker
deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

8
“When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.

9 Heal
the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to
you.’

10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets
and say,

11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to
you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’

16
“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but
whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

17
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit
to us in your name.”

18
He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

19 I have given you
authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of
the enemy; nothing will harm you.

20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits
submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

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June 29, 2025 The Cost Of Following Jesus
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Given by our reader Richard Palmer on the 29/6/25
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Luke 9 v 51-62

Samaritan Opposition

51
As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely
set out for Jerusalem.

52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a
Samaritan village to get things ready for him;

53 but the people there did not
welcome him because he was heading for Jerusalem.

54 When the disciples,
James and John, saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down
from heaven to destroy them?”

55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.

56 and
they went to another village.

The cost of following Jesus

57
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you
wherever you go.”

58
Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the
Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

59
He said to another man, ”Follow me.” But the man replied, “Lord, first let me
go and bury my father.”

60
Jesus said to him, ”Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and
proclaim the kingdom of God.”

61
Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go back and say
goodbye to my family.”

62
Jesus replied, “No one who puts his hand to the plough and looks back is fit
for service in the kingdom of God.”

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