St. Luke's, Ramsgate

This is the sermon preached by Bishop Rose at the confirmation service at St. Luke's on 6th November 2022.

Where does your confidence lie? In the government, family, friends or yourself? In this parable that Jesus tells, it is the one who puts their confidence in God rather than themselves who find true mercy!

Sometimes when we see things from the perspective of the future, we can see warnings for how we live now. In this story that Jesus tells, he wants to warn us from the perspective of life beyond death.

How should we make the most of our money for eternal uses? In this sermon Colin Gale unpacks one of Jesus's parables and his follow up application around our use of money.

Jesus tells great stories, but what is he trying to do with the Parable of the Lost (or prodigal) Son. The clue is in the context in which he tells it. The story both assures those sinners coming to him in repentance and challenges those who criticise him for welcoming them.

After loving God, the greatest command according to the Bible is to 'love your neighbour as yourself'? But who counts as a 'neighbour'? That is the question an expert in the Old Testament Law poses to Jesus. Jesus responds with a story and a question.

The writer to the Hebrews compares the Christian life to a race. If that is the case, how can we run it in the most effective way?

With the death of Queen Elizabeth, feelings of great sadness and grief can emerge as well as a sense of uncertainty and concern as we enter into an unfamiliar new era. How can we respond? The book of Lamentations was written at a time of extreme grief and insecurity for God’s people. Yet, it’s central verses hold out a sense of hope in such circumstances.

When we realise the extent of Jesus’ forgiveness it transforms our lives, for we have been forgiven much.

Hebrews 13:1-16 paints a picture of the ‘sacrifices’ of living a Christian life motored by Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice of love for us.