St. Luke's, Ramsgate

How do we escape the same pattern and stories of greed, lust, arrogance and anger generation by generation? At the heart of Christmas is the answer!

On seeing the baby Jesus, Simeon says he is ready to face his own death. Why is this?

his is the talk from the St. Luke's 2021 Service of Remembrance just before Christmas.

It is often said that our society is increasingly divided. But what are the divisions that really matter? John spoke to a very divided society, but challenged their views of which divisions mattered.

In ancient times in order to prepare for a king's visit to a city, they would level the ground, flattening mountains and filling in valleys. The prophets said that someone would come to prepare the way for God to come as king - that was John the Baptist, who came calling for people to repent.

The church in the West seems shaken by the current Pandemic. Why is that? Have we failed to take Jesus's words about the future seriously? Are we too invested in the present world order and not enough in the eternal Kingdom of God?

The story of Noah and the flood is the first major story of God bringing salvation. It also focuses on the covenant that God makes with Noah, his family and all the creatures of the earth. In this talk we see how Noah is a model for the better salvation that God brings through Jesus.

Genesis 4 presents the continuing results of sin in our world by showing us God's warning to Cain, that sin should not master him. Sadly, Cain gives in to sin with tragic consequences. Will we heed the warning today?

When we look at our world we see amazing acts of bravery, courage, kindness and compassion. Yet we also see much evil and wickedness. What's gone wrong with the world? How does the Bible explain the complex mix of good and evil in humanity?

In this talk, Claire takes us through Genesis 2 and helps us to see the importance of our relationships with God, with one another and with Creation.

In this passage, Jesus encounters two sisters in their grief at the loss of their brother Lazarus. What happens is amazing, but it points to an even more important truth.