They had seen it all — the plagues, the sea, the freedom. And a month into the wilderness they wanted to go back. In this sermon from Exodus 16, Rev Andrew Irwin traces the story of the manna: bread from heaven, grace before rebuke, covenant sufficiency for the whole community, the Sabbath as defiance against Egypt's relentless logic, and the deepest lesson of all — that the God who rescued his people will sustain them one day at a time, until he brings them all the way home. And the manna, for all its wonder, was always a sign pointing to the better thing still to come: the Bread of Life. Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 31 August 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

A new Pharaoh who does not know Joseph. A people once welcomed, now enslaved. And two midwives who fear God more than they fear the most powerful ruler in the known world. In this sermon from Exodus 1:1–22, Rev Andrew Irwin opens the great Exodus narrative and explores what it looks like to be the people of God when the world is changing around you — how the blessing of God continues in spite of opposition, why the unnamed Pharaoh is insignificant compared to the named midwives, and how Shiprah and Puah point forward as a shadow of the even greater rescue to come in Christ. Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 23 August 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

Three verses. A soul humbled, stilled, and hoping. In this sermon from Psalm 131, Rev Andrew Irwin takes us through one of the shortest and most quietly powerful psalms in Scripture — exploring how confidence in God produces humility rather than pride, how the gospel gives us a contentment the world cannot manufacture, and why David's closing command still rings out to every generation: put your hope in the Lord, both now and forevermore. Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 16 August 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

Let love be genuine. It sounds straightforward — until you look closely at what Paul actually means. In this sermon from Romans 12:9–16, Rev Andrew Irwin unpacks what sets the church apart from any other gathering: a love without masks, without performance, without keeping score — devoted inward to one another, fervently dependent upward on God, and open outward to the city around it. The world cannot produce this kind of community. But the Spirit can, and does, in people who have been grasped by the grace of Christ. Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 26 July 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

The Spirit who emptied the tomb lives in you. So you are not a slave to fear — you are a child of God, a co-heir with Christ, groaning with all creation toward a glory that will make all of this worth it. In this sermon from Romans 8:12–25, Rev Andrew Irwin asks what we live by — not merely what we live for — and answers with Paul: not by fear, not by sight, not by survival, but by the Spirit of sonship who opens the prison of self and sends us out to make known a hope the world cannot find on its own. Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 19 July 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

The same seed. The same sower. Four very different soils. In this sermon from Matthew 13:1–23, Rev Andrew Irwin opens the Parable of the Sower and asks what state our hearts are in when the seed falls. Are they hard, shallow, choked with competing loves — or receptive, understanding, and bearing fruit? And for those who know where they stand in Christ: will we keep scattering, keep praying, and keep trusting the Lord of the harvest — because the harvest, says Jesus, is certain. Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 12 July 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. David wrote those words not from a place of comfort but from the depths of despair, running from enemies, wondering if God had turned away. In this sermon on Psalm 23, preached at the evening service at St Paul and St Barnabas, North Belfast, we explore what it means to trust God through the storms of life when the pain goes so deep that no human comfort can reach it. God does not go around our troubles. He goes straight through them, holding our hand, going before us every step of the way.

Twelve ordinary, unremarkable people. No qualifications, no status, no shared background — a tax collector who worked for Rome and a zealot who opposed it, standing together under one King. In this sermon from Matthew 10:1–8, Rev Andrew Irwin explores how Jesus calls his disciples to himself before sending them out, why the work of God always begins by abiding in his presence, and what it means to give freely what we have freely received — especially for a city searching for true peace. Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 21 June 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

Jesus went through all the towns and villages — the ordinary, overlooked places — with compassion, teaching, proclaiming, and healing. He looked at the harassed and helpless crowds and saw not a crisis but a harvest. In this sermon from Matthew 9:35–10:8, preached in the wake of a hard week in North Belfast, Rev Andrew Irwin reflects on what it means to see our city with the eyes of Christ, why prayer comes before action, and why the ordinary streets where fear has risen are the very streets the Kingdom is moving towards. This is our home. This is our harvest. Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 14 June 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

What do we do when things change and the ground beneath us feels less solid? Psalm 33 answers simply: we praise. In this sermon, Rev Andrew Irwin explores the four movements of Psalm 33 — the joy of collective worship, the God who made the heavens by the breath of his mouth, the security of knowing he is in control and sees each of us individually, and the hope that flows from a life shaped by praise. Not because we are ignorant of our circumstances, but because the God we worship is still the same.

Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 7 June 2026. www.spbbelfast.church