Keep Away from Idols

A sermon on 1 John 5:13-21 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 16 May 2021 Final instructions are meant to be concise, clear and relevant. As you’re walking out the door, or boarding the plane, or whatever it is you are doing, and someone stops you to say that last thing...

These Three Testify

A sermon on 1 John 5:6-12 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 9 May 2021 The process of a court trial depends on two things. The testimony of witnesses and evidence. A witness is someone who has first hand knowledge of the matters in the case. They didn’t learn it from...

The Victory of Faith

A sermon on 1 John 5:1-5 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 2 May 2021 One of the few benefits of the COVID pandemic was that Karen and I got a second helping of our daughter Hannah last year. When we thought that we had sent all our children into the world, when we...

True Love

A sermon on 1 John 4:7-21 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 25 April 2021 Love. We are familiar with love. We think we know all about it. For example, there is a kind of love that admires lovely things, that celebrates what is beautiful in the world. And there is a kind...

In the Midst of the Conflict

A sermon on 1 John 4:1-6 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 18 April 2021 Each year on Remembrance Day, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we remember the end of one of the world’s most horrific conflicts. World War One. It was meant to be the...

Trust and Obey

If you could count all the words that have been preached, all the books that have been published, all the ink that has been spilt by ministers and teachers and theological lecturers, you could get the impression that Christianity is quite a complicated business. And...

The Power of the Name

A sermon on John 20:1-20 by Rev Richard Keith on Easter Day 2021 There is great power in using someone’s name. When the phone rings and someone calls me by name, even if I don’t recognise the voice at first, I know that here is someone who knows me. If they ask to...