Perfect Freedom

A sermon on Romans 6:15-23 by Richard Keith on Sunday 20 November 2022 The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years. In our great grandparents’ day, most people lived in a village and not in a city. Most people never travelled more than 10 kilometres from home in...

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

A sermon on Romans 6:1-14 by Richard Keith on 13 November 2022 I like to believe that there are no such things as stupid questions. We use questions to find out information, to clarify a point or to resolve a misunderstanding? What do you mean? we ask. Why did you do...

Life Through Christ

A sermon on Romans 5:12-21 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 6 November 2022 Part of growing up is learning that our actions and choices have consequences either for good or for bad, for ourselves and for others. If I go over the speed limit, I can be caught and forced...

The Father of us all

If I said to you that no number ending in 7 can be divided by 2, you’d have trouble proving me wrong. Seven can’t be divided by 2. Seventeen can’t be divided by 2. Twenty seven can’t be divided by 2 either. They are all odd numbers. In fact, you’ll never be able to...

The Obedience of Faith

Which child is more likely to obey his parents? The one who is forced to do what they want or the one who knows that he is loved by his parents? And which employee is more likely to be productive? The one who enjoys what she does or the one who resents what she does?...

Hope for All

Over a hundred years ago The Times newspaper of London posed a question to its readers, “What is wrong with the world today?” and promised to publish the best answers that it received. In response to the invitation, English writer and philosopher G K Chesterton wrote...

Genuine Religion

People hate things that are fake. Politicians that lie. Products that make big promises but don’t deliver on them. Scammers on the telephone. But if they hate fakes, why are they so often fake themselves? Why do they pretend to be happy when they aren’t? Why do they...