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...

The Power of God

There’s an old army chaplain saying that there’s no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole. It means that when life and death hang in the balance, people start to pray to the God they say they don’t believe in. I have a similar saying. There are no agnostics in a car...

The Messenger, His Message, and His Master

A sermon on Romans 1:1-7 by Richard Keith on Sunday 4 September 2022   Today we are looking at Romans chapter 1 verses 1 to 7 under three headings: the Messenger, his Message and his Master. The Messenger is Paul. He wrote in verse 1. Paul, a servant of Christ...

The River of Life

A sermon on Ezekiel 47 by Richard Keith on Sunday 28 August 2022 Water is life. We can live for a 110 years without electricity. We can live for 3 weeks without food. But we cannot live a week without water. Because water is life. It turns what is brown into green. It...

The Watchman

A sermon on Ezekiel 3:16-27 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 7 August 2022. Signs can be reassuring or funny or even confusing. But sometimes they can be confronting. They tell us to slow down, to keep left, or no right turn, which is really inconvenient when you really...