Sermons by The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth (Page 9)
Christmas Eve: The Glory of God’s Gift
In this all age Christmas talk, Alex explains how Jesus is the greatest gift the world has ever received.
The talk focuses on Luke 2: 8-20.…
Dec. 19: Receiving Joy
Mary does what everyone does when the good news is revealed and they receive it: she worships and shares the good news with the world.
Readings from this service:
1 Samuel 2: 1-10
Psalm 80: 7, 17-19
Luke 1: 46-56…
Dec. 12: Receiving Blessing
For many Christmas is a time of celebration with those we love, but for some it’s a time when we feel more alone than ever. What does God say about loneliness? Why do we all sometimes feel so alone? And …
Nov. 21: Behold Your King
Serving and Giving to Jesus will always look like a waste unless and until we see that he is our King. If you want to know who is really your king, you can easily look at how you use the …
Nov. 7: The New Heavens & a New Earth
Many of us wonder when He will return. But God in His grace is not being slow, he is being patient: waiting for one more person to turn to him and receive life. Maybe that person is you, or maybe …
October 31: Remember!
Skeptics will seek to undermine our confidence in the gospel. One of the most common objections to the Christian faith is the existence of suffering and the apparent slowness of Christ’s return to remedy it. Peter reminds us of God’s …
Oct. 17: Training in Greed
We are all taught and trained by someone. So Peter asks, who are the influencers in your life, and how can you tell if they’re leading you into the light?
Readings from this service:
Numbers 22: 21-23
2 Peter 2: …
Oct. 10: Judgment & Rescue
If God has judged and rescued before, then He will judge and rescue again.
The question is, who does he judge and who does he rescue, and how do we end on the right side of history?
Readings from this …
Sept. 26: Glory & Squalor
Sometimes the light reveals that the things we love are not really as good for us as we thought they were. When that happens what will we do? Turn up the lamp, or reach for a blindfold?
Readings from this …
Sept. 12: The Multiplication of Grace
Rev. Alex begins our new series, 2nd Peter: A Lamp in the Darkness, this week. He sets out some of the main themes of the letter and notes from the introduction that although Peter is an apostle, with the greatest …
