Sermons by Barry Roche
Bible Sunday 2018
To find life in all its fullness is to follow Jesus, and to do that is to follow the word of God as revealed in the Bible.
Gathering the Crumbs
The story of the Syrian woman who asks Jesus to heal her daughter poses difficult questions about who the good news is intended for. Barry unpacks more of this story from Mark’s Gospel.
The Ministry of All Believers
Paul, in his letter to the Ephesians, speaks of God’s grace being given to all believers in different ways to equip each one of them for works of service.
Paul in Athens
Paul in Athens went out on the streets and met people where they were, challenging their ideas and telling them about the real God they were missing out on. This too is our calling today.
On the Road to Damascus
Paul, the original persecutor of Christians, had a complete change of heart and mind on the Damascus road. Barry relates stories of others who have also had a radical about turn in their lives and what lay behind it.
God the Giver
On Christmas day we think of giving, and of the greatest giver of all, God himself.
Time’s Up!
The messages of John the Baptist and of Jesus are ones of urgency. The time to act is now! After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee preaching the Message of God: “Time’s up! God’s kingdom is here. Change your life and believe the message.”Mark 1:14-15, The Message
Parable of the Talents
The parable of the talents, says Barry, is a story not about money or about abilities but about what we do with the great treasure of the Gospel, given to us to work with.
I am making you responsible
God’s message to Ezekiel, and through Ezekiel to His people was ‘I am making you responsible’. Who else will tell the world about Jesus if we don’t do it?
This is My Son, Listen to Him
At the transfiguration, God says of Jesus ‘This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him’. But which version of Jesus are we listening to?
Easter Day
In 1930 Albert Ross started to write a book with the intention of debunking the apparent myth of the resurrection. In the process of writing it he became convinced that the best and in fact only solution was that the events of Easter really did happen and published his evidence using the pseudonym Frank Morison under the title Who moved the stone? Jesus launched a…
The Valley of Dry Bones
How does Ezekiel’s vision of the valley of dry bones relate to Passion Sunday? Barry explores some of the ideas of suffering behind the story, and how God breathes new life into his people and changes their hearts of stone to hearts of flesh.
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