Sermons

This is an archive of sermons. Please click on the relevant date to view or download:

2021

• Sunday 6th June, ‘We do not lose heart.’
• Tuesday 1st June, Communion, ‘Continual Remembrance’
• Sunday 16th May, Ascension Sunday, ‘Looking up’
• Sunday 9th May, ‘God and newness’
• Sunday 2nd May, ‘Being guided’
• Sunday 11th April, ‘Unless…’
• Tuesday 30th March, Holy Tuesday, ‘How long, O God?’
• Sunday 28th March, Palm Sunday, ‘Hosanna!’
• Sunday 21st March, ‘For your sake…’
• Sunday 14th March, ‘Come to the light’
• Sunday 28th February, ‘Following Him’
• Sunday 21st February, ‘Beloved’
• Sunday 14th February, ‘Transfigured’
• Sunday 7th February, ‘Why He came’
• Sunday 31st January, ‘What’s God saying?’
• Sunday 24th January, ‘A change of mind’
• Sunday 17th January, ‘Listening’
• Sunday 10th January, ‘Arise, shine’
• Sunday 3rd January, ‘Among us’

2020

• Christmas Day, 25th December, ‘Christmas is not cancelled!’
• Christmas Eve 24th December, Watchnight, ‘Christmas in isolation?’
• Sunday 13th December, ‘Repair’
• Sunday 6th December, ‘Prepare the Way’
• Sunday 29th November, Tear Heaven Open
• Sunday 8th November, Remembrance, ‘Vigilance’
• Sunday 1st November, All Saint’s, ‘Laughter and Tears’
• Sunday 25th October, ‘Learning Lessons’
• Sunday 11th October, ‘God’s changing mind’
• Sunday 20th September, ‘Complaining’
• Sunday 6th September, ‘Two or three’
• Sunday 9th August, ‘Take heart’
• Sunday 2nd August, ‘Wrestling with God’
• Sunday 26th July, ‘Overcoming’
• Sunday 19th July, ‘Stones’
• Sunday 12th July, ‘A sower went to sow…’
• Sunday 5th July, ‘Come to Me…’
• Sunday 28th June, ‘What would you sacrifice?’
• Sunday 21st June All age service, ‘Emerging from lockdown…’
• Sunday 14th June, ‘God’s ongoing work’
• Sunday 7th June, Trinity, ‘In the Name…”
• Sunday 31st May, Pentecost, ‘Speak out!’
• Sunday 24th May, ‘Out of sight, out of mind?’
• Sunday 17th May, ‘The Rainbow’
• Sunday 10th May, ‘Heaven’
• Sunday 3rd May, ‘Opening the gates’
• Sunday 26th April, ‘Hope’
• Sunday 19th April, ‘Breathing Peace’
• Sunday 12th April, Easter Sunday, ‘Running with good news’
• Sunday 5th April, Palm Sunday, ‘Who is this?’
• Sunday 29th March, ‘Take away the stone’
• Sunday 22nd March, ‘Shadow’
• Sunday 15th March, ‘Living Water’
• Sunday, 8th March, ‘How much love?’
• Sunday 1st March, ‘Temptation’
• Sunday 23rd February, Transfiguration Sunday, ‘Bright Cloud’
• Sunday 9th February, ‘Salt and Light’
• Sunday 2nd February, ‘Pure’
• Sunday, 26th January, ‘Dawn’
• Sunday, 19th January, ‘Baptism’
• Sunday, 12th January, ‘ Light to the nations’
• Sunday, 5th January, ‘Star’

2019

• Sunday 29th December, ‘Refugee’
• Christmas Day, ‘Happy Birthday, Jesus!’
• Christmas Eve Watchnight Service, ‘Awkward people, awkward stories’
• Christmas Eve All-Age Service, ‘A Boy Called Christmas’
• Sunday 8th December, ‘Heaven is near’
• Sunday 1st December, ‘Watch’
• Sunday 10th November (Remembrance), ‘Stand firm’
• Sunday 3rd November (Robin Chapel sermon), ‘The Inheritance of the Saints’
• Sunday 3rd November, ‘The Great Cloud of Witnesses’
• Sunday 27th October, ‘Self-awareness’
• Sunday 20th October, ‘Itching Ears’
• Sunday 13th October, ‘Gratitude’
• Sunday 6th October, ‘Remembering’
• Sunday 22nd September, ‘Thoughts and Prayers’
• Sunday 15th September, ‘Bread of Life’
• Sunday 8th September, ‘Building and Planting’
• Sunday 1st September, ‘Who is at our table?’
• Sunday 11th August, ‘What does God want?’
• Sunday 4th August, ‘Finding home’
• Sunday 28th July, ‘Revival’
• Sunday 21st July, ‘Placing Trust’
• Sunday 14th July, ‘Giving Justice’
• Sunday 7th July, ‘Night and Day’
• Sunday 30th June, ‘Taking up the mantle’
• Sunday 16th June, ‘Hope does not disappoint’
• Sunday, 9th June, ‘If you love me…’
• Sunday 2nd June, ‘Open Doors’
• Sunday, 12th May, ‘Acts of Charity’
• Sunday, 5th May, ‘The Road to Damascus’
• Sunday 28th April, ‘Seeing and Believing’
• Sunday 21st April, Easter, ‘An Idle Tale’
• Good Friday 19th April, ‘Crucifixion’
• Sunday 14th April, Palm Sunday, ‘What God needs’
• Sunday 24th March, When you think you’ve lost God
• Sunday 17th March, Standing Firm
• Sunday, 10th March, ‘Testing times’
• Sunday, 3rd March, ‘Shining’
• Sunday, 17th February, ‘Life as it is’
• Sunday, 10th February, ‘Timing’
• Sunday, 3rd February, ‘Seeing Salvation’
• Sunday 27th January, ‘Making sense’
• Sunday, 20th January, ‘Relationships’
• Sunday, 13th January, ‘Baptism matters’
• Sunday, 6th January, Epiphany, ‘Star’

2018

• Sunday, 30th December, ‘Clothed’
• 25th December, Christmas Day, ‘Children of God’
• 24th December, Watchnight, ‘No room’
• Sunday 16th December, Blue Christmas
• Sunday 9th December, ‘The Messenger’
• Sunday 2nd December, ‘God is near’
• Sunday 28th November, Christ the King Sunday, ‘Real Majesty’
• Sunday 18th November, ‘Building Blocks’
• Sunday 11th November, Remembrance Sunday
• Sunday 4th November, All Saints Day
• Sunday 28th October, ‘What would you ask Jesus?’
• Sunday 14th October, ‘Slavery Today’
• Sunday 7th October, Communion, ‘When it all goes wrong’
• Sunday 30th September,  Harvest Thanksgiving, ‘The Gift of Water’
• Sunday 23rd September, ‘Value’
• Sunday 16th September, ‘Making mistakes’
• Sunday 9th September, ‘Who is at the table’?
• Sunday 2nd September, ‘Get on with it!’
• Sunday 12th August, ‘Imitating God’
• Sunday 5th August, ‘Found Out’
• Sunday 29th July, ‘The Dimensions of Faith’
• Sunday 22nd July, ‘Joined together’
• Sunday 15 July, ‘Dancing our Faith’
• Sunday 8 July, ‘The Art of Healing; Celebrating 70 Years of the NHS’
• Sunday 1 July, ‘Interruptions…’
• Sunday 24 June,’Walk round Morningside’
• Sunday 3 June, ‘Brokenness’
• Sunday 27 May, ‘Margaret’
• Sunday 13 May, ‘P, P and P’
• Sunday 29 April, ‘Black and White’
• Sunday 22 April, ‘The Shepherd’s Life’
• Sunday 15 April, ‘It is I, myself’
• Sunday 1 April, ‘Thine be the glory’
• Sunday 25 March, ‘From Bethany to Jerusalem’ (1)
• Sunday 18 March,’Greeks’
• Sunday 11 March, ‘Loving the darkness’ (1)
• Sunday 25 February, ‘Self-denial’
• Sunday 11 February ‘All things to all’
• Sunday 28 January ‘Amazed’
• Sunday 21 January ‘Jonah’
• Sunday 14 January ‘The child is in the midst’
• Sunday 7th January ‘Grace and Truth’

2017

• Sunday 31 December, ‘Old People’
• Sunday 24th December, ‘Christmas Oil’
• Sunday 17th December ‘Wait’
• Sunday 26th November,’Keep awake’
• Sunday 19th November, ‘I was in prison’
• Sunday 12th November, ‘The Memory Box’
• Sunday 29 October, ‘Five hundred years’
• Sunday 22nd October, ‘Time machine’
• Sunday 15th October ‘Make gods for us’
• Sunday 1 October, ‘Dear Paul’
• Sunday 10 September, ‘Brother of the poor, talker with birds’
• Sunday 17 September, ‘Four hundred and ninety’
• Sunday 20 August, ‘Jesus and a foreign woman’
• Sunday 13 August, ‘What are you doing here’
• Sunday 6 August, ‘Festival Feeding’
• Sunday 30 July, ‘The Pearl’
• Sunday 23 July, ‘God is in this place’
• Sunday 16 July ‘Family difficulties’
• Sunday 9 July, ‘Inner Conflict’
• Sunday 2 July, ‘Hospitality’
• Sunday 25 June, ‘Jesus and the sparrows’
• Sunday 11 June, ‘Holy Trinity’
• Sunday 4 June, ‘Filled with new wine’
• Sunday 28 May 2017, ‘Word of Life’
• Sunday 21 May ‘Christianity on trial’
• Sunday 14 May, ‘House of Grace’
• Sunday 23 April, ‘For fear of the Jews’
• Sunday 16 April, ‘Please call me John’
• Sunday 9 April 2017, ‘This is the man, this is the time’
• Sunday 2 April 2017, ‘The Spirit of Life’
• Sunday 26 March 2017, ‘The Shepherd King’
• Sunday 19 March 2017, ‘The woman at the well’
• Sunday 12 March 2017, ‘The love of God’
• Sunday 26 February 2017, ‘Listening to Him’
• Sunday 19 February 2017, ‘Listening and Doing’
• Sunday 12 February 2017, ‘Working with God’
• Sunday 5 February 2017, ‘Listening for the Light’
• Sunday 29 January 2017, ‘Listening on the Mountain’
• Sunday 22 January 2017, ‘Listening by the Lakeside’
• Sunday 15 January 2017, ‘In the Spirit’
• Sunday 8 January 2017, Moderator’s sermon
• Sunday 1 January 2017, New Year’s Day, ‘New’

2016

• Sunday 25 December 2016, Christmas Day – ‘Feet’
• Saturday 24 December 2016, Christmas Eve – ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
• Sunday 18 December 2016 – ‘Blue Christmas’
• Sunday 4 December 2016 – ‘The road to transformation’
• Sunday 27 November 2016 – ‘The road to peace’
• Sunday 20 November 2016 – ‘The marks of Kingship’
• Sunday 13 November 2016 – ‘Wolves and Lambs’
• Sunday 30 October 2016 – ‘Windows on the world’
• Sunday 23 October 2016 – ‘House of Hope’
• Sunday 16 October 2016 – ‘New house rules’
• Sunday 9 October 2016 – ‘Seek the welfare of the city’
• Sunday 2 October 2016- Communion – ‘Write the vision’
• Sunday 25 September 2016 – Harvest Thanksgiving, ‘New beginnings: A Church for the future’
• Sunday 18 September 2016 – ‘The gods of today’
• Sunday 11 September 2016 – ‘Lost and Found’
• Sunday 4 September 2016 – ‘The Cost of Discipleship’
• Sunday 28 August 2016 – ‘First and Last’
• Sunday 31 July 2016 – “Eat, drink and be merry”
• Sunday 24 July 2016 – ‘Persistent Faithfulness’
• Sunday 17 July 2016 – ‘One thing is needed’
• Sunday 10 July 2016 – ‘Beyond the rules’
• Sunday 3 July 2016 – ‘Wash and be clean’
• Sunday 12 June 2016 (6.30pm) – ‘None could sing that song’
• Sunday 12 June 2016 – ‘Twisting Truth’
• Sunday 5 June 2016 – ‘A morsel of bread’
• Sunday 15 May 2016 – ‘Get up and go’
• Sunday 8 May 2016 – ‘Breaking the chains’
• Sunday 1 May 2016 – ‘Gathered at the river’
• Sunday 24 April 2016 – ‘No more them and us’
• Sunday 17 April 2016 – ‘Not dead yet’
• Sunday 10 April 2016 – ‘Damascus Road Experiences’
• Sunday 27 March 2016 – Easter – ‘Tales of the Unexpected’
• Friday 25 March 2016 – Good Friday – ‘The Saviour in the Darkness’
• Sunday 20 March 2016 – Palm Sunday – ‘The Stone’s Cry’
• Sunday 13 March 2016 – ‘The smell of heaven’
• Sunday 6 March 2016 – ‘Lost and Found’
• Sunday 28 February 2016 – ‘Second Chance’
• Sunday 21 February 2016 – ‘Forsaken’
• Sunday 14 February 2016 – ‘Overcoming temptation’
• Sunday 7 February 2016 – ‘Dazzling’
• Sunday 24 January 2016 – ‘Making sense of the Bible’
• Sunday 17 January 2016 – ‘That wedding’
• Sunday 10 January 2016 – ‘Called by name’
• Sunday 3 January 2016 – ‘Travellers’

2015

• Sunday 27 December 2015 – ‘Be thankful’
• Watchnight December 2015 – ‘With’
• Sunday 20 December 2015 – ‘Blue Christmas’
• Sunday 6 December 2015 – ‘Messengers’
• Sunday 29 November 2015 – ‘Learning from St Andrew’
• Sunday 22 November 2015 – ‘Who are we?’
• Sunday 8 November 2015, Remembrance Sunday – ‘Giving Everything’
• Sunday 1 November 2015 – “Essential Christianity”
• Sunday 25 October 2015 – “Real Sight”
• Sunday 18 October 2015 – “Servant”
• Sunday 4 October 2015 – ‘What is lawful?’
• Sunday 20 September 2015 – “Do you understand?”
• Sunday 13 September 2015 – “Who am I”
• Sunday 6 September 2015 – “Will you help?”
• Sunday 30 August 2015 – “Clean”
• Sunday 23 August 2015 – “Living Memories”
• Sunday 26 July 2015 – ‘Temptation and Betrayal’
• Sunday 19 July 2015 – ‘God on the move’
• Sunday 12 July 2015 – “Shall we dance?’
• Sunday 5 July 2015 – ‘Rose-tinted spectacles’
• Sunday 14 June 2015 – ‘Second chances’