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Zechariah 9:9-17: Jesus, the Saving King

Sun, 28/03/2021 - 09:30 -- James Oakley

Perhaps like me you long for good times to return again: the opportunity to take a holiday whenever, wherever you wish; the opportunity to meet with friends, any number of people, indoors or outdoors; the opportunity to forget face masks, to sit closer than two meters to somebody from another household. Perhaps you long for good times to return.

If you do picture for a moment the Jews of Jesus' day. they longed for good times to return.

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1 Corinthians 15:1-8: Breaking the Cycle

Sun, 11/11/2018 - 11:00 -- James Oakley

A sermon given on Remembrance Sunday 2018


We’ve come together today to remember those who gave their lives during the two great wars of the last century. Every community in England lost huge numbers of people, and we resolved never to forget. We will remember them.

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Isaiah 60: The Light Shines

Sun, 17/12/2017 - 19:00 -- James Oakley

A talk from 9 Lessons and Carols in 2017.


The world can be a dark place.

It’s been quite a year. I searched the internet for newspaper headlines from 2017. I got many screens full, from all over the world.

Here are some:
Suspected cop killer shot dead.
British meat in horse hormone scandal.
Carnage at pop concert.
NHS cuts 15000 beds in 6 years.
UK relations with Russia at all-time low.
Trump ready to strike Kim’s nuclear sites.
Some victims of tower blaze may never be identified.

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Daniel 6:25-28 - Age of Empires

Sun, 12/11/2017 - 09:50 -- James Oakley

A sermon given on Remembrance Sunday 2017.


2017 has had us worried at times. We’ve watched the tensions between the United States and North Korea ratchet up. The fear that any actual war could turn nuclear is very sobering.

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Luke 24 - Risen and Alive

Sun, 16/04/2017 - 19:00 -- James Oakley

Many people have two struggles with Easter.

They struggle to believe it happened. As a Christian story, part of the legend, it’s fine. But dead people don’t come back to life. It just doesn’t happen. Which means that the idea that this is more than a legend, that it actually happened – that’s just too hard to believe. Struggle to believe it happened.

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Romans 8:18-30 Groaning into Glory

Sun, 16/04/2017 - 10:00 -- James Oakley

I take it that we all know that Jesus rose from the dead on Easter Sunday.

Today, I’m not going to try and convince you that the resurrection is a true story. I’m assuming you’re already convinced. You believe that Jesus really did rise from the dead. He’s alive today.

If I’m wrong to assume that, I’d love to give you a copy of {Val Grieve, Your Verdict}

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