Mark 2:1-12
Jesus shows compassion to a paralysed man.
Preacher: Dennis Reynolds.
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A Call To Repent and Believe
Mark 1:14-20 Far too often we play Christianity, we do not live it. For many of us it is more of a hobby than a matter of life or death. We have succumbed to our prevailing culture, the culture of pleasure and passivity. Preached by Geoff Cook on 11 January 2015 as part of the…
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The Authority of Jesus
Mark 1:21-28 Jesus speaks with a definitive and moving authority, and acts with life-changing power. Mark wants us to feel in our gut the combination of power and authority in Jesus’ character. Preached by Geoff Cook on 1 February 2015 as part of the Mark – Storyteller series.
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The Ministry of Jesus
Mark 1:29-39 What can we learn from the way Jesus ministers to people? Preached by John Russell on 8 February 2015 as part of the Mark – Storyteller series.
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A Paralysed Man
Mark 2:1-12 Jesus shows compassion to a paralysed man. Preached by Dennis Reynolds on 22 February 2015 as part of the Mark – Storyteller series.
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The Other Little Donkey
Mark 11:1-11 Who do we identify with in the Palm Sunday story? Our best role model here just might be the donkey, to be like the one who literally was the Christ-bearer. Preached by Geoff Cook on 29 March 2015 as part of the Mark – Storyteller series.
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Crowd Puller
Mark 3.20-35 Jesus’ followers are invited to be a new community which (unlike Jesus’ own family and the scribes) will recognise what God is doing in him, and join him in his crucial work of confronting evil in the world. Preached by Geoff Cook on 7 June 2015 as part of the Mark – Storyteller…
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Parable Teller
Mark 4:26-34 The Jesus revolution is meant to be viral. It starts small, like a weed in a garden, but it spreads. It spreads one life to another, more and more people getting pulled into it. And the harder you try to get rid of it, the faster it spreads. Preached by Geoff Cook on…
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Rule Breaker
Mark 5:21-43 Jesus demonstrates his love and compassion for people. Preached by Ruth Matthews on 28 June 2015 as part of the Mark – Storyteller series.
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A Dark Tale
Mark 6:14-29 As Christians we are called to stand up, stand out and make a difference. That is likely to ruffle a few feathers and challenge a few vested interests. Preached by Geoff Cook on 12 July 2015 as part of the Mark – Storyteller series.
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Who’s First?
Mark 9:30-37 Who wants to be first? First in line for fame and recognition? Or first in line for serving others, even if that means pain and suffering? To be first means to be last, to be a servant. No service is too lowly. Preached by Geoff Cook on 27 September 2015 as part of…
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Who Is With Us?
Mark 9.38-50 We all know what these words do not mean but we don’t often spend a lot of time wondering what they do mean. Jesus is calling for total commitment here. Jesus’ words and ideas in Mark 9 call us all up short. Preached by Geoff Cook on 27 September 2015 as part of…
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A Challenging Perspective
Mark 10:17-31 Contrary to the dominant voices of our culture, but in keeping with the entire section on discipleship in Mark, this text proclaims the good news that the way to be really rich is to die to ourselves. Preached by Geoff Cook on 11 October 2015 as part of the Mark – Storyteller series.
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Mercy On The Margins (Bart’s Story)
Mark 10.46-52 In Mark’s eyes Bartimaeus is the model disciple, who is called by Jesus, came to Jesus, believes in Jesus, is saved by Jesus, and followed Jesus along the way. What’s your story? Preached by Geoff Cook on 25 October 2015 as part of the Mark – Storyteller series.
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Looking Beyond
Mark 13:1-23 Mark 13 is not about the ‘end of the world’. it is about the birth pain, the struggle of labour which happens as God’s kingdom breaks into history, through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, bringing great joy and new life. Preached by Geoff Cook on 22 November 2015 as part of…
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Living Thankfully
John 12:1-8 Dennis preaches on the anointing of Jesus at Bethany. Preached on 3 April 2022 as a one-off sermon.
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Partnership in the Gospel
Philippians 1:3-11 Dennis preaches on the relationships we have together as partners in the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Preached by Dennis Reynolds on 5 December 2021.
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A Truth-Speaking Journey
Ezekiel 37 & Matthew 4:1-11 Dennis preaches about what Israel learned through wandering in the wilderness. Preached by Dennis Reynolds on 21 March 2021 as part of the Worship in the Wilderness series.
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A Simple Journey
Luke 4:1-13 Dennis preaches about Jesus’ time in the wilderness. Preached by Dennis Reynolds on 28 February 2021 as part of the Worship in the Wilderness series.
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Witness
John 1:19-28 Dennis preaches about the witness of John the Baptist. Preached by Dennis Reynolds on 13 December 2020 as part of the Coronavirus Christmas series.
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Freedom and Transformation
Romans 6:1-14 How does knowing the truth of the gospel empower us to live free from the power of sin? Preached by Rachel Taylor on 24 March 2024.
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Good News for Heroic Failures
Romans 5:1-11 All of us spend our lives looking for peace with God, others and ourselves. You and I, heroic failures that we are, cannot make peace with God, or for that matter, with one another. But God, through Christ, has already made peace with us. Preached by Geoff Cook on 17 March 2024.
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Romans 3:19-4:25 Paul helps us understand what God has done to save us through the death of Christ. He then uses the example of Abraham, which inspires us to not only be justified by faith but also to live a life of adventure by faith. Preached by Rachel Taylor on 10 March 2024.
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Romans 1:18-3:23 What’s wrong with the world, and what is the bad news to which the gospel is the answer? Preached by Rachel Taylor on 25 February 2024.
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Romans 1:1-17 Romans is not, ultimately, about some big and complicated ideas, but about a person – Jesus Christ. In him all of the promises of Scripture and longings of the human heart find their fulfilment. Preached by Geoff Cook on 18 February 2024.
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Reforming the People
Nehemiah 13 Any church will enter into spiritual entropy and decline when it loses its passion for Jesus. We must ask God to give us a renewed vision of himself, and a renewed vision of what it means to be his church here in Faversham. Preached by Geoff Cook on 21 January 2024.
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2024
How to co-operate with what God is doing.
The Book of Romans equips us for the adventure of life and faith, and emboldens us to share the Gospel with others.
2023
Following Jesus means introducing him to others.
How can we be more confident about our faith?
Learning how to engage with God by using Habakkuk as a model.
2022
No-one can predict what the future holds, but we can face it confidently knowing that Jesus is already there.
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Jonah discovers that God is forgiving and gracious, even to those who we think are undeserving.
A couple of sermons in the run up to Christmas 2022.
2021
An encouragement to make time for Jesus in our lives.
An encouragement to discover more of God through the wilderness times in our lives.
Helping us to trust God though all the seasons of life.
The importance of not losing the habit of meeting together as the people of God.
2020
Helpful lessons from the first few chapters of 1 Corinthians on what it means to be the church of Jesus.
Spending Easter unexpectedly in lockdown means a chance to learn more about ourselves, about Jesus, and how to worship ‘together’ in unusual circumstances!
More lockdown worship and learning, with a different approach to our usual Sundays.
A collection of sermons on various subjects, reflecting the effect of lockdown and the restrictions on meeting together.
Christmas hope following a year of uncertainty and disruption to everyday life.
2019
The book of James offers practical help for living God’s way in God’s world.
A series about some of the important aspects of Christian faith.
Malachi’s mandate was to call the people back to a vibrant relationship with the living Lord. Their problem, like ours often is, was not ignorance, but indifference.
God gives us a new start, forgiven and free.
2018
A series on the book of Haggai.
Jesus is all we need. Sermons from Paul’s letter to the Colossians.
2017
What does it mean for the church to be a covenant people belonging to God?
2016
Following Jesus – in Luke’s Gospel
Stories from Luke’s Gospel that help us to understand what following Jesus is all about.
2015
Mark tells us the stories of Jesus, inspiring us to turn and follow.
2014
Exploring the revelation of Jesus to John.
Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians is a short and compact letter, that draws us back to the fundamentals of the faith and the fundamentals of how we are to be ‘church’ together.
2013
A very short series on the Trinity.
What does it mean to belong to a community of faith?
A journey through the book of Ephesians, learning who we are in Christ Jesus.
How do we live in the world as Christians? How do we respond to some of the ethical issues of our day?
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