Sermon Archive

Below is a selection of sermons from recent months. Click on a sermon title to view the full sermon.

4th May 2008

The Choral Offices of the Church (Michael Sadgrove)

1st May 2008

Ascension Day, 17th Century Style (Michael Sadgrove)

27th April 2008

Paul at Athens (Michael Sadgrove)

20th April 2008

Easter, death and life (Rosalind Brown)

13th April 2008

Unbinding Death (David Kennedy)

1st April 2008

Is not this the carpenter's son? (Peter Selby)

30th March 2008

An abrupt gospel (Rosalind Brown)

23rd March 2008

The Uncomfortable Truth of Easter (Tom Wright)

Dreaming of a White Easter (Tom Wright)

Out of Egypt (Michael Sadgrove)

20th March 2008

God in Private and Public (Tom Wright)

Lord, is it I? (David Kennedy)

10th March 2008

Seeing Jesus (David Kennedy)

9th March 2008

Lamentations (Rosalind Brown)

2nd March 2008

Mustn’t Grumble (Stephen Cherry)

Sons and Parents (Rosalind Brown)

24th February 2008

Expectans expectavi (David Kennedy)

Within singeing distance (Stephen Cherry)

21st February 2008

Memorial Address for Phyllis Richardson (David Brown)

17th February 2008

A Service to honour the Rifles (Michael Sadgrove)

11th February 2008

Message from the Bishop of Durham (Tom Wright)

10th February 2008

On not settling for knowledge alone (Rosalind Brown)

9th February 2008

Worrying Prophecy, Wonderful Grace (Tom Wright)

3rd February 2008

Transfiguration (Michael Sadgrove)

A milestone (Ian Jagger)

2nd February 2008

Deconstructing Temple Religion (Stephen Cherry)

27th January 2008

Holocaust and obedience (Ian Jagger)

Holocaust Memorial Day (Michael Sadgrove)

20th January 2008

Our baptismal calling (Rosalind Brown)

13th January 2008

Jesus' baptism and our baptism (David Kennedy)

6th January 2008

We three kings of orient are? (Nils Chittenden)

30th December 2007

Birth and Death at Christmas (Rosalind Brown)

25th December 2007

Where shall a baby safely lay his head (Michael Sadgrove)

23rd December 2007

Tested by God's word and God's silence (Rosalind Brown)

Asked of the Lord (Michael Sadgrove)

16th December 2007

Are you the one? (Ian Jagger)

9th December 2007

Showdown at Mount Carmel (David Kennedy)

Wanting Outward (Stephen Cherry)

5th December 2007

Advent Compline (Rosalind Brown)

2nd December 2007

"Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord" (Rosalind Brown)

Tearing open the heavens (David Kennedy)

25th November 2007

Commemoration of Founders and Benefactors (Lord Hurd of Westwell)

Christ the King but no triumphalism. (David Kennedy)

Christ the King (Rosalind Brown)

18th November 2007

Daniel and the parable of the sower. (Rosalind Brown)

11th November 2007

Remembrance Sunday (David Kennedy)

Alive before God (Michael Sadgrove)

Light up a Life (Michael Sadgrove)

4th November 2007

A paracletic text: Revelation 7. 9-17 (David Kennedy)

1st November 2007

All Saints Day (Rosalind Brown)

28th October 2007

Simon and Jude: passionate discipleship (Rosalind Brown)

Planning: A Lost Cause? (Stephen Cherry)

21st October 2007

On Not Losing Heart (Stephen Cherry)

The Feast of Tabernacles (David Kennedy)

14th October 2007

Remember Jesus Christ (David Kennedy)

7th October 2007

The Gift of Faith (David Kennedy)

Believing Inspite of the Evidence (Caroline Dick)

30th September 2007

Focusing on Mission (Stephen Cherry)

Dogs, Angels and Riches (David Brown)

29th September 2007

Michaelmas Music (Michael Sadgrove)

23rd September 2007

Acting Collaboratively (Stephen Cherry)

16th September 2007

Installation of the Bishop of Jarrow (Mark Bryant)

Developing Leadership (Stephen Cherry)

9th September 2007

On Attachment (Michael Sadgrove)

For the Durham University Alumni (Michael Sadgrove)

To Serve (Michael Sadgrove)

2nd September 2007

Psalm 119 and St Benedict (David Kennedy)

26th August 2007

Generous in giving (Rosalind Brown)

19th August 2007

Panic or generosity? (Rosalind Brown)

Learning Discipleship (Stephen Cherry)

15th August 2007

The Real Mary (Stephen Cherry)

12th August 2007

Visiting Time (Stephen Cherry)

Walking by faith (Rosalind Brown)

5th August 2007

Growing the Kingdom with Oswald (Stephen Cherry)

Two Warriors (David Brown)

29th July 2007

The Lord's Prayer (David Kennedy)

22nd July 2007

Mary Magdalene (Michael Sadgrove)

14th July 2007

Miners' Festival (David Kennedy)

8th July 2007

G. K. Chesterton and St John the Baptist (David Kennedy)

Travelling lightly (Nils Chittenden)

7th July 2007

Wisdom and Love (Rosalind Brown)

24th June 2007

The Year's Noon (Michael Sadgrove)

18th June 2007

"Farewell" to Jenny Hobbs (Nils Chittenden)

17th June 2007

Joseph Butler (David Brown)

Letting go in Love (Rosalind Brown)

12th June 2007

For Thethis (Dr Henry Dyson)

11th June 2007

The Divine passion (David Kennedy)

9th June 2007

Friends Festival (Michael Sadgrove)

3rd June 2007

The Athanasian Creed (David Kennedy)

Trinity Sunday 2007 (David Brown)

1st June 2007

Pilgrim Eucharist (Michael Sadgrove)

27th May 2007

At Pentecost (Michael Sadgrove)

Spirit of Truth (Tom Wright)

20th May 2007

He Descended (Stephen Cherry)

LAMA SABACHTHANI (Michael Sadgrove)

17th May 2007

THREE WONDERS OF ASCENSION (Michael Sadgrove)

13th May 2007

Christian Aid Week (Michael Sadgrove)

Thy Will Be Done (Stephen Cherry)

29th April 2007

Vocation (Michael Sadgrove)

22nd April 2007

More than an Ending... (Stephen Cherry)

15th April 2007

The Ultimate Bible Story (Stephen Cherry)

The worship of John's Community (David Kennedy)

8th April 2007

Jesus the Risen Judge - and Forgiver (Tom Wright)

God's Future in Person (Tom Wright)

The Dawn of Joy (Michael Sadgrove)

5th April 2007

This is the night (David Kennedy)

The Word of the Cross (Tom Wright)

1st April 2007

Ride on! ride on in majesty! (Rosalind Brown)

25th March 2007

Hospitality at Bethany (Rosalind Brown)

24th March 2007

Slavery: Only Connect (John Pritchard)

18th March 2007

The Feminine in the Story of the Prodigal Son (David Brown)

Benedict and Cuthbert: Two Saints for Durham (Michael Sadgrove)

11th March 2007

Deceiving Jacob (Rosalind Brown)

Belief and Disbelief (David Brown)

4th March 2007

By grace alone (Stephen Hampton)

Luke 14 and Psalm 135 (Ann Loades)

25th February 2007

TERROIR FOR LENT (Michael Sadgrove)

Jonah and repentance (Rosalind Brown)

21st February 2007

The Desert - Temptation - Mortality - Practising Piety? (Tony Bryer)

18th February 2007

Patrick Alington and Suffering (David Brown)

Holy in the ordinary (Rosalind Brown)

11th February 2007

Praying for Good Weather (Stephen Cherry)

4th February 2007

No More Reverend Nice Guy (Stephen Cherry)

2nd February 2007

Seeing Salvation (Stephen Cherry)

28th January 2007

Stewardship Thinking (Stephen Cherry)

Encountering the Human Christ (David Brown)

21st January 2007

Transforming the Past (Michael Sadgrove)

Living Life with God (Rosalind Brown)

7th January 2007

Bonfires of the Spirit and Candles in the Wind (Stephen Cherry)

31st December 2006

Based on Galatian 4. 4, 5 (David Kennedy)

25th December 2006

Teased By Christmas (Michael Sadgrove)

Full of Grace and Truth (Tom Wright)

24th December 2006

Based on Psalm 85. 10 (David Kennedy)

Emperors and Angels (Tom Wright)

17th December 2006

Based on St Luke 1.68 BCP (David Kennedy)

10th December 2006

Advent Hope - Zechariah and Elizabeth's story (Rosalind Brown)

John The Baptist (Michael Sadgrove)

7th December 2006

Let Glory Come In (Michael Sadgrove)

3rd December 2006

Advent Words and Meanings (Michael Sadgrove)

26th November 2006

The Commemoration of Founders and Benefactors (Nicholas Holtam)

Christ The King (Michael Sadgrove)

19th November 2006

Will It Last? (Stephen Cherry)

12th November 2006

On Remembrance Sunday (Michael Sadgrove)

Light up a Life (Michael Sadgrove)

Repentance (Stephen Hampton)

9th November 2006

God and the War on Terror (Tom Wright)

5th November 2006

Loving God (Rosalind Brown)

Speak No Evil of the Dead (David Brown)

29th October 2006

The Fall of a Tree (Michael Sadgrove)

Read Mark (Rosalind Brown)

22nd October 2006

Leadership Through Servanthood (Nils Chittenden)

17th October 2006

City on a Hill (Tom Wright)

15th October 2006

Catching the Eye of Love (Michael Sadgrove)

'God and Cities' (Rosalind Brown)

8th October 2006

'Cantus Firmus: The Enduring Melody' (Rosalind Brown)

Jesus on Marriage (David Brown)

1st October 2006

'Holiness and daily life' (Rosalind Brown)

23rd September 2006

The Road to New Creation (Tom Wright)

20th September 2006

Funeral of Chris Moyes (Michael Sadgrove)

16th September 2006

The Ear of the Servant, the Tongue of the Teacher (Tom Wright)

7th September 2006

Who's in and who's out? (Joseph P Cassidy)

3rd September 2006

'Un-stingy hearts' (Rosalind Brown)

27th August 2006

Pullman Pilgrimage (Michael Sadgrove)

Struggling with God's call (Rosalind Brown)

20th August 2006

Flesh and Blood (Stephen Cherry)

Stewardship of God's Land (Rosalind Brown)

13th August 2006

Be imitators of God (Rosalind Brown)

Is Life a Race? (Stephen Cherry)

6th August 2006

Transfiguration (David Brown)

30th July 2006

Job (Rosalind Brown)

23rd July 2006

Faith after Constantine (David Hunt)

9th July 2006

Forgiveness (Rosalind Brown)

24th June 2006

Singing John the Baptist's song (Rosalind Brown)

18th June 2006

The Small Things of God (Stephen Cherry)

10th June 2006

The Trinity (Stephen Cherry)

4th June 2006

Comforter (Stephen Cherry)

3rd June 2006

Friendship (Rosalind Brown)

28th May 2006

Between ascension and Pentecost (Rosalind Brown)

14th May 2006

Success, victory and triumph (Stephen Cherry)

23rd April 2006

The impact of the resurrection (Rosalind Brown)

22nd April 2006

The emptiness of the tomb (Rosalind Brown)

16th April 2006

Recognition Scene (Michael Sadgrove)

9th April 2006

Vineyards (Rosalind Brown)

26th March 2006

God so Loved the World (Michael Sadgrove)

2nd February 2006

The Presentation of Christ (Rosalind Brown)

29th January 2006

Homelessness (Paul Marriott)

22nd January 2006

Wedding banquets (Rosalind Brown)

8th January 2006

Knowing and doing what is right (Rosalind Brown)

25th December 2005

At Bethlehem (Michael Sadgrove)

18th December 2005

The Annunciation (Rosalind Brown)

27th November 2005

The Coming of God's Kingdom (Michael Sadgrove)

2nd November 2005

Lachrymosa (Michael Sadgrove)

9th October 2005

Report from France (Michael Sadgrove)

4th September 2005

Welcome Back to Cuthbert (Michael Sadgrove)

28th August 2005

A Journey to Scotland (Michael Sadgrove)

21st August 2005

God's Goodness (Rosalind Brown)

31st July 2005

God's Merciful Ears (Rosalind Brown)

17th July 2005

Goodness (Frederick Holliday)

10th July 2005

God the Cultivator (Rosalind Brown)

9th July 2005

People who Walk with Death (Michael Sadgrove)

3rd July 2005

Installation of Rosalind Brown (Tom Wright)

Mining for Wisdom (Michael Sadgrove)

2nd July 2005

Ordination of Priests (Tom Wright)

Playing and Reality (Michael Sadgrove)

26th June 2005

On Thirty Years as a Deacon (Michael Sadgrove)

25th June 2005

Singing the Lord's Song (Michael Sadgrove)

4th June 2005

God's love transcends human laws and judgements (Nils Chittenden)

22nd May 2005

On Trinity Sunday (Michael Sadgrove)

24th April 2005

Before Voting (Michael Sadgrove)

The God of Small Things (Fleming Rutledge)

17th April 2005

Rebuilding The Temple (Michael Sadgrove)

3rd April 2005

Caravaggio's depiction of the Doubting Thomas is a mirror of our own hearts (Nils Chittenden)

19th March 2005

Cuthbert (Stephen Conway)

13th March 2005

Caiaphas and Christ (Michael Sadgrove)

7th February 2005

Address (Robin Brims)

Address (Michael Sadgrove)

6th February 2005

Elijah the Prophet (Michael Sadgrove)

30th January 2005

Untitled Sermon (Martin Kitchen)

The Best Wine (Martin Kitchen)

23rd January 2005

Titan (Martin Kitchen)

16th January 2005

After the Tsunami (Michael Sadgrove)

6th January 2005

Arise and Shine (Martin Kitchen)

25th December 2004

An Icon of the Nativity (Michael Sadgrove)

24th December 2004

A Shop Window in Newcastle (Michael Sadgrove)

19th December 2004

Re-arrangements (Martin Kitchen)

24th October 2004

Ecclesiastes: strange, but true (Nils Chittenden)

17th October 2004

Before Eames (Michael Sadgrove)

8th August 2004

God's Good Pleasure (Martin Kitchen)

13th June 2004

On Being a Priest (Michael Sadgrove)

6th June 2004

Wicked Thoughts (Martin Kitchen)

30th May 2004

A Fierce and Fiery Happiness (Michael Sadgrove)

23rd May 2004

Christ the Glory of the Sky (Michael Sadgrove)

Christ's gift (Martin Kitchen)

16th May 2004

Testimony (Martin Kitchen)

Delivered by Wisdom (Michael Sadgrove)

9th May 2004

Messiaen helps us make sense of the Ascension (Nils Chittenden)

25th April 2004

St Mark (Michael Sadgrove)

21st March 2004

The Prodigal Son (Martin Kitchen)

14th March 2004

Reconciliation (Martin Kitchen)

22nd February 2004

Anakephalaiôsis (Martin Kitchen)

8th February 2004

Vocation (Martin Kitchen)

25th January 2004

Conversion of St Paul (Martin Kitchen)

18th January 2004

Second Sunday of Epiphany (Martin Kitchen)

11th January 2004

The Baptism of Christ (Martin Kitchen)