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)


