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FREE TO GOD | TENSION IN THE OVERLAP (GAL. 1:1-10) 'Galatians is not just a treaty on works and faith—it’s a manifesto about God’s new creation, about belonging in the family of Abraham, and about living in the tension between two worlds.'

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RHYTHM | TEARS (LK. 7:36-50) A message about compassion and solidarity. 'Jesus never buys into, and never imprisons people within the personas and the problems that their societies, their sin or their stories have entombed them in.'

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RHYTHM | RELEASE (LK. 6:27-36)

THEME: FORGIVENESS Here’s my longer sermon notes from this morning’s Metro Christian Centre service (dated 4th May 2025, aka, Star Wars Day), continuing our exploration of Jesus-shaped and Jesus-shaping habits. You can also catch up with this via MCC’s YouTube channel (just give us time to get the video uploaded). May the fourth be with you! ‘Ah, God! what trances of torments does that man…

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RESURRECTION SUNDAY & BAPTISM SERVICE | 'As another 4th century preacher put it, ‘A few drops of blood renewed the whole world…’'

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RHYTHM | AEROPLANE MODE (MK. 1:35) A message about solitude, silence and stillness. Jesus was not a slave to the 'tyranny of the urgent.'

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RHYTHM | IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU (LK. 14:7-14)

RHYTHM | IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU (LK. 14:7-14) A message about obscurity, hiddenness and humility. It’s possible to have virtue without signalling to it.

OBSCURITY, HIDDENNESS AND HUMILITY Here’s my longer sermon notes from this morning’s Metro Christian Centre service (dated 23rd February 2024), continuing our series exploring Jesus-shaped and Jesus-shaping habits. You can also catch up with this via MCC’s YouTube channel (just give us time to get the video uploaded). ‘I’d rather be a hammer than a nail | Yes, I would | If I only could | I…

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 12)

Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume breathes a life of gathering gloom; sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in the stone-cold tomb. Glorious now behold him arise; King and God and sacrifice: Alleluia, Alleluia, sounds through the earth and skies. Day 12 … The end of Christmas is Epiphany’s eve, the feast marking the Magi’s visit with their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The…

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 11)

Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!Hail the Sun of Righteousness!Light and life to all he brings,risen with healing in his wings.Mild he lays his glory by,born that men no more may die,born to raise us from the earth,born to give us second birth. Day 11… and I couldn’t resist this stunner. With words from the prolific hymn writer, Charles Wesley (1707-1788) combined with the music of musical…

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 10)

Joy to the Earth, the Savior reigns;Let men their songs employ,While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains,Repeat the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow,Nor thorns infest the ground;He comes to make his blessings flowFar as the curse is found. Day 10… “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not suppressed it.” So says John at the start of his ‘good news’ about…

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 9)

Angels and archangels may have gathered thereCherubim and seraphim thronged the air;But only His mother in her maiden blissWorshiped the BelovedWith a kiss What can I give HimPoor as I am?If I were a shepherd, I would give a lambIf I were a wise man, I would do my partYet what I can, I give HimGive my heart Day 9… ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ is a carol recognised by most—depending upon what tune…

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 8)

Seek not in courts or palaces; Nor royal curtains draw; But search the stable, See your God extended on the straw. Then learn from hence, ye rural swains, The meekness of your God, Who left the boundless realms of joy, To ransom you with blood. Day 8…. These are the 4th and 5th stanzas of a Carol that may be unfamiliar. It’s the opening piece (No. 1) of American composer William…

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 7)

Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wand’ring So fair to be seen. Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail too; And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year And God send you a Happy New Year. Day 7… and another favourite Carol of mine. Although, strictly speaking, it’s not a Carol. As the title suggests, it’s a wassail. You know, a wassail?…

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 6)

God of God, Light of LightLo, He abhors not the Virgin’s wombVery GodBegotten, not created O come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimO come, let us adore HimChrist the Lord! Day 6… ‘O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant!…’, or so the first line of this most famous of Carols goes. Although this line is known by many, how many of us actually measure up as being ‘faithful, joyful,…

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 5)

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 5) Gaudete!

Deus homo factus est Natura mirante, Mundus renovatus est a Christo regnante. . Gaudete, gaudete! Christus est natus Ex Maria virgine, Gaudete! Day 5…. One of my all-time favourites, Gaudete, even though it’s sung in Latin, has a tune most will recognise. Like the Carol I shared on Day 4, this also traces its origins back to the 16th century. Although, some suspect that its tune dates…

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 4)

Herod the king, in his raging Chargèd he hath this day His men of might in his own sight All young children to slay • That woe is me, poor child, for thee And ever mourn and may For thy parting neither say nor sing “Bye bye, lully, lullay.” Day 4… The Coventry Carol, dated from around the 16th century, is one of our most harmonious of carols and, as such, our saddest… It’s a heartfelt…

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 3)

Le Rédempteur A brise toute entrave: La terre est libre et le ciel est ouvert. Il voit un Frère ou n’était qu’un esclave, L’amour unit ceux qu’enchainait le fer. Qui Lui dira notre reconnaissance? C’est pour nous tous qu’Il nait, Qu’Il souffre et meurt. Peuple debout, chante ta délivrance! Noel! Noel! Chantons le Rédempteur! Noel! Noel! Chantons le Rédempteur! The Redeemer has broken…

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS (DAY 2)

Sire, the night is darker nowAnd the wind blows strongerFails my heart, I know not howI can go no longer.Mark my footsteps, good my pageTread thou in them boldlyThou shall find the winters rageFreeze thy blood less coldly. In his masters step he trodWhere the snow lay dintedHeat was in the very sodWhich the Saint had printedTherefore, Christian men, be sureWealth or rank possessingYe, who now…