Sermons

In this section of the Web Site, "The Gospel", you will be able to read Sermons given at Holy Trinity over the last month. The Readings used on Sundays are from the Common Worship Lectionary, related readings, and generally the sermons follow these themes. Preachers at Holy Trinity welcome any comments you would like to make.

Sermon from 24 January, please click here to read.

Three Bible passages, the three persons of the Trinity, and three great areas of contemporary life - the individual, the church and the wider world: To read this sermon from 17 January 2010 please click here.

Christmas Sermon 2009 please click here to read.

So you think God can't use you?

Our thoughts at the Wednesday Communion Service before Christmas recalled this short piece from the Tanworth-in-Arden parish magazine (Rosalind Young's home parish).

The next time you feel like God can't use you, just remember . . .Noah was a drunk, Abraham was too old, Isaac was a daydreamer, Jacob was a liar, Leah was ugly, Joseph was abused, Moses had a stuttering problem, Gideon was afraid, Samson had long hair and was a womaniser, Rahab was a prostitute, Jeremiah and Timothy were too young, David had an affair and was a murderer, Elijah was suicidal, Isaiah preached naked, Jonah ran from God, Naomi was a widow, Job went bankrupt, Peter denied Christ, the Disciples fell asleep praying, Martha worried about everything, the Samaritan woman was divorced (several times), Zacchaeus was too small, Paul was too religious, Timothy had an ulcer . . .AND - Lazarus was dead!

So - what's your excuse? In truth, God can use you to your full potential whatever your past. Why? Because you aren't the message, you are just the messenger . . .

Wisdom

"Hangups about science, sex, women, work, maturity, other faiths - problems in the history of Christianity, which might have been avoided if part of the historic scriptures, familiar to Jesus and the New Testament writers, had not been marginalised over the centuries. The same writings have a place at the heart of Christian attitudes to the urgent issues facing humanity and the planet in the 21st century. Bill Weston, Holy Trinity's Reader and Church Council Secretary, makes these intriguing suggestions as he invites us to dip into the "Wisdom" literature of the Old Testament in an article published in 2006." To read this article please click here.