4 Things that reveal true hearing

2025-06-22

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 8:16-21

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

4 Ways that true hearing reveals itself: 1. True hearers hear evangelistically 2. True hearers hear authentically 3. True hearers hear fruitfully 4. True hearers hear obediently

The Sower - 4 Hearers but only 1 that really hears

2025-06-08

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 8:1-15

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

The parable of the Sower challenges whether we really know what HEARING really looks like.

From forgiveness to Great Love

2025-06-01

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 7:36-50

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

In this episode we have the fourth reaction of Jesus to different types of people and their situations. Here he recognises the great love of the openly sinful woman who has clearly found forgiveness for her open sins. He now challenges another sinner - Simon the Pharisee to see his own sins and the lack of his love because he has been forgiven little.

Moving from uncertain doubt to firm belief

2025-05-25

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 7:18-35; Matthew 11:1-24

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

Jesus receives a message from John the Baptist as to whether he is really the one they have been waiting for. This message considers 4 locations along the spectrum of faith. At one end believing at the other disbelieving: 1. Doubting - 'false expectations' 2. Decided - 'firm expectations' 3. Drifting - 'fluid expectations' 4. Disbelieving - 'faked expectations'

From hopelessness to hopefulness

2025-05-18

Pastor Abiola Aka

Luke 7:11-17

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

A message about how a hopeless widow's life is turned around to hopefulness by Jesus.

3 Different takes on true faith

2025-05-11

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 7:1-10; Matthew 8:5-13

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

Three different takes on the true faith of the gentile Centurion: 1. What the Jews see 2. What the Centurion sees 3. What Jesus sees

The sermon on the plain - Decision - Part 4 of 4

2025-05-04

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 6:43-49; Matthew 7:13-29

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

The last part out of 4 in the Sermon on the Plain where Jesus is giving his disciples a Primer on Discipleship. Here he speaks about 2 roads, 2 trees, 2 claims and 2 houses. He effectively says: 'The Evidence demands a Verdict (i.e. a decision) and equally here 'A Verdict demands Evidence'.

The sermon on the plain - Discernment - Part 3 of 4

2025-04-27

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 6:37-42; Matthew 7:1-6

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

The 3rd part out of 4 in the Sermon on the Plain where Jesus is giving his disciples a Primer on Discipleship. This is where he speaks about not judging people. We get to see what that really means i.e. do not be judgmental, do not display a 'critical spirit'.

Jesus' exaltation and crushing - a mystery

2025-04-20

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Isaiah 52:13-53:12

One-offs

The second of two Easter messages on Isaiah's 4th Servant Song there in Isaiah 52v13-53v12. It covers his exaltation and equally the aspect of people being appalled at him and God's will that He should be crushed.

Jesus' salvation and His humiliation

2025-04-18

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Isaiah 52:13-53:12

One-offs

Good Friday message (part 1 of 2) on Isaiah 52v13 through to Isaiah 53v12 (the 4th Servant Song). We see here Jesus' humiliation.

The sermon on the plain - Distinction - Part 2 of 4

2025-04-13

Pastor Hedley Clemo

Luke 6:27-36

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

This message looks at what I have called 'The Hard Command' i.e. Jesus command to 'Love your enemies'

A message from Luke's gospel preparing us for the New Year 2025.

Christmas 2024

December 2024

A series of 2 messages looking at Christmas themes from John's gospel and Luke's gospel.

Luke's Gospel - Good news for all people

November 2024 – November 2025

This series takes us all the way through the longest of the four gospels of Jesus Christ, written by the only Gentile writer in Holy Scripture.

Christmas 2023

December 2023

2 Messages from Luke's Gospel about the Invitation that Christmas gives us to Faith, Blessing and Service along with a message about the Emotion of Joy that we find that binds the Christmas stories all together - Joy for the Old, the Young, the Rich and for the Poor.

Easter 2023

April 2023

A pair of messages for Easter 2023 - one from Matthew's account of the crucifixion looking at how the episode centres around mocking and how the irony of that brings out four clear truths and then - second, looking at the Thomas account in John's gospel and considering his journey from doubt to worship and then to witness.

Day by day - Daily grace

January – March 2023

This short series looks at 'daily' things in Scripture and reminds us of the typical 'rhythms of grace' or 'means of grace' that we as Christians should use and benefit from.

Proverbs - Wisdom From Above

May – September 2022

Studies through the Book of Proverbs giving us God's wisdom for everyday living that pleases Him and blesses us

This series explores Paul letter to the church at Rome. This letter would be considered by most as the greatest of all the New Testament letters. It has been a letter that has changed the world by changing numerous people down through the ages by it's powerful and masterful explanation of the Gospel of God.

One-off Messages

October 2020 – October 2025

These messages are just adhoc and don't form part of a larger series and are not related to life-cycle events such as dedications etc.

This series picks up what is known as Jesus' Farewell Discourse (traditionally John 14-17) and also includes the introductory chapter where Jesus shows, in many ways, what it means to truly love one another.It teaches us how to maintain our joy when everything around us might be caving in.

This series has much to encourage and strengthen us.It has the theme of God's sufficient grace running through and dwells much on Christ and His salvation.It also has the theme of suffering present from start to finish and that helps us a lot at this time of world uncertainty with COVID-19.

This book has been helpfully described as an extended commentary on Matthew 6 verse 33 'Seek first the kingdom and his righteousness...' (Ralph Earle)

A series working through the questions and answers that come up in this short 3 chapter minor prophet in the Old Testament.It ends with a wonderful climax in chapter 3 - a wonderful psalm on praise.

The Normal Christian Life

December 2017 – February 2018

This series works through 5 key aspects of any 'normal' Christian life:• Divine Power • Divine Purpose • Divine Pleasure • Divine Passion • Our Progress

This series takes a look at the Lord's Prayer from Matthew's gospel, which forms a part of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.

Kennet Radio on FM - 'In Conversation' (2014) with the Rev. Hedley Clemo

Kennet Radio on FM - 'In Conversation' (2013) with the Rev. Hedley Clemo

Luke - Jesus The Travelling StorytellerIn this series we follow the eleven unique stories and parables that Jesus told in Luke's account of his travels through Samaria on his way to Jerusalem.

A look at the Pastoral letters - starting off with 1 Timothy

A 2 message Christmas series based around a pair of 'baby bios' one on John the Baptist and one on Jesus.

In this series we follow the steps of the Psalm writer as he makes his way through the many challenges of life done God's way.This Psalm has many high points and also more than its fair share of stressful seasons.

Christmas in 3 WordsA short 3 message Christmas series taken from 3 passages in Luke's gospel.

Matthew 6v5-13 - The Lord's PrayerA series of 8 messages on the familiar yet profound Lord's Prayer.

Mark 1-13 - So Who Exactly is this Jesus?This is a gospel series from Mark's eyes and tackles the first 13 chapters.

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