Ash Wednesday. Joel 2:1-2,12-17.

A sermon for Candlemas, taken from Luke 2:22-40, given by the Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin.

Speaking from Luke 1:26-38, Jamie Franklin encourages us to consider the greatness of Mary and to imitate her virtue in our lives. 

Speaking from John 1, Jamie Franklin exhorts us to follow the example of John the Baptist and recognise that there is only one true Christ and that it is not us. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers. This sermon audio comes from Holy Trinity Winchester. More information about Holy Trinity can be found here.

Speaking from Mark 13, the Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin exhorts us to take seriously the words of Jesus about the Antichrist and the end of the world. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers. This sermon audio comes from Holy Trinity Winchester. More information about Holy Trinity can be found here.

Speaking from Matthew 25:31-46, Rev Jamie Franklin exhorts us make a (Liturgical) New Year's resolution to live in the light of the fact that Jesus Christ is the King of the Universe. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers.

Speaking from Matthew 25:14-30, Rev Jamie Franklin exhorts us to use our gifts for the glory of God. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers.

Speaking from Matthew 14:22-33, Rev Jamie Franklin encourages listeners to shun the empty futility of the demonically busy world and adopt instead the practices of Jesus in silence, solitude and prayer. And this in preparation for the great storms of life that we all face. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers and on YouTube. The music...

Rev Daniel French's sermon given at Holy Trinity Church based on Luke 9. 28-36 reminds us that as Christians there is a mountain to climb and a Christianity without the mountain is no Christianity at all. 

Speaking from Matthew 13:44-46, Jamie Franklin asks how we are to make sense of the unblushing promises of joy and gain made to us by Christ and the Scriptures. Isn't being a Christian all about being a boring hypocrite? And how does taking up our cross fit with this talk of happiness? Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers and on...

Speaking on the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds, Jamie Franklin answers the question of how we in a tolerant age can believe in God's judgment of humanity. Isn't God unloving and unmerciful to consign some of us to the fiery furnace of which Christ speaks in this passage? How can we understand and apply these most challenging words of Jesus today? Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and...

Speaking from Matthew 13:1-23, Rev'd Jamie Franklin challenges us to hear the voice of God with desire, depth and attention and to recognise the joy that bearing fruit in the Christian life will bring to us. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers and on YouTube. The music on this podcast was composed and recorded by Jamie Franklin and...

For Trinity Sunday, Jamie Franklin speaks about the way that the persons of the Holy Trinity reveal the truth of the statement in 1 John 4:16, "God is love". Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers and on YouTube. The music on this podcast was composed and recorded by Jamie Franklin and is to be set to the words to "Just as I am without...

In this sermon for the feast of Pentecost, Rev Jamie Franklin says that those who receive the Holy Spirit can be set free from fear and know true and lasting peace and joy in this life. And not only that but that disciples of Christ can be empowered by the Holy Spirit to carry out the Lord's calling in their lives. He also offers some thoughts about how you can go about seeking the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life. There are many ways. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio...

Rev. Jamie Franklin speaks from 1 Peter 4:13-16 and John 17:1-11 on what it means (and what it does not mean) to share in the sufferings of Christ for faithfulness to God. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers and on YouTube. The music on this podcast was composed and recorded by Jamie Franklin and is to be set to the words to "Just...

Speaking from John 10:1-10, Rev. Jamie Franklin explains why the claims of Christ for his own self-importance are so shocking and uncompromising, why the voices of false and antichrists must be rejected, and he encourages to listen for the voice of the Good Shepherd and enter the doorway which leads to life. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast...

Speaking from the story of the Road to Emmaus in Luke 24:13-35, Jamie Franklin encourages listeners that, though the Christian faith acknowledges the great darkness that we all encounter at times, nevertheless the presence of the risen Christ is offered to us if we are able to receive him with the eyes of faith. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major...

Alleluia! Christ is risen! Happy Easter friends. In this special sermon for Easter Eve, we ponder the glorious implication of Christ's redemption: the redemption of our souls, bodies and the rest of the universe. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers and on YouTube. The music on this podcast was composed and recorded by Jamie Franklin...

Today, we are reminded of the greatest saying of Christ: not only that he gives us what we need for life, but that he is life itself, and that he will bring us through death and into life, both now and forever. Speaking from the story of the revival of Lazarus from the tomb, Rev'd Jamie Franklin exhorts us to seek the life-giving power of Christ in this life and to put our trust in him for eternity. The two Scripture readings referenced today are Ezekiel 37:12-14 and John 11:1-45. Thank you...

For the Third Sunday of Lent, Jamie Franklin speaks about the literal-mindedness of various characters in the Gospels including the Samaritan Woman, who we encounter today in our reading from John 4:5-42. It is easy to laugh at all of these comical misunderstandings but do they reveal something to us about the poverty of our own spiritual condition and our need to take hold of the penitential season of Lent as a remedy? What can we learn about the difference between literal food and drink...

Speaking of the story of Christ's temptation in the Wilderness, Jamie Franklin contends that suffering is a normal part of life and offers us an opportunity for growth towards holiness and change. This should be embraced rather than avoided and that is what the season of Lent is all about. Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers and on...