Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 31 December 2023. ‘To know His Name in the worship and liturgies of the church is not enough. We also need to know Him for ourselves, and to let Him be named within us just as we also may be named within Him.’
Archives for December 2023
Christmas Day: What defines us
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 25 December 2023. ‘What started life as a helpless baby became risen, glorious, triumphant over the very powers of sin and death. We also need to move on from our own mangers…’
Advent 4: A revealing of things long hidden
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 24 December 2023. ‘May God be glorified in every generation of the church, and therefore may the Body of Christ also be wholly committed above all else to the same gospel message and truths.’
Advent 3: Just what we are looking forward to?
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 December 2023. ‘… And so Paul looks for the workings of the Holy Spirit: that the people may be filled with His grace and that they may live in His life.’
Commentary: The love that offers but does not demand
It must have been developing for some time, but it is now getting faster and faster, writes Rev Sydney Maitland. No, this is not about HS2 – another costly rail project for the Home Counties. More, it is the inversion of reality. Truth does not exist – except as perceived and promoted by certain interest…
Advent 2: God has not turned aside
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 10 December 2023. ‘The Lord is still at hand, and He comes: either when we are least expecting it, or in the fulfilment of our expectations, as we look to Him day by day. For the promises of the Lord are not given cheaply or as afterthoughts. They are given so that we may trust in them.’
Advent 1: The tension in the strings of the orchestra’s instruments
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 December 2023. ‘So also are the people of the Lord as an orchestra: living in and with a tension – but one in which Jesus Himself is the One who composes, conducts and leads.’
