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    What Is Our Motivation For Keeping God's Commandments

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 10, 2023
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    What is our motivation as Christians with regard to God's Commandments, Do we keep them because we have to and we are worried that if we don't God will be angry and punish us or do we keep his word because we love Him

    John 14:15-21 Story: As you all probably know I came to South Witham from Tilney St Lawrence /where I served as the Vicar for 12 years As we came to take the bed apart in our bedroom in Tilney Vicarage, I discoverd two small bowls One bowl had 3 eggs in and nothing else. The other bowl had ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    A Tribute To The Late Queen Elizabeth Ii

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 16, 2022
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    A great Christian leader has gone to glory. Her Christmas message make her one of the great Evangelists of the 20th and 21st Century

    Tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, our Servant Queen The purpose of this talk is to draw together some of the Christian themes that have been coming out of reflections on her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II majestic life, Two themes have emerged for me about our Late Queen 1) The Queen was ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Gentle Jesus Meek And Mild. You Have To Be Kidding!

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 12, 2022
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    Many people think of Jesus being in the worlds of Charles' Wesley's carol. But he wasn't. He came to do the Father's will even if it ruffled feathers. And he may even set Father against Son, as I experienced myself

    You will probably recall that famous Anglican hymn writer Charles Wesley’s famous hymn that start with the words “Gentle Jesus meek and mild” You have to be kidding - as we see in the Gospel today!! Jesus is anything but gentle, meek and mild as our Gospel reading today shows Story: At the ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Reflections On Maundy Thursday

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 13, 2022
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    Why was it important that Jesus had a password for the Last Supper

    Sermon Maundy Thursday Today we remember the events that occurred on Thursday of Holy Week usually reckoned to be about AD 29. It is the most talked about week in the history of mankind It has been estimated that about a third of all the events that we have recorded in Scripture about Jesus’ ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Were The Events Of Holy Week - A Sherlock Holmes Style Mystery

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 8, 2022
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    Was Holy Week an unfortunate series of unfortunate chance events or did Jesus plan it meticulously like a Sherlock Holmes Mystery

    Spy Wednesday The Student Cross Leicester Leg 2022 (from Leicester to Walsingham) Today we find ourselves in Holy Week and today is the day we know as Spy Wednesday It is the day we focus of the betrayal of Jesus by his friend Judas Iscariot It is the day just before Maundy Thursday when we ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Judas Iscariot And Mary Of Bethany

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 2, 2022
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    Who do you wish to serve God or Mammon

    Jn 12:1-8 Story: A Quaker once posted a sign on one of the choicest fields of his farm. It stated, "This land will be given to the first truly satisfied person who passes this way" . He no sooner arrived back at his house than a man knocked at his door. “Sir," he said, "I ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Spy Wednesday. Was Holy Week A "sherlock Holmes Mystery"?

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 27, 2022
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    Was Holy Week merely a series of Unfortunate Chance Events or did Jesus prepare the events in advance in the style of a Sherlock Holmes mystery?

    Spy Wednesday The Student Cross Leicester Leg 2022 (from Leicester to Walsingham) Today we find ourselves in Holy Week and today is the day we know as Spy Wednesday It is the day we focus on the betrayal of Jesus by his friend Judas Iscariot It is the day just before Maundy Thursday when we ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Candlemas And How The Service Didn't Go As Planned

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 27, 2022
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    The Curiosity of Candlemas

    Presentation of Christ in the Temple Story: I came across this interesting snippet the other day on the web for the computer buffs among you. At a recent computer expo, COMDEX, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the car industry and is reputed to have said:, "If ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Good King Wenceslas On The Feast Of Stephen

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 26, 2021
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    Why should we sing the carol Good King Wenceslas on 26th December (The Feast of Stephen0

    Why did Good King Wenceslas look out on the Feast of Stephen On Christmas Eve, i.e. 2 days ago, Cyril challenged me to put a sermon together on Good King Wenceslas and the first Christian martyr. So who was Wenceslas? Firstly he wasn’t a King, though Otto the Great who was Holy Roman Emperor ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    The Christmas Truce On 1914

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 26, 2021
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    The amazing Christmas Truce on the Western Front during WW1.

    Christmas Truce in the trenches in 1914 As we celebrate Christmas, I am reminded of one of the more curious events that happened in the First World War - “The Christmas Truce of 1914”, which on the Western Front. It all appears to have started on the evening of 24th December, the day the ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Why Didn't God Proclaim The Birth Of His Son Through The "good And The Great"

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 1, 2021
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    Why did God use a rough man like John the Baptist to preach repentance to the people

    TSJ 05-12-21 Luke 3:1-20 John the Baptist Conventional wisdom says that how you present the message is more important than the message itself Why else do we see smartly dressed men and attractively clothed women advertising products like soap and cars But when God announced the birth of his son ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    David And Bathsheba

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 17, 2021
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    In this talk I look in more detail at 2 Samuel 11 Verse 1. Inn the spring at the time that kings go off to war....David remained in Jerusalem

    2 Samuel 11:1-17 I would like to focus on one verse from our Old Testament lesson that Maddy read so well for us ; The one that reads 1 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, …..David remained in Jerusalem. At first blush it seems an insignificant verse, but it is the key to ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Parable Of The Growing Seed And The Parable Of The Mustard Seed

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 9, 2021
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    In God's Kingdom, growth comes from small beginnings

    Mk 4:26-34 Illustration: There’s a traditional saying attributed to Benjamin Franklin which says, " For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and For the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Jesus Deals With Criticism

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 5, 2021
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    Having read the Gospel passage I found myself asking the question How do we deal with criticism? And Should we complain as much as we do?

    Having read the Gospel passage I found myself asking the question How do we deal with criticism? How do we deal with complaints Should we complain as much as we do? Story This reminds me of the story about a Trappist monk. Trappist monks take a vow of silence and in this particular monastery ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    You Must Be Born Again

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 28, 2021
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    God's great gift is a new birth in Christ

    John 3:13-17: You must be born again Story: Richard Daly who was mayor of Chicago for 21 years (1955-1976). Mayor Daly was known as a rather forbidding guy to work for. One day one of Mayor Daly’s speech writers came in and asked for a pay raise. Mayor Daly, who was rather stingy responded ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican