For Christ, For Brentford: Recent Episodes
Immanuel Church Brentford
We are, by God's grace, a vibrant reformed church in Brentford, with a passion to plant further churches in West London, to the glory of God. We are a member of the International Presbyterian Church's UK English-speaking presbytery.
Sermon from 24-Sep-23 - Galatians 2:11-21 - “Crucified with Christ”- Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 17-Sep-23 - Galatians 2:1-10 - “Freedom and Unity”- Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 6-Aug-23 - Summer Series - Minor Prophets - Obadiah - "Elect From Every Nation" - Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 10-Sep-23 - Galatians 1:10-24 - "To God be the Glory" - Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 3-Sep-23 - Galatians 1:1-9 - "A More Perfect Union" - Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 27-Aug-23 - Summer Series on Minor Prophets - Amos 9 - "The Great Gift" - Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 20-Aug-23 - Summer Series on Minor Prophets - Zephaniah - "Death or Singing" - Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 30-Jul-23 - James 5:13-20 - “The Heart of Prayer” - Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 23-Jul-23 - James 5:7-12 - “Choosing Wisely in the Worst Times” - Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 16-Jul-23 - James 4:3-5:6 - "Bonfire of the Vanities" - Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 9-Jul-23 - Philippians 4:10-23 - "The Gaze of the Generous" - Preached by Simon Foster (Trinity Church, York)
Sermon from 25-Jun-23 - James 4:1-6a - "Oops! I Did It Again" - Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 18-Jun-23 (Guest Preacher) - James 3:13-18 - "The Right Kind of Wisdom" - Preached by Arthur Keefer
Sermon from 11-Jun-23 - James 3:1-12 - "Careless Talk Costs Lives" - Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 28-May-23 - James 2:1-13 - "The Fractured Futility of Favouritism" - Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 21-May-23 - James 1:19-27 - "What Does Listening Look Like" - Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 14-May-23 - James 1:9-18 - "Learning to Choose Life"- Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 23-Apr-23 - Acts 17 - "Men and Women of London"- Preached by Lourens du Plessis - one off
Sermon from 16-Apr-23 - Matthew 28:16-20 - "The Way Jesus Changes the World"- Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 9-Apr-23 - Matthew 27:62-28:15 - "The Problem with the Empty Tomb"- Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 26-Mar-23 - Matthew 27:27-44 - “The Suffering Servant King”- Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 19-Mar-23 - Matthew 27:11-26 - “The Real Use of Power”- Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 5-Mar-23 - Jonah 4:1-11 - “A Lesson for an Angry Prophet”- Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 26-Feb-23 - Jonah 2:10-3:10 - "A Genuine Repentance"- Preached by Stan Adams
Sermon from 19-Feb-23 - Jonah 2:6b-9 - “Salvation Belongs to the Lord”- Preached by Martin Fox
Sermon from 5-Feb-23 - Jonah 1:17 - "Something Greater Than Jonah"- Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 29-Jan-23 - Jonah 1:7-16 - "Storms, Stupidity, and Salvation"- Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 8-Jan-23 - Matthew 13:44-46 - "The Pearl of Great Price"- Preached by Ed Rowett
Sermon from 1-Jan-23 - 1 Peter 4:1-11 - "The Remainder of the Time"- Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from Christmas day, 25-Dec-22 - Isaiah 7:14 -"God with Us"- Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 11-Dec-22 - Isaiah 11:1-10 - "The Promised Prince of Peace"- Preached by Martin Fox
Sermon from 4-Dec-23 - Isaiah 9:1-7 - "The Dominion of Peace”- Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 20-Nov-22 - Revelation 2:1-7 - "God's OFSTED Report"- Preached by Barry Schutter (one-off)
Sermon from 13-Nov-23 - Matthew 26:57-27:10 - "The Trial, the Denial, and the Tragedy" - Preached by Steve Clark
Content Warning: This sermon deals with the difficult topic of Judas' death
Sermon from 6-Nov-23 - (Matthew 26-31-56) - "Must It Be?" - Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 23-Oct-22 - (Matthew 26-1-16) - "A Tale of Two Sinners" - Preached by David Hills (visiting preacher)
Sermon from 16-Oct-22 - (Matthew 25-31-46) "Jesus' Holy Church" - Preached by Martin Fox
Sermon from 2-Oct-22 - (Matthew 24-36 - 25-13) - "Are you ready" - Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 11-Sep-22 - (Matthew 23- 1-13) - “Do what I say (not what I do)!” - Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 7-Aug-22 - Colossians 1:3-14 - "A Prayer for Ordinary People" - Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 17-Jul-22 - Matthew 22:15-33 - "Taxes, Death and the Really Big Questions" - Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 11-Jul-22 - Matthew 22:1-14 - "The Many and the Few" - Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 26-Jun-22 - Matthew 21:12-27 - "On His Authority" - Preached by Richard Linnell
One-off sermon from 19-Jun-22 - Acts 8:26-40 - "Good News for Outcasts" - Preached by Jonathan Landry Cruse
Sermon from 12-Jun-22 - Matthew 20:29–21:11 - "Hail the Unexpected, Unwanted King!" - Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 22-May-22 - Matthew 19:16-30 - "Winners and Losers" - Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 15-May-22 - Matthew 19:1-15 - "Wholeness in the Family of God" - Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 1-May-22 - Matthew 18:15-20 - "The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful" - Preached by Dr Arthur Keefer
Sermon from 25-Apr-22 - Matthew 18:1-14 - "The Greatness of Being Small" - Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from Easter Sunday, 17-Apr-22 - Matthew 28:1-15 - "Resurrection People" - Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 10-Apr-22 - John 17:1-5 - "Jesus' High Priestly Prayer" - Preached by Stan Adams
Sermon from 3-Apr-22 - Matthew 17:14-27 - "All You Need Is … Faith" - Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 27-Mar-22 - Matthew 17:1-13 - "The Heart of Discipleship" - Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 20-Mar-22 - Matthew 16:21-28 - "The Way of the Cross" - Preached by Todd Crusey
Sermon from 6-Mar-22 - Matthew 5:38-48 - "God's Children in the Hands of an Angry World" - Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 27-Feb-22 - Matthew 15:32-16:12 - "Giving, Demanding and Forgetting" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 20-Feb-22 - Matthew 15:21-39 - "Faith and Grace in Unexpected Places" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 13-Feb-22 - Matthew 15:1-20 - "Troubling Traditions" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 30-Jan-22 - Matthew 14:13–21 - "The Miracle You Can't Miss" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 23-Jan-22 - Matthew 13:53 - 14:12 - "Opposing Jesus" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 16-Jan-22 - John 4:1-42 - “The One Who Truly Satisfies” - Preached by Sunny Jaj
Sermon from 9-Jan-22 - Luke 11:1-4 - "What is Prayer?" - Preached by Stuart Cashman - From Immanuel Church Brentford Week of Prayer 2022
Sermon from 2-Jan-22 - Matthew 2:13-23 - "The Empire Strikes Back" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 19-Dec-21 - Matthew 2:1-12 - "What Wise People Do" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
Sermon from 12-Dec-21 (morning) - Matthew 1:18-25 - "The Baby's Names" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 28-Nov-21 - Galatians 6:11-18 - "A Cross-Shaped Life" - Preached by Martin Fox
Sermon from 14-Nov-21 - Galatians 5-16-23 - "The Battle Within" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
Sermon from 7-Nov-21 - Galatians 5-1-15 - "Enjoying Freedom" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 24-Oct-21 - Galatians 4:8-5:1 - "For Freedom" - Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 17-Oct-21 - Galatians 3-23 - 4:7 - "Insiders or Outsiders" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 10-Oct-21 - Galatians 3-15-22 - "I Want to Believe" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
Sermon from 3-Oct-21 - Galatians 3:1-14 - "Happiness or Ruin" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 25-Sep-21 - Galatians 2-11-21 - "How to Break a Church" - Preached by Steve Clark
Sermon from 19-Sep-21 - Galatians 2-1-10 - "Defending True Freedom" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 12-Sep-21 - Galatians 1-11-24 - "How to Spot an Apostle" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
Sermon from 5-Sep-21 - Galatians 1-1-10 - "Seriously Good News" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 29-Aug-21 - Genesis 50 - "God's Providence Fuels Faith" - Preached by Martin Fox
Sermon from 15-Aug-21 - Genesis 48 - "Blessing and Belonging" - Preached by Richard Linnell
Sermon from 11-July-21 - Luke 18:9-14 - "Let the Little and Big Children Come" - Baptismal service - Preached by Rob Ilderton
Sermon from 4-Jul-21 - Genesis 43 - "Despair Before the Dawn" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
Sermon from 27-Jun-21 - Genesis 42 - "A Confrontation with Grace" - Preached by Lourens Du Plessis
Sermon from 6-Jun-21 - Genesis 39 - "Faithfulness & Falsehood" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
Sermon from 10-May-21 - Genesis 35-1-33 - "Back to Beginning to Move Forward" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
Sermon from 2-May-21 - Genesis 34-1-31 - "Abuse and God's People" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
Sermon from 25-Apr-21 - Genesis 33-1-20 - "Kindness in Action" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 18-Apr-21 - Genesis 32 - "The Struggle of a Lifetime" - Preached by Stuart Cashman
Sermon from 11-Apr-21 - Genesis 8-1, 8-13-9-1 - "Life After a Pandemic" - Preached by Barry Schutter
Sermon from 4- Apr-21 - Mark 15-21—16-8 - "The Plan that Went Right" - Preached by Richard Linnell
Steve is joined by Martin Fox, one of the elders at Immanuel Brentford, who kicked off our Easter sermons on Sunday. Martin breaks down the big challenges in the passage - from how much worship matters to Jesus to what prayer looks like for Jesus' followers - as well as how the illustrations preachers use change over time.
Join us for Good Friday at IPC Ealing (sign up here: https://www.ipc-ealing.co.uk/weekly-meetings/) at 11am, or Easter Sunday at Immanuel Brentford (https://www.immanuelbrentford.org/). He is risen!
The return of the cold open...!
This week, we bring you both a background ambience of "packing tape" (as Rob gets ready to head Eastwards) and internet instability (as Steve loses connection at a crucial moment), neither of which are properly edited out. You lucky ducks!
Rob Ilderton joins Steve for the last time in a while to discuss the most recent sermon from Genesis, this time looking at the depth of the brokeness we all experience, and the deep, deep need for healing that only God can provide.
What kind of love matters? And what kind of love heals?
An ill-fated attempt to discuss 24, Rob's mechanisms to avoid lockdown boredom and authentic background noise - they all make an appearance in this week's lightning breakdown! Rob Ilderton rejoins Steve to discuss the big themes from his penultimate sermon before moving house.
Sermon from 14-Mar-21 - Genesis 29-31 - 30.43 - "Personal Value" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
Rob is back in the pulpit and breaks down his sermon from Genesis 29. Was Jacob any more successful meeting his future in-laws than Rob was? You'll have to listen in to find out!
No cold open this week, but it _is_ reversa-day! Rob hosts the podcast and Steve breaks down his marathon sermon on Genesis 28 from Sunday. Plus we try to figure out when Rob and Steve can expect their Royal Honours.
Sermon from 28-Feb-21 - Genesis 28-1-12 - "Spectacularly Predictable" - Preached by Steve Clark
Stuart Cashman drops in for this special bonus podcast episode to tell us about an exciting new forum getting underway in Brentford - civil discussion of big ideas.
To find out more about the Aletheia forum, head over to https://www.immanuelbrentford.org/alatheia-forum, visit Stuart's blo at https://cashman-stuart.medium.com/, or follow him on Twitter @stuartcashman. Or do all three. Go on, you know you want to...
We did a cold open! Live* from Brentford, it's The Lightning Breakdown!
Rob and Steve chat about Cricket, NASCAR and van der Graaf generators ... and also more important things too. Rob breaks down the latest sermon in Immanuel's series in Genesis, helping us to think through some of the biggest truths that run through scripture.
What more do you want?
*Not really live. Recorded, in fact. So kind of the opposite of being live. But that doesn't work so well as a cultural reference.
It's been a while ... the vagaries of lockdown and isolation and homeschooling have stopped us recording recently, but we're BACK (just like the Backstreet Boys. They're a cultural reference, right?). Rob Ilderton and Steve Clark discuss Rob's sermon from Sunday, this time looking at Isaac. We chat about the frustrations of real life following God, and the best time to call the grandparents.
7-Feb-21 - Matthew 16-13-23 - "Church 101" - Preached by Simon Arscott, All Nations Church Illford
31-Jan-21 - Genesis 25-19-34 - "Two Nations and a Bowl of Stew" - Sermon preached by Richard Linnell
In a week when the news was dominated by transitions from one power to another, we break down Rob's sermon from Genesis 24 and how God's promise carries on when the world changes.
Sermon from 17-Jan-21 - Genesis 24-1-67 - "How to Woo Like a Patriarch" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
In a week when it was revealed that 13 years of medical advancements in reducing the mortality rates had been reversed in a single year in the UK and that 2020 the largest rise in excess deaths in 75 years , Rob Ilderton discusses what God's Word has to say about death.
It holds a mirror up to us, and is both common and terribly sad. What sliver of hope do we have in such sad times?
Rob opens up his sermon from Genesis 23.
As the UK is undergoing another lockdown, we thought we'd offer a treat!
In a special bonus edition, listen in to a seminar given by Mark Snelling, a member of Immanuel Brentford, on resilience in traumatic situations. It was originally recorded on 29 April 2020 as the UK was deep into the first national lockdown early in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Mark is a psychotherapist, with expertise in trauma and issues assoicated with major humanitarian and crisis situations, including heavy involvement in the psychological fallout of the Ebola epidemic.
In the midst of a pandemic, what Mark has to say is incredibly relevant, with insight into what impact it has on our mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, and giving us the tools and vocabularly to recognise understand what is happening right now, as well as a biblical framework to engage with the peculiar mental health issues arising from living through strange and strained times.
This episode contains Mark's talk - for a copy of the slides and the full session (including Q&A), head over to https://ipc.church/project/resilience/.
10-Dec 2021 - Genesis 23 - "On The Promised Land Property Ladder" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
Sermon from 27 Dec 2020 - Luke 2:22 - 35 - "Job Done" - Preached by Richard Linnell
Apologies for the sound quality! We had technical issues this week
What we listen to shapes reality around us - what we think is plausible, or good, or valuable. It sometimes happens obviously, but most of the time it's quiet and subtle. And the most reshaped reality is what we believe Christmas is about.
This week, Steve and Rob breakdown the fourth of our Advent sermons - Luke 2:1-21, perhaps the most well known true story in history with mangers and shepherds and angels and all the rest. It's upside down week as Rob takes the wheel and Steve answers the questions, touching on being Social Media influencers, watching the Muppets' Christmas Carol and listening to primary school children play the recorder. But also much more important things.
Sermon from 20-Dec-20 (4th in Advent) - Luke 2:1-21 - "Not Your Normal Nativity Play" - Preached by Steve Clark
The Justice League of Brentford ... if Stuart's Batman and Rob's Robin (his words), what does that make the rest of us?
Rob, a self-professed superfan of Coldplay, returns this week to break down the third sermon in our Advent series from Luke's gospel, where he covered Baby Yoda and Baby John the Baptist. He's just a goldmine of pop culture.
Sermon from 13-Dec-20 - Luke 1:57 - 80 - "Preparing The Way And Preparing Our Hearts" - Preached by Rob Ilderton
We bring out the big guns this week, with a big name substitution. Steve is joined by none other than Richard Linnell, moderator of the UK English-speaking presbytery of the International Presbyterian Church and Ruling Elder at Immanuel Brentford.
We discuss the sermon from our second Sunday in advent - the God who is present, the God who saves, the God who keeps His promises. Great stuff as always!
Sermon from 6-Dec-20 - Luke 1-39–56 - "What’s it all about, Mary?" - Preached by Richard Linnell
A return to normality after last week's extravaganza as Rob Ilderton and Steve Clark break down the first of Immanuel Brentford's Advent Sunday services. We cover what we really long for, what an old man and a teenage girl have to tell us about our hearts in 2020 London and more besides!
Also this week: how we're planning to take over the Big Eva podcast market.
Come join us for Sunday worship in person this week - details are on our Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/immanuelbrentfd or our website: www.immanuelbrentford.org
Like the influencers we are, we bring you a special unboxing episode!
In a special bonus extended edition, Rob and Steve discuss Christmas past and present - what we love about this time of year, what myths drive Rob nuts and what advent will look like this year in Brentford. It'll be different - but in many ways, it'll be just the same.
No sermon on the feed this week - check out www.facebook.com/immanuelbrentford to see last Sunday's sermon.
Make your faith stronger!
Is that what we're meant to do? When everything seems a bit messy and uncertain do we just try to cling on a bit tighter?
Rob Ilderton breaks down one of the more gnarly and knotty narratives in Genesis, all whilst being an American paying a complement to Test Cricket as the top demonstration of sporting character.
It's not what you know, it's who you know...
We apologise for the slightly more (ahem) freeform nature of the discussion. We recorded before I'd had my morning coffee this week.
Get in touch with us at https://twitter.com/immanuelbrentfd (sorry, it wasn't me that set it up), https://www.facebook.com/immanuelbrentford or through our Contact page at https://www.immanuelbrentford.org/
Sermon from 15-Nov-20 - Genesis 22 - "Abraham’s A-levels" - Preached by Rob Ilderton What is God really like? Is the God of the Old Testament worth following? Abraham finds out...
What are you waiting for?
What's going on when things are so messed up?
Does God have any interest in the mundanity and mess of our lives?
Those are some of the topics we touch on in this week's lightning breakdown with Rob Ilderton. That and a one-eyed dog.
We're back with another Lightning Breakdown!
This week, it's half term, so we have a special guest appearance from Celebrity Brentford FC and Clemson Tigers fan Rob Ilderton ... as well as some bonus background contributions from some kids out of school!
"If God is dead, anything goes..."
What does it mean to live in a culture following the worldview of secularism? Where does it end up? What does that mean for atheists and for Christians? And how do we grapple with one of the messiest situations in the whole bible? Rob helps us break down a very difficult passage which touches on some of the issues at the core of the way our society functions.
Listen in and find out more!
Welcome to the first of Immanuel Brentford's "Lightning Briefings"!
Whether it's Marcus Rashford fighting for schoolchildren to have free school meals, racial justice marches, or protests for the freedom to decide whether to wear a mask, we all care about justice. But what - if anything - has the Bible to say about this?
Stuart Cashman (minister at Immanuel Church Brentford) introduces us to the themes running through his recent sermon on Genesis 18.