Horham Baptist Church Sermons: Recent Episodes
Horham Baptist Church
HBC is a growing baptist church found in the heart of the Suffolk countryside in the UK. For more info visit www.horhambaptist.org.uk
Focus Text: 1 Corinthians 1:10-3:4
The post Divisions, Divisions, Divisions first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus Text: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
The post A Reason to Give Thanks first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus Text: Romans 8:28-30
The post Glorification first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus Text: Romans 6:17-23
The post Sanctification first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus Text: Romans 3:21-26
The post Justification first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus Text: Malachi 4:1-6
The post The Sun Shall Rise first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus Text: Luke 2:8-14
The post The Angelic Announcment first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus Text: Luke 1:68-79
The post Zechariah’s Prophecy first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus Text: Matthew 1:18-25
The post The forgotten Hero of Christmas first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus Text: Philemon
The post Walk in forgiveness first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus Text: Acts 17:16-34
The post The Gospel and Cultural Idols first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 16:25-33
The post Hold onto this Hope first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 16:5-16
The post Ask the Helper first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 15:18-16:4
The post Expect Persecution first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 15:12-17
The post Love One Another first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 15:1-11
The post Remain in Jesus first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 14
The post Do Not Let Your Heart Be Troubled first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Romans 6:1-5
The post God’s Grace Through Baptism & Communion first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Hebrews 10:23-25
The post God’s Grace Through the Church first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Matthew 7:7-11
The post God’s Grace Through Prayer first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Peter 1:22-2:5
The post God’s Grace Through the Word first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ecclesiastes 12:9-14
The post The End of the Matter first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ecclesiastes 11:5-12:8
The post Seize the Eternal Day first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ecclesiastes 7:15-11:4
The post Reconstructing Wisdom first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ecclesiastes 7:15-11:4
The post Deconstructing Wisdom first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ecclesiastes 4:1-7:14
The post Death and All Its Joys first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ecclesiastes 4:1-7:14
The post Do This and Life Will Always Feel Meaningless first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ecclesiastes 3
The post The Inevitability of Time first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ecclesiastes: 1:12-2:26
The post We’re All Just Chasing the Fog first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
The post It’s All Hevel! first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Matthew 6:5-15
The post Your Kingdom Come first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Isaiah 26:3-4
The post Perfect Peace first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Romans 8:18-30
The post Suffer in the Spirit first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Peter 4:10-11
The post Serve With the Spirit first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Galatians 5:16-26
The post Walk by the Spirit first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 3:1-8
The post Born of the Spirit first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 20:19-29
The post What Is the Kind of Faith That Jesus Blesses? first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Jude 24-25
The post Keep the Faith first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Jude 1-16
The post Contend for the Faith first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 John 1:1-2:2
The post God Is Light first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ecclesiastes
The post Rooted in the Everyday (Ladies Day, Session 2) first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ecclesiastes & 1 Peter 1
The post Rooted with an Eternal Hope (Ladies Day, Session 1) first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 16:1-15
The post Enjoying the Spirit first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 1:1-18
The post Enjoying the Son first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Ephesians 1:3-14
The post Enjoying the Father first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Matthew 3:13-17
The post Our Triune God first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Psalm 146
The post A Song of True Confidence first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 2 Thessalonians 3
The post Be Ready! first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 2 Thessalonians 2
The post Be Alert! first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 2 Thessalonians 1
The post Take Heart! first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Philippians 1:1-11
The post Looking Back and Looking Forward first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Matthew 1:1-17
The post More Than Just a List of Names! first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23
The post Our Duty to Win first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 15:1-17
The post I AM… The Vine first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 14:1-11
The post I AM…. the Way, the Truth and the Life first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 11:11-27
The post I AM… The Resurrection and the Life first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 10:11-21
The post I AM… The Good Shepherd first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 10:1-10
The post I AM… The Door first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 8:12-20
The post I AM… The Light of the World first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: John 6:22-59
The post I AM… The Bread of Life first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Peter 1:3-12
The post An Exile’s Guide to Hope first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Hebrews 12:1-17
The post Encouraged to Endure first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Psalm 112
The post A Life Less Ordinary first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Acts 8:1-8
The post What to Do when the Church Is Scattered first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
The post A Faith that Impacts Our Relationships first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
The post A Faith that Transforms Our Lives first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
The post A Faith that Provides Hope first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
The post A Faith that Pleases God first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13
The post A Faith that Needs Care and Attention first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:10
The post A Faith that Inspires first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16
The post A Faith that Endures first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
The post A Faith that is Christ-Centered first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Thessalonians 1:4-10
The post A Faith that Speaks for Itself first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-3
The post A Faith to Give Thanks For first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Joshua 23
The post Follow the Leader first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Joshua 22
The post Dark Clouds on the Horizon first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Joshua 13-21
The post A Place to Call Home first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Focus text: Joshua 11 & 12
The post Devoted to Destruction first appeared on Horham Baptist Church.
Join us as we ask what genuine saving faith looks like and how it visibly changes our lives. Focus Text: James 2:14-26
Join us as we consider why favouritism, or partiality, is such a problem within a church community. Focus Text: James 2:1-13
This week we consider the significant danger that our anger, empty religion and hypocrisy pose to our relationship with God and our witness to others. Focus Text: James 1:19-27
Today we look at Acts 8 to discovery the key ingredients in an individuals life that lead them to be baptised. John with us as we examine the events that took place during a miraculous meeting between a Christian leader called Phliip and a ‘God seeker’ from Ethiopia.
In the final chapter of the OT book of Habakkuk is largely a prayer of praise to God, but it’s a prayer which reveals some of the core reasons behind Habakkuk’s faith in God during such difficult times. Habakkuk 3
When Habakkuk finds himself in a situation of great difficulty he cries to God, asking Him how long his pain will last and why He (God) is not doing anything about it. When God answers it isn’t quite the response Habakkuk is looking for – yet in this response, and in Habakkuk’s resulting complaint we…
What do you pray for those you know and love? What guides and shapes your prayers for your own life? In our passage today we find two simple yet profound requests Paul offers to God on behalf of the church in Thessalonica. Two requests which reveal much about his priorities and challenge ours too.…
We might have lots of differing perspectives on what it is that God truly things about us as people, but what does the bible have to say about it? That’s exactly what we will spend our time together today thinking about, as we focus on just a few verses in Paul’s letter to the Christians…
We conclude our sermon series in Mark’s gospel by looking at the final event it records – the resurrection of Jesus. It’s an event like no other in all of history and an event that has huge significance for us today too. Focus Text is Mark 16
It is the most significant moment in all of history, yet we have heard about it so many times that its magnitude can often be diminished. Today, as we look at Mark’s account of the crucifixion of Christ, we ask what it all means and why it changed everything. Focus Text is Mark 15:16-39
In the most unlikely of circumstances and in the most unlikely of ways, Jesus is crowned as the King of all Kings. How we respond to this king is up to us. Focus Text is Mark 15:1-15
Jesus is taken into the religious council in Jerusalem where he is put on trial and all his statements are examined. It’s a trial that will help us to examine what he calls truth alongside all that the world calls truth. Focus Text is Mark 14:53-72
In our passage today we see Jesus fully submitting himself to all that God has planned for his life. It’s not an easy thing to do at all, but we will see and learn the foundational truth that enables him to do such a diffult thing – a truth that will help us to do…
How sure are you that you will still be a believer this time next year? Today we hear a warning from Jesus that should urge us to avoid complacency at all costs. Focus Text is Mark 14:26-42
Jesus changes the focus of an age-old traditional meal forever and in doing so he teaches us three important truths. Focus Text is Mark 14:12-25
Again Mark presents to us another follower of Jesus who comes from the most unlikely of places. It prompts us to ask what does it look like in our lives if we value Jesus above all things. Focus text is Mark 14:1-11
As we come to a difficult passage in Mark’s gospel we ask why Jesus is talking to his disciples about such things and discover an important truth for us today. Focus Text is Mark 13:1-37
What does Jesus’ arrival mean for you? He comes as both saviour and judge, but which one will he be to you? Focus Text is Mark 12:13-44
In a world filled with opinions and contradictory arguments, we need to answer an important question – Why should we listen to Jesus more than anyone else? Focus Text is Mark 11:27-12:13
We return to the gospel of Mark with a passage filled with confrontation. But what does Jesus see that makes him so angry? You may be surprised to read it is something we find repulsive too… hypocrisy! Focus Text is Mark 11:11-25.
Today we take a look into a tricky passage found in the New Testament book of Hebrews and ask, ‘Is following Jesus really worth the trouble it can cause us?’. Focus Text: Hebrews 5:11-6:20
In the final sermon of our summer series ‘Thank God It’s Monday’ we discover two ways we can serve Christ; both AT our work and IN our work. Focus Text: Colossians 3:1-17
What do we do when everything goes wrong with our work, both at home or in the workplace? Join us today as we find some incredibly helpful truths for moments just like that. Focus Text: Ephesians 2:1-10
Jesus’ arrival on earth changed everything… including our everyday work. Today we will see how that has happened and how it might change our perspective of work completely. Focus Text: Ephesians 1:10
As good as work can be, we all know that it can often feel incredibly difficult, frustrating and pointless. Today we think about how we can keep going when it gets hard. Focus Text: Genesis 3:8-21
We begin our new summer sermon series, in which we will see what the bible has to say about all things work, with a question – Is work a good or a bad thing? Focus Text: Genesis 1
As Jesus arrives in Jerusalem he is greeted by crowds of celebrating people as the promised king. He will prove to be that king, yet not in the way they wanted – but in the way they really needed. Focus Text – Mark 11:1-11
Mark tells us of a man named Bartimaeus who meets Jesus on the Road to Jerusalem – a meeting that was to completely change the direction of his life. It’s also a meeting that shows us what it looks like for someone to meet Jesus and decide to follow him. Focus Text: Mark 10:46-52
When two of Jesus’ disciples come to him with a request for special treatment, he challenges them as to their reasons for following him and explains what it really means to follow him – a lesson we need to hear too. Focus text: Mark 10:32-45
We take a little break from our series in Mark by talking to Rico Tice from All Souls Langham Place & Christianity Explored Ministries, to discuss how we might be better equipped to share the good news of the gospel with our family, friends, neighbours and colleagues.
What have we got to do to be saved? A simple question with an impossible answer. Let’s see what Jesus said to a man who asks just that question as he meets Jesus on the way to Jerusalem. Focus Text: Mark 10:13-31
In Mark 10 the Pharisees once again arrive with the intention of tricking Jesus into saying something controversial. Yet Jesus sees right through not only their intentions but their hearts. In sharing some counter-cultural teaching on Divorce, Jesus directs them away from their own hard-hearted attitudes toward his gracious redemption.
How do you define & determine greatness? Perhaps a question we would all answer differently, but this week we are going to see how Jesus defines it. So join us as we think upon what greatness looks like in the kingdom of God. Focus Text: Mark 9:33-50
For the majority of our lives, we live amidst the darkness of this world and face a whole host of daily battles; it’s not surprising then that we can often find it hard to have faith. Yet, as we will see in our passage today, it is for this very reason that we must depend…
In our passage today, three of Jesus’ disciples are following him to the top of a mountain, their heads filled with questions and uncertainties as they wrestle with the difficult things Jesus has just told them. How can they trust what he says? How can they be sure they are following the right person? Isn’t…
Immediately after Peter identifies Jesus as the rescuer God had promised, Jesus explains what it means to be his follower. He explains that it is not something you can just do in your spare time or a path to take because you think it will be the easiest. Instead, he explains that it involves giving…
Today we come to the pivotal moment of Mark’s Gospel, the fundamental question every one of us must answer. Who is Jesus?
In our passage, we see three events, very similar to ones we have seen in Mark’s gospel before – but with one very big difference this time!
What is it that makes someone a good or bad person? In today’s passage we see what Jesus has to say about it, and it’s not what you might think.
When the disciples return from their ministry tour in the villages around Galilee, they could be excused for thinking they already knew everything about Jesus. Yet in our passage today, we see there are significant blind spots in their understanding of who Jesus really is, blindspots which we often share with them. Join with us…
This week we think about a word loaded with emotional baggage, ‘repentance’. So what is it, and why is it so important? We answer those questions by looking at a King who makes a whole host of mistakes, but refuses to admit to them! Focus Text: Mark 6:14-29
In Mark 6:1-13 Jesus returns to his home town, but all that awaits him is rejection and contempt. It’ might appear to be an incredibly shocking response, but it is one he uses to teach his disciples some vital lessons about ministry.
We continue our series in the gospel of Mark by looking at a very timely passage for our current situation as a nation. Two people approach Jesus for help amidst their desperation and his response gives them hope; and us too, if we would but ask for it in faith. Focus Text – Mark 5:21-43
Upon arriving on the gentile side of the sea of Galilee, Jesus is met by a man under the influence of an evil spirit. Jesus’ gracious response to this man offers hope for us all, as we question whose influence we are actually under?
This week Nathan helps us to understand the Parable of the Sower, ensuring we listen to its warning to pay attention to how we hear.
Our guest speaker Rich Tearle, Pastor of Mickfield Evangelical Church, speaks to us from the Old Testament book of Proverbs and reminds us of the importance of keeping watch over our heart.
Our guest speaker Rich Tearle, Pastor of Mickfield Evangelical Church, unearths the key ingredients of faith found in the New Testament book of Titus.
Our guest speaker James WIlson, Pastor of Waldringfield Baptist Church, speaks to us about the faith of the centurion in Luke 7:1-10.
Our guest speaker Peter Skerratt, Assistant Pastor at Beccles Baptist Church, join us to speak on Psalm 67.
When trouble comes, we often turn to prayer. But how should we pray when trouble comes? Tonight we look at how David responded to serious trouble and see what it teaches us about praying in troubled times.
People follow Jesus for all kinds of reasons, today we ask what the real reason to follow him is.
Making and maturing disciples is not easy. At times it gets incredibly messy, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is going wrong. Something we can all too clearly see in the life of John Mark, the author of Mark’s gospel.
We begin our new series in the gospel of Mark by examining why it is we should pay attention to this eyewitness account of a man from 2000 years ago.
People boast about all types of things for all types of reasons. In our passage today we see the apostle Paul boast about a church, but it is not for the reasons we might expect. Listen in to find out what the Apostle Paul is looking for in a church.