Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

One of the things that’s essential for us to do as Christians is to read the Bible on a regular basis. I’m sure we all know that, and I hope we all do it. But what’s far better than simply reading the Bible is to take the time to study it, to delve more deeplyContinue reading “Sermon for Lent 4 (Mothering Sunday) 30th March 2025”

If I were to ask you, ‘What does it mean to be a Christian?’ I hope that everyone would answer that it means to be a disciple of Christ. And if I were to ask what that means, I hope that everyone would answer that it means to follow Christ by modelling our lives onContinue reading “Sermon for Lent 3, 23rd March 2025”

In last Sunday’s Gospel we heard the story of Jesus’ Temptation in the Wilderness, something we know happened before Jesus began his ministry. But today we’ve suddenly jumped way ahead in time to the story of Jesus’ Transfiguration and this is something that happened when Jesus’ ministry was well underway, and he was already lookingContinue reading “Sermon for Lent 2, 16th March 2025”