Sermons from Methodist Central Hall, Westminster Methodist Central Hall, Westminster

'If we read the New Testament seriously, we can’t avoid the message that God will have the final word in human history.'

May we not think of those who have died as ‘lost’. Lost to us, maybe. But may we recall Jesus’s words, ‘No one has greater love than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.’ Such sacrifice, I believe, is not lost to God

Our gospel reading today is an encouragement to give all that we have for God, what that looks like will be different for each person. It will though, for each and every one of us, require active decision making. We need to take time to think about how we are using what we have and who we are; to pray about it and not just to operate on automatic-pilot, most of all to trust God.

Today COP26 starts...a time when world leaders will be meeting to make commitments that might save the planet from its erratic weather patterns. To love God, His creation and our neighbours is to get involved, make your voice heard and pray for COP26.

This passage gives us a certain perspective on our link to possessions. Calls us to be ready to leap at the opportunity to respond to God’s call. Invites us to abandon whatever holds us back from following in the way. Challenges us to seek to ‘see’ God’s mercy and grace

Over generations when we have thought a situation impossible God has shown us – impossible is nothing