Messy Church
27 Feb 2025
Over the last few weeks I’ve been preaching on 1 Corinthians 11-14, having preached on chapters 1-10 and chapter 15 in recent years. These passages reminded me what a mess the Corinthian church was in - and the patience of Paul (and the Lord) in setting them straight. When you add these chapters to what has come before the picture gets worse. It’s hard to imagine consider...
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News
14 Feb 2025
I shared this with the church at a members meeting last night - I have served here happily for 11 years now, and Latimer has been a home to my family and I. It has been a joy to preach God’s word and to pastor a church who love Jesus and are hungry for his word. I have been called by a church in Brentford to move to be their minister. It is Imma...
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Sermon Audio Recordings
12 Feb 2025
We are aware that there is a bit of an issue with the quality of the sermon recordings on the sermon downloads page at the moment. You can also listen/watch the sermons on the recording of the livestream of our Sunday services on our Youtube channel - the sound is fine on them ...
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The Battle Belongs To The Lord
01 Feb 2025
I was recently reading the passage in Exodus 17 where the Israelites fight the Amalekites after crossing the Red Sea. It is an unusual battle. The Israelites win, but only because Moses stands on a hill and raises his arms. When Moses drops his arms they begin to lose, so Aaron and Hur come to his side and keep his arms raised. ...
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Let Earth And Heaven Combine
19 Dec 2024
As we come to this time of year, we sing hymns that we don’t usually sing the other 11 months. Many of these are the familiar carols. I never tire of singing “Hark The Heralds Angels Sing” or “O Come O Come Immanuel” as they declare the wonder of the incarnation so boldly. This year I have been particularly struck by the words of a slightly less familiar hymn...
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Taking Communion
20 Nov 2024
I gave an extended introduction to the Lord’s Supper a couple of weeks ago. This is what I said - As we come to the Lord’s table, I or whoever is leading usually says a few words. Its important to recognise what’s happening when we do that - we are not going through the motions. I am, as the Minister, “fencing the table”, that is, making clear who sho...
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A Baptised Person
25 Oct 2024
Have you thought about your baptism recently? How much thought do you give it? I’m not asking if you spend lots of time remembering the service itself. For some, I’m sure it is a very precious memory. For others, we can’t remember it at all, because it happened to us before we started forming conscious memories, having been born to Christian parents, recipients of the covenant pro...
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Psalm 119:169-176
25 Jul 2024
You can listen to an audio version of this blog post here - Vs 169-176 Taw 169 Let my cry come before you, O ...
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Psalm 119:161-168
25 Jul 2024
You can listen to an audio version of this blog post here - Vs 161-168 Sin and Shin 161 Princes persecute me without cause,...
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Psalm 119:153-160
24 Jul 2024
You can listen to an audio version of this blog post here- Vs 153-160 Resh 153 Look on my affliction and deliver me,...
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