Sermon Library

St John's Sermon Library

This is St John's library of sermon recordings. Recordings can be played using the built-in player, or downloaded to your device for offline listening. Sermons and talks are usually published each week, but there may be delays during holidays or at busy times.

If there is a backlog, we prioritise the Rooted evening services, because they are not on YouTube. Morning services will appear here in due course, but you can always catch-up on our YouTube channel - services are available immediately, from 10am every Sunday.

We also publish our sermons on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Spotify, Amazon Music and other places as a podcast.

Sun, Aug 31, 2025
Duration:18 mins 33 secs
James Doo explains how the parable of the pearl shows us how great is God's love for us us.
Sun, Aug 24, 2025
Duration:38 mins 29 secs
David Charlton teaches what we can learn about relationships and forgiveness in the church from Paul pleading with Philemon to be reconciled to Onesimus.
Sun, Aug 17, 2025
Duration:39 mins 37 secs
James Doo explores the nature of grace with a warning from Jude about false teachers.
Sun, Aug 10, 2025
Duration:43 mins 44 secs
James Doo opens up the letter of 2 John and reveals how God has declared we can walk in Truth.
Sun, Aug 03, 2025
Duration:37 mins 15 secs
Jon Teasdale explores how Obadiah contains a warning that God must act, and a deep comfort that he has triumphed.
Sun, Jul 27, 2025
Duration:19 mins 24 secs
James Doo asks, What if you found a ticket to a Kingdom where there is no despondency or sadness like in the current world?
Sun, Jul 20, 2025
Duration:22 mins 8 secs
As part of our Summer Praise evening service, Jon takes a look at Psalm 23. Please note that unfortunately one minute of the recording is missing (at 3 mins 50 seconds). This was due to a short power cut caused by a thunderstorm.
Sun, Jul 20, 2025
Duration:33 mins 6 secs
Mike Smith shows how the feeding of the multitude reveals Jesus heart as the merciful Messiah whose miracles can empower our ministry.
Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Duration:45 mins 25 secs
Lewis Li preaches at our evening 'Rooted' service on the topic of unity.
Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Duration:34 mins 10 secs
In this baptism service, Jon Teasdale issues a warning about evil to avoid, and a challenge of courageous faith to follow.
Sun, Jul 06, 2025
Duration:31 mins 33 secs
Confirmation Service from St John's led by Rob Munro, the Bishop of Ebbsfleet. This is the recording of the Bible reading and sermon, for the full service please click the 'Watch' link or go to our YouTube channel.
Sun, Jul 06, 2025
Duration:32 mins 8 secs
From Matthew 13, Jon Teasdale warns us of the danger of hearing God's Word without understanding it and putting it into practice.
Sun, Jun 29, 2025
Duration:44 mins 51 secs
Michael Walters looks at Article 7 which states that the Old Testament is not contrary to the New Testament.
Sun, Jun 29, 2025
Duration:21 mins 19 secs
Jon Teasdale expands upon how the Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast.
Sun, Jun 22, 2025
Duration:56 mins 26 secs
Jon explains Article 6 - "the sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for salvation".
Sun, Jun 22, 2025
Duration:34 mins 58 secs
James Doo explains how the Parable of the Net reveals that God will not put off judgement for ever.
Sun, Jun 15, 2025
Duration:58 mins 14 secs
We reach Article 5 - "Of the Holy Spirit" or "Of the Holy Ghost" in traditional language.
Sun, Jun 15, 2025
Duration:30 mins 30 secs
For Mission Sunday Jon Teasdale explains how mission is a partnership which requires our investment and is the responsibility of us all.
Sun, Jun 08, 2025
Duration:49 mins 46 secs
James explains Article Number 4 - "Of the resurrection of Christ"
Sun, Jun 08, 2025
Duration:33 mins 42 secs
Mike Smith explains how, depending upon the state of our hearts, the parables can hide the knowledge of the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven or they can unlock those secrets to reveal the treasures within.
Sun, Jun 01, 2025
Duration:23 mins
Lewis Li explains from the parable of the mustard seed that God's kingdom starts small but grows powerfully, and small acts of faith can make a big difference.
Sun, May 25, 2025
Duration:42 mins 50 secs
Mike Smith takes us through how God's people are a humble, inclusive, loyal and serving people whose hope is in the God of creation and of new beginnings.
Sun, May 18, 2025
Duration:1 hr 1 mins 12 secs
Jon combines Articles 2b and 3 in our next in the series on the 39 Articles
Sun, May 18, 2025
Duration:36 mins 1 sec
James Doo asks 'Why do we sing?' and shows how this is an important part of our sanctification.
Sun, May 11, 2025
Duration:54 mins 33 secs
In part three of our new series on the 39 Articles, Jon gets to Article 2 - "Of Christ the Son of God"
Sun, May 11, 2025
Duration:51 mins 2 secs
James Doo asks 'What is our identity?' and shows how God's kingdom is the answer to this question. (Apology for poor/missing sound)
Sun, May 04, 2025
Duration:53 mins 10 secs
After last week's introduction, Jon examines Article 1 in our new series on the 39 Articles.
Sun, May 04, 2025
Duration:38 mins 9 secs
Mike Smith shows how the King's family, while being dysfunctional due to sin, lives and is sustained by his promise.
Sun, Apr 27, 2025
Duration:59 mins 9 secs
At the start of a new series in our Rooted evening services, Jon introduces the 39 Articles of Religion, the basis of our anglican faith. The service starts with evening prayer using the traditional form of the Book of Common prayer.
Sun, Apr 27, 2025
Duration:37 mins 20 secs
Mike Smith teaches how the church are a chosen people with a common creator, belonging to God and called to be missionary people.
Sun, Apr 20, 2025
Duration:26 mins 15 secs
Jon Teasdale gives a message of hope at Easter focussing on the resurrection of Jesus and what it achieved for those who believe.
Sun, Apr 13, 2025
Duration:36 mins 49 secs
Lewis Li shows us from Luke 19 28-40 that Jesus is the triumphant King and the true King, the one Israel had been waiting for.
Sun, Apr 06, 2025
Duration:39 mins 49 secs
Christ is our hope! James Doo encourages everyone with the truth that there is no better hope than trusting in the work of Jesus on the cross.
Sun, Mar 30, 2025
Duration:33 mins 37 secs
Readings and Jon's talk from our Easter Music service on March 30th 2025. There were six readings: Isaiah 1:2-4,16-20, Matthew 15:1-20, John 13:1-11, Mark 15:21-47, Matthew 28:1-10 and Colossians 2:13-15.
Sun, Mar 30, 2025
Duration:20 mins 33 secs
Mike Smith explains how we give to the Lords work because we are a family, united in our desire to support Gods work in his church.
Sun, Mar 23, 2025
Duration:55 mins 35 secs
In the third and final part of the short series on the Church of England, Mike discusses the future.
Sun, Mar 23, 2025
Duration:33 mins 19 secs
Jeremy Hunns explains how our giving is an expression of response to the love first shown to us by Jesus Christ.
Sun, Mar 16, 2025
Duration:49 mins 49 secs
We are running a short series on the Church of England in our Rooted evening services. This week, in part 2, Mike discusses 'The Crisis'.
Sun, Mar 16, 2025
Duration:40 mins 22 secs
Jon Teasdale asks whether our giving to the Lord is thankful, humble, generous, willing, and given as an act of devotion to God.
Sun, Mar 09, 2025
Duration:53 mins 2 secs
The first of a three-part series on the Church of England. Mike starts the series by talking about 'The Journey', some history and how we got to where we are today.