Diocese of Oxford

Sermons on Matthew

Turning and tuning back in

Gospel Matthew 16.21–end Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Glory to you, O Lord. From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and…

A God of surprises

Gospel Matthew 14.13–21 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Glory to you, O Lord. Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went…

God knows the whole story

Gospel                    Matthew 13.24–30, 36–43 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew    All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Jesus put before his disciples another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while…

The real purpose of the seed planted within us

Gospel                           Matthew 13.1–9, 18–23 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew    All    Glory to you, O Lord.   That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood…

In every ordinary day let God shape you

Gospel                           Matthew 10.40–end     Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew    All    Glory to you, O Lord.   ‘Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous…

Disrupt the cycle of blame

Gospel                           Matthew 10.24 -39  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew    All    Glory to you, O Lord.    Jesus went about all the cities and villages, Jesus said to the twelve, ‘A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be…

We come from scattered lives

Gospel                           Matthew 9.35 – 10.8  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew    All    Glory to you, O Lord.    Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he…