Diocese of Oxford

Sermons by Roy Tarbox LLM (Page 2)

Cultivate a thankful heart

Gospel        Matthew 20.1–16 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ   according to Matthew All        Praise to you O Lord     ‘For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labourers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his…

The magnificent creation surrounding us

Gospel       Matthew 15.21–28 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All        Glory to you, O Lord.     Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, ‘Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter…

What does this parable mean to you?

Gospel       Matthew 13.24–30,36–43 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All          Glory to you, O Lord.     He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and…

The gift of the Holy Spirit

Gospel           John 7.37–39  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. All           Glory to you, O Lord.       37 On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, 38and let the one who believes in me drink. As the…