Past Sermons

Michaelmas Term 2023

We have invited preachers this term to offer their own perspective on Jesus Christ: how they understand him, what he means today and what we might learn from what we know of Jesus and how he has been portrayed in the last two millennia.

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Michaelmas Term 2023

Easter Term 2023

This term’s sermon series has been inspired by the piece of music which the Choir sang on July 2nd, one of James MacMillan’s ‘Cantos Sagrados’. In these MacMillan is responding to the horrors of political oppression in Latin America, especially ‘the Disappeared’ in Argentina.

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Easter Term 2023

Lent Term 2023

This term’s sermon series invites the preachers to help our faith learn from the past. The preachers have chosen figures from the 16th and 17th centuries in order to suggest ways in which our faith might deepen through a closer encounter with their life and work.

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Lent Term 2023

Easter Term 2022

For this sermon series the preachers were invited to engage in some of the areas that Archbishop Desmond Tutu would teach about. To learn about life, dignity and faith from Desmond Tutu (1931–2021). 

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Easter Term 2022

Lent Term 2022

For this sermon series the preachers at Evensong are Fellows of the College. They have each been asked whether their academic subject in any way connects to the human search for God. 

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Lent term 2022

Michaelmas Term 2021

For this sermon series the preachers are asked 'You have the Bible and Shakespeare: what other book would you take and why?'

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Mich Term 2021

Lent Term 2020

For this sermon series the preachers at Evensong are Fellows of the College. They have each been asked whether their academic subject in any way connects to the human search for God. The subjects explored range from Medicine to Archaeology, from Architecture to Natural Sciences.

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LT20

Michaelmas Term 2019

For this sermon series the preachers have been asked to choose a topic that we tend to avoid talking about in 'polite society' but which is nevertheless important and necessary to reflect on from a faith perspective.

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Not in Polite Society

Easter Term 2019

For this sermon series the speakers have all been asked to choose an author whose work has opened up some understanding of God that has been valuable to their life of faith. The authors chosen range from Dante to Martin Scorsese.

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Writers and God

Lent Term 2019

There are many reasons why believing in God can be difficult and it is good to be honest about these and to be able to explore them together.

The preachers look at some of the main difficulties. These range from whether the existence of evil makes belief in God morally objectionable to whether prayer changes anything.

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Difficulties in Belief

Michaelmas Term 2018

‘‘Thinking Allowed : Christian Engagement in Public Debates’. Our guest preachers will explore how as Christians we should engange in public debates.

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Thinking Allowed