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In today’s message we look at the time in the upper room Jesus spent with the disciples before he was crucified. His actions provide a pattern that many Chri...
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Today’s message isn’t about a meal, it’s about a feast Jesus told a parable about. There are two versions of this parable: Matthew 22v1-14 and Luke 14v15ff. ...

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Are podcasts really worth listening to?

If so, which ones should I subscribe to? At The Seed, we turn our preach every week into a YouTube video and into an audio podcast (I also upload my preaching notes to our website). You might think there is no real point creating anything other than a video for...

Julian’s New Website

Julian has just created a new website to post his musings as pastor and to post links for the books he writes. Do check it out! julianrichards.org.uk

About Leadership

Many church members rail against what they perceive as ‘heavy shepherding’. Heavy Shepherding is a term used of church leaders who wield their authority too heavily and are far too controlling and authoritarian over their churches. This actually flies contrary to the...

Do unto others ….

Often Jesus’ rule, which is known as the ‘golden rule” is cited as a wonderful way to live. And so it is. Matthew 7:12 (ESV): “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets”. A great way to live is always treat...

“Christmas is a pagan festival!”

This claim is currently doing the rounds on social media. If you are a Christian, what should we think about this? How should we respond? Are they right? What does this mean for Christmas? For our faith in Christ? It can be tempting to try to justify the Christian...

Julian’s Books

Julian’s Books Julian’s new book is now available on Amazon. Having turned his preaching series on the Disciples and some of the people whose lives are touched by Jesus into his previous two books, he has now turned his thoughts on the book of Esther into offering...

How do we know the will of God?

Many Christians are in awe of people who seem to ‘know’ what God’s will is, who seem to always be hearing the ‘still small voice of God’ and the ‘inner witness’ of the Holy Spirit. The Bible seems to also suggest something else. Consider the following two scenarios:...

What talent have you been given?

From time to time I see something in the Scripture to which I think ‘I never noticed that detail!’ Or at least that detail didn’t resonate with me before. Today’s is this: When we read the parable of the talents, I had always considered the person given just one...

Right and Wrong — or Legal and Illegal?

We have a tendency today to think that the terms “right” and “legal”, and the terms “illegal” and “wrong” are interchangeable. They are not. In modern western societies which are “democratic”. That is, governed through majority consensus, evidenced by the...

Some things Jesus never says:

Nowadays we have all manner of self help books, gurus and experts giving us all sorts of advice and making all sorts of comments about what people should do if they are to "be happy". Many of the philosophies of the world stand in contradiction to the narrative and...

Preaching Archive

An archive of Julian’s preaching notes. Note that this is an archive of his notes, not transcripts of his messages!

Matthew 26v17-30 (The Last Supper)(Preach, The Seed, 2023-06-04)

Introduction. The last supper is recorded in the synoptic gospels in the form we all recognise...

Matthew 22v1-14 / Luke 14v15-24 (The Parable of the wedding banquet)

Preach, The Seed(2023-05-28) Last week, I preached on Luke 14:1-14, which immediately precedes...

Luke 14v1-14 (Jesus heals a man at a Sabbath meal)

Preach, The Seed(2023-05-21) When we read through the Gospels, it seems that Jesus and the...

Luke 10:38-42 (Preach, 2023-05-07)

NLT Translation says it like this: As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem,...

Matthew 9v9-13 & Parallels

Bible Passages: I am reading this week from the NKJV. You might notice that last week I used the...

John 6v1-15 (Feeding of 5,000)

(Preach, The Seed, 2023-04-23) Other than the resurrection itself, this is the only miracle to be...

John 2v1-12 Water into Wine (Preach 2023-04-16)

Thoughts to chase through.... They ran out of wine, despite all the planning that must have...

Luke 24v13-33

(Preach, The Seed, Easter Sunday 2023-04-09) To many people, the thing which sits right at the...

Luke 19:28-42 (Palm Sunday 2023)

Before we looked a Ruth, I did a 3 week series on the threefold office of Christ, which were the...

Ruth 4v13-22 (Preach, 2023-03-26)

This week we’re finishing off Ruth. I’ll start, as usual, by reading the passage: Ruth 4:13-22...

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