Ross Royden
Sermons, talks, and all things audio from the Reverend Ross Royden.
The Missing Bride (Long Version)

This is another version of my podcast for this week, the Third Sunday of Epiphany.
It is again based on the Gospel reading for the day in chapter 2 of St John's Gospel.
The Missing Bride

Preacher: The Reverend Ross Royden
St John writes that the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory (John 1:14). But who would have expected Jesus to reveal his glory to us at a wedding (John 2:11)? And how does giving more wine to people who have already had a lot to drink reveal his glory?
This is a podcast for the Third Sunday of Epiphany. It is based on John 2:1-11, which is the Gospel reading in the lectionary for the day.
Come and See

Preacher: The Reverend Ross Royden Jesus invites us to come and see what he has to offer us. In coming to him, we see heaven opened and discover him to be the centre of all things in heaven and on earth.
This is a podcast for the Second Sunday of Epiphany. It is based on John 1:43-51, which is the Gospel reading in the lectionary for the day.
To Have An Epiphany

Preacher: The Reverend Ross Royden As we begin the new year celebrating the Feast of the Epiphany, we each need our own epiphany.
This is a podcast for Epiphany. It is based on Ephesians 3:1-12, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
Extraordinarily Ordinary

This is a talk I gave for the Christmas season based on Matthew 2:13-18.
I Am Your Future

Preacher: The Reverend Ross Royden Knowing that Jesus is our future affects how we live and understand the purpose of our life in the present.
This is a podcast for the Second Sunday of Advent. It is based on 2 Peter 3:8-15, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
The Shadow of Death

Preacher: The Reverend Ross Royden How are we as believers to think of death and how should it affect how we live?
This is a podcast for the Third Sunday before Advent. It is based on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
All Saints' Sunday

This is a podcast for All Saints' Sunday. It is based on Revelation 7:9-17, which is the first reading in the lectionary for the day.
The City of God

This is a podcast for All Saints' Sunday. It is based on Revelation 7:9-17, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
Even So We Speak

This is a podcast for the Last Sunday after Trinity. It is based on 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
A Dangerous Gamble

This is a podcast for the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. It is based on 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
Think On These Things

This is a sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Philippians 4:1-9, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
That I May Know Him

This is my sermon for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Philippians 3:4-14, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
That I May Know Him

This is my sermon for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Philippians 3:4-14, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
With Fear and Trembling

This is my sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Philippians 2:1-13, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
United in the Truth

This is my sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Romans 15:1-13, which I chose as the second reading for today to finish a short series on Romans.
With One Voice

This is my sermon for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Romans 14:1-12, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
Time to Wake Up

This is my sermon for the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Romans 13:8-14 which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
Real Love

This is my sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Romans 12:9-21, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
The Renewed Mind

This is my sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Romans 12:1-8, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
The Mercy of God

This is my sermon for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Romans 11:1-2, 29-32, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day. I also make reference to the Gospel reading, which is Matthew 15:10-28.
The Wretched Man

This is my sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Romans 7:13-25, which is the second reading in the lectionary for the day.
Freed from Sin

This is my sermon on Romans 6 for the Third Sunday after Trinity in my series on Romans. St Paul tells us we are freed from Sin but enslaved to God.
Free from Sin

This is my sermon on Romans 6 for the Third Sunday after Trinity in my series on Romans. St Paul tells us we are free from Sin, but enslaved to God.
Saved from the Wrath of God

This is my sermon for the Second Sunday after Trinity. It is based on Romans 5:1-11.
Introducing St Paul's Letter to the Roman Church

My sermon for the First Sunday after Trinity introducing my series on Romans.
Lego Christianity

This is a talk I recorded recently about the way people are using parts of the New Testament to create a different Gospel to one proclaimed there.
O Virgo Virginum (O Virgin of Virgins)

The Blessed Virgin Mary is not only our mother, she is a strong woman of faith and a role model for all who seek to follow her Son.
Forgiveness, Faithfulness, and Thankfulness

Knowing the seriousness of sin, we are to seek forgiveness. Knowing how little faith we have, we are to be faithful. And knowing how much God has done for us in Jesus, we are to be thankful.
Choose Life

Money is not neutral. Serving it brings death. Choose life.
God or Money

We can serve God, or we can serve money, but we can't serve God and money. Jesus uses the example of someone who served money to show us how we should serve God.
A Robust Faith

The challenges we are facing and the changes we are living through demand that we have a robust faith. Jesus tells us what that looks like.
Humbled To Be Exalted

If we humble ourselves God will exalt us. The reverse is also true.
Sabbath, Satan, and Sickness

Jesus frees people from the power of Satan and from all those things Satan uses to hold people captive.
Consider the Lilies

Jesus' words are a challenge to the present economic and educational system; people's values and attitudes; and the Church's mission priorities.
Images of Mary

Our images of Mary are all wrong. We need to bring her into focus and see her as she is.
Memento mori: remember your death

Jesus challenges us to get our priorities sorted out.
Pray the Jesus Way

Jesus gives the disciples a prayer to pray and offers them a gift from the Father to help them. The same gift is available to us.
Distracted by Service

Listening to Jesus' teaching is the most important thing we can do.
All You Need is Love?

Does Jesus' teaching about love mean we are free to decide what we should and should not do?