Ross Royden

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By: Ross Royden

Sermons, talks, and all things audio from the Reverend Ross Royden.

The Missing Bride (Long Version)
01/21/2024

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
01/21/2024

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
01/14/2024

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
01/07/2024

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
12/28/2023

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


I Am Your Future
12/10/2023

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
11/12/2023

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
11/05/2023

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
11/05/2023

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
10/29/2023

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
10/25/2023

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
10/14/2023

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
10/08/2023

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
10/08/2023

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
10/01/2023

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
09/24/2023

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
09/17/2023

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
09/10/2023

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
09/03/2023

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
08/27/2023

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
08/20/2023

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
07/09/2023

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
06/26/2023

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
06/25/2023

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
06/18/2023

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
06/11/2023

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


Lego Christianity
05/17/2023

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)
12/22/2022

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
10/20/2022

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
09/30/2022

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


God or Money
09/24/2022

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
09/15/2022

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
09/05/2022

If we humble ourselves God will exalt us.  The reverse is also true.


Sabbath, Satan, and Sickness
08/23/2022

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


Consider the Lilies
08/17/2022

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
08/14/2022

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
08/05/2022

Jesus challenges us to get our priorities sorted out.


Pray the Jesus Way
07/28/2022

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
07/21/2022

Listening to Jesus' teaching is the most important thing we can do.


All You Need is Love?
07/11/2022

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