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St Pauls and St Barnabas Belfast
Join the SPB Church Podcast, a journey through Anglicanism's Evangelical Stream. Dive into scriptures that illuminate our path with the Holy Spirit and guide us closer to Christ. Sundays bring preaching that deepens our understanding of living for Jesus. Embark on active discipleship, grasp the power of prayer, and explore SPB's mission to share Christ's love both in Belfast and globally. SPB is more than a church; it's a family walking the Christian journey. Whether a seasoned Anglican or new…
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St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Remembrance Sunday || There Will Be Peace || Isaiah 2:1-5
On Remembrance Sunday, Rev Andrew Irwin preaches from Romans 8:31-38 and Isaiah 2:1-5. Against the backdrop of a world that cannot secure its own peace…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || At the End of Ourselves | Matthew 5:1–12 | Rev Andrew Irwin
In this sermon from St Paul’s & St Barnabas, Belfast, Rev Andrew Irwin explores the Beatitudes and the surprising blessing Jesus speaks over the poor in…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastLove God & Love Neighbour | Matthew 22:34-46 | 25 October 2026
Which is the greatest commandment? The Pharisees ask Jesus the question not out of genuine curiosity but to trap him, and he answers with something so simple…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || What Is It All For? | Exodus 33 | 18 October 2026
What does it mean to be faithful when the signs of success are hard to see? In this final sermon in our journey through Exodus, we reach Exodus 33 and find…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Hands to the Plough | Harvest Sunday | Luke 9:57-62
Harvest Sunday at St Paul's & St Barnabas. Luke 9:57-62 brings us three people who wanted to follow Jesus, but on their own terms. One came with unbounded…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || He's a Man of His Word | Bishop George Davison | Matthew 21 | 175th Anniversary Confirmation Service
Bishop George Davidson, Bishop of Connor, preached at the St Paul's and St Barnabas 175th Anniversary Confirmation Service on Wednesday 30th. His text was…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || God Is Not Finished Yet | 175th Anniversary HC Service | Haggai 2:1-9 | Rev Ross Mungaven
God Is Not Finished Yet. That is the word Rev Ross Mungovan brought to St Paul's and St Barnabas on Wednesday 30 September 2026, the 175th anniversary of the…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || The Faithfulness of God | Psalm 145:1–7 | SPB 175th Anniversary Service
On 27 September 2026, St Paul's & St Barnabas marked 175 years of Christian worship and witness in Belfast. In this special anniversary service, guest preacher…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Exodus 32 || Who Shall Intercede ? || Rev Andrew
Moses is on the mountain. The people grow restless. Aaron melts under the pressure of the crowd and fashions a golden calf from the gold God himself had…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || What Is Freedom For? | Exodus 19–20 | Rev Andrew Irwin
Before God gives a single commandment at Sinai, he tells Israel who brought them there: I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Grace before…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || 2 || Exodus || 16 || Who Shall Provide for Us?
They had seen it all — the plagues, the sea, the freedom. And a month into the wilderness they wanted to go back. In this sermon from Exodus 16, Rev Andrew…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB sermons || Who Shall Save us? (Faithful in Egypt) | Exodus 1:1–22 | Rev Andrew Irwin
A new Pharaoh who does not know Joseph. A people once welcomed, now enslaved. And two midwives who fear God more than they fear the most powerful ruler in the…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || The Quiet Soul | Psalm 131 | Rev Andrew Irwin
Three verses. A soul humbled, stilled, and hoping. In this sermon from Psalm 131, Rev Andrew Irwin takes us through one of the shortest and most quietly…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons | More Than a Crowd | Romans 12:9–16 | Rev Andrew Irwin
Let love be genuine. It sounds straightforward — until you look closely at what Paul actually means. In this sermon from Romans 12:9–16, Rev Andrew Irwin…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Living by the Spirit, Not by Fear | Romans 8:12–25 | Rev Andrew Irwin
The Spirit who emptied the tomb lives in you. So you are not a slave to fear — you are a child of God, a co-heir with Christ, groaning with all creation toward…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Matthew 13:1-23 ||The Sower, The Seed & The Soil
The same seed. The same sower. Four very different soils. In this sermon from Matthew 13:1–23, Rev Andrew Irwin opens the Parable of the Sower and asks what…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Evening Service || The Shepherd Who Goes Before - Psalm 13 || Rev Millar
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. David wrote those words not from a place of comfort but from the depths of despair, running from enemies, wondering…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB sermons || This is our Call To Home || Matthew 10:1-8 || Part 2
Twelve ordinary, unremarkable people. No qualifications, no status, no shared background — a tax collector who worked for Rome and a zealot who opposed it…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Matthew 9:35-10:8 || This is our Home || Rev Andrew
Jesus went through all the towns and villages — the ordinary, overlooked places — with compassion, teaching, proclaiming, and healing. He looked at the…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Praise in Every Season | Psalm 33 | Rev Andrew Irwin
What do we do when things change and the ground beneath us feels less solid? Psalm 33 answers simply: we praise. In this sermon, Rev Andrew Irwin explores the…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Nehemiah 1 || For Christ, and His City || Rev Ross Munro
For Christ, and His City — Rev Ross Munro on Nehemiah 1 In this sermon at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast, Rev Ross Munro of The Gathering Belfast preaches…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Guest ||Nehemiah || Rev Ross Munro || Rebuild the Walls
For Christ, and His City — Rev Ross Munro on Nehemiah 1 In this sermon at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast, Rev Ross Munro of The Gathering Belfast preaches…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || When God Breathes Life into His || Rev Andrew || 1 Corinthians 12:3–13
Pentecost is not simply a day we remember — it is the ongoing life the church is called to live. In this sermon from 1 Corinthians 12:3–13, Rev Andrew Irwin…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons | Sunday 17th May 2026 | Luke 24:33-46 || Witnesses with Great Joy
The last image the disciples have of Jesus is not anger or distance. It is his hands raised over them in blessing as he ascends. In this sermon from Luke…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Acts 18:21-34 | Speaking Hope | Rev Andrew
Have you ever found yourself in a place where you wanted to say something, but the culture, the language, the whole world around you was so different you…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB sermons || As He, So We | John 20:19–31 | Canon Mark Eldredge
A locked room. A frightened band of disciples. And a risen Jesus standing among them with the most surprising opening line in the New Testament. In this sermon…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || The Simple Faith || Act 2:42-47 || Rev Andrew
In this sermon from Acts 2:42–47, Rev Andrew Irwin reflects on the four pillars of the early church and asks what it would look like to get the simple things…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || The Emmaus Road || Luke 24:13-35 || Rev Andrew
Two disciples. Seven miles. A stranger they should have recognised. On the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus, Cleopas and his companion have all the facts — the…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Easter || John 20:1-18 || WHo Are You Searching For? (Rev Andrew)
On the first Easter morning, Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb in the dark — grieving, searching, and not yet understanding. She finds the stone rolled away…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastPsalm 31:9-16 | Into Your Hands || The Agony of Triumph
On Palm Sunday at St Paul’s & St Barnabas, Rev Andrew Irwin preaches on Psalm 31:9-16 and the strange, weighty tension at the heart of Holy Week. As Christ…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Galatians 3:13-14 || The Solution to the Curse || Rev Ethan McCarter
St Paul’s & St Barnabas Sermons Galatians 3:13–14 | The Solution to the Curse Rev Ethan McCarter (Crosscollyer EPC) In this sermon from St Paul’s & St…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Lent || Grace In The Wilderness || Matthew 4:1-11
Part of our Lent preaching, this episode takes us into Matthew 4:1–11 where Jesus is led into the wilderness and tested with hunger, spectacle, and power. The…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || 5 || Contending For Hope || 1 Peter 1:22-25 || Life in the Ordinary || Rev Andrew
Part 5 of the “Contending for Hope” series reflects on 1 Peter 1:22–25 on Transfiguration Sunday, drawing on the mountain-top glory of Matthew 17 and what it…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Redeemed for Such a Time as This || 1 Peter 1:17-21 || Rev Andrew
In this sermon from 1 Peter 1:17–21, Rev. Andrew reflects on what it means to live as God’s redeemed people in a pressured and uncertain world, reminding us…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Special || Hebrews 11 || By Faith || Rev Alan Millar
Rev Alan preaches this morning from Hebrews 11 and In this sermon, we are brought face to face with one of the most searching questions of the Christian life…
St Pauls and St Barnabas Belfast3 || 1 Peter 1:10-16 || The Beautiful Life is a Holy Life || Rev Andrew
Part 3 | 1 Peter 1:10–16 | The Beautiful Life Is a Holy Life In Part 3 of our series through 1 Peter, we turn to 1 Peter 1:10–16 and consider what it means to…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || 1 Peter 1:3-9 || A Living Hope & Living in Hope
In this episode, we open 1 Peter 1:3–9 and reflect on what it means to live with a living hope in a weary and pressured world. Writing to believers in exile…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Contending for Hope (Part 1) | Strangers sent into a Stranger World || 1 Peter 1:1–2
As we begin a new year and mark 175 years of worship and witness at St Paul’s & St Barnabas, we open a new teaching series: Contending for Hope. In this first…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons | Living Because the Light Has Come | Isaiah 63:7–9
Living Because the Light Has Come | Isaiah 63:7–9 What do we do when the waiting is over? Christmas has come. The candles are lit. The moment has passed. And…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Hopeful Waiting || The Wait of Hope Community Carols by Candlelight
As the shortest day of the year slipped into darkness, we gathered by candlelight at St Paul’s & St Barnabas, Belfast, to sing carols and to reflect on the…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Advent 3 || Micah 5:2-5a || Hopeful Waiting: Small Places, Great Promises
As we continue our Advent series Hopeful Waiting, in this sermon from Micah 5:2–5, we continue by exploring the promise that God does His greatest work through…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Advent || 2 || While We Wait || Romans 15:4-13
In Episode 2 of our Advent series Hopeful Waiting, we turn to Romans 15:4–13, where the apostle Paul lifts our eyes to a hope shaped by Scripture, sustained by…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Advent || Luke 3:1-18 || Prepare the Way
As we begin our Advent 2025 series "Hopeful Waiting," we turn to Luke 3:1–18 and the fierce, hope-filled ministry of John the Baptist. Set against a backdrop…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Weed or Wheat? A Question for the Heart || Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
In this week’s sermon Rev Andrew preaches from Matthew 13:24-30 and 36-43 on the theme “When Wheat and Weeds Grow Together.” Jesus’ parable reveals the quiet…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Remembrance Sunday || Ephesians 2:13–22 || Christ our Peace || Rev Tim Wright
Remembrance Sunday This Remembrance Sunday, we welcomed Rev Tim Wright from the Intercontinental Church Society (ICS) to St Paul’s & St Barnabas, Belfast…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Luke 19:1-10 || Grace that Sees || Rev Andrew
In this week’s message from Luke 19:1–10, we explore the remarkable encounter between Jesus and Zacchaeus — a man who seemed to have everything, yet was lost…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Luke 18:9-14 || Humble, Honest & Hopeful Prayer
In this week’s message from St Paul’s & St Barnabas, Belfast, Rev Andrew Irwin explores Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector from Luke 18:9–14…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 || Continue. Preach. Endure
In this episode, we turn to 2 Timothy 3:14–4:5, where Paul urges Timothy to continue in what he has learned and to preach the Word in season and out of season…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Psalm 67 || Blessed to Be a Blessing || Rev Marc Scheibe
In this week’s message at St Paul’s & St Barnabas, Belfast, Rev Marc Scheibe opens Psalm 67 and reflects on what it means for God’s people to be “blessed to be…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastHarvest Thanksgiving | John 15:1–17 | Bishop Darren McCartney
In this Harvest service at St Paul’s & St Barnabas, Belfast, we welcomed Bishop Darren McCartney, Rector of St Paul’s Lisburn, as our guest preacher. Preaching…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Matthew 9:9-13 || The Call of Christ; Captured by Grace
In this episode, Rev. Andrew Irwin preaches from Matthew 9:9–13 on the call of Matthew the tax collector. We reflect on the beauty of Jesus’ invitation - how…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Titus 3 || Gospel Fruit: Saved To Do Good
In the final chapter of Titus, Paul reminds the church that the gospel saves us not by works but for good works. We are called to live peaceably and gently…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Titus 2 || Grace that Transforms
Titus 2 | Gospel Living: Grace That Trains Us In this week’s sermon we turn to Titus chapter 2, where Paul calls the whole church to live lives shaped by the…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Titus 1:1-16 || Gospel Foundations
In this episode we explore Titus 1, where Paul writes to his co-worker Titus on the island of Crete about the urgent need for gospel-shaped leadership. Crete…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Philippians 3:17-4:1
Welcome to the St Paul’s & St Barnabas Belfast Podcast—the place to catch up on the latest teaching from our church family. As a church in the heart of the…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Philippians 3:10-16 || Pressing on & Standing Firm in Christ
Welcome to the St Paul’s & St Barnabas Belfast Podcast—the place to catch up on the latest teaching from our church family. As a church in the heart of the…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Philippians 2:12-18 ||Gospel Life & Gospel Joy
Welcome to the St Paul’s & St Barnabas Belfast Podcast—the place to catch up on the latest teaching from our church family. As a church in the heart of the…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Philippians 1:27-30 || A Worthy Life
Welcome to the St Paul’s & St Barnabas Belfast Podcast—the place to catch up on the latest teaching from our church family. As a church in the heart of the…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || True Joy & Gospel Partnership || Philippians 1:1-11
Join us as we explore Paul's letter to the Philippians, specifically focusing on the powerful opening verses of chapter 1:1-11. In this episode, we uncover how…
St Pauls and St Barnabas BelfastSPB Sermons || Pentecost 2 || Acts 2:14-41 || The Word Goes Out
In Part 2 of our Pentecost series, Andrew explores Peter’s first sermon — a Spirit-empowered proclamation of who Jesus is, what he has done, and why it changes…