St Pauls and St Barnabas Belfast
by SPB 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 seeker, discover the Kingdom with us.
Episodes
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Love 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 and so searching that it silences the room. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. And the second is like it:...
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SPB 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 Moses standing before God, refusing to move forward without the presence of the one who has brought his people this far. We reflect on what…
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SPB 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 enthusiasm but without counting the cost. Another always had a reason to delay. A third couldn't commit fully because his attention was…
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SPB 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 Matthew 21, the parable of the two sons, and his theme was the gap between what we say and what we do. Six candidates, Owen, Glenn, Ian,...
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SPB 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 founding of the church. Preaching from Haggai 2:1-9, Ross addressed a community looking back with gratitude and forward with faith. The...
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SPB 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 Revom from Wichita, Kansas,called the congregation to remember the faithfulness of God across the generations, to rejoice in all he has...
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SPB 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 provided. And when Moses returns, one man stands between the sins of his people and the righteous anger of God — arms outstretched, pleading for...
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SPB 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 law. Identity before instruction. In this sermon from Exodus 19–20, Rev Andrew Irwin opens the Ten Commandments not as a moral obstacle...
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SPB 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 Irwin traces the story of the manna: bread from heaven, grace before rebuke, covenant sufficiency for the whole community, the Sabbath as...
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SPB 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 known world. In this sermon from Exodus 1:1–22, Rev Andrew Irwin opens the great Exodus narrative and explores what it looks like to be…
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SPB 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 powerful psalms in Scripture — exploring how confidence in God produces humility rather than pride, how the gospel gives us a contentment the...
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SPB 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 unpacks what sets the church apart from any other gathering: a love without masks, without performance, without keeping score — devoted inward…
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SPB 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 a glory that will make all of this worth it. In this sermon from Romans 8:12–25, Rev Andrew Irwin asks what we live by — not merely what…
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SPB 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 state our hearts are in when the seed falls. Are they hard, shallow, choked with competing loves — or receptive, understanding, and bearing...
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SPB 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 if God had turned away. In this sermon on Psalm 23, preached at the evening service at St Paul and St Barnabas, North Belfast, we explore...
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SPB 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, standing together under one King. In this sermon from Matthew 10:1–8, Rev Andrew Irwin explores how Jesus calls his disciples to himself…
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SPB 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 harassed and helpless crowds and saw not a crisis but a harvest. In this sermon from Matthew 9:35–10:8, preached in the wake of a hard week in...
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SPB 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 four movements of Psalm 33 — the joy of collective worship, the God who made the heavens by the breath of his mouth, the security of…
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SPB 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 from Nehemiah 1, on the night The Church Flute Band joined us for a Pentecost Sunday evening of praise, music, testimony, and gospel...
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SPB 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 from Nehemiah 1, on the night The Church Flute Band joined us for a Pentecost Sunday evening of praise, music, testimony, and gospel...
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SPB 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 reflects on the Spirit who makes salvation real, who gives life and unity to the church, who distributes gifts for the common good, and who...
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SPB 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 24:44–53, Rev Andrew Irwin explores how the risen Christ opens the Scriptures, sends his people as witnesses, promises power from on high, and...
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SPB 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 didn't know where to begin? Paul did. He stood in the middle of Athens — a city of temples and idols, the philosophical capital of the ancient...
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SPB 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 from John 20:19–31, Canon Mark Eldredge — visiting from the American Anglican Council — asks why the very first thing Jesus said to his...
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SPB 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 right — the teaching of the Word, the breaking of bread, common life in grace, and the rhythms of everyday faith — and why, when a church...
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SPB 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 empty tomb, the angels, the reports that Jesus is alive. They can practically summarise the gospel. And yet hope is past tense. They are...
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SPB 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, the grave clothes lying empty, and angels where a body should be. And then, in a moment that changes everything, the risen Jesus speaks her...
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Psalm 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 enters Jerusalem in triumph, he also walks towards sorrow, rejection, and the cross. This sermon explores the agony beneath the triumph, the...
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SPB 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 Barnabas, Rev Ethan McCarter of Crosscollyer EPC preaches from Galatians 3:13–14, opening up how Christ redeems us from the curse of the law by...
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SPB 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 devil’s first move is to unsettle identity: “If you are the Son of God…” but Jesus stands firm by the Word, answering again and again, “It...
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SPB 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 means to walk back down into the ordinary valleys of daily life. This episode explores how the Christian life is not sustained by moments…
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SPB 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 that we have been rescued not by perishable things, but by the precious blood of Christ. Set in the context of a church living as strangers...
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SPB 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: what does real faith look like, and where does it come from? Hebrews 11 opens by grounding faith not in emotion or optimism, but in...
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3 || 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 live a beautiful life shaped by holiness. Peter slows the church down. Before calling believers to action, he invites them to dwell, to...
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SPB 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, Peter begins not with instruction but with praise, reminding us that Christian hope begins with salvation, is secured by the resurrection…
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SPB 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 message, we turn to the opening words of Peter’s first letter. Written to a weary, scattered church under pressure, these verses speak…
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SPB 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 now the question presses in: what next? In this sermon from Isaiah 63:7–9, we reflect on what it means to live because the light has come....
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SPB 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 deeper meaning of Advent. This episode is drawn from that reflection — Hopeful Waiting — shared in the space between fading light and rising...
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SPB 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 small and overlooked places. In a world shaped by numbers, visibility, and influence, Micah points us instead to Bethlehem —…
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SPB 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 endurance, and strengthened by encouragement. Written to a divided church, this passage reminds us that true Christian hope is not…
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SPB 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 of political power and religious expectation, the Word of God arrives not in the palace or the temple, but in the wilderness. From there…
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SPB 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 work of the enemy, the patience and wisdom of the Master, and the certainty of the final harvest. In a world where good and evil grow side…
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SPB 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. Drawing on his experience as a former Royal Air Force chaplain, Tim preached from Ephesians 2:13–22, reflecting on Christ as our peace — the…
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SPB 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 and searching. As Jesus passes through Jericho, He sees, knows, and calls Zacchaeus by name, bringing salvation and transformation into his...
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SPB 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. Two men go to the temple to pray, but only one leaves justified. What does this reveal about the kind of prayer God hears? Andrew unpacks...
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SPB 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. Andrew Irwin explores what it means to remain steadfast in Scripture amid cultural drift, reminding us that all Scripture is God-breathed...
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SPB 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 a blessing.” He reminds us that the mission of God begins not with our activity, but with His grace — as we receive His blessing, rest in...
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Harvest 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 from John 15:1 - 17, Bishop Darren reflects on Jesus as the true vine, the Father as the gardener, and the call for believers to remain…
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SPB 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 grace captures the most unlikely of people, how the company Jesus keeps challenges our assumptions, and how mercy, not sacrifice, lies at…
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SPB 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 toward all, avoiding unprofitable controversies, and devoting ourselves to what is excellent and fruitful. Saved by mercy, renewed by the...
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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 seeker, discover the Kingdom with us.
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