Grace Church Exeter Podcast

Sunday 24th May – Guy Miller preaches from Matthew 13:1-23. This prophetic message envisions Grace Church as a garden with four growth areas: youth, leadership, ministry to the poor, and receiving from and going to the nations. By cultivating "ears to hear" and deep roots, the church transforms trials into fruitfulness, becoming a well-watered restorer of their community.

Sunday 17th May - Dave Rogers preaches from Matthew 28. This sermon reframes evangelism as a relational act of love rather than pressure. The sermon explores the fact that we can obey the Great Commission by fulfilling the Great Commandment - believers share their lives, friends, and invitations, pointing others toward our glorious, risen, and compassionate Saviour, Jesus.

Sunday 10th May - Dan Roach preaches from 2 Corinthians 8 and 9. This sermon explores biblical giving, rooted in the grace of Jesus Christ. Motivated by love rather than obligation, believers give cheerfully. Such generosity fuels personal spiritual growth while advancing God’s global mission.

Sunday 3rd May - Dave Rogers explores biblical leadership as Grace Church appoints new elders and deacons. Grounded in the book of Acts, this sermon explores leadership serving as a "trellis" for flourishing rather than control; leadership for cultivation of people not extraction. By keeping Jesus central, the church releases servant leaders to fuel the mission of God.

Sunday 26th April - Mark Mould preaches from Luke 24:50-53. This sermon explores the Ascension as Jesus’ new ministry phase. As Prophet, Priest, and King, Christ empowers and intercedes for His people. Believers are urged to surrender control, joyfully trusting His active and sovereign reign.

Sunday 19th April - Claire Annetts preaches from Luke 24:36-49. This sermon highlights Jesus’ physical appearance to his disciples, and affirms the historical reality of the resurrection. Christ offers peace and forgiveness, providing enduring hope through his presence in every season.

Sunday 12th April - Dave Rogers preaches from Luke 24:13-25. This sermon explores the Road to Emmaus, where Jesus meets disciples in disappointment. Through Scriptures and breaking bread, He transforms their confusion into burning hearts, sending them back to share the truly joyous resurrection news.

Easter Sunday - Dave Rogers helps us celebrate Easter by reminding us that it proclaims that Jesus is alive, offering hope to all. This gift of paid-for grace must be received, and it transforms lives through Christ’s truly victorious resurrection.

Sunday 29th March - Dan Roach preaches from Genesis 35:1-15. This sermon explores Jacob’s return to Bethel, where God’s persistent grace transforms mess into grateful worship. Believers are urged to abandon idols, trusting the faithful God who remains with them through every single life moment.

Sunday 15th March - Dave Rogers preaches from Gen 32:1-32-33:20 to explore Jacob’s wrestling match with God, highlighting how struggle fosters dependence over self-reliance. Through this confronting encounter, God transforms Jacob’s identity. This points to Jesus, who was broken to secure our blessing.

Sunday 8th March - Mick Taylor preaches from Genesis 34:1-31. Mick looks at maybe one of the most challenging accounts found in scripture and what we can learn from it. Please note, this sermon is a from a very troubling part of the Story of Jacob in Genesis 34 which includes references to sexual assault at the very beginning.

Sunday 1st March – Chris Collison preaches from Genesis 31:1-55. This sermon explores Jacob’s time working for his devious uncle Laban. Despite Laban's cheating and Jacob’s superstitious breeding tactics, God’s invisible hand brought prosperity. Chris encourages believers to always acknowledge God’s sovereign grace rather than relying on personal self-sufficiency.

Sunday 22nd February – Dan Roach preaches from Genesis 29: 1 - 30. This sermon explores Jacob’s prayerless decision to marry Rachel and the resulting years of hardship under Laban. This "bend in the road" shows how God uses messy circumstances to humble believers, refining them even when His presence feels completely hidden.

Sunday 15th February - Huw Hadden preaches from Genesis 28. This sermon explores Jacob’s encounter with God at Bethel, showing how unmerited grace finds us at our lowest points. Jacob saw a ladder but the Christian life under grace is more like an escalator – whilst our progress fluctuates, we are still carried along and upwards by Jesus, the true stairway to heaven.

Sunday 8th February – Lydia Pavey preaches from Genesis 27:1-46. This sermon explores Jacob’s deceitful theft of Esau’s blessing, revealing a broken, manipulative family. Remarkably, God’s mercy prevails through them. This points to Jesus, whose righteousness covers believers, providing them with God's truly incredible, unearned grace.

Sunday 1st February - Dan Roach preaches from Genesis 25:19-34. He introduces Jacob’s "messy" life to illustrate God’s unearned, transformative grace. Contrasting "scheming" Jacob with impulsive Esau, the sermon emphasizes that God’s powerful, freely given gift meets people in their brokenness and is received by simply turning to Him.

Sunday 26th January - Dan Roach explains that a flourishing church is a generous one, rooted deeply in Jesus’s sacrificial grace. Financial giving remains an ongoing, joyful opportunity for every single believer to support local ministry and global missions.

Sunday 16th January – Dave Rogers defines church leadership not as power, but as a God-given, servant-hearted means to release flourishing. Elders provide spiritual oversight while deacons manage the more practical aspects of church life. Together, they equip and encourage every single believer to grow mature in Jesus Christ.

Sunday 11th January – Huw Hadden preaches from Revelation 7. If the eternal future has a diverse church then a united diverse church in the present will both flourish and point to that glorious reality. Unity in difference glorifies God more than unity alone. This can be achieved through gospel hospitality and relationships rooted in Christ.

After Huw preached, the people above shared about a few of the many forms of diversity he mentioned and how they can flourish in church life. Topics covered were women in church, adoptive families, people with neurodiversity and welcoming/forming relationships with those not originally from England.

Sunday 4th January - Dave Rogers starts our new mini-series calling the church to prioritise wholehearted worship as its foundation for 2026. Worship is a communal, physical participation that re-centres believers on God’s worth, teaching biblical theology and propelling the congregation into daily service and lives of grace.

Sunday 7th December - Dan Roach preaches our last in the We Believe series from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. The sermon focused on the resurrection of the dead, the Christian's sure hope. Believers can grieve with hope because Christ's return means the dead rise first, and death is swallowed up in victory.

Sunday 30th November - Mick Taylor preaches from 1 Corinthians 11:23-26. Communion, or the Lord's Supper, is a symbolic meal that is more than remembrance. It is an empowering encounter defined by four aspects: remembrance of Christ, proclamation of his death, anticipation of his return, and participation (fellowship) with Christ and believers.

Joe Greenhalgh ran an excellent workshop exploring God's perspective on work and we now have it in podcast form. With your community group, follow the session outline pdf along with the two podcasts to inspire, envision and equip your group members for what they spend most of their waking lives doing! Please ask Huw for the pdf.

Joe Greenhalgh ran an excellent workshop exploring God's perspective on work and we now have it in podcast form. With your community group, follow the session outline pdf along with the two podcasts to inspire, envision and equip your group members for what they spend most of their waking lives doing! Please ask Huw for the pdf.

Sunday 23rd November – Joe Greenhalgh preaches from Romans 6:1-11. This sacrament, symbolizing union with Christ's death and resurrection, is an ongoing, vital sign. It reminds believers they are dead to sin and raised to a new life in Jesus. Does our self-talk align with the truth that baptism represents?

Sunday 16th November – Dan Roach preaches from Ephesians 5:25-27. We believe in the church, Jesus's beloved bride, who he sanctifies and cleanses. Though imperfect now, she will be presented in splendour. Christians must overcome individualism and cynicism to love and serve the church as Christ does. Jesus loves the church - how do you feel about it?

Sunday 9th November – Mark Mould preaches from 1 Corinthians 1:11. Spiritual gifts are diverse tools distributed by the Holy Spirit for the common good and building up the church. They make God's people distinctive. Christians must eagerly desire them and embrace their role, recognizing God's generous grace.

Sunday 2nd November - Mick Taylor preaches from Galatians 5:16-26. This sermon, based on the Nicene Creed and Galatians 5, explores the Spirit as the "giver of life," promising transformation and the fruit of love, joy, and peace. It sternly warns against practicing sins of the flesh, urging believers to actively walk by the Spirit via humility, prayer, and confession.

Sunday 26th October – Huw Hadden preaches from Acts 1:8. This sermon encourages believers to embrace mission, empowered by the Holy Spirit. Based on a walk through of key mission milestones in the book of Acts, the church is called to be witnesses locally ‘here’, ‘there’ with people unlike us and ‘everywhere’ taking the gospel to every ethnic group.

Sunday 19th October – Dave Rogers preaches from John 16:7. This sermon explores the Nicene Creed's declaration that the Holy Spirit is God, the Lord and giver of life. He is the Counselor (Paracletos) sent to empower a vibrant, powerful, and joyous Christian life. Believers are called to be continually filled and led by the Spirit.

Sunday 12th October – Dan Roach preaches from Revelation 21:1-8. This message focuses on Jesus’ return. Three scenes are explored: the Rider on the White Horse, the Great White Throne judgment (where the Book of Life is key), and the hope of the New Earth. Following Christ is an eternal life-or-death issue.

Sunday 5th October - Dave Rogers preaches from 1 Corinthians 15:17. This message examines the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, asking: "What difference does it make?". Jesus' life proves death is defeated, sin is forgiven, and hope is certain. As the risen, reigning King, He empowers believers to live steadfastly on mission.

Sunday 28th September – Lydia Pavey preaches from 1 Corinthians 15:3. The sermon highlights the core belief that Christ died for our sins. His historical death under Pontius Pilate demonstrated God’s love and ended sin's power. Sin fractured our relationship with God. We must receive the gospel, stand on its truth, and hold fast to it as we are being saved.

Jesus, the Word, is fully divine, being the ageless Creator and Sustainer of all things. He became fully human (incarnate) yet without sin. This unique dual nature was necessary for Him to die in our place, bridging the chasm to a holy God and offering forgiveness.

Sunday 14th September - Dan Roach preaches from Genesis 1:1. This sermon begins our new "We Believe" series, by highlighting the foundational truth of Genesis 1:1: God created everything from nothing. Our lives aren't meaningless; God has a good plan. We're called to worship and trust our relational Creator, letting Him take centre stage in our existence.

Sunday 7th September - Dave Rogers reaffirms Grace Church’s Jesus-centred vision. It challenges members to move from comfort to reliance on God and to use and grow in their spiritual gifts. The church is called to be spirit-filled, praying, resourcing, sending, a diverse family, and a place where everyone flourishes through active participation.

Sunday 17th August – Phil Butcher preaches from John 20:24-29. This sermon about Thomas' story shows how Jesus reignited his faith after the resurrection. It teaches that doubt can strengthen faith when brought to Jesus, encouraging us to abide in Him for restoration and to grow in our faith.

Sunday 10th August – Dave Rogers preaches from Luke 23:39-43. This sermon on Jesus' conversation with the dying thief reveals that no one is too far gone for God's grace and hope. Salvation is immediate and through trusting Jesus, not works. It offers an eternal future in His personal presence.

Sunday 3rd August – Chris Collison preaches from Luke 19:1-10. The sermon focuses on Jesus's grace towards Zacchaeus, the despised tax collector. Jesus saw his heart, leading to radical repentance. We're challenged to extend similar grace, avoiding judgment and dehumanising "lost causes," for Jesus seeks and saves all.

Sunday 27th July – Mick Taylor preaches from Luke 18:18-30. This sermon explores Jesus' call to unconditional surrender. It reminds us that eternal life is a gift and that we’re to make Jesus our greatest treasure over all else. This brings true riches and joy, and helps us model a fully surrendered life for those around us, children in particular.

Sunday 20th July – Claire Annetts preaches from Matthew 15:21-28. This sermon explores Jesus' interaction with a Canaanite woman in Matthew 15. It encourages pressing into hard Bible passages to reveal insights into Jesus' revolutionary valuing of women and his inclusive heart for all, exemplified by the woman's great faith.

Sunday 13th July - Rachel Willmott preaches from Matthew 20:20-28. The sermon highlights the fact that true greatness in Jesus' kingdom is service, not worldly status. Jesus exemplified this by serving, not being served, and encourages humility and reliance on God.

Sunday 6th July - Jon Carlisle preaches from Luke 17:11-19. Based on Luke 17, the sermon emphasizes that Jesus' healing of ten lepers signifies a deeper spiritual cleansing from sin. God's amazing grace requires a heartfelt response of thanksgiving, not indifference. Remembering the gospel is key to cultivating thankfulness and recognising the Giver.

Sunday 29th June - Dave Rogers concludes our 'Letters to the Churches' series by sharing our vision at Grace Church Exeter: That we are to be Jesus-centered, with Him as our first love and the reason for everything. We believe Jesus would commend us for our spiritual care of children, our Spirit openness, and our love for the Bible. We believe Jesus would encourage us to move from comfort to reliance and to embrace a "use it or lose it" mentality for gifts of all kinds that he gives to us so that we can step into all that God has prophetically called us to.

Sunday 22nd June - Dave Rogers preaches from Revelation 3:14-22. This message explores Jesus' rebuke of the Laodicean church's lukewarmness and self-sufficiency. He calls for radical dependence, offering true spiritual wealth, covering, and sight, urging listeners to let Him in to avoid complacency and experience true richness.

Sunday 15th June - Dan Roach preaches from Revelation 3:7-13. What would Jesus say to the person who feels small, insignificant, overwhelmed, overlooked, or lacking in power? This sermon explores the encouragements Jesus gave to a little church in Philadelphia and how this can inspire us today.

Sunday 8th June - Huw Hadden preaches on Luke 11. Jesus calls for persistent prayer: asking, seeking and knocking. God isn't a wish-granting genie; so when we experience unanswered prayer we're not give up as He always gives us more of Himself in the process - a better gift than any granted wish.

Sunday 1st June - Mark Mould preaches from Revelation 3:1-6 - The letter to the church in Sardis. This sermon encourages us to, like Sardis, not just look alive; but be truly vital. To wake up! Remember the gospel, hold it fast, repent, and strengthen what remains. Rely on Jesus, who holds and pours out the Spirit's renewing power.