Simon Vibert
Simon Vibert In September 2017 the Rev Dr Simon Vibert became Senior Pastor of Christ Church, Virginia Water, in England’s county of Surrey. Until then, he had been Vice Principal of Wycliffe Hall Theological College in Oxford, where he was Director of the School of Preaching. Following a short career in Banking, Simon was ordained for Christian ministry in 1989, before serving at churches in Carlisle, Buxton and Wimbledon.

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God is able

Simon Vibert

keywords: Foreknow, Predestine, Christ-likeness, Justify, Glorify


Romans 8:28 - 30

Are we supposed to be in control? asks Simon Vibert. And what do we do if we aren’t? Simon helps us to look at the different phrases in this famous passage – ‘in all things…. for good…. foreknow…. predestine…. conformed….justify…. glorify….’ Listen to this sermon as a believer – or as someone on the road towards belief!

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Discipleship – from two blind men

Here, Simon Vibert guides us through three chapters of Mark’s Gospel that deal with what it means to follow Christ – and shows us how two separate incidents involving the healing of a blind man act as ‘bookends’ in helping men and woman themselves to ‘see’ clearly what discipleship means.