Mark 1:1-11 – Celebrating our Jewish heritage

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here In our baptismal celebration with Illy this morning, we are, in part, celebrating our Jewish heritage of faith – and that’s a theme we will be exploring more throughout October. And, as we look at...

Mark 1:14-20 – Fishers of People

You can download the text of this sermon as Word document here What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? What does Jesus want from us as his followers? What type of a church does God want St. Andrew’s to be? These are three questions that I was asking in my sermon...

Mark 1:21-28 – Jesus Christ, a healer with authority

You can download this sermon as a Word document here We are concluding our short series of sermons on the person of Jesus Christ. Throughout this Epiphany season we have been thinking about who this Jesus is that we follow as Christians. We have thought about Jesus as...

Mark 1:29-39 – God [not] in a Box

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here What are your expectations of Jesus? As Christians, we would all claim to be a follower of Jesus and we would all claim to be in a relationship with him. But what are your expectations of how he might...

Mark 2:23-28 – What is The Sabbath?

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here August is a very quiet time for us at St. Andrew’s: the midweek services go down to a skeleton level, the children and families work stops, the choir takes a break, I don’t book any meetings except in...

Mark 4:26-29 – God is in control

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here When we go through times of trouble and distress, we need to know that God is in control. When we look at the news each day and see the heartache across the nations, we need to know that God is in...