Mark 7:24-37 – 3 Principles for living compassionately

You can download this sermon as a Word document here The images in the news this week have been utterly horrifying. There is nothing I can say to make any sense whatsoever of what we have seen: the images of the refugees in Hungary, the sinking boats on the...

Mark 8:31-38 – Dying to self in order to live

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here Here’s a poem by Stewart Henderson called ‘Splintered Messiah’: I don’t want a splintered Messiah In a sweat stained greasy grey robe I want a new one I couldn’t take this one to parties People would say...

Mark 10:13-16 – A childlike faith

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here It is lovely to have our friends from Berlin with us this morning, reminding us by their presence that the Christian family is not limited by geography or denomination but that we are all brothers and...

Mark 10:35-45 – Hallmarks of discipleship

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here I feel a bit sorry for James and John in this story from the Gospel, to be honest. I think they have had an unnecessarily harsh press throughout history because of this passage. They come to Jesus and,...

Mark 10:46-52 – Receiving from God

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here This story of the healing of blind Bartimaeus immediately follows the story we looked at last week, where Jesus was asked a request by James and John – and refused to grant it. The fact that Mark...

Mark 15:33-39 – Good Friday

You can download this sermon as a Word document here. Today is not a day for rejoicing. Today is not a day for celebration. This may not be what we want to hear – but it is the truth. We live in a world, of course, where the pursuit of personal comfort and...