Matthew 15:1-13 – Hospitality: the heart of the Gospel

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here If there’s a constant theme that runs through our community life at St. Andrew’s, it is loving others and caring for them. It’s something I preach on so often and it is the hallmark, I hope, of all the...

Matthew 16:21-28 – Splintered Messiah, Splintered Church

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here. — Here’s a poem by a Christian called 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...

Matthew 16:23-28 – The church is born

You can download the text of this sermon as a Word document here Last weekend, as you know, a few of us were in Berlin with our sister church there, celebrating the 500th anniversary of the German Reformation, under Martin Luther. It was such a significant time to be...