Recent Sermons

On the Mount of Transfiguration Moses and Elijah talked with Jesus about his Exodus.  They knew he could only bring his people out of slavery by his own death as the Passover Lamb.  But Peter’s mind was not on Passover: it was on Tabernacles – the Full Harvest celebration.    But without Passover, the Full Harvest could never come – for Peter or for us.

Jonah disobeyed a plain command of God and then ran away  He wanted to find a place where he would have no reminders of the God he had disobeyed.  How does God deal today with believers who disobey his clear commands?

Peter and the other disciples confessed that Jesus was the Christ, supreme over all.  And Jesus told them what his destiny was to be.  Yet when they saw Elijah and Moses in their splendour, they quickly forgot the lessons they had learned.  What distracts us from Christ?

The stench of Nineveh’s sin had come up against God.  And yet God sent his messenger there.  Many Christians say we are living in a society under God’s judgement.  All the more reason to see ourselves as God’s messengers to that society!

Jesus made it clear that following him would be a costly and painful business.  Why would anyone choose it?    Because of what we gain – life!  And because of what we see – even here in this world, those who follow him see the Kingdom of God.