Sermon: Remembering with Hope

A sermon at a service remembering those who have died in the previous twelve months, preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church North Shields, 26th November, 2023 Romans 8:31-39   ‘Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or […]

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Sermon: Not Only Your Best Mate

A sermon on The Reign of Christ preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, 26th November 2023 Ephesians 1:15-23 Watch the whole service on YouTube   ‘Jesus is Your Best Mate.’ That was the title of a book I came across several years ago. Part of me wanted to […]

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Sermon: Having Rules is Good News

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, October 8th 2023 Exodus 20: 1-20; Psalm 19; Matthew 21: 33-46 Watch the whole service on YouTube   How many of the ten commandments do the tenants break in Jesus’s parable? Obviously they  break the one against murder, […]

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Sermon: What is God Like?

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, September 24th 2023 Exodus 16:2-16; Matthew 20:1-16 Watch the whole service on YouTube (although a technical fault caused it to cut out before the end of the sermon) Back in the 1930s, my grandfather had finished his apprenticeship […]

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Sermon: The Burning Bush

A sermon prepared by the Revd Andy Braunston for the United Reformed Church’s Daily Devotions and preached by John Drew at St Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, on 3 September, 2023 Exodus 3: 1-15 Watch the whole service on YouTube Our reading today is familiar to us – that mysterious encounter between God and […]

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