A Sermon for Remembrance Sunday 2021, preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church Matthew 5:38-48 When it comes to war and peace we are much more Old Testament than New Testament, which is not to be critical of the Old Testament. If you are subjected to violence, the Bible’s Old […]
Sermon: Sailing Stormy Seas
S.O.S … S.O.S. … S.O.S. … A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields October 24th 2021 Jonah 1:1-6; Psalm 107: 23-32; Mark 4:35-41 There are lots of mentions of boats in the Bible. In the popular imagination, Noah’s Ark gets first place. You don’t have […]
Sermon: Servants and Slaves
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, October 17th 2021 Mark 10: 35-45 I don’t have one favourite Bible verse, but if I did it would be Mark chapter ten, verse forty-five: ‘For the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to […]
Sermon: All Things are Possible
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, October 10th 2021 Amos 5:6-7, 10-15; Mark 10:17-27 According to Jesus, ‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.’ (10:25) That a […]
A Harvest Sermon
Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields September 19th 2021 Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 67; Luke 12:13-21 So today, in Luke’s Gospel, we have a harvest story that arises out of a family economic dispute. Family arguments over money are just the worst, aren’t they? Someone in a crowd […]