Jesus Has a Spiritual Clear Out A sermon preached by the reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, March 7th 2021 Exodus 20:1-17; John 2:13-22 What got Jesus so exercised by livestock sales and currency exchange? We’re told that, ‘making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of […]
Sermon: Get Behind Me!
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, February 28th 2021 Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Mark 8:31-38 ‘Get behind me, Satan!’ (8:33) That’s what Jesus says to Peter, when Peter tries to tell Jesus what he should be doing, rather than the other way around. This was so […]
Sermon: God, Creation and Us
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at St Columba’s-by-the-Castle Scottish Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, February 18th 2018 Genesis 9:8-17; Mark 1:9-15; 1 Peter 3:18-22 Prayer O God of our salvation, Just as the bow in the clouds proclaims your covenant with every living creature, may this sermon speak of your love for all the […]
Sermon: Why it’s Good to be All Things to All People
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, February 7th 2021. 1 Corinthians9:16-23 These days, if you describe someone as trying to be all things to all people, you are not paying them a compliment. At best, you are describing them as indecisive; not wanting to upset […]
Sermon: Words and Action
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, February 7th 2021 Isaiah 40: 21-31; Psalm 147:1-11, 20c, Mark 1 29-39 ‘That evening, at sunset, they brought to him [Jesus] all who were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole city was gathered around the door.’ (1:31-32) […]