A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, August 1st 2021 John 6: 24-35 Chapter six of John’s Gospel commences with Jesus feeding five thousand people. Then, after an aside about Jesus walking on water, it’s back to eating and drinking for the rest of the chapter. Jesus has […]
Sermon: What Sort of Ministry?
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, August 1st 2021 Ephesians 4:1-16 ‘Each of us,’ writes the Apostle Paul, ‘was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift … the gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors […]
Sermon: The Length and Breadth and Height and Depth of God’s Love
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, July 25th 2021 John 6:1-15; Ephesians 3:14-21 ‘I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that […]
Sermon: Power is made Perfect in Weakness – Really?
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 4th July 2021 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 But God said to me, ‘my grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.’ (12:9) What’s your image of something or someone that is powerful? Physically, I guess, we […]
Sermon: Who Does he Think he is?
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 4th July 2021 Ezekiel 2:1-5; Mark 6:1-13 What are your expectations about Jesus? Jesus confounded those held by people in the synagogue in his home town of Nazareth. In Jesus’s day it was quite ok for an ordinary man […]