A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Monkseaton, June 27th 2021 Lamentations 3:23-33; Psalm 30; Mark 5:21-43 How do you like your sandwiches? Do you have a favourite filling? The Gospel writer, Mark, likes his sandwiches. In his case, but his preference is for sandwich stories. He likes […]
Sermon: Don’t try to Punch Above your Weight
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Your Church, June 20th 2021 1 Samuel 17:1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-51; Ephesians 6:11-17 ‘And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span,’ (17:4) about six foot, nine inches, or two […]
Sermon: Keep Calm and Keep Sailing on
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, June 20th 2021 Job 38:1-11; Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32; Mark 4:35-41 ‘Leaving the crowd behind, they took him [Jesus] with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him.’ (4:36) Other boats. That’s the only […]
Sermon for Palm Sunday
A Palm Sunday Sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison, Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 21st March 2021 (Mark 11:1-11, 15-18) So, there’s only one more week to go until Easter Sunday, but what a week. Before we get to Easter Sunday all of the following happen: Jesus shares his last meal with […]
Sermon: Jesus has a Spiritual Clearout
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 […]