A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, February 9th 2020 Matthew 5: 13-20 In last week’s sermon I started with the Sermon on the Mount and with the beatitudes – its best-known bit. Jesus then went on to say, ‘Do not think that I have come […]
The Beatitudes are for…
A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, February 2nd 2020 Micah 6: 1-8; Psalm 15; Matthew 5: 1-10 There is a story told about an American college where every student was required to take an ‘introduction to religion’ course. Whatever subject was their ‘major’ in they still had […]
What’s in a Name?
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 22nd December 2019 Isaiah 7:10-16; Matthew 1:18-25 What’s in a name? Whenever a baby is born one of the first things that people want to know is the child’s name. Legally, in England, I believe you have forty-two […]
Jesus: Successful Failure as King
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, November 24th 2019 The Feast of Christ the King Jeremiah 23:1-6; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 23:33-43 ‘’One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him [Jesus] and saying, “are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” But the other […]
Remembrance
Sermon on Remembrance Sunday 2019 Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church Micah 4: 1-4; Matthew 5: 38-48 Remembrance has been making a comeback in recent decades. Thirty years ago if November 11th fell on a weekday, it might have gone largely unmarked, people just carrying on with their busy […]