A sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields October 2nd 2022 2 Timothy 1:1-14 For Christians living in Western Europe, the early twenty-first century, is a difficult time, not that things were straightforward for Christians like the Apostle Paul and his younger fellow church leader, […]
Sermon: Seeing is Believing
Christmas Day 2021 Reflection At Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church By the Reverend Trevor Jamison Luke 2:15 ‘When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, Let us go now into Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place.’ They say that seeing is believing, but I […]
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 […]
Sermon: Healing for All
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: 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 […]