Sermons

Easter is no hoax, but the greatest news you will ever hear: Jesus Christ is risen. May he open our eyes to see him today.

What do you have, that you could give to Jesus, for him to take and use and transform and multiply?

Maybe like the disciples you think Jesus is a wonderful teacher, a kind healer, someone really special. But this - this is something else.

The gift of God’s own Son takes a lifetime to unwrap, but it’s never too early to start.

Financial giving is not fundraising - it is faithraising.   It is a vital way of us both expressing our gratitude to God, and demonstrating our trust in him.

Jesus did not do away with the Fourth Commandment: instead he taught us that the Sabbath is a gift, not a burden.

Who is Jesus?   Over the next weeks we will see how Mark answers that question.   We will see that Mark believes Jesus to be God’s own Son, the Messiah, God’s chosen and anointed one. We will see: Jesus.

Everyone thought Jesus had failed, but he hadn’t, he had won. They thought he had come to defeat the Romans, but he had come to conquer death itself.

‘Because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.’ If you remember nothing else from this morning, remember this. If that is too much, remember this: because of the Lord.

It is my prayer that in all we do here our focus would be on Jesus. Yes we need to fill more chairs. Yes we need more money. Yes we need to reach out more effectively - but in all that, let our focus first and foremost be fully on Jesus.