Feb 22, 2021
In this sermon Nick Clarke, with a little help from Mumford and Sons, takes us into the scriptures about Lent, baptism, death, resurrection, and what it means to know that we, with Jesus, are beloved.
Feb 20, 2021
In this sermon we focus on the significance of the ashes. Along with reflecting on our mortality as humans in light of the eternity of God's presence, we consider how the ashes also remind us that we are also called to live our lives as gifts that God has given us. In particular we think about how the ashes as...
Feb 17, 2021
In this sermon we consider the social implications of the transfiguration of Jesus as it speaks to the call of non-violence and peacemaking. We talk about a recent AEI survey on evangelicals and violence, a nine-year-old girl pepper sprayed by police, a former Guantanamo prison inmate, and cancel culture. All in...
Feb 10, 2021
In this sermon we talk about the theme of service and what it means to serve the world. We set it in the context of Jesus’ teaching the disciples that the Son of Man came to serve and give his life as a ransom for many. We focus specifically on Jesus healing Peter’s mother-in-law. We unpack the significant of...
Feb 3, 2021
In this sermon we we draw on Jesus’ teaching with authority in the synagogue and (mostly) Paul’s instructions to the Corinthians about eating meat sacrificed to idols in order to talk about the question of authority, truth, reality, knowledge and information, love, the news, first century dining-out habits in Rome,...