Palm Sunday in John 12 — the king the crowd… read more

Christmas Eve turns on a small word used twice in verse 5: Joseph registers with Mary, who is with child. Pastor Adam makes “with” the whole message — and is honest that he is currently surrounded by prayers that are not being answered.

Gabriel appears to exactly three people in scripture, and the first was Daniel — mid-prayer, pleading for his people. Pastor Harry reads the annunciation as the answer to a prayer already prayed, and lands on Mary’s reply: favoured one, and servant.

No angels this week — just a poor young couple doing what the law required. Pastor Adam makes the ordinariness the subject, and points out that the King of Glory arrived at his own temple and nobody noticed except two people who had been waiting.

The Magi came from the class Daniel was put in charge of six hundred years earlier — which makes the exile the hinge of the Christmas story. Pastor Adam opens a new series on the childhood of Jesus, and takes “they went home another way” literally.

The annual Thanksgiving message takes a Hebrew word as its key — todah — and spends its first stretch on what the research actually says about gratitude. Then three things it does: brings peace, opens the door, and wins battles.

Pentecost in Acts 2 — tongues of fire, and the… read more

Easter in the Upper Room series: Thomas, the wounds offered… read more

Luke 1:26-38 and Mary’s answer: let it be to me… read more