Sermons

Christmastime is here – happiness and cheer? Christmas does not negate the darkness, violence and suffering of our world but it does reframe it, as we see Matthew the Evangelist do in the massacre of the Holy Innocents. In the face of real suffering, the Gospel’s answer is not sentimentality but hope: God is at work rescuing … Read more December 30, 2025

What’s the most important thing about Christmas? Presents? Cheer? Joy? The Apostle Paul would have us consider: God’s kindness, his favour, his goodwill towards us – in a word, God’s grace. The grace of God has definitively appeared in Jesus Christ, saving us, sanctifying us, and sustaining us toward our blessed hope. This is the most … Read more December 24, 2025

Over nine bible readings our Lessons & Carols service explores humanity’s deepest problem—estrangement—and God’s gracious answer in Jesus Christ, who comes to reconcile sinners and restore what was lost. Listen and consider the Good News and find assurance that God’s love in Christ is for you.

Why does the world still long for a king? The biblical hope for a faithful ruler is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the King of Kings—humble yet victorious, reigning not by force but by self-giving love. As the risen Lord who rules over all creation, Jesus calls for our allegiance now and offers unshakeable hope for … Read more December 14, 2025

While human priests offered sacrifices, their ministry was always temporary and incomplete. As our Great High Priest Jesus Christ reconciles us to God—offering himself as the once-for-all sacrifice, atoning for sin, and continually interceding for us. Because of his finished work, we have full assurance before God and are invited to share in Christ’s priestly … Read more December 7, 2025

As the Prophet Jesus fully and finally reveals God to us, not merely as God’s messenger but as God’s own Word in the flesh. Because he is the One to whom we must listen, our calling is to obey his voice, rest in his assurance, and bear witness to his truth in the world. Speaker: Rev. Creighton … Read more November 30, 2025

If Christ is King, why am I so fearful that the world is spinning out of control? Is there hope to be had? True Confidence is found only in the God who rules over everything – including the forces of nature and the fury of the nations. Speaker: Rev. Creighton Friedrich

As Jesus concludes his sermon on the mount he wants us to understand exactly what it takes to enter into the fullness of God’s Kingdom. Discipleship means choosing correctly between two ways of living, two sorts of teachers to be believed, and two foundations for one’s life. The decision is unavoidable, and the stakes are … Read more November 16, 2025

What makes us so judgemental? Is it a symptom of a self-righteous heart? As God’s kingdom reorders our life from the inside-out, it reorders our self-righteous heart from judging to grace. Speaker: Rev. Creighton Friedrich

All Saints’ Sunday A saint is someone who is “in Christ”. But what does that mean? And what does that say about our truest identity as Christians? Let’s consider the Apostle Paul’s four identifying markers: saints are predestined, are purchased, are heirs to promise, and are to praise the Lord. Speaker: Rob Denhoed

We live in the most prosperous moment in history, and yet we also live in a moment with record levels of anxiety. Could anxiety be more than a material problem? Could it have a spiritual solution? Jesus wants us to understand: God’s provision, God’s protection, and God’s paternal care reorders our anxiety. Rev. Creighton Friedrich

How does God’s Kingdom reorder what we desire most? God cares far less about the amount of money we give and far more about the condition of the heart that gives. So what is our heart bound to? And where does it lead? The Rev. Canon Howard Edwards