Mark Sermons

Isaiah 40:1-11 ‘Great Expectations’ has to be one of the best book titles ever created. The phrase awakens the imagination. It conjures up images and descriptions of what might be possible and conceivable. It speaks to anticipation, wonder and hope.  Great Expectations is the title of Charles Dicken’s famous 1861 novel, set in […]

Daniel 6 I have never preached before on Daniel and the lion’s den. The last time I remember lions coming into a worship service at SJMC was early in my time here when three guests from the Benin Bible Institute were here, and one of them did a very enthusiastic children’s story in

Ezekiel 37:1-14 Friday night was Halloween. It is one of those strange and funny dates and celebrations in the calendar that our society marks and has fun with. You may have had trick or treaters come to your door for candy, or you were out trick or treating as a kid or as

Fall of Jerusalem 2 Kings 24:18 -25:15 Today’s Scripture story of the Fall of Jerusalem is a very hard story to listen to, and even harder to know how to preach about. The story is brutal and harsh. It is the final story in a whole history of the people of Israel, Judah,

God of Justice Psalm 146 Hey God, are you there? That was my first reaction upon reading Psalm 146, and when Brent and I met. Are you really a God who executives justice for the oppressed and lifts up those who are bowed down, loves the righteous and watches over the strangers, bringing

Mark 5:21-34 A few days into our August vacation to Cape Breton, where there was already a complete fire ban due to extremely dry tinderbox conditions, the province of Nova Scotia declared a province wide ban on going into the woods, into the wilderness, including any hiking. No Skyline Trail for me, or