Sermon , Pentecost 10thA, Wednesday 5th and Sunday 9th August , St Petri Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought [...]
Listen to Podcast here Or Go to Scenic Valley Podcast to Listen I have heard a lot about us all being "reset" as we experience a lock down on life. When the tough restrictions were first announced, I sensed some kind of unspoken relief for some people around me, and even within [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 9th A, Sunday August 2, 2020 Matthew 14:13-21 13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed those who were ill. 15 As evening [...]
Sermon , Pentecost 7th A, Sunday July 19, 2020 St Petri 12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation – but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will [...]
Sermon , Pentecost 4A, Sunday July 5, 2020, St Petri Romans 7:15-25a 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no [...]
Sermon , Pentecost 6A , Sunday July 16, 2017, St Petri Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in [...]
Sermon , Pentecost 4A, Sunday July 5, 2020 St Petri Romans 7:15-25a 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is [...]
Sermon, Augsburg Confession Day June 28th, 2020, St Petri AC V and Isaiah 55:10-11 6 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 3A, 21 June 2020, St Petri Matthew 10:24-39 Do not be afraid; take up your cross and follow Christ “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has [...]
Sermon. Pentecost 2A, Sunday June 14, 2020, St Petri Mr Stephen Radke God visits Sarah in an ordinary way and grows trust and laughter (and a baby). This morning's reading about a mysterious visit of God to Abraham and Sarah is right in the middle of the Abraham stories at the start of the Bible. [...]
