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Share the Blanket

Share the Blanket

Share the Blanket Scripture: Jonah 3:10 - 4:11 and Matthew 20: 1-16If you read the gospels, you will discover that people ask Jesus a lot of questions. If you read a little deeper and do a little bit of math you will discover that of all the questions Jesus is asked,...

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Forgiveness

Forgiveness Scripture: Genesis 50: 15-21 and Matthew 18: 21-35Is there a harder commandment in all of scripture? Chelsey Harmon tells a story or paints a picture about forgiveness. She writes, “One of the complaints that student loan borrowers made about the lack of...

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A Community of Faith

A Community of Faith Today's gospel lesson from Matthew talks about fogiveness and why that matters. This passage from Matthew forms the model for discipline that many churches use. However, it is less about discipline and more about how we live together as a...

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Follow Jesus

Follow Jesus Scripture: Matthew 16: 21-28There is a struggle playing out in our gospel lesson today. The struggle isn’t new, in fact it is as old as time. If you pay attention to what Matthew has been writing in his gospel account so far this is a reoccurring theme....

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Step to the Edge

Step to the Edge

Step to the Edge Scripture: Matthew 15: 10-28The Pharisees are concerned with issues of ritual purity and cleanliness. Don’t eat with dirty hands as it will defile you. Jesus is concerned with the words that come out of our mouths, as these words come from our hearts...

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Choosing a Focus

Choosing a Focus   Scripture: Matthew 14: 22-33Most sermons I’ve ever heard on this passage go like this. When Peter began to sink Jesus rescued him. If Peter, the individual who Jesus built his church on, can falter and have moments of doubt, it’s ok if I do too. And...

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Who Does the Feeding?

Who Does the Feeding? Scripture: Matthew 14: 13-21This gospel story is so well known that at the beginning of the week I sat down and thought to myself ‘how do I say something new about this passage?’ It’s a piece of scripture that when we hear it, we can finish the...

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The Kingdom of God is Like…

The Kingdom of God is Like... Scripture: Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-50You are probably familiar with the expression ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ An expression meant to convey the depth of meaning we can pull from a single image. I do believe it is true, a picture...

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Good Seed, Bad Seed

Good Seed, Bad Seed Scripture: Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43As you are aware from last week, I am not a gardener. Nor am I a farmer. However, I have always been led to believe that when you spot weeds in your garden you remove them. There is no need to wait until a certain...

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The Garden Path

The Garden Path Scripture: Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23I am not a gardener, I would never describe myself as having a green thumb. I appreciate a beautiful lush garden, but I don’t have the patience to get out and do the work that is needed on a regular basis. That being...

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Cobourg is part of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The congregation was established in 1833 and continues to serve the community.

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