by Neil Ellis | Aug 25, 2019 | Sermons
Jesus Sides with Compassion A question that is often asked about interpretation of scripture is how do we best do that? We bring our own cultural bias towards anything we read. Our gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status informs everything we do. How can we approach...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 13, 2019 | Sermons
A Time for Courage Scripture: Luke 12: 32-40 When I took my Homiletics Course at Knox College I was told one thing, figure out the message you want to share with the congregation based on the scripture you are using. To be sure, there are many ways to...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 5, 2019 | Sermons
What to do about Wealth? Scripture: Luke 12: 13-21 As I was preparing for today I read the following, “This is one of those weeks when preachers find a text pretty easy to interpret but the sermon hard to deliver.” (Matt Skinner, Dear Working Preacher) Why might this...
by Neil Ellis | Jul 30, 2019 | Sermons
Ask, Seek, Knock What is prayer if not a conversation with God our creator. In our passage this morning the disciples ask Jesus to teach them how to pray. The prayer which Jesus offers is what we now refer to as the Lord’s Prayer. However, it is the parable...
by Neil Ellis | Jul 29, 2019 | Sermons
But First What does it mean to follow Jesus? Is there cost associated with it and whould this ‘cost’ scare us away from following Jesus? We explore a difficult piece of scripture that many of us shy away from, but we owe it to ourselves to explore what...
by Neil Ellis | Jun 10, 2019 | Sermons
Trust in the Holy Spirit Pentecost is the time of year when we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. It is also historically when we look at the forming of the church. What does it mean for us as followers of Jesus today to trust in the Holy Spirit? Jesus speaks...
