Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “Two Kinds of Blindness” based on John 9:1-41 for the Fourth Sunday of Lent on March 30, 2014. Our Gospel reading today is a story of one physically blind who receives his spiritual sight, and others, supposedly possessing spiritual insight, who are actually blind. God sees in a different mode to how we see.

Fourth Sunday of Lent

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Psalm 23 

Ephesians 5:8-14

John 9:1-41

Our bishop, the Archbishop Robert Duncan, visited St. John's this Sunday. He worshipped with us, preached the Gospel, and did confirmations. His sermon,“Give Me This Water,” was based on John 4 on the Third Sunday of Lent on March 23, 2014.

The Third Sunday of Lent

Exodus 17:1-7
Psalm 95

Romans 5:1-11
John 4:4-42

Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “Abraham and Christian Hope” based on Genesis 12:1-4 and Romans 4:1-5, 15-17 for the Second Sunday of Lent on March 16, 2014. When we seem to be at a dead end or a stuck place, the freedom of God is the source of our hope. The freedom of God means that He is not bound by how the world defines what is possible.

Rod McLain preached a sermon entitled “Baptism and Temptation” based on Matthew 4:1-11 for The First Sunday of Lent on March 9, 2014. 

The First Sunday of Lent

Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7

Psalm 32
Romans 5:12-19
Matthew 4:1-11

Thomas McKenzie preached a sermon entitled “The Real Jesus” based on Matthew 17:1-9 for Transfiguration Sunday on March 2, 2014. 

Transfiguration Sunday

Exodus 24:12-18

Psalm 99 

2 Peter 1:16-21

Matthew 17:1-9

Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “The Missio Dei: Being a Witness” based on 1 Corinthians 3:10-23 for The Seventh Sunday after Epiphany on February 23, 2014. Being a witness means manifesting God’s light in the everyday circumstances of life and leaving the results to God.

The Seventh Sunday after Epiphany

Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18

Psalm 119:33-40 

1 Corinthians 3:10-23

Matthew 5:38-48