St. Andrew's Anglican Church Sermons

In this sermon from the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, year A (Sept. 13th, 2026), Rev. Ben preaches on this hard-hitting parable of Jesus, in which he teaches the necessity of forgiveness, when we have been forgiven, before turning the spotlight on our own hearts. Not only does He teach us why we must forgive, but he also leaves hints as to HOW… The post Forgiven People Forgive People first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, year A, Rev. Ben preaches on this teaching from Jesus about how to win a sinner back, and to enact church discipline when needed. Jesus loves His church, so He lays out this very specific process we are to follow when there is conflict and sin against one another, and it is to… The post Loving Confrontation first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the 14th Sunday after Pentecost (year A), Rev. Ben preaches on the dramatic highs and lows of St. Peter, who confesses Jesus as the Christ one moment, and is rebuked and called “Satan” in the next. Jesus rebukes Peter so strongly, because the cross is all-important, and any hindrance to it is a work of evil. Jesus also… The post The Way of the Cross Above All first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2026, Rev. Deacon Ryan Mullis preaches on this ultimate question of Jesus that He asks to His disciples, and to us. Matthew 16:13-20 The post Who Do You Say that I Am? first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from August 16th, 2026 (12th Sunday after Pentecost, year A), Rev. Ben preaches on this troublesome passage of Jesus’ encounter with the Canaanite woman. As this desperate woman comes in faith, Jesus’ seeming rejection is actually an invitation to show the deeper grounds of faith–humble, persistent trust in Him. Matthew 15:21-28 The post Of Dogs and Crumbs and Great Faith first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from August 9th, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on Jesus walking on the water. The Lord of the waters reveals Himself to us as an act of grace, and invites us to a step of faith on the water with Him. And even when our faith fails, He is there to pick us up. This dynamic of grace and faith… The post Grace. Faith. Grace. first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Ben draws on the question asked in Psalm 78–Can God Prepare a Table in the Wilderness?–to show how Jesus does do just that with the feeding of the 5,000 in Matthew 14:13-21. Jesus shows the character of God to give, and give abundantly, even when we are skeptical or anxious. If He… The post Can God Prepare a Table in the Wilderness? first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost in 2026, Rev. Pete Matthews takes another look at Matthew 13 and Romans 8. Jesus‘ parable of the hidden treasure illustrates that there is nothing more valuable than Jesus (and, after the Father, there is nothing more valuable to Jesus than us). Matthew 13:31-33,44-50Romans 8:26-34 The post There is Nothing More Valuable than Jesus first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost in 2026, Scott Swier takes a further look at Matthew 13 and Romans 8. Jesus‘ parable of the wheat and weeds teaches us that God is waiting to bring his eternal kingdom because of His patience and desire to show mercy. Romans 8 points Christians past their present sufferings to a glorious future… The post Hope for Christians in the Already-and-not-yet first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost in 2026, Deacon Daniel takes a look at the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13 along with Romans 8 and sees that the Holy Spirit both gives us confidence as we struggle to grow in faithfulness and works to produce the fruits of the faith that is growing. Matthew 13:1-9,18-23Romans 8:7-17 The post The Sower, the Seed, the Soil, and the Spirit first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost in 2026 (and also Independence Day weekend), Rev. Ben preaches on freedom, particularly the deeper freedom that we have in Christ — freedom from the tyranny of sin and freedom to love. Zechariah 9:9-12Romans 7:21-8:6Matthew 11:25-30 The post Freedom in Christ first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost in 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on the third section of Jesus’ “Missionary Discourse” in Matthew 10, where the Lord states that He comes not to bring peace to the earth, but a sword. His ministry is divisive because of the all-encompassing demands He places on His followers, demands which we cannot be worthy… The post The Sword and the Cross first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 2026, Rev. Ben continues the theme from last week’s sermon about what the church is here for. The church is built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone, and this week, Ben focuses on the prophetic calling of the church, to speak the truth… The post The Prophetic Call of the Church first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on knowing who we are as the church. Drawing from Exodus 19:1-8 and Matthew 9:35-10:15 in the lectionary, he shows how we, the people of God, are saved in order to be loved, and we are saved in order to be sent. The church is meant to be an… The post Saved to be Loved, and Sent first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches from the prophet Hosea, and God’s call to confess, repent, and be broken before Him, so that He might heal us. Jesus makes the connection to this passage in our Gospel reading, showing that this is exactly who He has come for. Hosea 5:15-6:6 Matthew 9:9-13 The post Press on to Know the Lord first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

On this Trinity Sunday of 2026, Rev. Ben brings in some extra help from Athanasius (the hamster) to preach on the ways in which we can know God as the Holy Trinity. Drawing from Genesis 1 and Matthew 28, he discusses how we can know God because we are made in His image and baptized into His name, and recommends a spiritual… The post To Know the Trinity first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

Beginning with a reading from Acts 2 in many different languages (Latin, Spanish, Greek, German, Swahili, Slovak, and English with American Sign Language), Rev. Ben preaches on this Pentecost Sunday how the Holy Spirit brings us into union with Jesus individually, and therefore we can have unity with one another. Our unity in the Spirit is a true unity, unlike the unity… The post Union and Unity in the Spirit first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on the Sunday after the Ascension in 2026, Deacon Ryan speaks on the Ascension of Jesus and how it corrects our common confusions about Him, ourselves, and our world. Acts 1:6-14 The post Still Confused first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the 6th Sunday of Easter in 2026, Rev. Ben continues to preach through 1 Peter, and on this passage he speaks on our call to engage a hostile world with the Gospel, where we will encounter resistance and mockery. Peter tells us to not be afraid, but to honor Christ the Lord as holy, and always be prepared… The post Always Be Prepared first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, 2026, Rev. Ben preached from 1 Peter 2 this word of proclamation and exhortation, where the apostle Peter wrote about who we are in Christ, and how we are to live into that calling. The identity we have received as a gift gives us a deep sense of purpose, which launches us out… The post Identity. Purpose. Mission. first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on the 3rd Sunday of Easter, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on the road to Emmaus event in Luke 24, on why Jesus sometimes hides Himself, and how He makes Himself known through Word and Sacrament. Luke 24:13-35 The post He Makes Himself Known first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from Easter 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on why the stone was rolled away–not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in, so that we might see, and believe, and enter into eternal life. Matthew 28:1-10 The post The Stone is Rolled Away first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from Good Friday, 2026, Sid Johnson preaches on the centrality of the cross for our faith. Hebrews 10:1-25 John 19:1-37 The post The Man on the Cross first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from Maundy Thursday of 2026, Rev. Ben speaks on the mandate (mandatum) we have been given on this night, when Jesus humbled himself to serve His disciples, and commanded us to do the same. John 13:1-15 The post A Mandate of Love first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

On this Palm Sunday of 2026, Deacon Daniel preaches on the abrupt attitude shift of the crowds throughout Holy Week, because they are disappointed with who this Messiah ends up being. Often, this can reflect our own disappointments with God, which can blind us to what He is actually doing. Matthew 21:1-11 Matthew 27 The post Disappointment with God – A Palm Sunday sermon first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on the Fifth Sunday in Lent, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on the raising of Lazarus in John 11, and how Jesus shows us that these works done for His glory are also for our good. He shows us this in how he waits, weeps, and wins in our lives. John 11:1-44 The post His Glory, Our Good first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on the fourth Sunday in Lent of 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on the miraculous sign in John chapter 9, where Jesus heals a man born blind. In what can be called a lived-out parable, Jesus gives the point of it all in verse 39: It was for judgment He has come into this world, that the blind may see… The post Judgment for Healing first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the 3rd Sunday in Lent, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on all four of our lectionary texts, with the theme coming from Psalm 95 — harden not your hearts. He explores what a hardened heart does and the consequences, how a heart becomes hardened, and what Jesus does to hardened hearts. The other texts were Exodus 17:1-7; Romans 1:16-32;… The post Harden Not Your Hearts first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on the second Sunday in Lent, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on this most famous of Bible verses and how God actually does love this world, even in its fallenness and sin. God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16-17 The post God Loves the World first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

On the first Sunday in Lent of 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on the nature of temptation, how it is an opportunity for us to grow in love for God, and how we might learn to overcome it with Christ. Genesis 3:1-7 Matthew 4:1-11 The post Temptation first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

On Ash Wednesday of 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on the psalm that is traditional for this day, Psalm 51, and on the honesty and vulnerability that the Lord calls us to on this day, that we might reckon with the weight of sin, in order that we might know the greater weight of mercy. The post Honesty first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from Transfiguration Sunday 2026, Deacon Daniel preaches on how we can only properly know God’s glory through His mercy, and we understand the Transfiguration through the Cross. Matthew 17:1-9 The post Mercy, Glory, Transfiguration, and the Cross first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on World Mission Sunday, February 8th, 2026, we are blessed to hear from Mr. Ken Shirkey, a longtime friend of St. Andrew’s and the founding director of Gateway Center for World Mission, on our call to join in with the mission of God. The post So That/So What first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from February 1st, 2025, in advance of a baptism, Rev. Ben preaches on the scandalous grace of the cross and what it means for us, and how infant baptism in particular is such a powerful sign of this grace. 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 The post The Scandal and Folly of the Cross first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

On this Sunday where we celebrate the Baptism of our Lord, Rev. Ben invites us to hear the voice of the Father speaking over us, “You are my beloved, in whom I am well pleased,” and to recognize that it is actually true. Matthew 3:13-17 The post God Really Does Love You first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the 2nd Sunday of Christmas, Deacon Ryan explores the journey of the Magi to visit the Lord, and how it can relate to our journey to come to to the Lord to worship. Matthew 2:1-12 The post Journey to the Table first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from Christmas Eve 2025, Rev. Ben explores what the Christmas Spirit is by contrasting two stories: Ebenezer Scrooge and the Shepherds in their fields at that first Christmas. Luke 2:1-20 The post The Christmas Spirit first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on the Second Sunday in Advent, Rev. Ben unpacks the vision of the Messiah’s Kingdom from Isaiah 11, and what hope tells us when we don’t experience that peace in our lives and in our world right now. Isaiah 11:1-10 The post The Stump, the Branch, and the Longing of our Hearts first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from the first Sunday of Advent, 2025, Rev. Ben preaches on knowing the future hope of Christ’s return, and allowing that to shape our present living. To change our mindsets and repent, we need to know what time it is, that our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. Romans 13:8-14 The post Know What Time It Is first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

On this Christ the King Sunday of 2025, Deacon Daniel Jones preaches about the kind of King we serve, who lays down His life for us and teaches us to do the same. Readings for the day that Rev. Daniel draws from are Jeremiah 23:1-6; Colossians 1:11-20; and Luke 23:35-43. The post The King Who Sacrifices first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, 2025, Rev. Ben preaches from the prophet Malachi, the Lord’s loving word of repentance to the people that were seeking their own gain more than they were seeking the Lord. To fear the Lord is to know our place before Him, to have our lives revolve around Him, and to receive His salvation.… The post What’s In It For Me? first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon from All Saints’ Sunday in 2025, Rev. Ben preaches on the communion of saints that we believe in, drawing from Revelation 7:9-14 and Psalm 149. The post The Communion of Saints first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

Following upon a pastoral letter to our diocese from Bp. Foley Beach that spoke to a church crisis, Rev. Ben reflects upon our Gospel text in Luke 18:9-14. Our posture in coming before the Lord can never be leaning upon our own righteousness, but casting ourselves only upon God’s mercy. This humility is essential for us living rightly before God and the… The post God, Be Merciful To Me first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on Luke 18:1-8 and also drawing upon 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, Deacon Daniel Jones preaches on how we can come to persevere in our faith through prayer. The post Persevere in Faith first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this final session of our Nicene Creed series, Rev. Ben teaches on the final section of the Creed, concerning the Church and Christian life and hope. After learning about the reality of the Triune God, the Christian is brought into that reality, ‘subjoined’ into the life of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The post The Nicene Creed 6 – Life in the Trinity first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Ben preaches on the ten lepers healed by Jesus, and the one who comes to give Jesus glory. This leads us to learn of the spiritual discipline of gratitude, which is birthed out of faith. Luke 17:11-19 The post Gratitude first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this session of our Nicene Creed series, Rev. Ben teaches on the third article of the Creed, concerning the Holy Spirit. We focus on the full divinity of the Spirit, and the controversy of the filioque. The post The Nicene Creed 5 – God the Holy Spirit first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon, Rev. Ben preaches on the earnest prayer of the Apostles–“Increase our faith!” There are some things they get really right in this plea, and some things on which they are missing the mark. Jesus shows them, and us, that faith is not a matter of increase, but of obedience and faithfulness. Luke 17:5-10 The post Increase our Faith? first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this session of our Nicene Creed Series, Rev. Ben teaches on the second half of the second article of the Creed, on the work of Jesus the Son. The post The Nicene Creed 4 – God the Son Incarnate first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In this sermon on the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Ben preaches on the biblical call to take hold of that which is TRULY life, and to let go of the cheap imitations that surround us and can never satisfy us. We are to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of us, and to walk in this daily.… The post Take Hold of Life first appeared on St. Andrews Anglican Church.