St. Andrew's Anglican Church Sermons

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 ap...

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 firs...

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 An...

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 i...

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 Churc...

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...

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. Andr...

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...

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.