St. Peter's Fireside

In the third instalment of our summer series entitled Shadowlands, Roger Revell concludes the story of King Solomon by exploring grace and God's faithfulness in the midst of a king gone bad.

In the second instalment of our series in the books of Kings called Shadowlands, Roger Revell unpacks what it looks like for King Solomon to follow God's wisdom.

We're beginning a new Summer series entitled Shadowlands. We'll be exploring the Kings of the Old Testament, and learning from both their wise decisions and their mistakes. In our first instalment, Roger Revel lays out the background of the books of Kings (Kings 1 and Kings 2), and unpacks what wisdom looked like for David and his son Solomon.

In the last installment in Part Two of our series, The Gospel of Mark, Alastair Sterne explores Mark 8.1-26. Here's the big idea: Jesus Christ is here to supply the spiritual needs of the whole world, of all of us, because he's God. But this brings a pressing question: Do we understand this?

In the latest installment of our series, The Gospel of Mark, Alastair Sterne explores Mark 7.24-37. Here's the big idea: The crumbs Jesus leaves under the table aren’t sparse, but abundant. The question we have to ask ourselves is, “Are we willing to find our place under the table to eat them?”

In the latest installment of our series, The Gospel of Mark, Alastair Sterne explores Mark 7.14-23. Here's the big idea: The darkness in the world actually starts in our hearts. Only Jesus can cleanse us from the inside out.

In the latest installment of our series, The Gospel of Mark, Alastair Sterne explores Mark 7.1-13. Here's the big idea: The authority Jesus has over Scripture is trustworthy, because he uses it not to burden or crush us, but to free us.

In the latest installment of our series The Gospel of Mark, Alastair Sterne explores the infamous passage when Jesus walks on water. But this passage isn't a rescue story, it's an epiphany. The big idea: Jesus didn't just come to save us from the storms, but to save us from our hardness of heart.

In the latest instalment of our series The Gospel of Mark, Alastair Sterne walks us through the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand, and helps us understand that we all have some sort of hunger in our lives, and it's Jesus who can satiate it.

In the latest instalment of our series entitled The Gospel of Mark, Alastair Sterne helps us understand what it means to follow Jesus. In short, it means that if we're truly with Jesus, we will be sent out. What does this mean in our context? Listen and find out!

Who is the Holy Spirit? Is it some kind of feeling or nebulous presence? On this Pentecost Sunday, Roger Revell helps us understand the Holy Spirit as a person in the Trinity, and the work that the Holy Spirit does within the Trinity, and in our own lives.

As we continue exploring the Gospel of Mark, we often come across passages difficult to digest. In this instalment, Alastair Sterne unpacks why Jesus wasn't able to do mighty works in his hometown. Faith, doubt, and unbelief are all on the table, but what do each of them mean?

In this week's instalment of our series entitled The Gospel of Mark, Alastair Sterne walks us through the story of Jairus and the bleeding woman in Mark 5. In this story, the big idea we come across is that death is not the end for us, rather seeing Jesus face to face is where we will find ourselves.

In the latest instalment of our series entitled The Gospel of Mark, Alastair Sterne explores what happens when Jesus heals a demon possessed man. Why did Jesus do this? Could it be that the thought of a world where He can't have us breaks His heart? Listen and see!

In this instalment of our series entitled The Gospel of Mark, Alastair Sterne explores the story of Jesus calming the storm. Ultimately the story is a story of faith. Where is your faith?

We're continuing our series entitled the Gospel of Mark where we explore who Jesus is, and what His kingdom looks like. In this instalment, Roger Revell looks at an agrarian passage in Mark's Gospel to see that seeds are indeed powerful creations, and God's kingdom is the harvest of such seeds.

We're diving back into the Gospel of Mark after some time away. This week, Alastair Sterne explores the parable of the sower, the power of a seed, and what all this means for our hearts and souls.

Jesus tells Mary Magdalene not to cling to him, but this statement can speak to us now. If this is true, why do Christians hold onto Jesus? In this Easter sermon, Alastair Sterne explores the idea that it isn't that we cling to Jesus, it's that the resurrection takes a hold of us.

In the final week of our series entitled Making Change, Roger Revell walks us through some tough words found in Malachi 3. What does it mean to rob God, and why does it matter if we do?

In the second week of our series entitled Making Change, Roger Revell explores the idea of radical generosity, and how our lives can be turned upside down (in a good way)by living it out.