Sermons at St. Andrew’s

April 26, 2026 | The Rev. Andrew Van Kirk

The Otherwayers

Jesus is the gate into God's kingdom, but we're constantly tempted to climb in some other way — each of which is really just forms of self-sufficiency that rob Jesus of his glory and rob his people of his grace. The good news is we don't have to scale the wall: there's a gate right there, and his name is Jesus.

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We live our lives in this great in between. In between the birth of Jesus (the already) and Jesus’ coming again (the not yet). Let me put this another way.