Sermons at St. Andrew’s

June 7, 2026 | The Rev. Andrew Van Kirk

Joy Without Purpose

Jesus pursues the broken, the busy, and the successful alike, offering himself not as a task to complete but as a host whose company changes what our hearts desire.

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The Christian life flourishes not through artificial substitutes but by being rooted in the living water of God’s love—trusting fully in him so that our lives may bear fruit, even in hard times.

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Don’t Homogenize Your Faith

God calls us to preserve the richness of our faith by resisting the temptation to dilute it into political or economic ideologies.

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God’s Not Done Looking

God seeks us with relentless joy, meeting our lostness not with judgment but with love, and calling us to join him in the search for others—until every soul is found and rejoicing fills heaven.

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The Discipleship Disclaimer

Jesus invites us to count the cost of following him—not to scare us away, but to lead us toward true life.

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Choose the Lower Place

The way of Christ invites us to a humble posture—before God and others—where we let go of status-seeking and self-promotion, and instead receive grace as a gift and extend it to others freely.

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Your Soul is not a Machine

Even as artificial intelligence transforms the nature of work and education, Christians are called to care for the soul—their own and others’—because only humans, not machines, can love, worship, and do the works of the Lord.