Sermons at St. Andrew’s

May 10, 2026 | The Rev. Andrew Van Kirk

Erasing the Engraving to an Unknown God

In a culture that has effectively engraved "to an unknown God" onto both its public monuments and its private heart, we are nevertheless promised through the Holy Spirit that God is genuinely knowable. That knowing, however, is bound up with obedience — Jesus tells us to keep his commandments because "the company" coming to abide with us is the Spirit of truth.

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The Rattling of Hope

When we are honest about the dry, lifeless places in ourselves and the world, we are invited to listen — because God's Word does not merely describe reality, it transforms it.

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Make the Turn

Jesus, the light of the world, reveals the truth about our lives and calls us to respond by turning toward him and letting our lives be changed.

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Over and Over and Over Again

Jesus offers living water that frees us from the endless cycle of sin and failed self-salvation, renewing us once and for all through his grace.

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Look Up and Live

Christ is lifted up on the cross so that all who look to him may live, drawing us into the saving embrace of God and sending us back into the world to share that life with others.

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Found in the Garden

Christ steps into the fracture of sin, seeking us in our hiding and reconciling us to God and to one another.