The Most Dangerous Idea

A sermon on Mark 15:40-16:8 by Rev Richard Keith on Easter Day, 2019 The Festival of Dangerous Ideas is an annual conference held in Sydney to promote and discuss controversial ideas and subjects. At the festival in 2009,  for example, celebrity atheist Christopher...

In the Garden of Tears

A sermon by Rev Richard Keith on Mark 14:32-52 on Sunday March 31, 2019 In the garden of Gethsemane we come to a time and a place that is sacred It is not a time for silly jokes or funny stories. It is a time to be still and to face the awful truth of what it cost to...

Extravagant Love

A sermon on Mark 14:1-26 by Rev Richard Keith on Sunday 17 March 2019 On 1st November 2011, Lucy Rogers was on her way home from work on the train, when a group of twenty fellow travelers started to sing Bill Withers song, “Lovely Day.” It wasn’t until her boyfriend...

The Widow’s Mite

A sermon by Rev Richard Keith on Mark 12:38-13:2 on Sunday March 10, 2019 Today, I’m going to ruin a beautiful story. I’m not going to ruin it by going too long. I’m not going to ruin it by accident, by using poor illustrations or by making bad applications. I’m going...

Jesus is Lord

A sermon preached on Mark 12:35-37 by Rev Richard Keith When we come to verse 35 in Mark 12, Jesus has silenced his critics. They had peppered him with questions, one after another. But with his answers, Jesus has embarrassed them all and amazed the crowds. Each time,...

First Things First

A sermon by Rev Richard Keith on Mark 12:28-34 on Sunday 24 February 2019 Our message today begins near the end and in the middle. It begins near the end of a series of conversations between Jesus and his opponents. After all, in today’s passage, it is still Tuesday,...