Sermon Details
- Pastor Name: Jonathan Cornell
- Date & Time: October 27, 2013 | 10:00am
This morning, we are celebrating our very first Kirkin O’ Th’ Tartan Service, and I’m glad that we’ve chosen the coldest weekend of the Fall thus far people to wear kilts in worship. There’s an old joke that says, “What does a Scot wear under his kilt? Shoes and socks.” As far as I know, this is our first service celebrating our Scottish Heritage as a Presbyterian Church.
But, of course, there is a reason we’re having this service today, and it’s not just an excuse to wear plaid. The saying goes, “Those who don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it,” and we have a history worth knowing. Presbyterians have a history filled with spit and vinegar. Going back to one of our very earliest leaders, a man named John Knox, a minister and Scottish Reformer who spent almost two years in the belly of a ship as a galley slave by order of the Catholic monarch because he believed so strongly in God’s Word plainly read and known by all.
Download the entire transcript: 2 Timothy 2 Kirkin–Strength in Faith
