Year: 2026

February 22, 2026

Matthew 4:1-11

“Avoiding Temptation in Lent”

This message was written by the Rev. Amanda Currie, and presented by the ministry team at First Presbyterian Church in Regina, Rev. Amanda Currie and Rev. Sumi Jung.

AC:     Hey Sumi! Your husband sure did a good job of acting like the devil who was tempting Jesus.

SJ:     Yes, he was so sneaky and so tempting. He reminded me of the serpent who tempted Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Except in this case, Jesus was able to resist his terrible ideas.

AC:     Every time the devil gave Jesus a bad idea, Jesus turned to the Bible to find wise words from God. He used God’s words to give him strength to resist evil and choose goodness instead.

SJ:     But did you notice that the devil quoted from the Bible too? We have to be careful when we hear someone quoting from the Bible to make their point. It’s not hard for people to take a passage out of context and twist it to mean something that is not from God.

AC:     That’s true, Sumi. We do have to be careful when we hear the Bible being quoted like that, and any time we are interpreting the Scriptures and … Read more »

February 15, 2026

Matthew 17:1-9

“From the Mountains to the Valleys and Beyond”

For all the years that I was serving as the minister at St. Andrew’s in Saskatoon, I kept up the tradition of my predecessors who liked to schedule the Presbyterian World Service & Development service on the last Sunday before the Season of Lent begins.

It made a certain amount of sense because our practice was to have our annual appeal for PWS&D during Lent, so just before the season began we would dedicate a Sunday to telling the stories of that ministry and encouraging folks to support it, just as we did a couple of weeks ago here at First Church.

However, the other reason that it was scheduled that way was because the ministers wanted to avoid preaching about the Transfiguration – the Gospel story that the lectionary always places on the last Sunday before Lent. I know, it’s kind of a strange story. When I announced the text we were going to be reading in Bible study earlier this week, at least one of our members let out a sigh, as if to say, “Not this one again!”

Jesus takes a few of his friends up to the top of a mountain. … Read more »

January 18, 2026

Psalm 40:1-11
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
John 1:29-42

“Safe Forever”

In our Wednesday Bible study meeting this week, we read and discussed the Gospel text. We talked about the earliest disciples of Jesus and how they came to know him, to believe that he was the one sent by God to be their teacher, leader, and saviour.

We noticed the people who were involved in their becoming Jesus’ followers – John, who pointed to the Messiah and essentially said, “That’s him!” Andrew, who met the Christ and then went to find his brother and bring him along. Jesus, who invited them to “come and see” to stay with him and get to know him.

And I found our conversation to be a little nostalgic. I found myself thinking about my parents who brought me to church, friends who shared their faith with me and taught me how to pray, and the gift of the Gospel texts themselves through which I get to spend time with Jesus, getting to know him, and to love him, and to learn his ways.

We marvelled at the fact that when Simon showed up, Jesus looked at him and already knew how Simon (soon to be renamed Peter) would become a servant leader … Read more »