Sermons

Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story Genesis 29:1-30 Though there is no mention of God in the text he is nevertheless present and active in the events the text describes - as the God who orders our steps, provides for our needs, disciplines us for our good, and saves us from our sins.

Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6. Luke 7:1-10; Matthew 8:5-13 The spotlight is trained on the centurion's faith. We consider and endeavour to learn from the reasoning of his faith, the rarity of his faith, the explanation of his faith, and the reward of his faith.

Series: Standalone Sermon Galatians 2:20; Acts 9:1-19a Paul's testimony is that the Son of God loved him and gave himself for him. That is every believer's testimony. Focusing on Christ's love we explore how it knew the worst about us, sacrificed for us, and is powerfully at work in us.

Series: Standalone Sermon 1 Timothy 3:1; 1 Timothy 3 Those who have been entrusted with the pastoral oversight of a congregation have a noble task; literally, a good work to do. What makes it so? The materials, the goals, the tools, the Master, and the reward.  

Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story Genesis 27:41-28:22 At a distressing time in Jacob's life the LORD appears to him in a dream. We explore the description of this appearance, its purpose, its unexpectedness, and its effect.

Series: Standalone Sermon Titus 1:5-9; Titus 1:1-16 For the guidance of the church in the appointing of elders we learn what an elder is to be in general, what he is to be as a family man, what he is to be as a Christian man, and what he is to be in his doctrine.  

Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story Genesis 27:1-40 We're gathering our thoughts around the deception that secured Isaac's blessing for Jacob. We note how Isaac was the occasion of it, Rebekah the instigator of it, Jacob the perpetrator of it, Esau the loser by it, and God the over-ruler of it.

Series: Standalone Sermon Acts 10.33; Acts 10.1-23; Acts 10.24-48 This congregation had consciously gathered in the Lord's presence and with a determination to hear all that had been given the preacher to say. Congregations today should gather with a similar consciousness and with a similar determination.  

Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story Genesis 26:1-33 As we picture Isaac going to Gerar, settling there, prospering there, leaving there, and then making a covenant with Gerar's king, we have multiple illustrations of the truth expressed in Psalm 31.15, "My times are in your hand".

Series: Standalone Sermon Romans 5:2 As we think about the world to come we rejoice in the sure and certain prospect of God's glory being revealed to us, bestowed on us, reflected in us, and admired by us.  

Series: Advent 2019. John 10:10; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-11.

Series: Advent 2019 Luke 2:10-11 Four things that a preacher wishes for his hearers in the light of the announcement of the angel: to be glad, to be confident, to be amazed, and to be saved.  

Series: Advent 2019. John 1:1; John 1:1-18 The child in the manger is the Word who was God. We may think of him as the eternal one who has now experienced a beginning, the unchanging one who has now become something, and the incarnate one who still remains the same.

Series: Standalone Sermon Galatians 1:4-5 Christianity is a rescue religion. Our text touches on one particular aspect, namely, rescue from this present evil age. We see that it is a costly rescue (it comes through Jesus' cross), and that both the way and the end are the outflow of the Father's heart.  

Series: Advent 2019. John 1:1; 1 John 4:7-21 Prior to his incarnation Jesus the Word was with God. In trying to get a picture of this we are going to think of him being with God as a worker, as a Son, as an equal, in perfect oneness of of purpose, in mutual love and delight, amid the glories of heaven.

Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story Genesis 25:19-34 God makes decisions about Jacob and Esau and they themselves make decisions about one another. In applying this to ourselves we touch on the doctrine of God's election to salvation and the danger of despising a Christian upbringing.

Series: Advent 2019. John 1:1. John gives to Christ the name or title "the Word" because he stands at the heart of all divine speaking. We are going to think about him speaking from the beginning, speaking when he was here, speaking today, and speaking at the end.

Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story Genesis 25:19-26 Isaac and Rebekah waited twenty years to become parents. As we explore this waiting time we see how it was a time of waiting for God, a time of prayerful waiting, how the waiting was long, and how the waiting eventually ended.

Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6. Luke 6:46-49; Matthew 7:15-27 Jesus had hearers who were just hearers. So to this day. They say that Jesus is their Lord but their lives belie it. Jesus has words of sober warning for such. Words too of encouragement for those who are doers as well as hearers.

Revelation 1:1-8

Series: How is it all going to end for the believer? Romans 8:35-39 In his climactic argument for our security as believers Paul asks whether the troubles and sorrows of life can separate us from the love of Christ. His answer is that far from being able to do that these troubles are overruled for our good. 

Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6. Luke 6:41-45; Revelation 21:1-8; 22-27; Revelation 22:1-5 In these verses Jesus, the master illustrator, speaks first about a speck and a log, then about trees and their fruit. In doing so he would warn us against finding fault with others whilst oblivious to our own faults; so too against supposing we are truly good people when the evidence of that is absent from our

Series: How is it all going to end for the believer? Romans 8:34; Esther 6:14-7:10 In a series of ascending steps Paul takes us from Christ's death to his resurrection to his place at the right hand of God and to his intercession there for us - all to show how sure our final salvation is if we belong to him. 

Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6. Luke 6:37-40; Matthew 6:1-18;  The common factor in this brief section of Jesus' sermon is others. He has something to say about judging and condemning others, forgiving others, giving to others, and, by way of warning, following others

Series: How is it all going to end for the believer? Romans 8:33 Notwithstanding the sin-stained lives that we are living, believers in Jesus can anticipate the Day of Judgment without fear. The blessing of justification ensures that no one will be able to bring any charge against us.

Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6. Luke 6:27-36; Matthew 5:43-48;  God loves his enemies and we, as Christians, are to love ours. In this passage Jesus explains what loving our enemies means in practical terms. He also encourages us with the prospect of a great reward.

Series: How is it all going to end for the believer? Romans 8:32 How sure can believers be of heaven? The answer of our text is the Cross. Having not spared his own Son but delivered him up for us all God will not fail to give us all that we need for our perseverance and final salvation. 

Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6. Luke 6:24-26 To each of the beatitudes in the first part of Jesus' sermon there is a corresponding woe. That woe is expressive of sorrow, alarm, warning, and judgement and summons us to repentance before it is too late. 

Series: How is it all going to end for the believer? Romans 8:31 Believers have in Satan the most powerful of enemies. But God is for us. He is on our side for our salvation - our complete, our final salvation. The outcome, therefore, is not in doubt. It is victory. 

Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6. Luke 6:17-23 If we are among the poor, the hungry, the sad, and the hated of whom Jesus is speaking here we are blessed. We explore in this message what a surprising word that is - and also just how true and encouraging it is. 

Jude 1

John 1:19-37

Series: God is working to a plan Romans 8:30; Revelation 7:9-17 As we take up the theme of glorification we note that it hasn't happened yet, that it will happen when Jesus comes again, that the creation is waiting eagerly for it, that we will all be glorified together, and that it is certain.

Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6. Luke 6:12-16; Mark 3:1-19 In common with Matthew and Mark Luke lists the names of the twelve whom Jesus called to be apostles. By contrast it is Luke alone who tells us that the choice was preceded by a night of prayer.

22/09/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Romans 8:30 With the help of Paul's letter to the Romans we are going to look at justification in its connections - to God, to Christ's death, to our faith, to glorification, and to grace.

Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6. The Sabbath of the Old Testament was a day for doing good. So too our New Testament Sabbath, the Lord's Day. But what does doing good on the Lord's Day actually look like? And what will encourage us to do it?

Luke 23:32-43; Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Visiting Speaker

01/09/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Romans 8:29-30; Hebrews 2:5-18 Series: God is working to a plan God's purpose in predestination doesn't end in our conformity to the likeness of his Son. It goes beyond us to the Son himself, to something God has planned for him - that he might be the first born among many brothers.

01/09/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Matthew 27:45 Series: Standalone Sermon The darkness that was over all the land from the 6th hour till the 9th hour is symbolic of what lies at the heart of our Saviour's Calvary work, namely, his enduring of the darkness of divine judgment in our place.  

25/08/2019 (pm) - Walter Johnston - Ezekiel 34; John 10:1-18 Visiting Speaker

25/08/2019 (am) - Walter Johnston - John 10:1-18 Visiting Speaker

18/08/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Romans 8:29-30; 1 Corinthians 15:50-58; Philippians 1:19-26; 3:17-21 Series: God is working to a plan God's plan in salvation is to make us like Jesus both in heart and in body. It is something that he has begun to do (through the work of the Spirit in our hearts) and on the day of resurrection he will complete it.

18/08/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 5.33-39; Matthew 6.1-18 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6 It wasn't a time for fasting then, when Jesus was with his disciples. What about now? Though fasting is not something required of us Jesus does envisage it and for a number of reasons it ought to be seriously considered.

11/08/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Romans 8:29-30 Series: God is working to a plan In saving sinners God is working to a plan. We examine the special word that tells us there is a plan, note what the plan actually is, glance at the outworking of it, and then focus in on what moved God to make it.

11/08/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Acts 4:12 Series: Standalone Sermon Of all the many gifts God has given us Jesus is the greatest. We explore the reason for the gift (that we might have a Saviour), the value of the gift (he's the only Saviour there is), and how we get the benefit of it (by faith).  

04/08/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 25:1-10; Hebrews 11:13-16 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham Abraham died in faith, still waiting for the promise of a homeland - a homeland believers in Jesus will one day share with him. We ask about where it is, what kind of place it will be, and when we will live there.

04/08/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 5:27-28 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6 Following Jesus is a duty. It is also demanding for it means believing what he teaches, obeying what he commands, going where he sends us, doing whatever work he has for us to do, and taking up our cross daily. What will help us?  

28/07/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 24:1-67 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham At one level the events of Genesis 24 illustrate how able God is to provide for the unmarried. More fundamentally, they illustrate how committed God is to our salvation.

28/07/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 5:27-32 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6 Levi's dinner invitations gave Jesus a golden opportunity to do what he had come to do - to call sinners to repentance. It is both our responsibility and privilege to create such opportunities for Jesus today.  

21/07/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 23:1-20 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham There are four words that it is natural to associate with this transaction - slowness, sureness, smallness, and sadness. Each of them turns our thoughts in a particular way to the promise of new heavens and a new earth.

21/07/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 5:17-26 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6 The Lord Jesus blesses this paralysed man both with forgiveness and with healing. The forgiveness is given first, is by far the more important of the two blessings, and is sure to all who seek the Lord for it.  

14/07/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 22:1-14; Romans 8:31-39 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham As we think about Isaac at the start, Isaac on the way, Isaac at the place of sacrifice itself, and Isaac going home our thoughts turn again and again to the Lord Jesus and to his own journey to the Cross.

14/07/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 5:15-16 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6 The two things that we learn about Jesus here - that he prayed alone and that he did so in the midst of a very busy life - form the basis for some very important teaching on the subject of private prayer .  

07/07/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 22:1-19; Hebrews 11:17-19 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham Like Abraham's faith our faith in God's goodness, wisdom, and faithfulness can be severely tested. Like Abraham's faith too, however, it will certainly be vindicated and rewarded.

07/07/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 5:12-14 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6 The Jesus of this incident was both able and willing to cleanse this man of his leprosy. When it comes to the cleansing of our sin Jesus is equally able and willing.

30/06/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 21:8-34 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham There are two wells in this passage - Hagar's well and Abraham's well. We find them to be places of preservation, promise, peace, and prayer and therefore good places for us to visit.

30/06/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 5:1-11 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 5 & 6 The night with nothing to show together with the amazing daytime catch  illustrate so many important truths about fruitful evangelism. How it may be long in coming. How it may come with great suddenness. How it may vastly exceed our expectations. How it is the fruit of the Lord's blessing.

09/06/2019 (am) - Stuart Harding - Luke 24:36-53 Visiting Speaker

05/05/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Matthew 27.42a Standalone Sermon The mockers said that Jesus could not save himself. We explore the various ways in which they were actually right - though they would have been the last to admit it themselves.

28/04/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 18:16-33 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham Anticipating God's destruction of Sodom Abraham challenges the justness of such an action. We explore Abraham's reasoning, how he gives expression to it, and what we can learn from it.

28/04/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Proverbs 14:10; Romans 12 9-21 Series: Standalone Sermon The only one who really knows what is going on in someone's heart (apart from our sympathetic God who knows everything) is the one whose heart it is. We look at this from the standpoint of observers, sufferers, and sympathisers.

21/04/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Hebrews 9:26-28 Standalone Sermon The second coming of Jesus will be very different from the first. It will not be to bear sin (there's no need for that) but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

21/04/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Acts 1:3 Easter 2019: Easter Sunday Knowing how foundational his resurrection was to New Testament Christianity, and so that both they and we might proclaim him as Saviour, Jesus gave to his apostles many decisive proofs that he was alive.

19/04/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Ephesians 1:7; Psalm 22 1-11; Matthew 27 32-50 Easter 2019: Good Friday

14/04/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 4:40-44 Series: Returning to Luke's Gospel We join Jesus in the evening, watch him heal all who are brought to him, and wrestle with the question, Why are things different now? We also join him in the morning and think about him never leaving but always being present by the Spirit.

31/03/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 18:1-15 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham Our theme is the omnipotence of God. There is nothing too hard for the Lord. He can do all that he wishes, plans, and promises. We explore the bearing of this on our prayers, our circumstances, our evangelism, our land, our futures, and our message.

31/03/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 4:38-39 Series: Returning to Luke's Gospel The healing of Simon's mother-in-law illustrates two truths about restored health: it is a blessing that comes from the Lord and it is a blessing that is to be used for the Lord.

31/03/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 18:1-15 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham Our theme is the omnipotence of God. There is nothing too hard for the Lord. He can do all that he wishes, plans, and promises. We explore the bearing of this on our prayers, our circumstances, our evangelism, our land, our futures, and our message.

"Here's my story" 24/03/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Acts 8:26-39 Dedication Service In the hope and with the prayer that it may become someone's own story we listen-in to the story of the Ethiopian's conversion as he retells it in his own words.

17/03/2019 (am) - Phil Arthur - Revelation 4:1-11 Visiting Speaker

10/03/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 16:1-16 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham We learn from this chapter the importance of continuing to wait upon God and of not taking matters into our own hands. We also learn that God is a God who both sees and hears the afflicted.   Note: Due to a technical issue there are approx. 13 seconds of the sermon missing at 31:30. We apologise for the inconvenience

10/03/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 4:31-37 Series: Returning to Luke's Gospel This is the first of Jesus' miracles that Luke records and it fills the people of Capernaum with amazement. The day will come, however, when Jesus denounces the city because the people have not repented.

03/03/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 15:7-21 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham God helps Abram's faith by entering into a covenant with him. We look at the preparations for the covenant, what God said about things ahead, the mysterious climax, and the bearing of it all on the promise of the world to come.

03/03/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 4:22-301 Series: Returning to Luke's Gospel The unbelief of the Jews in Nazareth - with its roots in prejudice, with its eagerness for signs, with its grave consequences for the Jews themselves - is recorded for our warning.

24/02/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 15:1-6 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham In this opening section of Genesis 15 we see Abram's faith in difficulties, his faith being helped, his faith continuing, and his faith enriching him. At each point there is a parallel with our own faith as believers in Jesus today.

24/02/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 4:14-21 Series: Returning to Luke's Gospel In his great love God sent Jesus to the poor, the captives, the blind, and the oppressed. Both to those who are literally such and to all their spiritual counterparts Jesus still comes with his message of deliverance.

17/02/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - John 15:25 Communion Sermon Calvary is in one sense the triumph of hatred. In a higher sense it is the triumph of love as God overrules men's hatred for the attainment of his goal of providing salvation.

17/02/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 4:9-13 Series: Returning to Luke's Gospel Jesus is tempted to put God to the test. In a similar way Satan would tempt us to expect God's help when we have no warrant for doing so.

24/02/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 14:1-24 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham In Melchizedek the Priest-King who both blesses Abram and receives from him we have a picture of Christ blessing us and in return receiving gifts from us.

10/02/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 4:5-8 Series: Returning to Luke's Gospel In resisting Satan's second temptation Jesus chooses the way that costs, the way of the Cross. But it is also the way of ultimate and glorious gain.

03/02/2019 (am) - David Campbel - Genesis 13:1-18 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham When Abram and Lot separate certain promises are made by God to Abram that have their ultimate fulfillment in his innumerable spiritual offspring and the new world that we will one day inhabit.

03/02/2019 (am) - David Campbel - Genesis 13:1-18 Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham When Abram and Lot separate certain promises are made by God to Abram that have their ultimate fulfillment in his innumerable spiritual offspring and the new world that we will one day inhabit.

03/02/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Luke 4:1-4 Series: Returning to Luke's Gospel Jesus is tempted by Satan to rebel against God's will for him. His response is a model of very decided submission to that will.