npec.org.uk https://npec.org.uk:443 News for npec.org.uk en-gb Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0100 Copyright: (C) North Preston Evangelical Church 15 The weapons of our warfare northprestonchurch_54271 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

2 Corinthians 10:1-18

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1042/The-weapons-of-our-warfare Christ Crucified northprestonchurch_54270 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

1 Corinthians 1:17-2:10a

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1041/Christ-Crucified David's last words northprestonchurch_54234 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 23:1-7

David's last inspired song is prophetic of Christ. He is depicted in four distinct lights - as one whose rule will be just, as one whose kingship will be a blessing, as one whose kingdom will be forever, and as one whose enemies will be consumed.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1040/Davids-last-words The grieving of the Holy Spirit northprestonchurch_54233 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 4:30

Paul appeals to us not to grieve the Holy Spirit. We consider what the grieving of the Spirit implies (he is a person and can be pained by our conduct), how such a sin is committed (by the sins against which we are warned in this section of Paul's letter), and why such a sin is forbidden (by the Spirit God has sealed us for the day of redemption).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1039/The-grieving-of-the-Holy-Spirit David's song of praise northprestonchurch_54094 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 22:1-51

For most of his Psalm David is looking back, taken up with the God who delivers, the God who hears, the God who honours and rewards, and the God who is worthy of praise. Right at the end there is a forward glance at blessing God has in store for Christ - blessing in which Christ's people will share.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1029/Davids-song-of-praise Our hands and our mouths northprestonchurch_54093 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 4:28-29

We learn from Paul what our hands are for and what our mouths are for. Our hands are not for stealing with but for working with so that we can have something to share with those in need. Our mouths are not for saying things that are harmful but for saying things that are helpful.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1028/Our-hands-and-our-mouths The destruction of the last enemy northprestonchurch_54061 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Communion Sermon

1 Corinthians 15:26

We begin with how death is described (an enemy), move on to what it's destiny is (to be destroyed), and end with when it will happen (at our Saviour's coming).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1027/The-destruction-of-the-last-enemy Jesus is alive - and listening northprestonchurch_54060 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2026

Acts 25:19; Acts 2:21

If asked, What is Easter all about? many might well answer along the lines of Festus: It's about a dead man named Jesus whom Christians claim is alive. As we shall see, however, this is more than just a claim. Jesus is alive. And he is listening too.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1026/Jesus-is-alive---and-listening I see it now! northprestonchurch_54048 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2026

1 Peter 3:18a

With eyes now opened by the Holy Spirit Peter can see in the cross what he had not been able to see before: Jesus suffering and dying in the place of others, Jesus doing this in order to bring us to God, Jesus doing it perfectly.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1025/I-see-it-now The avenging of the Gibeonites northprestonchurch_54006 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 21:1-14

Gathering our thoughts around the Lord's anger with his people we explore how it was aroused, how it was displayed, and how it was appeased. As we do so, we see things that are fitted to make us tremble, to make us shudder, and to make us glad.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1024/The-avenging-of-the-Gibeonites On truthful speech and anger northprestonchurch_54005 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 4:25-27

In taking up the subjects of truthful speech and anger Paul insists that we put away falsehood, speak truth to our neighbour, not be guilty of sinful anger, and refuse to allow ourselves to continue to be angry. He also adds important reasons for heeding this counsel.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1023/On-truthful-speech-and-anger Sin's long dark shadow northprestonchurch_53899 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 19:41-20:26

As a consequence of his sin, David has two distressing situations to deal with - one in his family, the other among the people. We see again - for our warning - what a long dark shadow sin can cast.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1022/Sins-long-dark-shadow How then are we to live? northprestonchurch_53898 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 4:20-24

Paul is about to give us some detailed instruction on Christian living. Before doing so he has important teaching for us on two matters: how the Christian life begins, and how the Christian life continues.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1021/How-then-are-we-to-live Afraid for the future of our planet? northprestonchurch_53851 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Serious questions...Honest answers

2 Peter 3:13

The Bible makes a three-fold contribution to the crisis we face on account of threats to the environment and the threat of war. It identifies the root problem (our sin), points us to the solution (the Saviour), and opens up the future (showing us both reasons for fear and grounds for hope).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1020/Afraid-for-the-future-of-our-planet Don't live like that! northprestonchurch_53850 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 4:17-19

Paul says that Gentile Christians must no longer walk as their fellow Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking and abandonment to sin. As we think about how our own society is increasingly like theirs and how the dangers we face are the same, we understand how important Paul's word is to us.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1019/Dont-live-like-that The return of the king northprestonchurch_53849 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 19:8b-40

Focussing on David, God's king over God's people, we think about Judah bringing back the king, Shimei seeking the forgiveness of the king, Mephibosheth affirming loyalty to the king, and Barzilllai enjoying the gratitude of the king. At each point our thoughts turn to Jesus, God's king over God's people in the highest sense of all.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1018/The-return-of-the-king Christ's goal for the church northprestonchurch_53847 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 4:11-16

Christ's goal for the church is that she be a serving church and a church that is growing spiritually. As we explore the latter we see that a church that is growing spiritually is one that is characterised by an ever greater unity, maturity, stability, and love.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1016/Christs-goal-for-the-church Lifted up northprestonchurch_53125 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone sermon

John 12:32-33

Jesus is making a promise. If he is lifted up - a reference to the death of the cross - he will draw all people to himself. We think about Jesus drawing people, about Jesus drawing people to himself, and about Jesus drawing all people to himself.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1013/Lifted-up Gifts of the ascended Christ northprestonchurch_53124 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 4:7-11

The Christ who first descended from heaven and then returned to heaven shows his care for the church by a ministry of giving. Paul speaks about grace to serve being given to each member and about apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers being given to the church as a whole.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1012/Gifts-of-the-ascended-Christ Absalom's death northprestonchurch_52419 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 18:1-19:8

Absalom's death was God's just judgment, the occasion of excessive grief, the best thing for the nation, and a dreadful end to which to come. Solemn things! At the end, however, we will see how the Cross of Calvary offers hope to all who will cease from their rebellion and humbly seek God's mercy.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1011/Absaloms-death How amazingly one we are! northprestonchurch_52418 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 4:4-6

A seven-fold cord binds us together as Christians. There is one body to which we belong, one Spirit who indwells us, one hope to which we have been called, one Lord whom we own and confess, one faith that we have exercised, one baptism that we have received, and one God and Father of us all.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1010/How-amazingly-one-we-are What happens next? northprestonchurch_52326 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Serious questions...Honest answers

John 3:16

In answer to the question, What happens next? Is there life after death? we see that there is something that is true for all (life continues after death), something that is true for some (continuing life will be lived in a place of suffering), and something that is true for others (continuing life will be lived in a place of joy).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1009/What-happens-next The unity of the Spirit northprestonchurch_52325 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 4:1-3

Paul speaks in v.3 about the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. We ask what this unity is; we grapple with what we are to do with it, namely, maintain it; and in answer to the question, How? we see that we are to be humble, gentle, patient, and to bear with one another in love.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1008/The-unity-of-the-Spirit Help for David in God northprestonchurch_52234 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 16:15-17:29

At the time of Absalom's rebellion, many were saying of David that there was no help for him in God (Psalm 3.1-2). They were wrong! In Ch.17, the LORD intervenes to defeat Ahithophel's counsel; in Ch.18, to defeat Absalom himself. In this sermon we consider the first of these.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1007/Help-for-David-in-God To God be the glory northprestonchurch_52233 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 3:20-21

From Paul's doxology we learn what God is like, namely, a God of limitless power. So too what God is due, namely, praise or glory for his greatness. This greatness is to be seen both in the church and in Christ Jesus and will bring him praise forever and ever.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1006/To-God-be-the-glory Christ's fruitful death northprestonchurch_52026 Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Communion sermon

John 12:24

We consider a stark alternative - Jesus refusing to die or choosing to die. We see that if he refuses to die no harvest of souls will be reaped. We see that if he chooses to die a harvest of souls will be reaped.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1004/Christs-fruitful-death Paul's prayer northprestonchurch_52025 Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 3:14-19

We learn from Paul's prayer what an extraordinary thing the love of Christ is, how we need to know this love if we are to be spiritually mature, and how if this transforming knowledge is to be ours we need God to work.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1003/Pauls-prayer Ziba & Shimei northprestonchurch_51845 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 16:1-14

In Ziba we have a man who lied to David, in Shimei, a man who cursed David. We explore what Christians should do when an accusation is made against a fellow believer. So too what we should do when someone sins against us.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1002/Ziba-Shimei A fragment of autobiography northprestonchurch_51844 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 3:7-13

In this fragment of spiritual autobiography Paul tells us what he is (a minister of the gospel), what he is doing (preaching Christ's unsearchable riches to the Gentiles and unfolding God's plan to everyone), and for what reason (so that through the church God might showcase his marvellous wisdom).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1001/A-fragment-of-autobiography What's so special about Christianity? northprestonchurch_51785 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Serious questions...Honest answers

1 John 4:14

John says that "the Father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world". In the light of these words we can highlight four things that mark out Christianity as extraordinarily special: the direction of the flow, the uniqueness of the founder, the scope of the plan, and the distinctiveness of the method.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/1000/Whats-so-special-about-Christianity The mystery northprestonchurch_51782 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 3:1-6

What do we who are Gentile believers enjoy along with Jewish believers? The answer, revealed to the apostles, is the blessing of a shared inheritance, a shared membership, and a shared promise. We learn too that these blessings are enjoyed equally, in Christ Jesus, and through the gospel.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/999/The-mystery Transformed, Not Conformed northprestonchurch_51691 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

Romans 12:2

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/998/Transformed-Not-Conformed Our unchangeable saviour northprestonchurch_51689 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

Hebrews 13:1-25

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/997/Our-unchangeable-saviour The LORD and his Servant northprestonchurch_51636 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone sermon

Isaiah 50:5-9

The relationship of the LORD to his Servant runs like a golden thread through this third Servant Song. We see the LORD instructing his Servant (v.4), directing his Servant (vs.5&6), helping his Servant (v.7), and vindicating his Servant (vs 8&9)

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/995/The-LORD-and-his-Servant The Lord's day northprestonchurch_51635 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Standalone sermon

Revelation 1:10

The Lord's day is a day for the Lord both to receive and to give. It is a day for us to receive and to give as well. In the light of these things we ought to give thanks for the Lord's day, cherish it, be careful to make the best use of it, pray for it, and be a witness for it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/994/The-Lords-day Jesus' ministry to the weary northprestonchurch_51431 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone sermon

Isaiah 50:4

In exploring this precious ministry of Jesus we think about who he is talking about (the weary), what Jesus can do for them (sustain them with a word), where this skill came from (from God), and how God gave it to him (in the context of daily communion).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/993/Jesus-ministry-to-the-weary The good news northprestonchurch_51430 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The Birth Narrative

Luke 2:15-21

In the concluding part of his birth narrative Luke talks about four things, each of which has to do with the angel's good news - the shepherds proclaiming the good new, their hearers marvelling at the good news, Mary pondering the good news, and Jesus who is the good news.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/992/The-good-news The angels and their song northprestonchurch_51421 Thu, 25 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2025/The Birth Narrative

Luke 2:10-15

The angels speak and sing with an infectious and instructive eagerness. They are eager to speak about the work of Jesus, eager for God to be praised for Jesus, eager for people to be blessed by Jesus.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/991/The-angels-and-their-song Can you offer me hope? northprestonchurch_51387 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Serious questions...Honest answers

1 Timothy 1:15

The answer of true and living Christianity is yes. Each of us may have hope of a better life, as a better person, in a better world. The reason is Jesus. Because of his birth, his life, his miracles, his death, and his resurrection a sure and glorious hope is freely given to all who will come to him.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/989/Can-you-offer-me-hope A Saviour who is the Lord northprestonchurch_51388 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The Birth Narrative

Luke 2:11

The angel's good news is that a Saviour has been born who is Christ the Lord  - a divine Lord, a human Lord, a humble Lord, a sovereign Lord, and the one Lord. We reflect on the bearing of Jesus' Lordship both on the kind of Saviour he is and the kind of salvation he offers.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/990/A-Saviour-who-is-the-Lord Fleeing the city northprestonchurch_51342 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 15:1-37

David is fleeing the city of Jerusalem. We consider the reason (it's because of Absalom's rebellion), reflect on the spirit in which he makes his flight (with quiet confidence and humble submission), and note certain things he does as he leaves (how he prays and gives directions).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/988/Fleeing-the-city The birth of Jesus northprestonchurch_51341 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The Birth Narrative

Luke 2:1-7 (with Galatians 4:4-7)

Luke's narrative along with Paul's later reflections in Galatians 4 enable us to see the following in Jesus' birth: the fulfilment of a plan, magnificent self-humbling, special timing, and a purpose of blessing.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/987/The-birth-of-Jesus The Cross in three lights northprestonchurch_51294 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Cross in Galatians

Galatians 5:11, 6:14

In his letter to the Galatians Paul refers seven times to the Cross. These final two references - in Ch.5.11 and Ch.6.14 - allow us to look at the Cross in three distinct lights: as something offensive, something glorious, and something powerful.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/985/The-Cross-in-three-lights Believers, God's temple northprestonchurch_51293 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 2:19-22

Being a Christian means being part of a kingdom, part of a family, and part of a temple. Elaborating on the image of the temple, Paul draws our attention to four of its features: its foundation, its cornerstone, its superstructure, and its occupant.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/984/Believers-Gods-temple Bringing back the banished northprestonchurch_51121 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 14:1-33

It was impossible for David both to deal justly with Absalom and be reconciled to him. He had to choose. God, in our case, does not. Through the cross of Jesus he is able both to act justly and fulfil the loving desire of his heart to save us from our sins.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/982/Bringing-back-the-banished Christ our Peace northprestonchurch_51120 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 2:14-18

Through his death, through his preaching, and through union with himself Jesus tackles the two-fold problem of deeply-divided peoples who are also alienated  from God. His goal? To make of these divided peoples a new united humanity and to reconcile them to God.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/981/Christ-our-Peace Amnon and Tamar northprestonchurch_50966 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 13:1-39

Gathering our thoughts around Tamar we see her being lusted after, plotted against, raped and rejected, and avenged. We will consider what our Christian message is to sufferers like Tamar. So too how God will deal with wicked men like Amnon.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/980/Amnon-and-Tamar Rags to riches northprestonchurch_50965 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 2:11-13

Our text is a rags to riches story. Paul's Christian readers were once separated from Christ, they didn't belong to God's people, they were strangers to the covenants of promise, they were without hope, and they were without God in the world. But none of those things were true of them any longer. Nor are they any longer true for Christians today.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/979/Rags-to-riches Sin's bitter fruits northprestonchurch_50600 Sun, 16 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 12:1-25

Our theme is the judgments that came on David in response to his sins. We note that they were God's judgments, lasting judgments, fitting judgments, public judgments, severe judgments, and inescapable judgments; but judgments, too, that are set within a framework of grace.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/976/Sins-bitter-fruits A Christian, God's workmanship northprestonchurch_50601 Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 2:10

There are two things that our text would say to us. One is that if we are Christians it is because God made us so (we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus). The other is that God has done this for a purpose (for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/977/A-Christian-Gods-workmanship Why should I listen to what the Bible says? northprestonchurch_50396 Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Serious questions...Honest answers

John 17:17b

We are going to answer this question along the lines of the importance of the things the Bible teaches. I should listen to what the Bible says because it teaches me where I came from, who I am, what's wrong with me, and how I can be put right.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/974/Why-should-I-listen-to-what-the-Bible-says By grace through faith northprestonchurch_50397 Sun, 09 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 2:5; 8-9

We turn our attention in this sermon to the grace by which we are saved. We consider what this grace is (God's undeserved kindness), how this grace flows to us (through faith), and what this grace excludes (all boasting).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/975/By-grace-through-faith "Lord, make me clean..." northprestonchurch_50275 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone sermon

Psalm 51:2&7

David's longing and appeal is that God would make him clean. Because of Jesus' shed blood we can make David's appeal our own and do so with confidence that our cry will be heard.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/973/Lord-make-me-clean Alive in Christ northprestonchurch_50274 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 2:4-7

We consider what God has done in saving us. He has joined us to the risen and exalted Christ, a union that means both life and strength for us. We consider, too, God's final goal in saving us, namely the display of his grace in eternity.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/972/Alive-in-Christ How we got our English Bibles northprestonchurch_50243 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000 Series: Historical Lecture

How we got our English Bibles

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/971/How-we-got-our-English-Bibles Defiant faith in desperate times northprestonchurch_50206 Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone Sermon

Habakkuk 3:1-19

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/970/Defiant-faith-in-desperate-times Help for the dying; help for the dead northprestonchurch_50205 Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Standalone Sermon

Mark 5:21-43

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/969/Help-for-the-dying-help-for-the-dead Daniel and the Lions’ Den northprestonchurch_50031 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon

Daniel 6:1-28

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/968/Daniel-and-the-Lions-Den How to get rid of squatters northprestonchurch_50030 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon

Mark 5:1-20

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/967/How-to-get-rid-of-squatters God's love and the problem of suffering northprestonchurch_49792 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Serious questions...Honest answers

John 3:16

The God of the Bible is a God who allows suffering, who explains suffering, who overrules suffering, who himself experiences suffering, and who will one day end suffering.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/965/Gods-love-and-the-problem-of-suffering Reasons to be joyful northprestonchurch_49791 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Harvest Thankgiving

Mark 4:35-41

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/964/Reasons-to-be-joyful It cost the Father too northprestonchurch_49566 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

Romans 8:32

Three things, taken together, bring home to us the cost to God the Father of not sparing his own Son but delivering him up for us all - the perfection of his knowledge, the intensity of his love, and the tenderness of his heart.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/962/It-cost-the-Father-too "But God..." northprestonchurch_49565 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 2:1-4

Paul is tracing our salvation to its source. It is God - only, entirely, and always - from whom our salvation comes; God - in his mercy, love, grace, and kindness.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/961/But-God Rebuke, repentance, and forgiveness northprestonchurch_49500 Sun, 28 Sep 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 12:1-9; 13

Through Nathan's rebuke David comes face to face with the gravity of his sin. We consider whose rebuke it was (ultimately the Lord's), how it was given (tactfully, meekly, faithfully), and how effective it was (bringing David to sincere confession and repentance).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/960/Rebuke-repentance-and-forgiveness Looking back northprestonchurch_49499 Sun, 28 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Ephesians

Ephesians 2:1-3

There was a time when we who are Christians were dead in our trespasses and sins, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, living in the passions of our flesh, and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind. In God's rich mercy, however, and through union with Christ, we now have life, freedom, and the brightest of bright futures.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/959/Looking-back David's great transgression northprestonchurch_49454 Sun, 21 Sep 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 11:1-27

In order to hear God's warning in this chapter we think about the kind of believer David was, namely, a true believer, a mature believer, an eminent believer, a prominent believer, and a believer in deep trouble with God.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/958/Davids-great-transgression Handling the Bible's difficulties northprestonchurch_49453 Sun, 21 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

2 Peter 3:16

We grapple in this sermon with the problem of things in Scripture that are hard to understand. We note that it is a problem of God's own making, a problem which on the face of it seems surprising, a problem which some people handle very badly, a problem that makes believers vulnerable to temptation, a problem we must not exaggerate, and a problem intended to serve wise ends.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/957/Handling-the-Bibles-difficulties Ready to Die northprestonchurch_49402 Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Harvest Thanksgiving

Acts 21:13

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/955/Ready-to-Die Christ the Promised Seed northprestonchurch_49401 Sun, 14 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Harvest Thankgiving

Genesis 3:15

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/954/Christ-the-Promised-Seed David, Christ, and us northprestonchurch_49341 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

Psalm 22:1a

Psalm 22:1 is first of all David's cry. But it is also Jesus' cry. And in the light of the experience that prompted it Jesus would assure those who are passing through a like experience that he feels for them, truly is with them, and that light will dawn for them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/953/David-Christ-and-us The Bible - an extraordinary blessing northprestonchurch_49339 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The Bible

2 Timothy 3:14-17

We see what an extraordinary blessing the Bible is when we consider - in the light of our text - why God has given it to us: to help us to become Christians, to teach us how to live as Christians, and equip us for service as Christians.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/952/The-Bible---an-extraordinary-blessing David's kindness to Hanun northprestonchurch_49273 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 10:1-19

David's kindness to Hanun was a kindness that was sincere, that was greeted with suspicion, and that was spurned with contempt. The rejection of it brought disaster. There is a challenge in this to show genuine love, to wage war on suspiciousness, and to not refuse the offer of salvation in Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/951/Davids-kindness-to-Hanun The Bible - an extraordinary book northprestonchurch_49272 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The Bible

2 Timothy 3:14-17

'All Scripture is breathed out by God'. We consider first the implications of this - namely, that the Bible is totally trustworthy and is to be believed and obeyed - and then turn our attention to how we know that what Paul is teaching here is true.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/950/The-Bible---an-extraordinary-book David's kindness to Mephibosheth northprestonchurch_49089 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 9:1-13

David's kindness to Mephibosheth was a kindness to the house of Saul, a kindness shown for Jonathan's sake, a kindness that humbled Mephibosheth, and a kindness that was accepted and enjoyed.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/949/Davids-kindness-to-Mephibosheth Reactions northprestonchurch_49088 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

John 11:45-53

We consider the varied reactions to Jesus' miracle on the part of those who actually witnessed the miracle and on the part of those who afterwards heard about it - some responding with faith, others with unbelief, fear, and hostility.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/948/Reactions David's wars northprestonchurch_49025 Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 8:1-18

This chapter brings home to us the ugliness and awfulness of war. It prompts us to ask, Did these wars have God's approval? We consider, too, the far-reaching importance of these wars. And then we look beyond David, the man who waged these wars, to Jesus and to the three-fold war that he wages.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/935/Davids-wars The miracle northprestonchurch_49024 Sun, 17 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

John 11:38-44

We are asking, What are we to see in this amazing miracle? The answer is in six parts: A pointer to the future, the glory of God, a fulfilment of promise, an answer to prayer, a revelation of love, and a picture of the present.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/934/The-miracle Jesus, the Seeking Shepherd northprestonchurch_48752 Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Luke 15:1-7

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/933/Jesus-the-Seeking-Shepherd Our great advocate northprestonchurch_48751 Sun, 03 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: NPEC Speaker

1 John 1:1-2:2

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/932/Our-great-advocate David's prayer northprestonchurch_48573 Sun, 27 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 7:18-29

What the LORD says to David in the first half of the chapter moves him to pray the prayer that is recorded in the second half of the chapter. There is wonder and amazement in his prayer, praise and adoration in his prayer, and a specific request in his prayer, namely, that God will do as he has said.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/931/Davids-prayer In the presence of suffering and death northprestonchurch_48572 Sun, 27 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

John 11:33-38

Our focus is on three things Jesus displays in the presence of suffering and death, namely, anger, sorrow, and love. Unlike ourselves, however, whose  anger, sorrow, and love are powerless to change the situation, Jesus can radically change it - and does.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/930/In-the-presence-of-suffering-and-death A house for the LORD - and for David northprestonchurch_48504 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 7:1-17

It is David's desire to build a house for the LORD. The LORD's response is that David is not to build a house for him but that he is going to build a house for David - a promise fulfilled in the eternal kingship of David's descendant Jesus.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/929/A-house-for-the-LORD---and-for-David "Lord, if you had been here..." northprestonchurch_48503 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

John 11:21 & 32

Reflecting on Martha & Mary's identical words to Jesus, we note that they are words that open a window on the sisters' hearts, words that in all likelihood were true, words that raise a pressing question, and words to which Jesus responds in different ways.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/928/Lord-if-you-had-been-here The ark of God on a journey northprestonchurch_48438 Sun, 13 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 6:1-23

We follow the ark of God on a journey and endeavour to learn from each of the four parts noted: how it is brought out of the house of Abinadab, how it comes to the threshing floor of Nacon, how it halts for three months at the house of Obed-edom, and how it finally arrives at the city of David.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/927/The-ark-of-God-on-a-journey Jesus the resurrection and the life northprestonchurch_48437 Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

John 11:17-27

In the face of approaching death the believer has the very precious assurance of life carrying on. We think about it carrying on separately, carrying on spiritually, carrying on unitedly, and carrying on eternally.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/926/Jesus-the-resurrection-and-the-life Bringing many sons to glory northprestonchurch_48336 Sun, 06 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

Hebrews 2:10

God's great goal in salvation is to bring many sons to glory. Our theme is his way of accomplishing this goal - through making Jesus, the founder of our salvation, perfect through suffering - and how worthy of God such an action is.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/924/Bringing-many-sons-to-glory Returning to Judea northprestonchurch_48335 Sun, 06 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

John 11:7-16

Jesus makes a strange proposal and offers a strange explanation. As we explore them we find our thoughts being directed to some very precious assurances that Christians have both for this life and for the life to come.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/923/Returning-to-Judea Evidences of God's blessing northprestonchurch_47929 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 5:1-25

Having brought David to the kingship of all Israel the LORD continues to be with him and bless him. We see it in David's conquest of the stronghold of Zion, in the gift to him of a royal palace, and in his victories over the nation's enemies.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/922/Evidences-of-Gods-blessing How are you going to go home? northprestonchurch_47928 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Baptism

Luke 19:9-14

Jesus tells us that the tax collector when home justified. We explore what it means to be justified and how this extraordinary blessing can come to be ours.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/921/How-are-you-going-to-go-home Justification by Faith northprestonchurch_47864 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Romans 3:19-28

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/919/Justification-by-Faith The Valley of the Shadow of Death northprestonchurch_47863 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Psalm 23:1-6

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/918/The-Valley-of-the-Shadow-of-Death Double murder northprestonchurch_47790 Sun, 15 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 3:22-4:12

Our text constrains us to gather our thoughts around the murders of Abner and Ish-bosheth. We consider what prompted these murders, what they ultimately go back to, how they were dealt with, and how God overruled them for good.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/917/Double-murder The Lord's delays northprestonchurch_47789 Sun, 15 Jun 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

John 11:5-6

Jesus' decision to stay where he was for two more days when he heard that  Lazarus was sick raises the subject of the Lord's delays. We consider what they often mean, how difficult they can be, why there are such delays, how they are only for a time, and how they are the fruit of love.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/916/The-Lords-delays God at work bringing peace northprestonchurch_47740 Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 3:1-21

After years of civil war the first steps are taken toward peace. We trace the hand of God in this and explore both his reason for bringing peace (it was what he had planned) and his way of bringing peace (through the very man who had caused the war in the first place).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/915/God-at-work-bringing-peace Jesus and Lazarus northprestonchurch_47739 Sun, 08 Jun 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

John 11:1-4

In order to get at the teaching of vs.1-4 we are going to think about Jesus loving Lazarus, learning about Lazarus, declaring how it will end for Lazarus (not in death but in life), and revealing what God is going to do through Lazarus (reveal both his own and his Son's glory).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/914/Jesus-and-Lazarus The good works of a Christian northprestonchurch_47671 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Ephesians 2:10

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/913/The-good-works-of-a-Christian Salvation is of God alone northprestonchurch_47670 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Ephesians 2:8-9

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/912/Salvation-is-of-God-alone David's first years as king northprestonchurch_47617 Sun, 25 May 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 2:1-3:1

The initial period of David's reign was only over Judah, it lasted seven and a half years, and in the course of it there was war. The lessons will touch on Christ's present reign as king, how long believers may wait until they come to the work God has for them to do, and the sadness of strife among believers.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/911/Davids-first-years-as-king A godly life northprestonchurch_47616 Sun, 25 May 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 12:5-13

The call of God in the gospel is to a godly life. In Daniel we see a godly life beginning early, a godly life flourishing in difficult circumstances, a godly life continuing over the long haul, and a godly life approaching a bright end.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/910/A-godly-life David's grief northprestonchurch_47558 Sun, 18 May 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1:1-27

After a word or two on some lessons that lie on the surface of the first part of the chapter we move on to the lament that dominates the second half. It is an expression of David's grief over three things: the nation's loss, the enemy's joy, and his own loss.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/909/Davids-grief Distress and deliverance northprestonchurch_47557 Sun, 18 May 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 11:36-12:4

Daniel's vision is of a figure who is yet to appear. When he does it will be a time of distress for the world in general and for God's people in particular. But it will also be a time of deliverance as this figure is destroyed and God's people pass into the enjoyment of everlasting life.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/908/Distress-and-deliverance The Holy Spirit and the HOLINESS of Jesus northprestonchurch_47244 Sun, 11 May 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The ministry of the Spirit in the life of Christ

Isaiah 11:2-3a

Through the ministry of the Holy Spirit our Lord Jesus was holy in his beginnings, holy in his life, holy in his work, and holy in his death. As the Spirit makes us like him in his holiness there is a three-fold outcome: beauty, usefulness, and God's pleasure.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/907/The-Holy-Spirit-and-the-HOLINESS-of-Jesus Knowing God northprestonchurch_47243 Sun, 11 May 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 11:32

The secret of believers' stability in dark days lies in knowing God. In exploring this we see that knowing God is an intellectual thing, a relational thing, an affectional thing, an experiential thing, a transformational thing, and an inexhaustible thing.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/906/Knowing-God The Holy Spirit and the DEATH of Jesus northprestonchurch_47198 Sun, 04 May 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The ministry of the Spirit in the life of Christ

Hebrews 9:14

On Calvary Jesus offered himself unblemished to God. He was able to do so through the eternal Spirit. It is the Spirit's ministry that explains the absence of everything that would have marred his self-offering and the presence of those graces that beautified it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/904/The-Holy-Spirit-and-the-DEATH-of-Jesus The God who knows the future northprestonchurch_47197 Sun, 04 May 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 11:2-35

The information given to Daniel had to do with things that were going to happen to his people in coming days. He was able to receive and record these details because the God from whom they come knows the future.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/903/The-God-who-knows-the-future The Holy Spirit and the MIRACLES of Jesus northprestonchurch_47158 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The ministry of the Spirit in the life of Christ

Acts 2:22-23

In the light of Peter's statement in these verses we consider what Jesus' miracles were (mighty works, wonders, and signs), God's action in Jesus' miracles, his purpose in them, and how the people responded to them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/902/The-Holy-Spirit-and-the-MIRACLES-of-Jesus Glimpses of the unseen northprestonchurch_47157 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 10:1-11:1

We are given a rare glimpse here of angelic warfare. The combatants are God's angelic servants and God's demonic foes and their conflict is over an attempt on Satan's part to keep God's word from Daniel - a reality with many contemporary parallels.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/901/Glimpses-of-the-unseen The Holy Spirit and the PREACHING of Jesus northprestonchurch_47112 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The ministry of the Spirit in the life of Christ

Luke 4:16-18a

We may think about the Holy Spirit giving Jesus the message he preached, helping him to deliver it, and blessing it. The subject has much to say both to those who listen to the message themselves and to those who preach it to others.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/899/The-Holy-Spirit-and-the-PREACHING-of-Jesus The Easter story northprestonchurch_47113 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2025

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

The Easter story is a story in three parts. It is the story of Jesus' death, of Jesus' burial, and of Jesus' resurrection. It's a story, therefore, with the happiest of endings. The sermon will challenge us to ask how happy an ending our own life-story will have.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/900/The-Easter-story A remarkable spiritual journey northprestonchurch_47101 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2025

Luke 23:42-43

One of the criminals who died beside Jesus makes a remarkable spiritual journey. Beginning with where he is, we move on to what he does, to what he is given, and to where he is now. An appeal is made for listeners to make the same journey.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/897/A-remarkable-spiritual-journey Weeping in Miletus northprestonchurch_47065 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: NPEC Speaker

Acts 20:13-38

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/896/Weeping-in-Miletus The seventy weeks northprestonchurch_47064 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 9:23-27

Daniel's vision of the seventy weeks is a vision of things saddening and concerning, but also of things gladdening and encouraging - transgression finished, iniquity atoned for, everlasting righteousness brought in, and an end put to sin.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/895/The-seventy-weeks In the care of the Good Shepherd forever northprestonchurch_46994 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

Psalm 23:5-6

Our subject is the care of the LORD our Shepherd, pictured for us by the table prepared for us in the presence of our enemies, the anointing of our heads with oil, and the overflowing cup.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/894/In-the-care-of-the-Good-Shepherd-forever Greatly loved northprestonchurch_46993 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 9:20-23

Three times over in Chs.9&10 Daniel is said to be greatly loved by God. We consider what we are being told here, why it was that he was so greatly loved, and how this great love was shown, namely, in insight and understanding.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/893/Greatly-loved The Holy Spirit and the TEMPTATION of Jesus northprestonchurch_46825 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The ministry of the Spirit in the life of Christ

Luke 4:1-2a

As we think about the ministry of the Holy Spirit in connection with the temptation of Jesus we may think about the Holy Spirit preparing him (by teaching him and filling him), the Holy Spirit leading him, and the Holy Spirit helping him.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/891/The-Holy-Spirit-and-the-TEMPTATION-of-Jesus Things that go together northprestonchurch_46824 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 9:1-19

Some things about prayer that we can learn from Daniel's prayer: how prayer and God's word go together; how prayer and God's promises go together, how prayer and God's honour go together, and how prayer and God's actions go together.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/890/Things-that-go-together I`ve started so I`ll finish northprestonchurch_46735 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

Philippians 1:1-18

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/888/Ive-started-so-Ill-finish The very best and the very worst of news northprestonchurch_46734 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

Matthew 12:9-14; 22-32

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/887/The-very-best-and-the-very-worst-of-news The Holy Spirit and the BAPTISM of Jesus northprestonchurch_46492 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The ministry of the Spirit in the life of Christ

Luke 3:21-22

Our focus is on the descent of the Spirit at Jesus' baptism. We begin with the explanation for the Spirit's descent, explore the significance of the Spirit's descent, note that it happened whilst Jesus was praying, note too that the Spirit descended visibly, and then reflect on the voice that accompanied the Spirit's descent.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/886/The-Holy-Spirit-and-the-BAPTISM-of-Jesus Daniel at prayer northprestonchurch_46491 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 9:1-19

We put Daniel himself in the centre of the picture. This is his prayer. What can we say about it? It is the prayer of an old man, of a godly man, of one man, of a believing man, of a burdened man, and of a zealous man.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/885/Daniel-at-prayer The Holy Spirit and the incarnation of Jesus northprestonchurch_46317 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The ministry of the Spirit in the life of Christ

Luke 1:34-35

Mary is going to give birth to a remarkable son and it is going to happen in a remarkable way - through a very special work of the Holy Spirit. It is to the Spirit's work we turn our thoughts, reflecting first on the necessity of it, then on the nature of it, and finally on the outcome of it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/884/The-Holy-Spirit-and-the-incarnation-of-Jesus Jesus, our mighty Saviour northprestonchurch_46316 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 8:1-27

Daniel's vision is of things that in his day were yet future but which for us are in the past. It illustrates how the church's enemies eventually pass from the scene but how the church itself continues on.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/883/Jesus-our-mighty-Saviour Glimpses of Calvary's glory northprestonchurch_46182 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone sermon

John 13:31

Calvary is represented in John's Gospel as a height to which Christ ascended; a place where his prayed-for glorification began. We see it in what he did through his cross to sin, to death, to Satan, and to God.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/882/Glimpses-of-Calvarys-glory Siding with the Son of Man northprestonchurch_46181 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 7:1-28

We gather our thoughts around two kings or rulers whom Daniel saw in his dream - one who is vile and one who is glorious. We identify the vile king as the man of lawlessness spoken of in 2 Thessalonians 2; the glorious king as the divine Son of Man who will destroy him at his coming.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/881/Siding-with-the-Son-of-Man The EIGHTH Beatitude northprestonchurch_46078 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Beatitudes (2024 Series)

Matthew 5:10-12

In his eighth and last Beatitude Jesus takes up the theme of persecution. He alerts us to the certainty of persecution, gives to us an explanation for this persecution, touches on some of the forms of persecution, and tells us how he would have us handle persecution.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/880/The-EIGHTH-Beatitude In the lion's den northprestonchurch_46077 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 6:1-28

Daniel's enemies plot first to discredit him then to destroy him. We see how the two plots fail and how in connection with each, Daniel, by God's grace, sets us a humbling and inspiring example.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/879/In-the-lions-den The SEVENTH Beatitude northprestonchurch_45990 Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Beatitudes (2024 Series)

Matthew 5:9

In opening up Jesus' seventh Beatitude we notice that he is speaking about Christian peacemakers, we focus in on the kind of work that such peacemakers do, and then finally we touch on the blessedness of being a peacemaker.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/878/The-SEVENTH-Beatitude Belshazzar's sin and death northprestonchurch_45989 Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 5:1-31

Daniel 5 is the story of a wicked king sinning and dying. It challenges us to consider that our breath is in God's hand, to ask whether we have honoured God, and to heed God's call to repentance.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/877/Belshazzars-sin-and-death The SIXTH Beatitude northprestonchurch_45905 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Beatitudes (2024 Series)

Matthew 5:8

In his sixth Beatitude Jesus declares the pure in heart to be blessed. "They shall see God", he says. We explore what this heart purity is all about. We see, too, why it is such a precious thing.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/875/The-SIXTH-Beatitude The God who humbles the proud northprestonchurch_45904 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 4:37

At the end of Daniel 4 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon declares that those who walk in pride the King of heaven is able to humble (v.37). That was the lesson God taught him. It is the lesson God would teach us too.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/874/The-God-who-humbles-the-proud Those who are well don’t need a doctor northprestonchurch_45861 Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

Mark 2:1-17

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/873/Those-who-are-well-dont-need-a-doctor Christ humbled and exalted northprestonchurch_45860 Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

Philippians 2:1-11

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/872/Christ-humbled-and-exalted Martin Luther & The bondage of the will (500 Years 1525-2025) northprestonchurch_45761 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:30:00 +0000 Series: Historical Lecture

Martin Luther & The bondage of the will (500 Years 1525-2025)

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/869/Martin-Luther-The-bondage-of-the-will-500-Years-1525-2025 The FIFTH Beatitude northprestonchurch_45763 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Beatitudes (2024 Series)

Matthew 5:7

In the fifth Beatitude the spotlight is trained on the merciful. We consider who the merciful are, what it actually means to be merciful, and how blessed are the merciful: Jesus promises that they shall receive mercy.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/871/The-FIFTH-Beatitude Heaven rules northprestonchurch_45762 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 4:26

When Daniel says that Heaven rules he means that God rules. We reflect on the extent of Heaven's rule, on one specific area of Heaven's rule, on the duration of Heaven's rule, on the unchallengeableness of Heaven's rule, and on the righteousness of Heaven's rule.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/870/Heaven-rules The Fourth Beatitude northprestonchurch_45667 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Beatitudes (2024 Series)

Matthew 5:6

Jesus' fourth beatitude touches on the following four things: the absence of righteousness, the desirableness of righteousness, the pursuit of righteousness, and the attainment of righteousness.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/868/The-Fourth-Beatitude A remarkable deliverance northprestonchurch_45666 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 3:24-30

The remarkable deliverance the three young men experienced took place in furnace itself, through the presence of another, to the astonishment of the king, to the honouring of God's servants, and to the glory of God Himself.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/867/A-remarkable-deliverance Hope amidst turmoil northprestonchurch_45607 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

Psalm 42:1-11

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/865/Hope-amidst-turmoil The immeasurable greatness of his power northprestonchurch_45606 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

Ephesians 1:19-23

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/864/The-immeasurable-greatness-of-his-power Good, better, best northprestonchurch_45481 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone sermon

Matthew 2:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, Acts 1:11

We may think of the day of Jesus' birth, the day of Jesus' death, and the day of Jesus' return in terms of good, better, and best. Both for him and for us the day of his birth was a good day, the day of his death a better day, the day of his return the best day of all.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/863/Good-better-best When rulers cross a line northprestonchurch_45480 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 3:1-23

We focus our thoughts on five qualities displayed by Daniel's three friends at a time of severe testing - five qualities needed by Christians today when rulers cross a line: understanding, conviction, faith, determination, and courage.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/862/When-rulers-cross-a-line The third Beatitude northprestonchurch_45462 Sun, 29 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Beatitudes (2024 Series)

Matthew 5:5

Jesus says that the meek are blessed . We look at some of the things that Bible tells us about meekness, at how meekness shows itself, and at why meekness  is such a good thing: the meek will inherit the earth.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/861/The-third-Beatitude The great work ahead of Jesus northprestonchurch_45461 Sun, 29 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Standalone Sermon

Matthew 1:21

We station ourselves in Bethlehem. A great work is ahead of the new-born Jesus, the work of saving sinners. How is he going to do it? Lovingly, gradually, patiently, perfectly, and sacrificially.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/860/The-great-work-ahead-of-Jesus Prince of Peace northprestonchurch_45419 Wed, 25 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2024

Isaiah 9:6-7

Under Jesus' reign, in fulfilment of promise, those who trust in him are blessed with peace - in measure now and in its fullness in eternity: peace with God, heart peace, global peace, and total peace.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/857/Prince-of-Peace God's greatest gift northprestonchurch_45421 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2024

John 3:16

Our focus is on three things we can say about God's greatest gift, his one and only Son: it was given in love, it was given for a very special reason (so that we would not perish but have eternal life), and it was - and is - for everyone.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/859/Gods-greatest-gift A dream explained northprestonchurch_45420 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 2:25-45

The Lord enables Daniel to recount the king's dream and interpret it. It has to do both with human kingdoms and with God's kingdom. Mere human kingdoms, however strong they appear, do not and will not endure; the kingdom of God, by contrast, will last forever.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/858/A-dream-explained The second Beatitude northprestonchurch_45352 Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Beatitudes (2024 Series)

Matthew 5:4

Jesus is speaking about spiritual mourning. We reflect on the causes of it, the unavoidableness of it, the Christlikeness of it, the appropriateness of it, the roots of it, the fruits of it, and the blessedness of it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/856/The-second-Beatitude A dream revealed northprestonchurch_45351 Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 2:1-24; 46-49

We reflect on a number of things to which King Nebuchadnezzar's dream leads: to a demanding of the impossible, to united prayer, to a revelation of the hidden, to a confession of God's greatness, and to appointment to high office.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/855/A-dream-revealed Blessed are the poor in spirit northprestonchurch_45302 Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Beatitudes (2024 Series)

Matthew 5:1-3

We address three questions in the light of Jesus' opening Beatitude: Firstly, What does it mean to be able to say, The kingdom of heaven is mine? Secondly, Who can lay claim to this kingdom of heaven? And thirdly, Do you see why Jesus calls them blessed?

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/854/Blessed-are-the-poor-in-spirit Doing what is right northprestonchurch_45301 Sun, 08 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 1:1-20

In refusing to eat the king's food and drink the king's wine Daniel and his three friends did what was right. We think about how easy it would have been for them to not do what was right, how from the outset they were determined to what was right, how each had the others to help him do what was right, and how God honoured them for doing what was right.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/853/Doing-what-is-right Two contrasting deaths northprestonchurch_45219 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 31:1-13

1 Samuel 31 records the death of King Saul. Both in regard to what his death was and in regard to how we are to interpret it it stands in sharpest contrast to another's death - the death of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/851/Two-contrasting-deaths Four outstanding young men northprestonchurch_45218 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Daniel

Daniel 1:1-20

The four young men to whom we are introduced in Ch.1 were Jewish, strikingly good looking, extremely bright, and deeply devoted to God. Such devotion to God is a person's most attractive, most useful, and most valuable quality. It is also a universally obtainable quality.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/850/Four-outstanding-young-men Strengthening ourselves in the LORD northprestonchurch_44899 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 30:1-31

David strengthened himself in the LORD his God. How do we do the same? By enlisting the help of our memories (to remember how the LORD has helped us), our eyes (to read God's word), our ears (to listen to God's word), and our voices (to pray).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/849/Strengthening-ourselves-in-the-LORD Repentance, God's gift northprestonchurch_44898 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Repentance

Acts 5:30-31; 11:18

Repentance is God's gift. It is God, in other words, who enables us to repent. We think about repentance as a gift that is needed, as a gift enjoyed by Jewish people, as a gift enjoyed by non-Jewish people as well, and as a gift that is to be sought.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/848/Repentance-Gods-gift Saul at Endor northprestonchurch_44734 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 28:3-25

We explore why Saul consulted a medium at Endor and what happened when he did so. We learn that the God-determined consequences of our sins, though long in coming, will come at last. So too that God will nevertheless always hear the heart-felt cry of a sinner for mercy.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/847/Saul-at-Endor Repentance and conviction of sin northprestonchurch_44732 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Repentance

Acts 2:37

Conviction of sin is an experience in which the truth comes powerfully home to us, that is to be traced to the work of the Holy Spirit, that comes in connection with the word of God, that can be deeply painful, and that is to issue in repentance.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/845/Repentance-and-conviction-of-sin The sky is the limit northprestonchurch_44674 Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

Genesis 10:8-12 & 11:1-9

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/843/The-sky-is-the-limit Peaceful choice northprestonchurch_44673 Sun, 10 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

Genesis 3:1-18

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/842/Peaceful-choice A picture of Jesus northprestonchurch_44614 Sun, 03 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone Sermon

Leviticus 16:20-22

On the Jewish Day of Atonement the sins of the people were laid on a live goat (or scapegoat) and then, bearing these sins, it was led away to a solitary place. It is a picture of Jesus. Our sins were laid on him. And in his experience of God-forsakenness he too found himself alone.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/841/A-picture-of-Jesus Repentance, God's desire northprestonchurch_44613 Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Repentance

Romans 2:4-5

It is God's desire that sinners should turn to him in repentance. The proof of this lies in God's command that they repent, his kindness that leads to repentance, his assurance that his pleasure is in pardoning, the gift of his beloved Son, and his joy when repentance happens.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/840/Repentance-Gods-desire The Lord is my Shepherd - now and forever! northprestonchurch_44442 Sun, 27 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

Psalm 23:1-6

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/838/The-Lord-is-my-Shepherd---now-and-forever Getting our priorities right northprestonchurch_44441 Sun, 27 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

Jonah 4:1-11

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/837/Getting-our-priorities-right Relief - but at a cost northprestonchurch_44272 Sun, 20 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 27:1-28:2; 29:1-11

As we think about this painful episode of David among the Philistines there are a number of things with which believers can identify: with wearing and wearying trials, with ways of escape opening up. with relief being obtained but at a terrible cost, and with God's merciful deliverance.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/836/Relief---but-at-a-cost Repentance, God's command northprestonchurch_44271 Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Repentance

Acts 17:30-31

Paul speaks about a coming day of judgment. It's going to happen, it's going to be universal, it's going to be righteous, and it's going to be in Jesus' hands. In view of it God commands all people everywhere to repent.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/835/Repentance-Gods-command Kept from sinning northprestonchurch_44089 Sun, 13 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 25:1-44

Against a background of David showing kindness we see him being wronged, being provoked, being restrained, and being avenged. The sermon will  encourage believers to give thanks to God for his grace in keeping them from sin and challenge unbelievers about their treatment of Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/834/Kept-from-sinning Repentance and its companions northprestonchurch_44088 Sun, 13 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Repentance

Acts 2:38; 20:21

According to the Bible repentance has an appointed companion, baptism, and an inseparable companion, faith in Jesus. Repentance ought to be accompanied by baptism and, where it is genuine, will always be accompanied by faith in Jesus.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/833/Repentance-and-its-companions The Lord's Supper a proclamation northprestonchurch_43954 Sun, 06 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon

1 Corinthians 11:26

We ask, 'What is it about the Lord's death that we proclaim in the Lord's Supper?'. We proclaim the unparalleled importance of his death, the manner of his death, the purpose of his death, and our personal appropriation of the benefits of his death.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/832/The-Lords-Supper-a-proclamation A first look at repentance northprestonchurch_43952 Sun, 06 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Repentance

Jonah 3:10

In this first look at repentance we ask, 'What's it all about?', 'Why is it so important?', and 'What about ourselves?'. We see that repentance is about turning from sin to God, that its importance lies in its connection with forgiveness and eternal life, and that we must ask whether repentance is true of ourselves.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/831/A-first-look-at-repentance Twice spared northprestonchurch_43874 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 24:1-22; 26:1-25

The encounters between David & Saul in these two chapters have a number of striking similarities. They illustrate David's determination to come to the throne only in God's way and in God's time - a principle with wide application to ourselves.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/830/Twice-spared Final words northprestonchurch_43873 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 5:26-28

There are three matters on which Paul touches in the closing verses of his letter. He has something to say about greetings (v.26), about his letter (v.27), and about grace (v.28). In the first instance his words are for the Thessalonians, but by the Lord's design they are equally for believers today.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/829/Final-words David's hand strengthened in God northprestonchurch_43785 Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 23:1-29

Our focus is on the words that Jonathan spoke to David when he sought him out in his need. They were timely words, helpful words, and true words. It is just such words that have been spoken for our own encouragement. It is through just such words that God speaks for the encouragement of others.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/828/Davids-hand-strengthened-in-God Pray for us northprestonchurch_43784 Sun, 22 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 5:25

The same Paul who so earnestly prayed for others asks again and again for their prayers. In making this appeal he is doing three things from which the church today can learn: acknowledging need, expressing faith, and appealing to love.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/827/Pray-for-us Obtaining Mercy, Finding Grace northprestonchurch_43719 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Hebrews 4:14-5:14

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/826/Obtaining-Mercy-Finding-Grace The Harvest is Past northprestonchurch_43718 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Jeremiah 8:4-22

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/825/The-Harvest-is-Past The massacre of the priests northprestonchurch_43668 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 22:6-23

We endeavour to learn from this massacre by zeroing in on the four individuals that, besides Saul, feature prominently in the narrative (David, Ahimelech, Doeg, and Abiathar), and seeing what their experiences and actions have to say about Christ, his persecuted people, and those who persecute them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/824/The-massacre-of-the-priests Holy and blameless northprestonchurch_43667 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

The following five points can be made about being holy and blameless: it is what God has chosen us to be, it is what Christ died for us to be, it is what by grace we have begun to be, it is what we should be yearning to be, and it is what, at Jesus coming, we will be - perfectly so.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/823/Holy-and-blameless The greatness of the Father's love northprestonchurch_43569 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon

1 John 3:1

To see the greatness of the Father's love in making believers his children we need to look at the following: how long this love has been in the Father's heart - the family from which it has taken us - the blessings with which it has blessed us - the glory to which it has destined us - the price it was willing to pay for us.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/822/The-greatness-of-the-Fathers-love Counsel for listeners northprestonchurch_43568 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 5:19-22

This is a unit of thought with the primary focus on listening to God's word. As we take what Paul says to his first century Christian readers and consider its bearing on Christians today we find that there is a privilege, a danger, and a duty we share with them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/821/Counsel-for-listeners "He cares for you" northprestonchurch_43535 Sun, 25 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 21:1-22:5

David's world has fallen apart and he's not handling it well. But the LORD still cares for him. We see it in all the things that David was not left without: companionship, food, a weapon, protection, shelter, guidance, and the LORD himself.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/817/He-cares-for-you Rich! northprestonchurch_43534 Sun, 25 Aug 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon

2 Corinthians 8:9

A Christian is someone who through Jesus' self-impoverishment has become rich. He or she can say, "I am rich because of the Saviour I have. I am rich because of the Bible I have. I am rich because of the inheritance I have".

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/816/Rich Saul's enmity toward David northprestonchurch_43493 Sun, 18 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 20:1-42

We gather our thoughts and seek to learn from Saul's enmity toward David. We consider in particular the testing of Saul's enmity, the proof of Saul's enmity, the depth of Saul's enmity, the reason for Saul's enmity, the frustrating of Saul's enmity, and then the bitter fruits of Saul's enmity.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/815/Sauls-enmity-toward-David "Death cannot keep his prey" northprestonchurch_43492 Sun, 18 Aug 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon

Acts 2:24

It was impossible for death to keep its hold of Jesus. We explore the reasons for this. It was because God willed Jesus to be raised. It was because God had promised that he would be raised. It was because God's justice demanded that he be raised.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/814/Death-cannot-keep-his-prey It is finished… northprestonchurch_43217 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

John 19:28-42

Due to various technical difficulties on the day that this service was filmed, there are no slides (readings, hymns, etc) contained within the final video.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/813/It-is-finished Praying in Spiritual Trouble northprestonchurch_43150 Sun, 04 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Psalm 74:1-24

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/811/Praying-in-Spiritual-Trouble Is Believing in Christ Enough? northprestonchurch_43149 Sun, 04 Aug 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Romans 6:17-19

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/810/Is-Believing-in-Christ-Enough The storm breaks northprestonchurch_42834 Sun, 28 Jul 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 19:1-24

Our focus is on the four ways in which God preserves David's life - by means of David's friend, David's own agility, David's wife, and by directly influencing David's enemies - and what we can learn from each and all of them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/809/The-storm-breaks God's will for us in Christ Jesus northprestonchurch_42832 Sun, 28 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

It is God's will for us in Christ Jesus that we be joyful Christians ("Rejoice always"), prayerful Christians ("Pray without ceasing"), and thankful Christians ("Give thanks in all circumstances").

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/807/Gods-will-for-us-in-Christ-Jesus On the first day of the week northprestonchurch_42588 Sun, 21 Jul 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon

Acts 20:7

Three things for us to see: there is a special day of the week in New Testament times as well (the first day of the week); it is a different day of the week from the special day of the past (the first rather than the seventh); and we are to keep it special (by looking upwards, self-wards, and outwards to others).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/806/On-the-first-day-of-the-week Christ a curse for us northprestonchurch_42587 Sun, 21 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon

Galatians 3:13

In the light of this magnificent text we are going to explore three things: what was true of believers once (we were under the curse of the law); what is true of believers now (Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law); and what Christ did to make this transition happen (he became a curse for us).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/805/Christ-a-curse-for-us The gathering storm northprestonchurch_42505 Sun, 14 Jul 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 18:1-30

In this latest chapter of the David & Saul story we reflect on how well David is getting on and how badly Saul is taking it. This illustrates two things that are repeatedly to be traced out in church history, namely, the blessing of God arousing antagonism and the safe-keeping of God frustrating antagonism.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/804/The-gathering-storm Being part of a church family northprestonchurch_42504 Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 5:12-15

Being part of a church family brings with it certain duties and responsibilities - to the church family's leaders and to the church family itself. Under the guidance of Paul's inspired teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5.12-15 we consider what these duties and responsibilities are.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/803/Being-part-of-a-church-family David & Goliath northprestonchurch_42358 Sun, 07 Jul 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 17:1-58

David's readiness to do what no one else had the courage to do - to take on Goliath - is traced both to his confidence in the LORD's help and his zeal for the LORD's honour. We endeavour to learn from these - and from the outcome of the conflict.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/800/David-Goliath Where our safety lies northprestonchurch_42357 Sun, 07 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Believers wait on for the day of the Lord in a world that is spiritually dark and spiritually asleep. Paul tells us where our safety lies as we do so: in watchfulness, in faith, in love, in hope, and in mutual encouragement.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/799/Where-our-safety-lies In the service of the king northprestonchurch_42255 Sun, 30 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 16:14-23

When the Spirit of the LORD departs from Saul and another spirit from the LORD comes upon him, an evil spirit that torments him, the way opens for David to enter the king's service and take the first steps toward becoming king himself.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/798/In-the-service-of-the-king The day of the Lord northprestonchurch_42254 Sun, 30 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

For some people the day of the Lord will be the blackest of days - a day of wrath and  destruction. For others, however, because of God's plan and Jesus' death, it will be the brightest of days - a  day of salvation.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/797/The-day-of-the-Lord The importance of the heart northprestonchurch_42175 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 16:1-13

In this introduction to the life and reign of King David we think about the LORD sending Samuel to David's father, the LORD saying 'no' to David's brothers, and the LORD anointing and empowering David himself.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/796/The-importance-of-the-heart The return of the King northprestonchurch_42174 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

To encourage the hearts of believers in the loss of Christian loved ones Paul writes of their return with the returning Lord Jesus, their resurrection, their being caught up with believers who are alive at the time to meet the Lord in the air, and how afterwards all believers will be forever in the Lord's presence. 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/795/The-return-of-the-King A Christian's Secret Identity northprestonchurch_42110 Sun, 16 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Church Anniversary

1 Peter 2:9-10

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/794/A-Christians-Secret-Identity Reasons to be cheerful northprestonchurch_42109 Sun, 16 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Church Anniversary

John 16:33

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/793/Reasons-to-be-cheerful "I am the vine" northprestonchurch_42047 Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The "I AM" sayings of Jesus

John 15:5

Our particular interest is in abiding or remaining in Christ the vine. We consider what it means to abide in Christ and how important it is that we abide in Christ. We reflect, too, on failure to abide in Christ and what it is like to abide in Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/791/I-am-the-vine The importance of work northprestonchurch_42046 Sun, 09 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

Those who need to work and can work should work. Paul gives us two reasons. The first has to do with our witness to outsiders; the second has to do with the importance and value of independence. 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/790/The-importance-of-work "I am the way, and the truth, and the life" northprestonchurch_41886 Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The "I AM" sayings of Jesus

John 14:6

There is such a place as heaven and God the Father is at the heart of it. We think in turn about coming to the Father, coming to the Father through Jesus (who is the way, the truth, and the life), and coming to the Father through Jesus alone.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/789/I-am-the-way-and-the-truth-and-the-life Brotherly love northprestonchurch_41885 Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 4:9-10

There is something Paul is explaining (why Christians love one another), something he is commending (love that extends beyond our immediate church family), and something he is urging (that we love one another more and more). 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/788/Brotherly-love The worst of all famines northprestonchurch_41836 Sun, 26 May 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Amos 8:1-14

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/786/The-worst-of-all-famines Judas-a walking tragedy northprestonchurch_41835 Sun, 26 May 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Mark 14:10-11, 17-21, 43-50

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/785/Judas-a-walking-tragedy Christ's worthiness foreshadowed northprestonchurch_41593 Sun, 19 May 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Genesis 45:1-15

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/784/Christs-worthiness-foreshadowed The worthiness of Christ northprestonchurch_41592 Sun, 19 May 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Revelation 5:1-14

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/783/The-worthiness-of-Christ "I am the resurrection and the life" northprestonchurch_41494 Sun, 12 May 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The "I AM" sayings of Jesus

John 11:25-26

In the face of approaching death believers in Jesus have two precious assurances: one is of a life that will come after death (resurrection life), the other of a life that will survive death (the eternal life that is already ours as believers).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/782/I-am-the-resurrection-and-the-life A call to sexual purity northprestonchurch_41493 Sun, 12 May 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

In the light of Paul's teaching there are a number of things we can say about abstaining from sexual immorality: it is the obedient thing to do, the holy thing to do, the honourable thing to do, the Christian thing to do, the loving thing to do, the wise thing to do, and the God-pleasing thing to do.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/781/A-call-to-sexual-purity "I am the good shepherd" northprestonchurch_41436 Sun, 05 May 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The "I AM" sayings of Jesus

John 10:11, 14

In Jesus we who are Christians have a shepherd. What kind of a shepherd? A good shepherd. A shepherd who laid down his life for his sheep. A shepherd who nevertheless lives. A shepherd who knows his sheep and whose sheep know him. A shepherd whose flock is increasing. A shepherd for you.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/780/I-am-the-good-shepherd Pleasing God northprestonchurch_41435 Sun, 05 May 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 4:1-2

Our theme is pleasing God. From Paul's teaching we see that pleasing God is our duty; we take up the matter of learning to please God; we think about how pleasing God is something believers are doing already; so too how it is something that believers are to do increasingly.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/779/Pleasing-God "I am the door" northprestonchurch_41382 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The "I AM" sayings of Jesus

John 10:4

We are to think of Jesus as the door to safety. There is deliverance through him from all the things that threaten to destroy us. We are to think of him too as the door to plenty. The nourishment and satisfaction for which our souls crave are God's gifts to us through him.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/778/I-am-the-door What is ahead for Jesus northprestonchurch_41381 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Isaiah 52 & 53

Isaiah 53:10b-12

With the cross of Calvary behind him there are a number of precious things ahead for Jesus: He shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days, the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand, and he shall be satisfied.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/777/What-is-ahead-for-Jesus Finding rest northprestonchurch_41318 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: NPEC Speaker

Matthew 11:28

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/776/Finding-rest It is finished northprestonchurch_41317 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: NPEC Speaker

John 19:30

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/775/It-is-finished "I am the light of the world" northprestonchurch_41266 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The "I AM" sayings of Jesus

John 8:12

Jesus says, "I am the light of the world". He is a light that is greatly needed, a light that is shining, a light for all, a light that is sadly unwelcome, a light that is life-giving, the one and only light.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/773/I-am-the-light-of-the-world Seeing the LORD northprestonchurch_41265 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Isaiah 52 & 53

Isaiah 53:8-10a

Our theme is seeing the LORD in Jesus' death - in the fact of Jesus' death, in the circumstances of Jesus' death, in the reason for Jesus' death, and in the follow-on from Jesus' death.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/772/Seeing-the-LORD "I am the bread of the life" northprestonchurch_41213 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The "I AM" sayings of Jesus

John 6:48

Jesus speaks of himself as bread. We think of him as bread that is life-giving, bread that is satisfying, bread that has been given, bread that must be eaten, and bread for the world.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/770/I-am-the-bread-of-the-life Our Saviour's submissiveness northprestonchurch_41212 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Isaiah 52 & 53

Isaiah 53:7

Our Saviour bore his sufferings submissively. Our first task is to see this submissiveness( in his arrest, trial, and crucifixion), then to account for it, then to consider how we may imitate it, and finally to consider how we may gain from it.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/769/Our-Saviours-submissiveness The great change northprestonchurch_41181 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2024

1 Corinthians 15:51-53

Paul writes, "We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed" (1 Cor.15.51). We address the following questions: What kind of change will it be? Who will experience this change? When will it happen? On what sort of time-scale will it happen? Can we be sure of this change?

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/768/The-great-change Christ's appearance to Paul northprestonchurch_41180 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2024

1 Corinthians 15:8; Acts 9:1-9

We reflect on how Paul's encounter with the risen Jesus profoundly changed him, turning an unbeliever into a believer, an enemy into a friend, and a rebel into a devoted servant. We also reflect on what this encounter shows us about Jesus himself - how proactive he is, how powerful, and how merciful.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/767/Christs-appearance-to-Paul A picture of the Cross northprestonchurch_41173 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Easter 2024

Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14-15

Jesus' words in John 3.14-15 teach us that in the ancient story recorded for us in Numbers 21.4-9 we have a picture of the Cross - of the background to the Cross, of the meaning of the Cross, and of the power of the Cross.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/766/A-picture-of-the-Cross A prayer for world-wide blessing northprestonchurch_41100 Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone sermon

Psalm 67:1-3

The burden of this prayer is for God's salvation to be known among all nations. We consider the logic of the prayer (God's blessing is sought for his people so that they might in turn be a blessing to the world) and the answer to the prayer in the world-wide spread of the gospel.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/765/A-prayer-for-world-wide-blessing It was for us that he died northprestonchurch_41099 Sun, 24 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Isaiah 52 & 53

Isaiah 53:4-6

There is no question but that Jesus died under the judgment of God. But for whose sins? His own (as the Jews believed)? Or ours? For our sins so that we might have peace with God and the blessing of spiritual healing.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/764/It-was-for-us-that-he-died A study in disobedience northprestonchurch_41032 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 15:1-35

Saul is given a very clear commission with regard to the destruction of the Amalekites. Our task is to look at what he did with this commission - and what followed. To help us we are going to listen - first of all to the LORD, then to Saul, then to Samuel, and then to the narrator.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/763/A-study-in-disobedience Jesus, our great Physician northprestonchurch_41031 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Isaiah 52 & 53

Isaiah 53:4

In relation to the sicknesses with which we are afflicted Scripture here (Isaiah 53:3-4) and elsewhere (Matthew 8:17, for example) sets Jesus before us in four distinct lights: as an observer, as a healer, as a sufferer, and as a deliverer.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/762/Jesus-our-great-Physician Faith and foolishness northprestonchurch_40904 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 13:16-14:46

Through Jonathan's faith a great victory was won over the Philistines; through Saul's foolishness the victory was not as great as it might have been. The faith of the one and the foolishness of the other have much to teach us. In different ways, too, they draw our thoughts to Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/760/Faith-and-foolishness Despised and rejected northprestonchurch_40903 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Isaiah 52 & 53

Isaiah 52:1-3

We look at Jesus through the eyes of his unbelieving fellow Jews, noting what they saw, what they felt, and what they did. We then consider what will keep us from rejecting him (as they did) and help us to welcome him into our lives as the Saviour we need.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/759/Despised-and-rejected Costly disobedience northprestonchurch_40814 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 13:1-15a

Samuel charges Saul with acting foolishly. We look at what it was that Saul did and how his action cost him dearly. Then, turning to ourselves, we consider some words of counsel, some words of warning, and some words of hope.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/758/Costly-disobedience Suffering and exaltation northprestonchurch_40813 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Isaiah 52 & 53

Isaiah 52:13-15

Against the background of the terrible sufferings of Jesus, the Servant of the LORD, Isaiah focusses our thoughts on three extraordinary things: the Servant's success, the Servant's exaltation, and the Servant's global impact.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/757/Suffering-and-exaltation Renewal northprestonchurch_40595 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 11:14-12:25

We see God's people being confronted with their great wickedness, humbling themselves for their great wickedness, and then moving on from their great wickedness. The spiritual renewal they experience has much to teach us about just such renewal today.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/756/Renewal Heart cries to heaven northprestonchurch_40594 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 3:11-13

Paul is eager both to visit Thessalonica and to see the believers "increase and abound in love". We consider how love - like faith - can grow in breadth, in depth, and through the recovery of the strength that it has lost. We see, too, how growth in love brings growth in holiness.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/755/Heart-cries-to-heaven "The LORD has worked salvation" northprestonchurch_40524 Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 11:1-13

Saul recognised that Israel's experience of salvation was from the Lord, and he acknowledged it accordingly. The same applies to our own experiences of salvation - whether of Israel's kind here or of the highest kind of all, our salvation from sin.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/754/The-LORD-has-worked-salvation Faith northprestonchurch_40523 Sun, 18 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 3:10

There are certain respects in which our faith may be lacking - in breadth and in depth, for instance. It is important that this lack be supplied because things such as spiritual safety and stability, Christian living, and prayer are so bound up with our faith.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/753/Faith The anointing of Saul northprestonchurch_40471 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 9:19-10:16

In anointing him with oil the LORD, through Samuel, set Saul apart for the work of king. The anointing also symbolised the divine equipping of Saul by the Holy Spirit. We trace out parallels to this both in the anointing of Christ and the anointing of his people.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/751/The-anointing-of-Saul Christian love northprestonchurch_40470 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 3:6-9

There is a special love for one another that Christians have. This section of Paul's letter illustrates the mutuality of this Christian love, the yearning of Christian love, the costliness of Christian love, and the reward of Christian love.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/750/Christian-love To serve and to die northprestonchurch_40344 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone sermon

Mark 10:45

The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve. In doing so he marked out a path for his people in general, for deacons, and for elders. He also came to give his life as a ransom for many, to pay the price that would secure our freedom from sin.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/749/To-serve-and-to-die Suffering as a Christian northprestonchurch_40343 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 3:1-5

In relation to the sufferings his readers would and did experience on account of their faith we see the apostle doing the following: forewarning the believers, fearing for the believers, and sending Timothy to strengthen and encourage the believers.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/748/Suffering-as-a-Christian The God who controls and directs northprestonchurch_40264 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 9:1-19

The momentously significant meeting between Saul and Samuel is considered both from the human standpoint and the divine. What is revealed is a God who controls and directs the details of our lives and who in doing so does not violate our freedom.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/746/The-God-who-controls-and-directs Satanic opposition northprestonchurch_40263 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 2:17-20

It was Satan who hindered Paul from returning to Thessalonica. We ask why Satan was successful both in this and in other attempts to frustrate Christian activities and consider some of the reasons why God permits him to succeed.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/745/Satanic-opposition TBC northprestonchurch_40021 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

1 Kings 19:1-18

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/744/TBC Exposed By The Storm northprestonchurch_40020 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

Matthew 8:23-27

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/743/Exposed-By-The-Storm The God who puts rulers in place northprestonchurch_39983 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 9:15-17

God is the one who determines who bears rule in a nation. He is also the one who determines the good those rulers do to his people. As we turn our thoughts to this year's General Election we remind ourselves that God is in charge and that we must pray.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/742/The-God-who-puts-rulers-in-place Jewish hostility northprestonchurch_39982 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 2:14-16

Paul outlines in some detail the sins of which the Jews were guilty and then touches briefly on the punishment of those sins. Let our response be one of sorrow for their loss, thankfulness for God's mercy, concern for their salvation, and hope for their future.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/741/Jewish-hostility The Importance of The Lord’s Table northprestonchurch_39916 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

1 Corinthians 11:23-34

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/740/The-Importance-of-The-Lords-Table Reasons to be joyful northprestonchurch_39915 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

Luke 1:39-55

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/739/Reasons-to-be-joyful Christ the conqueror northprestonchurch_39873 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: New Years Eve 2023

Revelation 3:21

We follow Jesus on the final part of his earthly journey, noting how his journey was undertaken with open eyes; how the temptations that he faced were many and powerful; how the Holy Spirit was always there to help him; how nothing would divert him from the path; how the last part of the journey was the hardest; how the joy that was before him filled his horizon; and how afterwards he sat down on his Father's throne.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/738/Christ-the-conqueror Our short and swiftly passing lives northprestonchurch_39872 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: New Years Eve 2023

Job 7:6a

A number of images Job uses impress on us how short and swiftly passing are our lives. We consider three implications of this: Christians don't have long to suffer - nor do they have long to serve - whilst those who are not Christians don't have long to seek the Lord.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/737/Our-short-and-swiftly-passing-lives The visit of the wise men northprestonchurch_39852 Mon, 25 Dec 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2023

Matthew 2:1-12

The wise men had come to visit a king, they had come to worship him, they had come from far away, and they had come with gifts. Our task is to accompany them, to learn from them, and to be directed and challenged by them.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/736/The-visit-of-the-wise-men Seeing him as he is northprestonchurch_39851 Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2023

Romans 8:3

As we hear Paul speak about God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, we are to think genuineness, separateness, and nearness. Paul also tells us why God sent his Son in this way, what it led to, and the freedom from condemnation it has brought to believers.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/735/Seeing-him-as-he-is Those whom Jesus is saving northprestonchurch_39850 Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2023

Matthew 1:21

As we hear Paul speak about God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, we are to think genuineness, separateness, and nearness. Paul also tells us why God sent his Son in this way, what it led to, and the freedom from condemnation it has brought to believers.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/734/Those-whom-Jesus-is-saving Jesus' birth northprestonchurch_39743 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2023

Matthew 1:18-25

From Matthew's account of Jesus' birth we learn the following three things: Jesus was a very special person (namely, Immanuel, God with us), Jesus' life began in a very special way (he was born of a virgin), and there was a very special work that Jesus would do (he would save his people from their sins).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/733/Jesus-birth The word of God northprestonchurch_39742 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

Our attention is drawn in these verses to three things: the word of God being heard, the word of God being accepted for what it is, and the word of God at work in believers' hearts.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/732/The-word-of-God We want a king! northprestonchurch_39689 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 7:15-8:22

The subject of wanting a king may seem rather remote from us but we learn from it when (a) we look up and think about what we have in the LORD, (b) look back and remember what the LORD has done for us, and (c) look forward and anticipate what the LORD will one day do.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/731/We-want-a-king Seeing and hearing northprestonchurch_39688 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1:10-12

Christian lives get off to the best of starts when young believers see what is good and hear what is good. So it was with the young believers in Thessalonica. Love will motivate older Christians and church leaders to do what they can to ensure that young believers today get the best of starts.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/730/Seeing-and-hearing The altar fire northprestonchurch_39612 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

Leviticus 6:9,12-13

We turn our attention to an altar fire that by God's command once burned continually; to an altar fire that through God's action is now forever extinguished; and to an altar fire that to God's delight burns on still.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/728/The-altar-fire Christlike love northprestonchurch_39611 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 2:6-9

There is no question as to the reality and strength of Paul's love for the Thessalonian Christians. We see it in the things he shared with them (the gospel of God and his own self) and in his refusal to be a burden to them. Our task is to look at this love, see it in action, be challenged by it, and then turn to Jesus in whom it is supremely displayed.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/727/Christlike-love The Lord's help northprestonchurch_39542 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 7:2-4

Victory was gained over the Philistines because of the Lord's help. We think about the people to whom this help was given, when this help was given, how this help was given, and what was said about it, namely, that God's people had experienced it right to that point in their life as a nation.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/726/The-Lords-help How it should always be northprestonchurch_39541 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 2:1-6a

Through the working of Satan the believers in Thessalonica had been hearing lies about Paul's message, his methods, and his motives. Those same lies are still being heard today - hence the abiding relevance of Paul's defence.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/725/How-it-should-always-be Returning to the LORD northprestonchurch_39442 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 7:2-4

We consider why returning to the LORD was needed, how long it took, what prompted it, what it involved (ridding themselves of their idols and committing themselves to the LORD), how it was blessed - and how all of this speaks to believers today who themselves need to return to the LORD.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/723/Returning-to-the-LORD Jesus, our deliverer from the wrath to come northprestonchurch_39441 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1:10

The "wrath to come" (v.10) is God's wrath, righteous wrath, wrath that people are storing up for themselves, wrath that will mean eternal punishment, wrath that is approaching, wrath from which Jesus alone can deliver us.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/722/Jesus-our-deliverer-from-the-wrath-to-come It is finished! northprestonchurch_39285 Sat, 11 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

John 19:14-30

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/721/It-is-finished What should we remember? northprestonchurch_41316 Sat, 11 Nov 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

Ecclesiastes 12:1-8

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/774/What-should-we-remember What should we remember? northprestonchurch_39284 Sat, 11 Nov 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

Ecclesiastes 12:1-8

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/720/What-should-we-remember The return of the ark northprestonchurch_39242 Sun, 05 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 6:1-7:1

In the return of the Ark of the Covenant and in the judgment that subsequently fell on certain of the people we come face to face with both the goodness of God and the holiness of God - a goodness that he shows in similar ways today; a holiness in which we can dwell and delight because of Jesus.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/719/The-return-of-the-ark Transformed lives northprestonchurch_39241 Sun, 05 Nov 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10a

People were talking about how the Thessalonians had turned from idols, were now serving the living and true God, and were waiting for his Son from heaven. God's saving work shows itself in the very same ways today.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/718/Transformed-lives The Necessity of Regeneration northprestonchurch_39177 Sun, 29 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

John 3:3, 7

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/717/The-Necessity-of-Regeneration An ancient barrier removed completely northprestonchurch_39176 Sun, 29 Oct 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker

John 19:28-42

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/716/An-ancient-barrier-removed-completely The Lord's hand northprestonchurch_39115 Sun, 22 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 5:1-6:18

There are multiple references in these verses to the Lord's hand. We think about how heavily it came upon the Philistines, their gods, and their land in judgment; how through Calvary it saves those who come to Christ in faith; and how the Lord's hand is with his people to give them success in evangelism.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/715/The-Lords-hand Suffering and joy northprestonchurch_39114 Sun, 22 Oct 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1:6-8

There are two things that the Thessalonians did with the gospel that came to them - they welcomed it and then sounded it out. Our focus is on the first of these; specifically, on how they welcomed the word in much affliction and with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/714/Suffering-and-joy A revelation to make us dance - and tremble northprestonchurch_39085 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 5:1-12

The LORD appears here in two distinct lights - as the superior of the Philistines' god and as the terror of the Philistines themselves. For our encouragement we see from Scripture that he is the superior of all gods; for our warning that he will one day be a terror to all his enemies.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/713/A-revelation-to-make-us-dance---and-tremble When the gospel changes us northprestonchurch_39084 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1:2-3

A two-fold explanation is given to us here for the transforming impact of the gospel: the first lies in the special way in which the gospel comes to people (not in word only but in power, in the Holy Spirit, and in full conviction); the second in the special reason why it does so (God has planned it so).
 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/712/When-the-gospel-changes-us Two dark days northprestonchurch_39015 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 4:1-22

The darkness of the two dark days of 1 Samuel 4 was relieved by a number of things that remained. God remained. His people remained. A servant of God to lead remained. God's purposes remained. However dark the days through which the church passes today these four things still remain.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/711/Two-dark-days Faith, love, and hope northprestonchurch_39014 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1:2-3

Three things about the Thessalonian believers etched themselves on Paul's memory - their faith, their love, and their hope. We look at the things on which each of these was set and the influence each had on their Christian lives and on the church.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/710/Faith-love-and-hope God's first word to Samuel northprestonchurch_38927 Sun, 01 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a

Samuel is called by God to be a prophet. We think about him receiving God's word, speaking God's word, and what we may learn about being listeners to God's word ourselves and speaking that word to others.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/708/Gods-first-word-to-Samuel Our location as a church northprestonchurch_38849 Sun, 01 Oct 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1:1

The church of the Thessalonians was "in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ" (Ch.1.1). So, too, this church. It is the explanation for our existence, the source of the grace and peace that we need, the secret of our spiritual health and stability, and the measure of our privilege.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/706/Our-location-as-a-church A healthy spiritual diet northprestonchurch_38850 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Harvest thanskgiving

Philippians 4:8

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/707/A-healthy-spiritual-diet Question and answer northprestonchurch_38715 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Baptism

Acts 16:30-31

There is no question to which we more need an answer as human beings than the question of the jailer of Philippi, "What must I do to be saved?" We reflect on what this question is all about and then turn to the answer, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved".

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/704/Question-and-answer Christ entering into his glory northprestonchurch_38714 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

Luke 24:26

There is a glory into which Christ has entered because of the cross. We see it when we look at where he is seated, at the authority that is now his, at his headship over the church, at the great things he is doing, and at how he is worshipped and adored.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/703/Christ-entering-into-his-glory Honouring God northprestonchurch_38311 Sun, 10 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:27-36

The LORD says, "Those who honour me I will honour". We consider what it means to honour God, take up the subject of failing to honour God, and then look at the promise made to those who do honour God.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/702/Honouring-God The end of the story northprestonchurch_38309 Sun, 10 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Job

Job 42:10-17

The story of Job ends with the LORD restoring his fortunes. There are a number of things we can say about this ending. One is that there is something very appropriate about it; a second is that there is a display of God's compassion and mercy in it; a third, that there is an encouragement to persevere in it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/700/The-end-of-the-story Light and darkness northprestonchurch_38310 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:11-26

Our focus is on Hannah's six children and Eli's two sons. Here is what we find: encouragement and warning, truth to uplift us and truth to sober us, examples to follow and examples to shun, a reminder that the Lord is gracious and a reminder that he is also a judge.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/701/Light-and-darkness Light and darkness northprestonchurch_38100 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:11-26

Our focus is on Hannah's six children and Eli's two sons. Here is what we find: encouragement and warning, truth to uplift us and truth to sober us, examples to follow and examples to shun, a reminder that the Lord is gracious and a reminder that he is also a judge.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/699/Light-and-darkness Atonement and intercession northprestonchurch_38099 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Job

Job 42:7-9

God was angry with Job's three friends. We ask why that was and then consider what the three friends had to do in order to appease God's anger. That in turn takes us to Jesus and to the atonement and intercession that secure our forgiveness with God.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/698/Atonement-and-intercession Hannah's prayer northprestonchurch_37663 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:1-10

Our focus is on the God to whom Hannah prays. He comes before us as a God who saves his people from their enemies, a God who is utterly unique, a God who dramatically reverses things, and as a God who has the future planned.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/697/Hannahs-prayer The Joseph story northprestonchurch_37662 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon

Genesis 45:1-15

The Joseph story has both a dark side to it and a bright side. Looking at it as a whole we see in it both an amazing plan (to save Joseph's family) and an amazing picture (of Jesus the Saviour of sinners).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/696/The-Joseph-story Hannah's vow northprestonchurch_37604 Sun, 20 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 1:10-11, 19-28

1 Samuel 1 is the record of a prayer being made and a prayer being answered. It is also a record of a vow being made and that vow being fulfilled. It is to the making and fulfilling of Hannah's vow - and to the subject of vows like hers today - that we turn our thoughts in this sermon.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/694/Hannahs-vow The LORD speaks to Job northprestonchurch_37603 Sun, 20 Aug 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Job

Job 38:1-42:6

We begin with what doesn't happen in these chapters: the LORD doesn't explain the reason for Job's suffering. We then move on to what does happen in these chapters: The LORD rebukes Job for the things he has said and Job humbles himself before the LORD and repents.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/693/The-LORD-speaks-to-Job Hannah northprestonchurch_37544 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 1:1-18

Turning the spotlight on Samuel's mother Hannah we think of her, and try to learn from her, as a childless woman, a sorrowing woman, a praying woman, a misjudged woman, and as a woman who goes her way no longer sad.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/692/Hannah Elihu northprestonchurch_37543 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Job

Job 32:1-37:24

Elihu, as we discover, is as much in the dark as to the reason for Job's sufferings as everyone else. But his insistence on God's justice does allow us to rule one thing out - in Job's case and in our own: God is not acting unjustly. He cannot.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/691/Elihu Once! northprestonchurch_37127 Sun, 06 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: 1 Peter 3:18a

1 Peter 3:18a

The once-for-allness of Jesus' death explains a number of important things: why we are not living in Old Testament days, why Jesus' death was followed by his exaltation, why he is not coming back to bear sin but to bring salvation, why he is utterly worthy of our trust, and why we come to his Table to remember him.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/688/Once Job's three friends northprestonchurch_37126 Sun, 06 Aug 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Job

Job 2:11-13, etc.

According to Job's three friends, God punishes wickedness in the here and now. That was their explanation, too, for Job's sufferings. Their basic principle was wrong, however. So too their application of it to Job.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/687/Jobs-three-friends To bring us to God northprestonchurch_37079 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: 1 Peter 3:18a

1 Peter 3:18a

Jesus' goal in his death was to end the separation between ourselves and God. We look at the cause of this separation, the tragedy of it, the eagerness of God to deal with it, and the blessedness that is ours when the separation ends.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/686/To-bring-us-to-God A man who is struggling greatly northprestonchurch_37078 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Job

Job 3:1-23

Job is having to cope with a very great deal and is struggling greatly. We look at the evidence for this and also at what we can learn from it. We see in Job a man with whom believers can identify, a man from whom they can learn, and a man from whom they can take hope.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/685/A-man-who-is-struggling-greatly The Grace of God northprestonchurch_37017 Sun, 23 Jul 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: NPEC Speaker

Titus 2:11-13

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/684/The-Grace-of-God My God, why have you forsaken me…? northprestonchurch_37016 Sun, 23 Jul 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: NPEC Speaker

Mark 15:33-41

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/683/My-God-why-have-you-forsaken-me Knowing the power of God northprestonchurch_36895 Sun, 16 Jul 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: NPEC Speaker

Ephesians 1:18-23

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/681/Knowing-the-power-of-God The Lord is my Shepherd northprestonchurch_36894 Sun, 16 Jul 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: NPEC Speaker

Psalm 23:1-6

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/680/The-Lord-is-my-Shepherd The righteous for the unrighteous northprestonchurch_36696 Sun, 09 Jul 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: 1 Peter 3:18a

1 Peter 3:18a

We think about what Christ was - how he was outwardly, inwardly, manwardly, Godwardly, continuously, and perfectly righteous. Then we think about what Christ did - how he suffered and died for the unrighteous in order to bring us to God.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/679/The-righteous-for-the-unrighteous Job's amazing first response northprestonchurch_36695 Sun, 09 Jul 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Job

Job 1:20-22; 2:9-10

Job's response to his suffering is one of submission and worship. We think about how grace explains this response, how God is honoured by it, how Satan is defeated by it, how believers are blessed by it, and how the gospel is adorned by it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/678/Jobs-amazing-first-response Christ suffering for sins northprestonchurch_36597 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: 1 Peter 3:18a

1 Peter 3:18a

On the cross of Calvary Jesus suffered once for sins. We think about whose sins they were, how he came to be suffering for them, and about the suffering itself - how severe, how just, how necessary, and how sufficient it was.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/677/Christ-suffering-for-sins The LORD's role northprestonchurch_36596 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Job

Job 1:6-12; 2:1-6

In Job Chs.1&2 we see the LORD blessing Job, delighting in Job, and then afflicting Job. Focussing particularly on his afflicting of Job we notice that he does it by way of permission, for a particular purpose, and only up to a point.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/676/The-LORDs-role It is Finished northprestonchurch_36525 Sun, 25 Jun 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

John 19:12-30

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/675/It-is-Finished TBC northprestonchurch_36524 Sun, 25 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Colossians 4:2-18

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/674/TBC When he is come northprestonchurch_36446 Sun, 18 Jun 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

John 16:1-16

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/673/When-he-is-come Job's adversary northprestonchurch_36444 Sun, 18 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Job

Job 1:6-2:8

Our focus is on Satan, Job's adversary. We consider his title, his appearance in the presence of God, his activity on the earth, his disparagement of Job, his powers, his wickedness, his limitations, and his defeat.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/672/Jobs-adversary Honouring the Lord on his Holy Day northprestonchurch_36435 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:15:00 +0100 Series: LRBF
]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/670/Honouring-the-Lord-on-his-Holy-Day The compassion of Christ northprestonchurch_36325 Sun, 11 Jun 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

John 7:53-8:11

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/668/The-compassion-of-Christ Who wants to see Jesus? northprestonchurch_36324 Sun, 11 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

John 12:16-36

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/667/Who-wants-to-see-Jesus The suffering of Christ northprestonchurch_36230 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Mark 14:32-42

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/666/The-suffering-of-Christ Job's godliness northprestonchurch_36229 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Job

Job 1:1-5, 8

The fact that godliness may lead to suffering must not dampen our pursuit of godliness. There is no life more beautiful, more useful, more delightful to God, more honoured by God, and more worthy of God's love to us in Christ than a truly godly life.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/665/Jobs-godliness A son for Ruth and Boaz northprestonchurch_36151 Sun, 28 May 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of Ruth

Ruth 4:1-22

Ruth and Boaz had a son, Obed. It is around Obed that we gather our thoughts as we explore and seek to learn from Ch.4. We think about him in relation first to Ruth, then to Naomi, then to Israel's future king David, and finally to our Lord Jesus Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/663/A-son-for-Ruth-and-Boaz Christ's self-control northprestonchurch_36150 Sun, 28 May 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23

We come in our series on the fruit of the Spirit in the life of Christ to the theme of Christ's self-control. It was something that Satan targeted, something that Jesus was accused of lacking, and something that he clearly exhibited.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/662/Christs-self-control Moving towards marriage northprestonchurch_32680 Sun, 21 May 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of Ruth

Ruth 3:1-18

In Ruth Ch.3 we are moving toward the marriage of Ruth and Boaz. We see how Naomi desires it, Ruth requests it, and Boaz agrees to it. Our thoughts then turn to Christ and how richly, how gladly, how freely, and how certainly he will bless us if, through faith in him, we become part of his church.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/661/Moving-towards-marriage Christ's gentleness northprestonchurch_32679 Sun, 21 May 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23

We come in our series on the fruit of the Spirit in the life of Christ to the theme of Christ's gentleness (or meekness). We see it in his response to God's word, his ministry to the people, his correcting of opponents, and his restoration of Peter.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/660/Christs-gentleness The LORD our refuge, provider, and guide northprestonchurch_30512 Sun, 14 May 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of Ruth

Ruth 2:1-23

We see from this chapter three things that Ruth had in the LORD; three things that every believer has in him as well - a refuge (or protector), a provider, and a guide.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/659/The-LORD-our-refuge-provider-and-guide Christ's faithfulness northprestonchurch_30511 Sun, 14 May 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23

We come in our series on the fruit of the Spirit in the life of Christ to the theme of Christ's faithfulness. We think about him in turn as the faithful servant, the faithful master, the faithful teacher, the faithful son, and the faithful Saviour.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/658/Christs-faithfulness The return northprestonchurch_30245 Sun, 07 May 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of Ruth

Ruth 1:1-22

We gather our thoughts around Naomi's return to Bethlehem (v.22), noting that she returned in great sorrow, that she returned to a people whom the LORD had visited in mercy, that she returned with her daughter-in-law Ruth, and that she returned at the beginning of barley harvest.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/657/The-return Christ's goodness northprestonchurch_30244 Sun, 07 May 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23

We come in our series on the fruit of the Spirit in the life of Christ to the theme of Christ's goodness. We begin by noting that Christ's goodness was perfect goodness and then move on to how active it was, prompting Christ to do good.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/656/Christs-goodness God's people need a king! northprestonchurch_30197 Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 19:1-21:25

This is a story of gross sin, of unnecessary war, of almost complete destruction, and of merciful preservation. It underscores how important it is that churches and denominations refuse to tolerate sin in their midst.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/655/Gods-people-need-a-king Christ's kindness northprestonchurch_30196 Sun, 30 Apr 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23

To both the physically and the spiritually needy, his enemies and his friends, Jews and Gentiles, rich and poor Christ showed kindness. He did so by healing the sick, casting out demons, feeding the hungry, raising the dead, and dying for sinners.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/654/Christs-kindness Healing of the paralysed man northprestonchurch_29875 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Mark 1:35-2:17

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/652/Healing-of-the-paralysed-man The Great Deliverance northprestonchurch_29874 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Esther 9:20-10:1-3

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/651/The-Great-Deliverance A call to purity of worship northprestonchurch_29787 Sun, 16 Apr 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 17:1-18:31

The call to purity of worship comes through a narrative that focuses on impure worship. We consider the mark of such worship, the deceitfulness of such worship, and the spread of such worship.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/650/A-call-to-purity-of-worship Christ's patience northprestonchurch_29786 Sun, 16 Apr 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22

We see Christ's patience in his relations with his fellow Jews, his disciples, and his enemies. We note also how his patience is the outflow of love, how it means salvation, and how it has limits.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/649/Christs-patience When Christ returns northprestonchurch_29738 Sun, 09 Apr 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2023

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

What a programme God has for saints in glory! One day they will return - they will rise - they will be caught up - and then they will be forever with the Lord. Paul tells us these things not to forbid sorrow but so that we might encourage one another.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/648/When-Christ-returns See Mary weeping... northprestonchurch_29737 Sun, 09 Apr 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2023

John 20:11-18

Mary came to Jesus' tomb to anoint his body. We think through the implications for Christianity of Mary being granted her wish and finding Jesus still dead, and then through the implications of Mary being denied her wish; of finding Jesus alive.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/647/See-Mary-weeping Help for the helpless northprestonchurch_29447 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2023

Isaiah 53:5

As sinners we are guilty before God, we have made an enemy of God, and we are spiritually diseased. We are also powerless to put matters right. Because of Jesus' death for us, however, there is a mighty Saviour who is able to help us.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/646/Help-for-the-helpless The Clamour of the crowd northprestonchurch_29427 Sun, 02 Apr 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Matthew 27:15-44

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/645/The-Clamour-of-the-crowd The Silence of the Saviour northprestonchurch_29425 Sun, 02 Apr 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Luke 23:1-16

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/643/The-Silence-of-the-Saviour Paul in Athens northprestonchurch_29426 Sun, 26 Mar 2023 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Acts 17:16-34

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/644/Paul-in-Athens The Cross Examined northprestonchurch_29325 Sun, 26 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

John 12:20-36

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/641/The-Cross-Examined At the end of twenty years northprestonchurch_29217 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 16:1-31

The final months of Samson's life were marked by tragic weakness, major loss, and deep humiliation, but also by a final triumph over his enemies. There are lessons in these things, both sobering and encouraging, for Christians today.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/640/At-the-end-of-twenty-years Christ's peace northprestonchurch_29216 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22

As we try to unlock the secret of Christ's peace we find it in his relationship with his God and Father - in how he stood with God, walked with God, trusted God, knew God, and prayed to God.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/639/Christs-peace Becoming Israel's judge northprestonchurch_29061 Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 15:1-20

The theme of God paving the way to Samson's judgeship over Israel (by using him to inflict defeats on Israel's enemies and by hearing his cry in need) may  not seem rich in instruction for 21st century Christians. But it is!

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/637/Becoming-Israels-judge Jesus' joy northprestonchurch_29062 Sun, 12 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23

We may think of Jesus rejoicing in God's good gifts, in the good news God anointed him to preach, in the good news being welcomed, in doing God's will and work, in anticipation of his resurrection, and, supremely, in God himself.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/638/Jesus-joy Eating of the tree of life northprestonchurch_28968 Sun, 05 Mar 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Revelation 2:7b

This is the first of seven promises "to the one who conquers". We consider the dark backdrop to the promise, the details of the promise itself, and then the one who makes the promise, Jesus, who died that the promised blessings might be ours.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/635/Eating-of-the-tree-of-life Christ's love northprestonchurch_28967 Sun, 05 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23

As we look at the fruit of the Spirit in the life of Christ our focus is on Christ's love, noting how the four Gospels give us glimpses of his love for his parents, for his friends, for his enemies, for sinners, and for his God and Father.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/634/Christs-love The beginning of the beginning northprestonchurch_28868 Sun, 26 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 14:1-20

The Samson through whom God worked to save Israel was a man with evident weaknesses but also with supernatural strength. As we think about his work beginning our attention will be drawn to significant beginnings of later days.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/633/The-beginning-of-the-beginning The fruit of the Spirit - in us and in Christ northprestonchurch_28867 Sun, 26 Feb 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Galatians 5:22-23

We begin with some reflections on the fruit of the Spirit in our own lives as Christians and then move on to the fruit of the Spirit in our Saviour's life - how he displayed all of the fruit of the Spirit and how he did so to perfection.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/632/The-fruit-of-the-Spirit---in-us-and-in-Christ The Samson story begins northprestonchurch_28784 Sun, 19 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 13:1-25

The LORD announces that in Samson Israel would have a saviour (v.5). We note when this announcement of a saviour was made, how long it would be before he would be ready, how it was determined that he would be a saviour before he was born, how it took a miracle for the preparation to begin, how Samson's parents had a key role to play in his preparation, and how Samson would only begin to save Israel.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/631/The-Samson-story-begins Christ and the church northprestonchurch_28783 Sun, 19 Feb 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Ephesians 1:22-23

Christ has been given by God as head over all things to the church - for her protection, growth, and the success of her mission. He is also head of the church itself. Our task is to explore and seek to learn from this two-fold headship that Christ exercises.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/630/Christ-and-the-church Another great victory marred northprestonchurch_28720 Sun, 12 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 11:29-12:7

Two things marred the great victory won over the Ammonites - Ephraim's pride and Jephthah's vow. We particularly focus on Jephthah's vow - the form of it, the substance of it, and the fulfilling of it - and what we may learn from it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/629/Another-great-victory-marred What God has done for Jesus northprestonchurch_28719 Sun, 12 Feb 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Ephesians 1:20-22

We explore and seek to learn from the three things that God's power is said to have done for Jesus. It has raised him from the dead, seated him at God's right hand, and put all things under his feet.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/628/What-God-has-done-for-Jesus From the perspective of Eve northprestonchurch_28085 Sun, 05 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Genesis 2:22, Revelation 21:2

We imagine Eve thinking to herself, "I have a husband, I have a task, and I have a home". In the light of the marriage image of Revelation 21 we trace out the parallels to these in the church's relationship to Christ in glory.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/626/From-the-perspective-of-Eve God's inheritance and his power northprestonchurch_28084 Sun, 05 Feb 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Ephesians 1:18-19

Three things Paul prays for us to know: what is the hope to which God has called us, what are the riches of God's glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of God's power toward those who believe. It is to the second and third of these that we turn in this sermon.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/625/Gods-inheritance-and-his-power Rejected God, rejected man northprestonchurch_27799 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 10:6-11:33

The people of Israel are delivered from their Ammonite oppressors. We see how this deliverance came both in the mercy of a rejected God and through the might of a rejected man. We end by tracing out some striking parallels with Jesus.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/624/Rejected-God-rejected-man The hope to which God has called us northprestonchurch_27798 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Ephesians 1:17-18

Paul prays that we would know what is the hope to which God has called us. We consider how comprehensive, how bright, how God-centred, and how certain this hope is, and how the knowledge of it helps us as pilgrims, workers, mourners, and comforters.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/623/The-hope-to-which-God-has-called-us Abimelech northprestonchurch_27663 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 8:33-10:5

"God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem" (Ch.9.23). We think about why God did this, when he did this, with what result, and what he did afterwards.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/622/Abimelech Faith and love northprestonchurch_27662 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Ephesians 1:15-16

Paul's unceasing thanks for the Ephesians' faith and love challenges us to ask, Have we grasped the implications of this thanksgiving? Is it something God hears from our own lips? If so, how frequently? And are we, by our own faith and love, an occasion of thanksgiving to others?

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/621/Faith-and-love A great victory marred northprestonchurch_27544 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 8:1-32

The great victory recorded in Judges 7 was marred by the following three things: Ephraim's pride, Succoth and Penuel's refusal to help, and Gideon's weakness. Each has lessons for today's churches and for today's Christians.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/619/A-great-victory-marred Looking ahead northprestonchurch_27543 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 24:44-53

In this closing section of Luke's Gospel we see Jesus commissioning his disciples and then blessing them as he leaves them. 21st century Christians like ourselves have received both the same commission and the same blessing.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/618/Looking-ahead Life! northprestonchurch_27467 Sun, 08 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

Matthew 7:7-8

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/617/Life Enter by the narrow gate northprestonchurch_27466 Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

Matthew 7:13-14

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/616/Enter-by-the-narrow-gate In the best of hands northprestonchurch_27237 Sun, 01 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone Sermon

Psalm 31:14-15a

David says to the LORD, "My times are in your hand". Every believer can say the same. We think about what these words mean, what they imply, and what they should do

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/614/In-the-best-of-hands Understanding the Scriptures northprestonchurch_27236 Sun, 01 Jan 2023 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 24:27,45

We turn our thoughts to the Lord's work in giving his disciples understanding of the Scriptures. We think about how he did it, when he did it, and why he did it - and about the parallels to these things in his ministry to his people today.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/613/Understanding-the-Scriptures From riches to poverty for us northprestonchurch_27219 Sun, 25 Dec 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2022

2 Corinthians 8:9

The Rich One became poor so that poor ones might become rich. We explore how rich Jesus was, how poor he became, how poor we ourselves are as sinners, and how rich we become when Christ is ours.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/612/From-riches-to-poverty-for-us The great reason for his coming northprestonchurch_27218 Sun, 25 Dec 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2022

John 1:1,14

We ask why the Word who was with God and who was Himself God should become flesh and make His dwelling among us. It was to make us citizens of the new world he will make when he comes again.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/611/The-great-reason-for-his-coming How we should think about him northprestonchurch_26605 Sun, 18 Dec 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2022

Matthew 1:18-25

In the light of what Matthew tells us we should think about Jesus as a very special person (Immanuel, God with us), who was born in a very special way (of a virgin), and with a very special work to do (to save his people from their sins).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/610/How-we-should-think-about-him With his disciples on the road to Emmaus northprestonchurch_26604 Sun, 18 Dec 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 24:13-35

Our focus is on these two disciples who find themselves, unexpectedly, in the company of the risen Jesus. We will think about them talking to Jesus, listening to Jesus, and seeing Jesus.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/609/With-his-disciples-on-the-road-to-Emmaus To God be the glory northprestonchurch_26514 Sun, 11 Dec 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 7:1-25

We turn the spotlight on the following: Israel's leader, Israel's army, and Israel's victory. As we do so we see that the glory for Israel's deliverance belongs to the Lord alone - and for our salvation too.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/608/To-God-be-the-glory The women and the resurrection northprestonchurch_26513 Sun, 11 Dec 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 23:54-24:12

There was something these women didn't expect (to find Jesus' body missing), something they didn't remember (that Jesus had said he would rise from the dead), and something they didn't get (a believing response to their report). There are parallels to each of these to be traced today.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/607/The-women-and-the-resurrection The call of Gideon northprestonchurch_26269 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 6:1-40

In order to prepare Gideon to be the deliverer of the people from their enemies the Lord does four things: he gives Gideon his charge, assures him of his presence, tests his obedience, and strengthens his faith.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/605/The-call-of-Gideon Jesus' burial northprestonchurch_26268 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 23:47-53

In Jesus' burial we see the kindness and courage of a disciple, Joseph of Arimathea. We also trace the hand of Jesus' Father in heaven who in the care of his Son's body bears witness to Jesus' finished work.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/604/Jesus-burial Deborah's song of victory northprestonchurch_26178 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 5:1-31

This is a song about the Lord's intervention, the people's participation, and the enemy's destruction. Our task is to examine and endeavour to learn from these three themes.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/603/Deborahs-song-of-victory Jesus' final words northprestonchurch_26177 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 23:46

Jesus commits his spirit into his Father's hands. We ask the following questions: Do you and I have a spirit? Where is it going to go when it leaves our body? How can we be sure that our spirit is safe?

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/602/Jesus-final-words Deliverance from Jabin northprestonchurch_25840 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 4:1-24

To help us explore and learn from this great deliverance we train the spotlight on Israel's deliverers, noting how the LORD employs a variety of people, how he guides them by his word, how he places them where he wants them to be, and how he uses them to accomplish his goals.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/601/Deliverance-from-Jabin Symbols of a finished work northprestonchurch_25839 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 23:44-45

Luke omits the language of a finished work. That is reserved for John (Ch.19.30). But he gives us instead two symbols of a finished work. One is the returning of the light after darkness. The other is the tearing of the temple curtain in two.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/600/Symbols-of-a-finished-work The first three judges northprestonchurch_25724 Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 3:7-31

Our focus is on the God who is in control and at work here - the God whom his people forget at their peril, the God who is sovereign over his people's enemies, the God who hears his people's cries, the God who fits men to be deliverers, the God who gives rest to the land.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/599/The-first-three-judges A promise of paradise with Jesus northprestonchurch_25722 Sun, 13 Nov 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 23:39-43

What we see in the conversion of the dying thief is what we see in every conversion - God the Father working (drawing and giving the sinner to Jesus) and God the Son welcoming (as he has promised to in all such cases).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/598/A-promise-of-paradise-with-Jesus The raising up of the Judges northprestonchurch_25363 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 2:6-3:6

We are going to look at what the judges did, why they were needed, who raised them up, and at what happened when they died. As we do so we shall find our thoughts being drawn in the most natural way to Christ and his sacrifice and the new covenant in his blood.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/597/The-raising-up-of-the-Judges Save yourself! northprestonchurch_25362 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 23:35-39 

As he suffers on the cross Jesus is repeatedly urged to save himself. Why does he refuse? The answer lies in four things: God's will, God's word, God's plan, and God's love.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/596/Save-yourself The dimming of the brightness northprestonchurch_25098 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The book of Judges

Judges 1:1-2:5

Our task is to look at and learn from the three pictures that are placed here side by side - the first of a people who are still doing well, the second of a people who are not doing well, and the third of people sorrowing before the Lord.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/594/The-dimming-of-the-brightness The last word and the first northprestonchurch_25097 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 23:26-34

Our particular focus is on Jesus' first word from the cross - "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" (v.34) - a prayer in which Christ is showing his love, seeking his enemies' forgiveness, pleading their ignorance, and addressing his Father in heaven.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/593/The-last-word-and-the-first The redemption of God's possession northprestonchurch_25028 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: One long outburst of praise

Ephesians 1:14

Our attention is drawn in this verse to what we are as Christians (God's possession), to what is ahead for us (a day of redemption), to the blessedness that is ours in the meantime (through the presence and ministry of the Holy Spirit), and the praise to which everything is leading.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/592/The-redemption-of-Gods-possession The outcome of the trial northprestonchurch_25027 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 23:1-25

The outcome of Jesus' trial before Pilate was condemnation and death - but it was not because he was found guilty. Rather, it was because of the wickedness of his accusers and the weakness of his judge.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/591/The-outcome-of-the-trial God’s Evangelical Heart northprestonchurch_24957 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

John 3:1-21

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/589/Gods-Evangelical-Heart Sacrificial Submission northprestonchurch_24946 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker

Judges 11:29-40

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/588/Sacrificial-Submission Sealed with the Holy Spirit northprestonchurch_24812 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: One long outburst of praise

Ephesians 1:13

God has sealed us, if we are believers, with the promised Holy Spirit, thereby marking us out as genuinely his. This sealing took place at conversion, is enjoyed by us in Christ, is independent of our feelings, and is permanent.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/586/Sealed-with-the-Holy-Spirit Face to face with the true Jesus northprestonchurch_24811 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 22:63-71

Four times over in these verses something about Jesus is denied by his enemies. In the face of this four-fold denial we assert the following: He is truly God's prophet, truly the Christ, truly the Son of Man, truly the Son of God.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/585/Face-to-face-with-the-true-Jesus God's inheritance in his people northprestonchurch_23504 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: One long outburst of praise

Ephesians 1:11-12

As the Bible takes up the theme of God's people as God's inheritance it tells us that it is so (that we are his inheritance), it explains to us how it has happened (through the fulfilling of God's plan), it gives us a glimpse of what this inheritance is to God (something rich and glorious), and shows us the ultimate reason for it (the praise of his glory).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/584/Gods-inheritance-in-his-people Peter's denials of Christ northprestonchurch_23503 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 22.54-62

In Peter's three-fold denial of Christ we see the importance of self-knowledge and the prayerfulness to which it leads; in the bitter tears that follow there is both a warning against sin and a pointer to God's grace.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/583/Peters-denials-of-Christ Behold My Servant northprestonchurch_22727 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Harvest Thanksgiving 2022

Isaiah 42:1-4

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/582/Behold-My-Servant Boundless Grace northprestonchurch_22726 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Harvest Thanksgiving 2022

1 Timothy 1:15-16

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/581/Boundless-Grace Serving a great God northprestonchurch_22609 Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: NPEC Speaker.

Romans 11:25-12:2

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/580/Serving-a-great-God He had compassion! northprestonchurch_22608 Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: NPEC Speaker.

Luke 10:25-36

The parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us about  showing compassion to our neighbour and challenges us in how we are to do so today!

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/579/He-had-compassion The mystery of God's will northprestonchurch_22476 Sun, 11 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: One long outburst of praise

Ephesians 1:9-10

There is a plan God has for our world, a plan to unite all things in Christ. We begin by thinking about the revelation of the plan, move on to glance at the details of the plan, and end with the fulfilment of the plan.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/577/The-mystery-of-Gods-will They are a new person! northprestonchurch_22475 Sun, 11 Sep 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Baptism

2 Corinthians 5:17

To become a true Christian is to experience a great change. We look at how it all starts (through coming to be in Christ), at what being in Christ does (it makes us a new creation), and how the change shows itself (in old things passing away and new things coming).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/576/They-are-a-new-person Redemption northprestonchurch_22354 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: One long outburst of praise

Ephesians 1:7-8a

Our theme is the redemption that is ours as believers. We consider what it means to have redemption (the forgiveness of our trespasses), how this redemption has come to be ours (through Christ's blood), and the special thing we are to see in this redemption (the riches of God's grace).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/575/Redemption Jesus' arrest northprestonchurch_22353 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 22:47-54a

Jesus' words at the time and his words in prayer in Gethsemane allow us to see his arrest through his own eyes. This was his enemies' hour. It was the power of darkness. But it was also his Father's will.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/574/Jesus-arrest Praise for adoption northprestonchurch_22305 Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: One long outburst of praise

Ephesians 1:5-6

Our text links our adoption as God's children to a number of different things, each having to do with God himself, namely, to God's blessing, God's planning, God's love, God's Son, and God's praise.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/573/Praise-for-adoption Gethsemane northprestonchurch_22304 Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 22:35-46

Gethsemane provided the Lord and his disciples with time for prayer. For the disciples it was an opportunity - which they failed to take - to pray for spiritual safe-keeping; for Jesus an opportunity - which he did not fail to take - to pray about the suffering ahead for him.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/572/Gethsemane Chosen to be holy northprestonchurch_22235 Sun, 21 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: One long outburst of praise

Ephesians 1:4

Our attention is focussed in these words on God's choice of people, namely, of those who are believers. It was made with a view to our holiness, made before the foundation of the world, and made in Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/570/Chosen-to-be-holy Blessed with every spiritual blessing northprestonchurch_22181 Sun, 14 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: One long outburst of praise

Ephesians 1:3

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has greatly blessed us if we are Christians. He has done so "in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" (Eph.1.3). And we praise him for it!

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/569/Blessed-with-every-spiritual-blessing Jesus, the one and only Saviour northprestonchurch_22180 Sun, 14 Aug 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Baptism

Acts 4:12

God has provided salvation for sinners. We need not spend eternity separated from him. But that salvation is found in one place only - one person - Jesus. It is to him, therefore, and to him alone, that we must go.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/568/Jesus-the-one-and-only-Saviour It isn`t fair northprestonchurch_22157 Sun, 07 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Matthew 20:1-16

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/567/It-isnt-fair I will make you fishers of men northprestonchurch_22156 Sun, 07 Aug 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

John 21:1-14

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/566/I-will-make-you-fishers-of-men Not for our righteousness...but the oath of grace northprestonchurch_22104 Sun, 31 Jul 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Deuteronomy 9:1-29

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/565/Not-for-our-righteousnessbut-the-oath-of-grace Remember...and beware that you do not forget...the LORD northprestonchurch_22103 Sun, 31 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/564/Rememberand-beware-that-you-do-not-forgetthe-LORD God's 'no' to David - and to us northprestonchurch_22059 Sun, 24 Jul 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

2 Chronicles 6:7-9

Believers today are often where David was. There is something we desire to do for the Lord but it is not his will that we should do it. We consider a number of things that will help us when this happens.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/563/Gods-no-to-David---and-to-us Our praying Saviour northprestonchurch_22058 Sun, 24 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 22:31-34

Jesus is speaking here to Peter - alerting him to a request of Satan, assuring him he has prayed for him, and assigning him a noble task. His words, however, are for all believers as Satan subjects our faith too to severe tests.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/562/Our-praying-Saviour Serving the LORD northprestonchurch_21999 Sun, 17 Jul 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Joshua 24:1-31

Our theme is serving the LORD. We will think about the sheer reasonableness of serving the LORD, the foolish alternatives to serving the LORD, the example of Joshua in serving the LORD, and the people's commitment to serving the LORD.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/561/Serving-the-LORD Three important matters northprestonchurch_21998 Sun, 17 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 22:21-30

Three important matters are taken up in these verses. They each have to do with Jesus. The first is betraying Jesus, the second, imitating Jesus, and the third, feasting with Jesus.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/560/Three-important-matters A call to faithfulness northprestonchurch_21933 Sun, 10 Jul 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Joshua 23:1-16

For the men who will carry on the work of leadership after his death Joshua has reminders, exhortations, assurances, and warnings. After listening to them we turn to ourselves and consider some New Testament parallels to them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/558/A-call-to-faithfulness The Lord's Supper northprestonchurch_21932 Sun, 10 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 22:14-20

Our task is to listen to what Jesus says as he takes the bread and the cup - explaining that the bread is his body given for his disciples; that the cup is the new covenant in his blood, poured out for them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/557/The-Lords-Supper The Gospel of Hope northprestonchurch_21859 Sun, 03 Jul 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

John 13:36-14:11

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/556/The-Gospel-of-Hope The greatest rescue mission of all time northprestonchurch_21857 Sun, 03 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Luke 5:27-32; 19:1-10

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/555/The-greatest-rescue-mission-of-all-time The fear of losing God's blessing northprestonchurch_21510 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Joshua 22:1-34

This dispute over the building of an altar - though seemingly remote from us - impresses on us how valuable a thing is the blessing of God, how dreadful its loss, and how important that we deal with whatever threatens the continuance of it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/554/The-fear-of-losing-Gods-blessing The parties involved in Jesus' death northprestonchurch_21509 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 21:37-22:13

Our task is to introduce ourselves to the parties involved in bringing about Jesus' death (Jesus' enemies, Jesus himself, and Jesus' God and Father), look at each in turn, and endeavour to learn from what they did.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/553/The-parties-involved-in-Jesus-death "Great is thy faithfulness" northprestonchurch_21336 Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Joshua 21:43-45

The promise of a new world will be fulfilled in the same ways as the promise of Canaan - after many years; through redemption; to a believing people; by means of judgment; and to God's praise and glory.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/552/Great-is-thy-faithfulness The coming of the Lord northprestonchurch_21335 Sun, 19 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 21:5-36

Our focus is on the coming again of our Lord Jesus. We look at how his coming is described, at some of the things that will precede his coming, at how we are to think about his coming, and at how we are to wait for his coming.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/551/The-coming-of-the-Lord Our house in heaven northprestonchurch_20932 Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

2 Coronthians 4:16-5:10

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/550/Our-house-in-heaven God's house on earth northprestonchurch_20931 Sun, 12 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

2 Samuel 7:1-29

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/549/Gods-house-on-earth The Day of Atonement northprestonchurch_20829 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Leviticus 16:1-34

In the sin offering of the two goats we have at least a five-fold picture of Christ: Christ in our place, Christ taking our sins upon himself, Christ slain for us, Christ separated and solitary, Christ bearing our sins away from us.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/547/The-Day-of-Atonement A study in contrasts northprestonchurch_20828 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 20:45-21:4

There was something that highly displeased the Lord Jesus (the hypocrisy of the scribes) and there was something that gave him great pleasure (the generosity of a poor widow). We look at these in turn and endeavour to learn from them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/546/A-study-in-contrasts With the help of the LORD northprestonchurch_20755 Sun, 29 May 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Joshua 10:1-11:23

Our focus is on the role of God in these wars - commanding, encouraging, helping, sustaining, giving his people rest - and the parallels that can be drawn with the believer's warfare with his own sin.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/545/With-the-help-of-the-LORD Through his own eyes northprestonchurch_20754 Sun, 29 May 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 20:41-44

In this exchange with his enemies we get to see Christ through his own eyes - as a Christ who is prophesied in Holy Scripture, a Christ who is highly exalted, a Christ who is triumphant over his enemies, a Christ who is Lord.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/544/Through-his-own-eyes What are you waiting for? northprestonchurch_20600 Sun, 22 May 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Ephesians 1:18

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/543/What-are-you-waiting-for Why do you speak as you do? northprestonchurch_20599 Sun, 22 May 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Matthew 12:33-37

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/542/Why-do-you-speak-as-you-do The Poor Who Are Rich northprestonchurch_20445 Sun, 15 May 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Matthew 5:3

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/541/The-Poor-Who-Are-Rich I am God – and there is no other! northprestonchurch_20444 Sun, 15 May 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Isaiah 45:18-25

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/540/I-am-God-and-there-is-no-other The deception of the Gibeonites northprestonchurch_19327 Sun, 08 May 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Joshua 9:1-27

Our subject is the deception practised by the people of Gibeon on Israel and the lessons we may draw from it for ourselves. We consider the reason for the deception, the success of it, and the twofold outcome of it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/539/The-deception-of-the-Gibeonites Resurrection life northprestonchurch_19326 Sun, 08 May 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 20:27-40

In his reply to the Sadducees' question Jesus does three things. He reveals one of the features of resurrection life, affirms the endlessness of resurrection life, and underscores the certainty of resurrection life.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/538/Resurrection-life The conversion of Zacchaeus northprestonchurch_19325 Sun, 01 May 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Luke 19:1-10

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/537/The-conversion-of-Zacchaeus 3 Marks of Godliness northprestonchurch_19324 Sun, 01 May 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

1 Chronicles 29:1-20

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/536/3-Marks-of-Godliness All Things are Yours northprestonchurch_17953 Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/517/All-Things-are-Yours Hezekiah - the Man of Faith northprestonchurch_19005 Sun, 24 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

2 Kings 18:1-12

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/533/Hezekiah---the-Man-of-Faith Victory at Ai northprestonchurch_18831 Sun, 17 Apr 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Joshua 8:1-29

As it reads to us lessons about dependence, obedience, giving, contentment, and salvation through the death of Christ this account of things of long ago is seen to be - like all of Scripture - the word of God for today.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/532/Victory-at-Ai The risen Jesus northprestonchurch_18830 Sun, 17 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2022

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

In the light of Paul's words in 1 Thessalonians 1.10 we learn two things about the risen Jesus. There is something that he is doing (delivering people from the wrath to come) and there is something that he is going to do (and that is return).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/531/The-risen-Jesus It is finished northprestonchurch_18819 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2022

Luke 19:30

Jesus came into the world with a work given him to do by his Father in heaven, the great work of obtaining our salvation. Our theme is the finishing of that work - how it wasn't easy to finish, how it had to be finished, how eventually it was finished.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/530/It-is-finished The sin of Achan northprestonchurch_18755 Sun, 10 Apr 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Joshua 7:1-26

Achan's sin brought disaster upon the whole nation. We look at what his sin was, how serious it was, how it was revealed, and how it was punished. But we also consider how God turned from his anger and how that points us to Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/529/The-sin-of-Achan Caesar and God northprestonchurch_18754 Sun, 10 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 20:19-26

Jesus' answer to the question about paying taxes to Caesar, "render to Caesar the things that are Caesars and to God the things that are God's", prompts discussion both of our duty to the governing authorities and our duty to God.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/528/Caesar-and-God Jesus' heavenly joy northprestonchurch_18543 Sun, 03 Apr 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Hebrews 12:2

The joy that was set before Jesus is a joy into which he has now entered. There is joy in the review of his past work, joy in the progress of his present work, and joy in the anticipation of his future work. It is a joy in which we may share.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/526/Jesus-heavenly-joy A tale of crime and punishment northprestonchurch_18542 Sun, 03 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 20:9-18

Jesus' parable of the tenants is a tale of crime and punishment. We consider it in its application both to the Jews of his own day and to those today who, like the Jews, reject God's messengers and message.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/525/A-tale-of-crime-and-punishment The destruction of the Canaanites northprestonchurch_18455 Sun, 27 Mar 2022 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Joshua 6:20-21

Among other things we note how the destruction of the Canaanites was carried out at God's command, was brought upon themselves by their wickedness, was a long time in coming, was necessary for the preservation of God's people, and was not intended as a pattern for God's people later.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/524/The-destruction-of-the-Canaanites The questioning of Jesus' authority northprestonchurch_18454 Sun, 27 Mar 2022 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC

Luke 20:1-8

Luke records in these verses the first of a series of exchanges between Jesus and his enemies during the final days of his life. The question at issue is the source of Jesus' authority and we look at how the exchange begins, unfolds, and ends.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/523/The-questioning-of-Jesus-authority The fall of Jericho northprestonchurch_18336 Sun, 20 Mar 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Joshua 6:6-27

Our task is to look at four things - each of which has to do with Jericho itself : Jericho and its encircling foe, Jericho and its mighty walls, Jericho and its doomed citizens, and Jericho and its privileged family.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/522/The-fall-of-Jericho The cleansing of the temple northprestonchurch_18335 Sun, 20 Mar 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 19:45-48

In applying Jesus' cleansing of the temple to ourselves we reflect on where God's house is today, who God's house is for today, the things that are going on in God's house today, and what is needed in God's house today.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/521/The-cleansing-of-the-temple The Commander of the Lord's army northprestonchurch_18295 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Joshua 5:13-6:5

Near Jericho Joshua looks up and sees a man standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. We consider his title, his identity, his posture, his instructions, and his promise.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/519/The-Commander-of-the-Lords-army The purest patriotic love northprestonchurch_18294 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 19:41-44

Our theme is the love - the patriotic love - we see so movingly exhibited in Jesus' tears over Jerusalem. It was pure, it was enlightened, it was tender, and it was self-sacrificing.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/518/The-purest-patriotic-love Forgiven to forgiving northprestonchurch_19006 Sun, 06 Mar 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Luke 23:26-43

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/534/Forgiven-to-forgiving Are all things for me or against me? northprestonchurch_17952 Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Genesis 42:1-5; 29-38

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/516/Are-all-things-for-me-or-against-me The opposite occurred northprestonchurch_17887 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker.

Esther 9:1

God is working his purposes his out and yet we may not be able to see them clearly. We discover many instances throughout scripture when ‘the opposite occurred’, bringing glory to God and salvation to his people.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/515/The-opposite-occurred You can trust Jesus northprestonchurch_17886 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: NPEC Speaker.

John 10:24-30

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/514/You-can-trust-Jesus Events at Gilgal northprestonchurch_17842 Sun, 20 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Joshua 5:2-12

Three things happen at Gilgal - the circumcising of many of the Israelite males, the keeping of the Passover, and the ceasing of the manna. In and through these events we get glimpses of God himself in his care and love for his people.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/513/Events-at-Gilgal The King is coming northprestonchurch_17841 Sun, 20 Feb 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 19:28-40

We follow the narrative through, looking at what Jesus is doing, at what the multitude of his disciples are doing, and at what the Pharisees are doing. Then, turning to ourselves, we think about what Jesus needs from us, how he comes to us in the gospel, and what is due to him from us.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/512/The-King-is-coming The Lord doing wonders northprestonchurch_17793 Sun, 13 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Joshua 3:1-5:1

The very next day the LORD was going to do wonders among his people. He was going to cut off the waters of the Jordan and allow his people to cross on dry land. We think about the people preparing themselves for these wonders, the LORD's reasons for them, and the commemorating of them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/511/The-Lord-doing-wonders The parable of the ten minas northprestonchurch_17792 Sun, 13 Feb 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 19:11-27

Jesus taught us to pray, "Your kingdom come". When will God answer that prayer fully and finally? The parable of the ten minas teaches us that though the kingdom of God will not come immediately, it will come eventually.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/510/The-parable-of-the-ten-minas The mission of the spies northprestonchurch_17748 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Joshua 2:1-24

We gather our thoughts around the spies whom Joshua sent to Jericho, focussing particularly on their protector (Rahab), their promise (to protect Rahab), and their report (so encouraging to Joshua's faith).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/509/The-mission-of-the-spies Seeking and saving the lost northprestonchurch_17747 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 19:1-10

We turn the spotlight on this man whom Jesus sought and saved - Zacchaeus. We think about his occupation, his wealth, his curiosity, his reputation, and his race. So too about the sheer unexpectedness of what happened to him when Jesus passed beneath the tree he had climbed.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/508/Seeking-and-saving-the-lost First experiences as leader northprestonchurch_17704 Sun, 30 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Joshua 1:10-18

We turn our thoughts to Joshua's first commands as Israel's new leader and then to Israel's first responses to their leader - matters that are rich in instruction both for those who are in leadership today and God's people in general.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/506/First-experiences-as-leader Blind Bartimaeus northprestonchurch_17703 Sun, 30 Jan 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 18:35-43

Jesus says that it was Bartimaeus's faith that had made him well. We reflect on the content of his faith, the exercise of his faith, and the reward of his faith, applying what we see to the faith that saves us from our sins.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/505/Blind-Bartimaeus The new leader northprestonchurch_17672 Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Joshua 1:1-9

We get to listen-in as God speaks to Israel's new leader, Joshua, telling him what he wants him to do, telling him how he wants him to do it, and giving him great and precious promises.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/504/The-new-leader The importance of understanding northprestonchurch_17671 Sun, 23 Jan 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 18:31-34

Our subject is the importance of understanding God's word. We are going to try to learn from our Master Jesus who shows by his words that he understands, and also from his disciples who clearly don't understand.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/503/The-importance-of-understanding Things secret and revealed northprestonchurch_17640 Sun, 16 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Deuteronomy 29:29

Will there be revival in our time? Will we see significant fruit from our witness in our community? Will the individuals for whom we are praying be saved? We consider these questions in the light of the secret things that belong to the Lord our God. So too in the light of the things that have been revealed.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/502/Things-secret-and-revealed No turning back northprestonchurch_17639 Sun, 16 Jan 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 18:24-30

For the encouragement of those who have sacrificed for his sake and the gospel's Jesus promises great blessing both in this age and in the age to come. So let there be no turning back!

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/501/No-turning-back What is your life? northprestonchurch_17590 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

James 4:1-17

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/500/What-is-your-life Ten minutes after the Benediction northprestonchurch_17589 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker

James 3:1-12

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/499/Ten-minutes-after-the-Benediction The blood that speaks a better word northprestonchurch_17544 Sun, 02 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Hebrews 12:24

The sprinkled blood of Jesus speaks a better word because it speaks of love and not of hatred, of a curse removed and not imposed, of reconciliation and not of separation, of paradise regained and not of paradise lost.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/497/The-blood-that-speaks-a-better-word The God whose ways are higher than ours northprestonchurch_17536 Sun, 02 Jan 2022 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Isaiah 55:8-9

Since God's ways and thoughts are higher than ours we may expect our understanding to be limited, our thinking to be stretched, our wishes & plans to be crossed, our faith to be challenged, our quest to be endless, our eternity to be wonderful.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/496/The-God-whose-ways-are-higher-than-ours The God who makes God known northprestonchurch_17530 Sun, 26 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

John 1:18

The incarnate divine Son is, as before, the revealer of God, only now on a much more magnificent scale. As never before he makes known God's righteousness, God's wisdom, God's power, and God's love.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/495/The-God-who-makes-God-known Precious assurances northprestonchurch_17529 Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

John 6:37

There is something of which Christ is sure: all that the Father gives him will come to him. There is something, too, of which we may be sure: whoever comes to Christ he will never cast out.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/494/Precious-assurances Prince of Peace northprestonchurch_17528 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2021

Isaiah 9:6

Under Jesus' reign there is peace for those who are believers. We have peace with God. We have peace, too, in our hearts. There is peace among ourselves as the family of God. And one day we will live in a world of perfect, just, and universal peace. It is to the enjoyment of this peace that we are invited in the gospel.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/493/Prince-of-Peace Mary's song northprestonchurch_17427 Sun, 19 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Luke 1:46-55

If Mary's Son becomes our Saviour Mary's song will become ours. We too will sing of a God who has reached down to do great things for us, of a God of faithful love, of a God who has lifted us to the heights, of a God who has helped us.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/491/Marys-song Christmas 2021 northprestonchurch_17428 Sun, 19 Dec 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

1 Thessalonians 1:2-9

As we think about special Christmas services across the world there is something for which we long, something for which we give thanks, something for which we pray, and something which we may confidently anticipate.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/492/Christmas-2021 Alone, yet not alone northprestonchurch_17251 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

John 16:32

Though bereft of human companionship the Father would be with Jesus - as he had been all along, in the greatness of his love, in profoundest sympathy, to hear his prayers, to carry him through, and take him afterwards to heaven.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/490/Alone-yet-not-alone The rich young ruler northprestonchurch_17250 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 18:18-23

What must we do to inherit eternal life? In addressing that very question Jesus first of all points his questioner to the commandments. Then, having done that, he points him away from the commandments to himself.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/489/The-rich-young-ruler Death the path to fruitfulness northprestonchurch_17111 Sun, 05 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

John 12:24

Death is the path to fruitfulness for Jesus. By dying a great harvest of souls will be reaped. Death is also the path to fruitfulness for believers - particularly as they take up their cross daily and follow Jesus.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/485/Death-the-path-to-fruitfulness "Let the children come to me..." northprestonchurch_17203 Sun, 05 Dec 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 18:15-17

Children are brought to Jesus so that he might lay his hands on them and pray for them. We see how Jesus responds to this both with words of encouragement and words of warning. 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/488/Let-the-children-come-to-me Martin Luther & the Diet of Worms (500 Years 1521-2021) northprestonchurch_17132 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 19:30:00 +0000 Series: Historical Lecture

Martin Luther & the Diet of Worms (500 Years 1521-2021)

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/486/Martin-Luther-the-Diet-of-Worms-500-Years-1521-2021 How are you going to go home? northprestonchurch_17110 Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 18:9-14

If we are to go home justified we must not be like one of these men (the Pharisee); we must do instead what the other man did (the Tax Collector, who cried to God to be merciful to him, a sinner).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/484/How-are-you-going-to-go-home A picture of the Cross northprestonchurch_16873 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Numbers 21:4-9

This is a story of sin and judgment, of God's merciful provision, of a promise made, and of a promise kept. As it unfolds our thoughts are drawn again and again to the Cross of Calvary and to the Saviour's death for us.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/483/A-picture-of-the-Cross The cry that God will answer northprestonchurch_16872 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 18:1-8

The prayers of God's elect for justice may be long in being answered. Let them not lose heart and cease to pray. God will answer them at last.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/482/The-cry-that-God-will-answer A change of leadership northprestonchurch_16773 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Numbers 20:1-13; 27:12-23

After 40 years of Moses' leadership there is about to be a change of leadership. We look briefly at who is going to lead Israel now, and then, at greater length, at why Moses is to be replaced.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/481/A-change-of-leadership Think ahead! northprestonchurch_16772 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: TBC

Luke 17:20-37

Jesus tells his disciples what is ahead of them, namely, a time of unfulfilled longing, a time of attempted deception, a time of utter carelessness, a time of sudden destruction, a time for which we need to be ready.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/480/Think-ahead When life seems at its best - and at its worst northprestonchurch_15970 Sun, 07 Nov 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Job 1:1-22

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/479/When-life-seems-at-its-best---and-at-its-worst Blessed, painful, fruitful trouble northprestonchurch_15969 Sun, 07 Nov 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Acts 17:1-15

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/478/Blessed-painful-fruitful-trouble Prayer and pardon northprestonchurch_15644 Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: TBC.

Numbers 14:19-20

God's pardoning of his people allows us to explore the following: what pardoning is, how God may pardon and punish at one and the same time, how God may pardon without repentance, how he pardons in response to prayer, and how pardon is the outflow of steadfast love.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/476/Prayer-and-pardon A Reformation Day sermon northprestonchurch_15643 Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Reformation Day 2021

Galatians 2:15-16

Our theme is being justified. We explore what it means to be justified, how amazing it is that we can be justified, and how we are not justified by works of the law but through faith in Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/475/A-Reformation-Day-sermon Following the Lord fully northprestonchurch_15554 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Numbers 14:24; 32:12

God's people come to the very borders of the Promised Land and find the way in barred by God himself. We explore the reason for this, the unalterableness of it, the tragedy of it, and the application of it to New Testament Christians in the light of Hebrews Chs.3 & 4.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/474/Following-the-Lord-fully Giving praise and thanks northprestonchurch_15553 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Luke 17:11-19

Our primary focus is on the three questions Jesus asked when the Samaritan returned to give thanks: "Were not ten cleansed?", "Where are the nine?", and "Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/473/Giving-praise-and-thanks The way is barred northprestonchurch_15398 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Numbers 13:1-14:45

God's people come to the very borders of the Promised Land and find the way in barred by God himself. We explore the reason for this, the unalterableness of it, the tragedy of it, and the application of it to New Testament Christians in the light of Hebrews Chs.3 & 4.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/471/The-way-is-barred A series of important topics northprestonchurch_15397 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Luke 17:1-10

In the opening ten verses of Ch.17 Luke briefly summarises Jesus' teaching for his disciples on four aspects of basic Christian living: offences, forgiveness, faith, and service. 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/470/A-series-of-important-topics Envy northprestonchurch_15326 Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Numbers 12:1-16

As an antidote to envy we note the following:  Christians are all one in Christ Jesus. We nevertheless have different gifts and functions. It is God himself who has determined these differences. Envy, therefore, is completely out of place.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/469/Envy The sufficient light of the gospel northprestonchurch_15325 Sun, 10 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Luke 16:27-31

Would a miracle such as someone coming back from the dead persuade those who, though they have the Scriptures, have not believed? We might think, yes. Jesus says no. What is needed is not more evidence but a new heart.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/468/The-sufficient-light-of-the-gospel The Lord's Supper northprestonchurch_15264 Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

1 Corinthians 11:23-25

In instituting the Lord's Supper the Lord Jesus took bread. He also took the cup. And each time he said the same thing: "Do this in remembrance of me".

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/467/The-Lords-Supper The Rich Man and Lazarus northprestonchurch_15259 Sun, 03 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: TBC.

Luke 16:19-26

Jesus' story of the Rich Man and Lazarus allows him to say more on the subject of money. We think about the two men in life, the two men in death, and the great chasm fixed between them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/466/The-Rich-Man-and-Lazarus Do not be afraid northprestonchurch_14770 Sun, 29 Aug 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Revelation 1:1-20

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/459/Do-not-be-afraid Measuring what’s beyond measure northprestonchurch_14769 Sun, 29 Aug 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Ephesians 3:8-19

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/458/Measuring-whats-beyond-measure Did Jesus have one or two wills? northprestonchurch_14771 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Luke 22:42

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/460/Did-Jesus-have-one-or-two-wills Right with God or left without Him? northprestonchurch_14704 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Luke 18:9-14

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/457/Right-with-God-or-left-without-Him Desire and confidence northprestonchurch_14775 Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Psalm 51.

Psalm 51:13-19

We see how grace opens lips that sin has sealed. David is eager to speak - to teach transgressors God's ways. We see too that we may confidently expect God not to despise a broken and contrite heart.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/462/Desire-and-confidence The prayer and the answer northprestonchurch_14778 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon.

2 Corinthians 12:8 & 9a

Pauls' thorn in the flesh was hard to bear. We hear in these verses how he repeatedly prayed for deliverance from it. So too how the Lord answered by assuring him of his all-sufficient grace.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/463/The-prayer-and-the-answer A new beginning northprestonchurch_14774 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Psalm 51.

Psalm 51:10-12

David is eager for the LORD to be at work in him, creating in him a clean heart and renewing a steadfast spirit in him.  So too for the LORD to be with him, not casting him from his presence or taking his Holy Spirit from him.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/461/A-new-beginning A plea for joy northprestonchurch_14420 Sun, 01 Aug 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Psalm 51.

Psalm 51:8 & 12a

David prays that the Lord will let him hear joy and gladness; that he will restore to him the joy of salvation. We consider the implications of his prayer, the longings of his prayer, and the answering of his prayer.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/455/A-plea-for-joy Whiter than snow northprestonchurch_13747 Sun, 25 Jul 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Psalm 51.

Psalm 51:2 & 7

Guilty as we may be of terrible sin we need not despair. We may be confident that God, through Jesus' blood, both can forgive and will forgive if we seek his mercy as David did.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/452/Whiter-than-snow An experience of heaven northprestonchurch_13749 Sun, 18 Jul 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon.

2 Corinthians 12:2-4

We examine and seek to learn from a remarkable experience the Apostle Paul once had - an experience of being in heaven; an experience from which the whole church has benefitted; an experience that will one day be ours if we are Christians.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/454/An-experience-of-heaven The heart of the human problem northprestonchurch_13719 Sun, 18 Jul 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Psalm 51.

Psalm 51:5-6

The heart of the human problem is the sinful heart each of us has. David's words show us how we have come to have such a heart (we were born with it), and point us to the remedy (the LORD).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/451/The-heart-of-the-human-problem Alone with the LORD northprestonchurch_13651 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 34:28a

Why take time to be alone with the LORD? The answer of Exodus Chs. 32-34 is so that like Moses we can intercede for others, so that the LORD can show us himself, and so that we can receive from the LORD what we can then pass on to others.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/448/Alone-with-the-LORD The sinfulness of sin northprestonchurch_13652 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Psalm 51.

Psalm 51:4

David's confession impresses on us the gravity of our sin. So too the righteousness of God's response to our sin. Whether God is charging us with sin, punishing for sin, or forgiving sin he is always in the right.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/449/The-sinfulness-of-sin Two voices northprestonchurch_13748 Sun, 04 Jul 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon.

Mark 1:11-15:34

When we listen to these two voices, the Father's voice and Jesus' voice - the one coming from heaven, the other arising to heaven - they seem discordant. But they are not - neither in Jesus' experience nor ours.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/453/Two-voices O to be clean! northprestonchurch_13539 Sun, 04 Jul 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Psalm 51.

Psalm 51:1-3

How conscious David is of his guilt. How intensely, too, he longs to have that guilt removed. And what good grounds both he and we have in the steadfast love and abundant mercy of God that such prayers will be heard.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/447/O-to-be-clean Our Incomparable God northprestonchurch_13054 Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 32:1-35

The people of Israel were guilty of a great sin (v.30). We reflect on and seek to learn from the following things: the sin itself, how they came to commit it, the seriousness of their sin, and its consequences.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/444/Our-Incomparable-God What the Lord wants me to be northprestonchurch_13053 Sun, 27 Jun 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Mark 2:23-3:6

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/443/What-the-Lord-wants-me-to-be Setting out with two great blessings northprestonchurch_13052 Sun, 20 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 33:1-23

When the day comes for Israel to leave Sinai they will do so with two great blessings, the first relating to where the LORD will be (he will be with them) and the second relating to what Moses their leader will be (a man who knows the LORD better than he did before).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/442/Setting-out-with-two-great-blessings Remembering the persecuted northprestonchurch_13050 Sun, 20 Jun 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon.

Jeremiah 37:1-38:13

To help us think about and pray for the persecuted we will look at  the sufferings of the prophet Jeremiah - at how severe they were, at how unjust they were, at who inflicted them, and at God's deliverance from them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/440/Remembering-the-persecuted The golden calf northprestonchurch_13051 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 32:1-35

The people of Israel were guilty of a great sin (v.30). We reflect on and seek to learn from the following things: the sin itself, how they came to commit it, the seriousness of their sin, and its consequences.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/441/The-golden-calf The elder brother northprestonchurch_13049 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 13 & 14.

Luke 15:25-32

Jesus' Parable of the Lost Son ends with a portrait of the elder brother. We see how loveless, self-righteous, contemptuous, graceless, and joyless he is - and yet how lovingly he is entreated to think differently and to come and join the feast.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/439/The-elder-brother Just how great this love is northprestonchurch_12997 Sun, 06 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon.

1 John 3:1

Our theme is the greatness of God's love for his believing children. To illustrate it we look at God's other sons - our fellow human beings, God's Old Covenant people, Israel's rulers, the angels, and God's own Son - and how they suggest special aspects of God's love for us.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/438/Just-how-great-this-love-is God's loss, God's gain northprestonchurch_12996 Sun, 06 Jun 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 13 & 14.

Luke 15:1-24

When sinners return to God God gains what he had lost -  their love, their companionship, their service, and their worship. We see in his joy how greatly we are valued, in his welcome how approachable he himself is.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/437/Gods-loss-Gods-gain Who do you see? northprestonchurch_12971 Sun, 30 May 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Mark 8:22-26

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/434/Who-do-you-see Behold your God northprestonchurch_12970 Sun, 30 May 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Isaiah 40:1-31

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/433/Behold-your-God God the law-giver northprestonchurch_12873 Sun, 23 May 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 20:1-21

God gave laws to Israel at Sinai. We consider them as a whole - noting that they had a common source, were for a redeemed people, were written down, are for today, and were fulfilled in Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/432/God-the-law-giver True discipleship northprestonchurch_12872 Sun, 23 May 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 13 & 14.

Luke 14:25-35

From Jesus' teaching we learn that a true disciple puts Jesus first, is ready to suffer for him, and has renounced all for him. Against that backdrop we understand the importance of first counting the cost.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/431/True-discipleship Leadership northprestonchurch_12751 Sun, 16 May 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 18:1-27

As we listen to Jethro's counsel to Moses on leadership and note Moses' response we see the following: the danger of solitary leadership, the wisdom of shared leadership, the necessity for qualified leadership, and the impressiveness of humble leadership.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/430/Leadership Compel them to come in northprestonchurch_12749 Sun, 16 May 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 13 & 14.

Luke 14:15-24

In terms of the imagery of Jesus' parable we are to tell people that they are  invited to a banquet, that everything is ready, that the invitation is for them, and that there is still room. We are also to warn them against the folly of refusing the invitation.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/428/Compel-them-to-come-in The first battle northprestonchurch_12750 Sun, 09 May 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 17:8-16

These verses record a battle with Amalek - the first battle fought by God's people after leaving Egypt. We consider and endeavour to learn from the reason for the battle, the fighting of it, the outcome of it, and the aftermath of it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/429/The-first-battle At a Pharisee's house northprestonchurch_12701 Sun, 09 May 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 13 & 14.

Luke 14:1-14

In the light of what we see and hear in these verses there are three searching questions we need to ask ourselves: How teachable are we? How humble are we? How kind or generous are we?

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/427/At-a-Pharisees-house Water from the rock northprestonchurch_13664 Sun, 02 May 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 17:17

The water from the rock was water that no one but God could supply, that came from a rock that was struck, that continued to flow, and that was freely available to all. We apply this throughout to the living water that Jesus gives.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/450/Water-from-the-rock Christ's lament over Jerusalem northprestonchurch_12545 Sun, 02 May 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 13 & 14.

Luke 13:31-35

Jesus wishes to save. Jerusalem does not wish to be saved. So it is still. Jesus still wishes to save. Sinners still do not wish to be saved. We look at the evidence for this and at the folly of refusing him.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/425/Christs-lament-over-Jerusalem God's provision northprestonchurch_12987 Sun, 25 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 16:1-17:7

The provision God made for his people by sending manna from heaven was supernatural, sufficient, daily, double (on one day of the week), and unfailing. It was also bettered by Christ the bread of life.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/436/Gods-provision Now! Before it's too late! northprestonchurch_12986 Sun, 25 Apr 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 13 & 14.

Luke 13:22-30

Jesus says we are to " strive to enter through the narrow door" (v.24).Be in earnest, in other words, about being saved. Whether those who are saved are few or many in number we ought each to make sure we are among them.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/435/Now-Before-its-too-late The Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me northprestonchurch_12365 Sun, 18 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Galatians 2:20

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/424/The-Son-of-God-who-loved-me-and-gave-Himself-for-me The raising of Lazarus northprestonchurch_12364 Sun, 18 Apr 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

John 11:1-46

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/423/The-raising-of-Lazarus Not ashamed of the gospel northprestonchurch_12193 Sun, 11 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Romans 1:1-17

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/421/Not-ashamed-of-the-gospel The wilderness northprestonchurch_12186 Sun, 11 Apr 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Deuteronomy 8:1-16

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/420/The-wilderness Christ dying to sin northprestonchurch_12136 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Standalone Sermon.

Romans 6:9-10

Though it never defiled him sin shaped and determined things for Christ both in life and in death. We touch on the details and then consider how the fruits of his Calvary work are shared by all who are united to him.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/418/Christ-dying-to-sin Jesus, risen and exalted northprestonchurch_12124 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2021.

Acts 2:22-41

To bring his hearers to repentance Peter preaches Christ risen from the dead and Christ highly exalted. The two blessings promised - the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit - are as much for the penitent today as for the penitent then.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/417/Jesus-risen-and-exalted A ransom for all northprestonchurch_12123 Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2021.

1 Timothy 2:5-6a

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/416/A-ransom-for-all At Marah and Elim northprestonchurch_12095 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 15:22-27

God's people come to Marah - a place where God tests them, provides for them, and teaches them. Then they come to Elim - a place of rest and refreshment. To the same two places God brings his people today.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/415/At-Marah-and-Elim Parables of kingdom progress northprestonchurch_12065 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 13 & 14.

Luke 13:18-21

Both parables illustrate the same two features of the kingdom of God: its small beginnings and its remarkable progress. The kingdom is destined to have a membership that is vast and to pervade and impact the whole world.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/414/Parables-of-kingdom-progress A song of victory northprestonchurch_12010 Sun, 21 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 15:1-21

God's people are looking back in triumph, celebrating the greatness both of the victory won and of God the victor. They are also looking forward in confidence to entering Canaan. We trace out the parallels in God's victory over our enemies and the certainty of our entrance into heaven.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/412/A-song-of-victory Jesus in our midst doing good northprestonchurch_12009 Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 13 & 14.

Luke 13:10-17

Jesus is in the midst of his people on his own holy day doing good. It is where he is still. We think about experiencing this, not missing out on it, giving thanks for it, and imitating Jesus himself.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/411/Jesus-in-our-midst-doing-good The crossing of the Red sea northprestonchurch_11342 Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 14:1-31

We are witnessing a great salvation here (v.13) - a salvation that seemed impossible, a salvation of a rebellious people, a salvation wholly of the Lord, a salvation that was complete, a salvation that led to faith.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/410/The-crossing-of-the-Red-sea The parable of the barren fig tree northprestonchurch_11341 Sun, 14 Mar 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 13 & 14.

Luke 13:6-9

Jesus' parable is first of all both about the people of Israel and for the people of Israel. In its application to God's people today we see how it gives to us a picture of our God, a message for our hearers, and an example for ourselves.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/409/The-parable-of-the-barren-fig-tree Continually with the Lord northprestonchurch_11301 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone Sermon.

Psalm 73:23

God's people are ever in the company of their Heavenly Father; of their Saviour Jesus. Here is what they are doing: they are leaning on him, learning from him, talking with him, working with him, and, in heaven, living with him.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/407/Continually-with-the-Lord Encouragement to Obedience northprestonchurch_11302 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker.

2 Thessalonians 3:4-5

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/408/Encouragement-to-Obedience The Lord's longer way northprestonchurch_11236 Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 13:17-22

As the people of Israel leave Egypt the LORD chooses their route for them and goes visibly ahead of them. We trace out the parallels in the route the LORD often chooses for us - and the assurance of his presence and leading.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/405/The-Lords-longer-way Our need of repentance northprestonchurch_11235 Sun, 28 Feb 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 13 & 14.

Luke 13:1-5

Jesus corrects the wrong thinking of his fellow Jews. He does so with a view to correcting their wrong behaviour. They needed to repent if they were not to perish. We need to do the same.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/404/Our-need-of-repentance The tenth and final plague northprestonchurch_11172 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 11:1-12:32

We think to begin with about Israel preparing for deliverance, experiencing deliverance, and afterwards commemorating deliverance. Then we trace out a series of parallels relating to the deliverance of God's people on the day of his wrath.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/403/The-tenth-and-final-plague Seeing and addressing what is not right northprestonchurch_11171 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 12:49-59

Our task in this sermon is to learn from a series of things that aren't right: relationships with family members that aren't right, thinking about the times that isn't right, a relationship with God himself that isn't right.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/402/Seeing-and-addressing-what-is-not-right The God who hardens sinners northprestonchurch_11142 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 7:3

Pharaoh's heart was hard and growing harder. We reflect on how his hardening of heart showed itself, how it was Pharaoh's own doing, and how it is said to have been the LORD's doing

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/400/The-God-who-hardens-sinners Death is swallowed up in victory northprestonchurch_11141 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker.

1 Corinthians 15:50-57

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/399/Death-is-swallowed-up-in-victory Two gardens northprestonchurch_11022 Sun, 07 Feb 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone Sermon.

Genesis 3:1-6; Matthew 26:36-39

We visit the Garden of Eden and the Garden of Gethsemane, witness what took place there - Adam defying God's will, Jesus submitting to it - and seek to learn from the disobedience of the one and the obedience of the other.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/397/Two-gardens Be ready! northprestonchurch_11023 Sun, 07 Feb 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 12:35-38

Those who profess to be Christ's servants need to be ready for his return. We consider what will happen if we are ready, what will happen if we are not ready, and what it means to be ready.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/398/Be-ready The God of the ten plagues northprestonchurch_10918 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 7:14-11:10; 12:29-32

The God of the ten plagues is the God who has awesome power in his hands, the God who judges nations, the God who avenges his people, the God who fulfils his word, and the God who spares his people.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/395/The-God-of-the-ten-plagues Treasure in heaven northprestonchurch_10917 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 12:32-34

In imitation of our giving God believers are to be a giving people, specifically to the needy. Jesus, in his teaching on this subject, both directs us to give and encourages us to give.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/394/Treasure-in-heaven O for grace to listen - and to speak! northprestonchurch_10893 Sun, 24 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 6:1-13; 6:26-7:7

A failure to listen with faith to Moses' words deprived God's people of the comfort God intended for them. It also made Moses reluctant to go on speaking. We are challenged to hear believingly what God says for our comfort. So too to go on speaking for him no matter what.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/393/O-for-grace-to-listen---and-to-speak Our Father knows what we need northprestonchurch_10892 Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 12:22-31

God would have his beloved children free of anxious care about every day needs. To help us, Jesus gives us reason after reason for trusting our Heavenly Father to supply what we need.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/392/Our-Father-knows-what-we-need The darkness before the dawn northprestonchurch_10850 Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 5:1-23

From Pharaoh's arrogant rejection of God's demand and his cruel treatment of God's people we may learn not to be surprised when difficulties come early, to do what Moses did when difficulties do come, and to remember how dark things may be before the dawn.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/390/The-darkness-before-the-dawn The Parable of the Rich Fool northprestonchurch_10848 Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 12:13-21

Jesus' story unfolds as a Three-Act Tragedy. We see this man growing richer, planning confidently, and then losing everything. Through him Jesus would teach us both the way of the fool and the way of the wise.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/389/The-Parable-of-the-Rich-Fool Praying to the Lord of the harvest northprestonchurch_10814 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 4:1-31

As we follow Moses as he returns to Egypt we are encouraged to pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest - specifically, godly labourers, fellow labourers, and successful labourers.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/388/Praying-to-the-Lord-of-the-harvest When it's hard to be a Christian northprestonchurch_10813 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 12:1-12

To help us amid the threats that we face as Christians Jesus assures us that there is to be an unmasking, that the power of our enemies is limited, that God is the one whom we are to fear, that we are deeply cared for, that faithfulness will be rewarded, and that we can be sure of the Spirit's help in speaking.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/387/When-its-hard-to-be-a-Christian Are you one of them? northprestonchurch_10756 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone Sermon.

Matthew 1:21

The people whom Christ will save are identified in the text as "his people" - his from eternity, his by creation, his by the Father's gift, his by the giving of themselves, his in an indissoluble union, his forever, his by costly purchase.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/386/Are-you-one-of-them What is the world coming to? northprestonchurch_10755 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Revelation 6:1-8

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/385/What-is-the-world-coming-to This is our God too northprestonchurch_10736 Sun, 27 Dec 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 3:13-22

God talks to Moses about who he is - the LORD. We explore what this divine name is intended to communicate. So too what God is going to do as the LORD. The application to ourselves lies in the fact that the LORD is our God too

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/384/This-is-our-God-too The believer walking in darkness northprestonchurch_10735 Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Standalone Sermon.

Isaiah 50:10

True believers may - and often do - walk in the darkness of suffering. What are they to do? They are to trust in the name of the LORD and rely upon their God - on his constancy and on his help.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/383/The-believer-walking-in-darkness Jesus, born of a virgin northprestonchurch_10713 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2020.

Luke 1:35-36

Jesus was born of a virgin. We consider what that says about ourselves (none of us could be the Saviour we so much needed) and what it says about God (he considered us worth saving).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/382/Jesus-born-of-a-virgin The God who has come to be with us northprestonchurch_10712 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Christmas 2020.

Matthew 1:23

In Jesus, God has come to be with us. We look at five things that we have in that: magnificent self-humbling, unfathomable mystery, insider knowledge, priceless revelation, and the best of news.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/381/The-God-who-has-come-to-be-with-us The problem is me northprestonchurch_10660 Sun, 13 Dec 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 3:11-12; 4:10-17

Feeling utterly unequal to the task the Lord had given him, Moses is given four assurances - of the Lord's presence, of success, of help in speaking, and of his brother's help. In each there is encouragement for us in our own service.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/379/The-problem-is-me Now it's the lawyers' turn northprestonchurch_10659 Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 11:45-54

For our instruction and warning Luke is moved to record three woes pronounced by Jesus upon the Jewish lawyers - for loading people with burdens hard to bear, for building the tombs of the prophets their fathers had killed, and for taking away from people the key of knowledge.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/378/Now-its-the-lawyers-turn What are we hearing in Jesus' voice? northprestonchurch_10584 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Standalone Sermon.

John 13:27b

As we listen to Jesus saying to Judas Iscariot, "What you are going to do, do quickly", we hear authority in his voice (he is in charge), a longing in his voice (for Calvary to be over), and determination in his voice (to go through with it).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/377/What-are-we-hearing-in-Jesus-voice Bad spiritual leaders northprestonchurch_10583 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 11:37-44

Who were the Pharisees? Men who were very different from what they appeared to be, men whose priorities were horribly misplaced, men who loved to be prominent and praised, men whose influence on others was bad. We are not to be like them!

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/376/Bad-spiritual-leaders Time to return northprestonchurch_10179 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 2:23-3:10

God sends Moses to be Israel's deliverer. For our instruction we note how much of Moses' life had passed and how long it was since he had left Egypt. So too how the people to whom he was sent were a suffering people.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/372/Time-to-return This is an evil generation too northprestonchurch_10460 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 11:29-36

There are three reasons why Jesus charges his generation with being an evil generation - they wouldn't believe, they wouldn't listen, they wouldn't repent. His words compel us to ask - are the same things true of us?

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/373/This-is-an-evil-generation-too Hearing and obeying God's word northprestonchurch_10178 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 11:27-28

Mary was uniquely blessed in being the mother of Jesus. Those who hear and keep the word of God are declared by Jesus to be more blessed. We find the reasons in the closer and richer relationship we have with Jesus as believers.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/371/Hearing-and-obeying-Gods-word The birth of the deliverer northprestonchurch_10128 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 2:1-10

As we stand back, as it were, and ask what God is doing here, the answer is three-fold: He is providing a deliverer, preserving his life, and secretly preparing him - three things that have their parallel in the One who is our deliverer, Jesus.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/370/The-birth-of-the-deliverer Conflict northprestonchurch_10127 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 11:14-26

Jesus is charged by his enemies with casting out demons by the power of Satan. In his response he shows how absurd this charge is, how inconsistent it is, and how utterly false.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/369/Conflict Blessing and suffering northprestonchurch_10034 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Moses story.

Exodus 1:1-22

Two things are ahead for God's Old Testament people after the death of Joseph - blessing and suffering. We examine each in turn and see how they are paralleled in New Testament times after the return of Jesus to heaven.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/368/Blessing-and-suffering Earnest prayer for the Holy Spirit northprestonchurch_10033 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 11:5-13

Jesus' teaching on prayer has specific application to prayer for the Holy Spirit. We reflect on why we should ask for the Holy Spirit, how we should ask for the Holy Spirit, and with what confidence we may ask for the Holy Spirit.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/367/Earnest-prayer-for-the-Holy-Spirit The certainty of final salvation northprestonchurch_9949 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:31-39

Why may we be sure that final salvation is certain? Because God is for us. Because God gave up his own Son for us. Because God has justified us. Because Christ is at God's right hand interceding for us. Because nothing can separate us from God's love for us in Christ Jesus.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/366/The-certainty-of-final-salvation The Lord's Prayer northprestonchurch_9948 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 11 & 12.

Luke 11:1-4

Here, in a different setting, and in a slightly different form, Jesus teaches his disciples the prayer he taught in his Sermon on the Mount. We ask why he gave us this prayer, what it teaches us to pray for, and how we should use it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/365/The-Lords-Prayer God's amazing plan of salvation northprestonchurch_9875 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:29-30

At the end of v.28 Paul speaks about those who have been called according to God's purpose i.e his purpose to save. We explore four aspects of this purpose - how it is formed in love, centred on Christ, worked out in stages, and eventually completed.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/364/Gods-amazing-plan-of-salvation Divine pity northprestonchurch_9874 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: The book of Jonah.

Jonah 4

Moved by divine pity God sent Jonah to Nineveh and, when the people repented, spared them. We explore the wonder of this divine pity, reflect on Jonah's antagonism to it, and end with the Lord's own vindication of it.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/363/Divine-pity All things for good northprestonchurch_9763 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:28

Paul assures us that "all things work together for good". We consider for whom this is true (those who love God and who are called according to his purpose) and then reflect on the truth itself.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/361/All-things-for-good The relenting God northprestonchurch_9762 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Jonah.

Jonah 3:9-10

There are things that God has determined to do full stop. They will certainly happen. There are other things that God has determined to unless. He will certainly punish us for our rejection of Jesus, for example, unless there is repentance. But if there is repentance he will relent and spare us.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/360/The-relenting-God Philippians 2:5-8 northprestonchurch_9782 Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:30:00 +0100 David Campbell - Philippians 2:5-8]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/362/Philippians-25-8 How the Spirit helps us as we pray northprestonchurch_9457 Sun, 11 Oct 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:26-27

We do not always know what we ought to pray for. Paul tells us in these verses how the Spirit helps us. In a way that is both mysterious and effective he intercedes for us in accordance with the will of God.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/356/How-the-Spirit-helps-us-as-we-pray The people of Nineveh repenting northprestonchurch_9707 Sun, 11 Oct 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Jonah.

Jonah 3:1-10

When they heard Jonah's message the people of Nineveh believed God and turned from their evil ways. Their faith challenges us. So too their repentance. They repented though they had no promise of mercy. We who do have such a promise - have we repented?

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/357/The-people-of-Nineveh-repenting Philippians 2:1-4 northprestonchurch_9709 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 19:30:00 +0100 David Campbell - Philippians 2:1-4]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/359/Philippians-21-4 God has more for us yet! northprestonchurch_9708 Sun, 04 Oct 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:23-25

There is a fullness of privilege, a fullness of blessing, that is not yet ours as the children of God, namely, the redemption of our bodies. In the meantime we wait for it eagerly, expectantly, and patiently.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/358/God-has-more-for-us-yet A picture of grace northprestonchurch_9456 Sun, 04 Oct 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Jonah.

Jonah 3:1-3a

To his sinning but now restored servant, Jonah, God in grace grants the opportunity of a new beginning - getting, in return, the response of a new obedience.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/355/A-picture-of-grace Daniel 5:1-31 northprestonchurch_9371 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Daniel 5:1-31

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/350/Daniel-51-31 Psalm 136:1-26 northprestonchurch_9370 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Harvest Thanksgiving 2020.

Psalm 136:1-26

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/349/Psalm-1361-26 Philippians 1:27-30 northprestonchurch_9326 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:30:00 +0100 David Campbell - Philippians 1:27-30]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/348/Philippians-127-30 Learning true values northprestonchurch_9222 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 18:00:00 +0100 2 Kings 6:24-7:1

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/346/Learning-true-values The man who knew the king`s secrets northprestonchurch_9221 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 10:30:00 +0100 2 Kings 6:8-23

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/345/The-man-who-knew-the-kings-secrets Do not worry northprestonchurch_9203 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Matthew 6:19-34

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/344/Do-not-worry Philippians 1:29 northprestonchurch_9202 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Philippians 1:29

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/343/Philippians-129 Isaiah 52:1-10 northprestonchurch_9196 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 19:30:00 +0100 Phil Arthur - Isaiah 52:1-10]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/342/Isaiah-521-10 Creation's future deliverance northprestonchurch_9174 Sun, 06 Sep 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:19-22

This planet is not what it once was. But nor is it what it will one day be. When final salvation comes to the children of God there will be salvation for the creation as well.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/341/Creations-future-deliverance Salvation! northprestonchurch_9173 Sun, 06 Sep 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Jonah.

Jonah 1:17-2:10

As we ponder what becomes of Jonah when he is hurled into the sea, we note how he nearly drowns, how he cries to the Lord, how he is wonderfully delivered, how he prays to the Lord again, and how he eventually returns to dry land.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/340/Salvation Suffering and glory northprestonchurch_8949 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:18

Pauls' focus is on the sufferings of this present time. We reflect on what these sufferings are, on how they are not to be compared with future glory, and on the times when it is especially good to remember this teaching.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/339/Suffering-and-glory Back to the storm northprestonchurch_8946 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Jonah.

Jonah 1:7-16

As we return to the storm that God sent in pursuit of Jonah we see how able God is to bring his people to repentance, how seriously he takes their sin, and how able he is to overrule their sin for good.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/338/Back-to-the-storm Philippians 1:21-25 northprestonchurch_8938 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 19:30:00 +0100 David Campbell - Philippians 1:21-25]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/335/Philippians-121-25 Children of God northprestonchurch_8911 Sun, 23 Aug 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:14-17a

Paul is addressing believers as children of God, telling us how we know we are God's children (through the Holy Spirit), and how blessed we are to be God's children (we are heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/334/Children-of-God The storm northprestonchurch_8910 Sun, 23 Aug 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Jonah.

Jonah 1:4-6

Jonah never reached Tarshish because of a storm. We consider where the storm came from, how powerful it was, what occasioned it, how Jonah was able to sleep through it, and some of the lessons we are intended to learn from it. 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/333/The-storm Putting to death the misdeeds of the body northprestonchurch_8875 Sun, 16 Aug 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:12-13

Our task as Christians is to wage a relentless war against the sinful deeds of the body. We will look in turn at the task itself, its difficulties, the incentives for persevering in it, and at the help the Holy Spirit gives to us.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/330/Putting-to-death-the-misdeeds-of-the-body Fleeing from the Lord's presence northprestonchurch_8874 Sun, 16 Aug 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Jonah.

Jonah 1:3, 4:2

Jonah, we are told, 'rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord' (Ch.1.3). We are going to look at what that means, how we may do the same today, what Jonah's motive was, and how 'successful' he initially was.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/329/Fleeing-from-the-Lords-presence The indwelling of the Holy Spirit northprestonchurch_8832 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:9-11

As believers we have the Holy Spirit living in our hearts. According to our text that means the following: we are now living under the Spirit's control and direction - we belong to Christ - and our mortal bodies will one day be given life.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/327/The-indwelling-of-the-Holy-Spirit The mission northprestonchurch_8831 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: The book of Jonah.

Jonah 1:1-3, 3:1-4

The focus of this first sermon is on Jonah's mission. We shall look at it in relation to all three parties immediately concerned: the Ninevites, Jonah himself, and the LORD.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/326/The-mission Daniel 4:1-37 northprestonchurch_8789 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Daniel 4:1-37

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/325/Daniel-41-37 Daniel 3:1-30 northprestonchurch_8788 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Visiting Speaker.

Daniel 3:1-30

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/324/Daniel-31-30 Two kinds of people northprestonchurch_8754 Sun, 26 Jul 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:5-8

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who are walking according to the flesh and those who are walking according to the Spirit. We look at what concerns them the most, how they are actually living, and whether or not they are in a good place.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/323/Two-kinds-of-people Criticised and defended northprestonchurch_8753 Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 10:38-42

Jesus' defense of Mary when she is criticised for sitting at his feet listening  prompts us to think about listening to Jesus ourselves. We look in turn at the pleasure of listening, the importance of listening, and guarding our listening.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/322/Criticised-and-defended Bethlehem, Calvary, and us northprestonchurch_8724 Sun, 19 Jul 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:3-4

In our thoughts we visit both Bethlehem and Calvary - seeing in the one place how God sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin; seeing in the other how in Christ's flesh God condemned our sin.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/320/Bethlehem-Calvary-and-us The Good Samaritan northprestonchurch_8725 Sun, 19 Jul 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 10:25-37

In applying the Parable of the Good Samaritan to ourselves we grapple with the following three questions: Is loving our neighbour as ourselves God's will for us? Who then are our neighbours? What does it mean to love them?

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/321/The-Good-Samaritan No condemnation northprestonchurch_8693 Sun, 12 Jul 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:1-2

Believers in Jesus live out their lives in union with Christ. In this sermon we explore some aspects of that union, reflect on the freedom from sin and death that we enjoy because of it, and end with how union with Christ means safety.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/317/No-condemnation How amazingly privileged! northprestonchurch_8692 Sun, 12 Jul 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 10:17-24

Of late we have been thinking about the cost of being one of Jesus' disciples (Ch.9.23-26; 57-62). Here our focus is on how amazingly privileged disciples are. We see it in what we get to do - what we get to have - what we get to know - and in what we will get to see.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/316/How-amazingly-privileged After the funeral northprestonchurch_8656 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 50:15-21

In calming the fears of his brothers Joseph disclaims all intention to take revenge, speaks to them about the purpose of God in all that had happened, and commits to continuing to provide for them and their families.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/311/After-the-funeral God in His holiness northprestonchurch_8657 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Standalone sermon.

Isaiah 6:1-8

To help us learn from this remarkable vision of God in his holiness we gather our thoughts around Isaiah himself, thinking about what he sees, what he hears, what he feels, what he goes on to experience, and what he is now willing to do.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/312/God-in-His-holiness As Jacob nears his end northprestonchurch_8586 Sun, 28 Jun 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 47:29-48:22

As Jacob nears his end two things are very much on his mind. One is his own burial, the other the blessing of Joseph's sons. Our focus will be largely on the second of these and its message for today.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/310/As-Jacob-nears-his-end Our gospel task northprestonchurch_8585 Sun, 28 Jun 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 10:1-16

This mission, like the earlier one (Ch.9.1-6), has much to say to us about our own gospel task. In particular it has a bearing on the magnitude of our gospel task, the dangers of our gospel task, and the solemnity of our gospel task.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/309/Our-gospel-task Taking care of the family northprestonchurch_8531 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 46:31-47:12, 27-28

Joseph does two things for his family: he settles them and provides for them. As we trace out the parallels with the Lord's people today we are reminded both of the need to live separately and of the Lord's provision for our needs.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/308/Taking-care-of-the-family Following Jesus northprestonchurch_8530 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 9:57-62

Being a follower of Jesus means being ready - if needs be - to do without. It means giving Jesus first place in your life. And it means wholehearted dedication. In each of these respects Jesus himself is our example.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/307/Following-Jesus Re-union northprestonchurch_8371 Sun, 14 Jun 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 45:16-46:30

Our thoughts turn to Jacob: getting the news about Joseph, setting out to see Joseph, and then movingly re-united with Joseph.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/304/Re-union The start of the final journey northprestonchurch_8370 Sun, 14 Jun 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 9:51-56

As Jesus begins to make his way to Jerusalem for the last time we look at what will happen at the end of his journey, how he sets out on his journey determinedly, and where his journey initially takes him, namely, to a Samaritan village.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/303/The-start-of-the-final-journey God at the heart of it all northprestonchurch_8323 Sun, 07 Jun 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 45:4-11; 50:20

As Joseph thinks about what has happened to him what dominates the picture is not his brothers but God. He discerns both the hand of God and the purpose of God - a purpose the very opposite of his brothers' (Gen.50.20).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/300/God-at-the-heart-of-it-all Learning from the disciples northprestonchurch_8322 Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 9:43b-50

Our task in this message is to learn from the Jesus' disciples - from their fear (vs.43b-45); from their eagerness for greatness (vs.46-48); and from their intolerance (vs.49-50).

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/299/Learning-from-the-disciples "I am Joseph!" northprestonchurch_8241 Sun, 31 May 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 44:1-45:15

The time has come for Joseph to reveal himself to his brothers. As we follow the story through and see how it happened our thoughts will turn again and again to the reconciliation that comes to believers through Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/297/I-am-Joseph At the foot of the mountain northprestonchurch_8240 Sun, 31 May 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 9:37-43a

At the foot of the mountain we see Jesus expressing sorrow over a faithless and twisted generation, exercising his authority over demonic power, and evoking astonishment at the greatness of God.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/296/At-the-foot-of-the-mountain The second encounter northprestonchurch_7961 Sun, 24 May 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 43:1-34

We train the spotlight on Joseph's brothers once again. We think about them returning to Joseph, standing before Joseph, and then feasting with Joseph. As before, our thoughts are drawn in the most natural way to Christ.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/294/The-second-encounter The Transfiguration northprestonchurch_7960 Sun, 24 May 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 9:28-36

Our focus is on four things that happen on the mount of transfiguration: there is time spent in prayer - a change in Jesus' appearance - a conversation about Calvary - and a voice heard.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/293/The-Transfiguration First encounter northprestonchurch_7840 Sun, 17 May 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 42:1-38

We follow Joseph's brothers as they make their way to Egypt, as they find themselves in Joseph's presence, as they are locked up in prison, as they admit their guilt, as they make their way home, and as they give in their report - learning all kinds of things as we do so.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/291/First-encounter Don't hold back! northprestonchurch_7839 Sun, 17 May 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 9:23-27

Being a disciple of Jesus is costly. It means denying ourselves, taking up our cross daily, and following him. Don't let that hold you back! There is immeasurably more to be lost by saying 'no'; immeasurably more to be gained by saying 'yes'.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/290/Dont-hold-back Years of plenty, years of famine northprestonchurch_7613 Sun, 10 May 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 41:46-57

The names of Joseph's two sons - born during the seven years of plenty - illumine what these years were for Joseph: years when God made him forget; years when God made him fruitful.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/286/Years-of-plenty-years-of-famine A question of identity northprestonchurch_7612 Sun, 10 May 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 9:18-22

As we listen here to three voices - the voice of the crowds, the voice of the disciples, and the voice of the Lord himself - we learn how we are not to think about Jesus and how we are.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/285/A-question-of-identity From the depths to heights northprestonchurch_7357 Sun, 03 May 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 41:1-45

As we look at Pharaoh's dreams - at what they were, what they meant, and what they did - we see how complete is God's control, how perfect is his timing, how swiftly he acts, and how highly he exalts.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/284/From-the-depths-to-heights What the power of God can do northprestonchurch_7356 Sun, 03 May 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 9:10-17

The feeding of the five thousand with only five loaves and two fish teaches us how the power of God can provide for us, how it can do things we can't do, how it can do much with little, how it can satisfy needs. 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/283/What-the-power-of-God-can-do Joseph and the cupbearer northprestonchurch_7182 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 39:20-40:23

The God who is ordering Joseph's steps (and ours) is the God who remains with his people amid all the changes, the God whose time-frame tests our faith and endurance, the God who may permit things to get darker before he acts on our behalf, the God who offers hope to the sinned-against.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/281/Joseph-and-the-cupbearer The first commission northprestonchurch_7180 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 9 & 10.

Luke 9:1-6

As we examine this first commission and look at how the disciples were to go, what they were to tell people, what they were to do as well as preach, how they were to leave, and what they did, we can learn important lessons about gospel work today. 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/280/The-first-commission The temptation northprestonchurch_7161 Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 39:1-20

Things take a downward turn for Joseph because of a temptation to which he says 'no'. After setting the scene we examine the temptation itself, how Joseph resisted it, and how eventually he escaped from it altogether.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/279/The-temptation Jairus and his daughter northprestonchurch_7160 Sun, 19 Apr 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

Luke 8:40-42; 49-56

As we think about Jesus raising the daughter of Jairus to life again we are going to reflect on a similar work that Jesus is doing to this hour - raising the spiritually dead to newness of spiritual life. 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/278/Jairus-and-his-daughter Sold as a slave northprestonchurch_7130 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 37:12-36

It is God's plan that Joseph should go to Egypt. We explore - and try to learn from - the way in which it happened: in a way that meant sin for his brothers, sorrow for his father, and suffering for Joseph himself.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/277/Sold-as-a-slave An Easter journey northprestonchurch_7128 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2020.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Paul, in vs.3-4, is taking us on an Easter journey - a journey that begins on Good Friday with Jesus dying for our sins, continues over Easter Saturday with Jesus buried, and ends on Easter Sunday with Jesus risen.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/276/An-Easter-journey Jesus' death God's will northprestonchurch_7068 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Easter 2020.

Romans 8:32; Isaiah 53:10

What an astonishing thing that it should be the will of the Lord to crush his own beloved Son; to put him to grief! And how impossible, in the light of that, that sin should be a light thing, God's love a shallow thing, his people's final salvation an uncertain thing!

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/273/Jesus-death-Gods-will Hated by his brothers northprestonchurch_7067 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Joseph Story

Genesis 37:1-11

The Joseph story begins with Joseph being hated by his brothers. We explore the two-fold reason for their hatred and then move on two matters directly concerning ourselves: God's people being hated and our Saviour being hated.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/272/Hated-by-his-brothers How faith is at the heart of it northprestonchurch_7066 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

Luke 8:40-48

We are looking at how this women's faith came to birth, what her faith moved her to do, how her faith was rewarded, and how she confessed her faith. As we do so we shall be tracing out parallels with the faith that saves us from our sins. 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/271/How-faith-is-at-the-heart-of-it Lights and shadows northprestonchurch_6953 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:00:00 +0100 Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story

Genesis 35:1-29

Jacob knows God as the God of Bethel. So also do we. We explore what that means for us. So also how the lights and shadows in Jacob's family life are reflected both in our own families and in the life of the church.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/270/Lights-and-shadows How much God has done for us northprestonchurch_6951 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 10:30:00 +0100 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

Luke 8:26-39

God through Jesus did amazing things in this man's life, delivering him from cruel and wicked demonic oppressors. The man then told others about it. We are to do the same, telling people how much God has done for us. 

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/268/How-much-God-has-done-for-us The calming of the storm northprestonchurch_6861 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

Luke 8:22-25; Mark 4:26-41

This incident is a picture of life for believers and for the church. Though Christ is with us we may still find ourselves in the midst of storms. Those storms, however, Christ is always equal to calming - however ferocious they may be.

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/265/The-calming-of-the-storm The message of Christ crucified - a Communion sermon northprestonchurch_6742 Sun, 15 Mar 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Cross in Galatians

Galatians 3:1; Galatians 3:1-14

Paul's words about Christ being clearly portrayed as crucified make a powerful appeal to us as witnesses, listeners, believers, and as a church. They urge us to tell the message out, believe it ourselves, hold it fast, and keep it central.

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/262/The-message-of-Christ-crucified---a-Communion-sermon Taking care how we hear northprestonchurch_6741 Sun, 15 Mar 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

Luke 8:4-21;

We should all be anxious to hear God's word aright. In the light of Jesus' teaching in Luke 8.4-21 we are asking, What does it mean to hear God's word aright? What if we don't hear it aright? What if we do hear it aright?

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/261/Taking-care-how-we-hear A three-fold threat northprestonchurch_6706 Sun, 08 Mar 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story

Genesis 34:1-35:5

If three perennial threats to the church are illustrated in this incident - the threat of absorption by the world, the threat of corruption to our faith, and the threat of destruction by our enemies - so too the repeated deliverances of God.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/260/A-three-fold-threat The Parable of the Sower northprestonchurch_6705 Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

Luke 8:4-15;

We look at the Parable of the Sower both as a whole and in its parts noting, in the mixed responses of people to the word sown, how prophetic it is of the history of the kingdom of God.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/259/The-Parable-of-the-Sower Reconciliation northprestonchurch_6673 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story

Genesis 33:1-20

It is the Lord who brings about reconciliation between these two divided brothers, Jacob and Esau. So too reconciliations among ourselves. So too the great reconciliation between God and man.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/258/Reconciliation The good news of the kingdom of God northprestonchurch_6672 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

Luke 8:1-3; Luke 8:1-21

We discover just how good the good news of the kingdom of God is when we consider the inwardness of its beginnings, the splendour of its king, the righteousness of its laws, the nationality of its citizens,and the magnificence of its prospects.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/257/The-good-news-of-the-kingdom-of-God Jacob at Peniel northprestonchurch_6614 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story

Genesis 32:1-32

As Jacob waits for Esau's arrival a number of things happen, the most remarkable being a night-long encounter with God. We see God coming to Jacob in the guise of an antagonist, changing Jacob's name, showing Jacob his face, and leaving on Jacob his mark.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/256/Jacob-at-Peniel Forgiven much, loving much northprestonchurch_6613 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

Luke 7:36-50

From this story of the woman who was a sinner we learn about forgiveness and many sins, forgiveness and faith, forgiveness and going in peace, and above all forgiveness and love.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/255/Forgiven-much-loving-much No needless death this! - a Communion sermon northprestonchurch_6546 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Cross in Galatians

Galatians 2:21; Galatians 2:11-21

Standing before Christ's needed cross we see the proof of God's wisdom, the working of God's grace, the noblest of sacrifices, the measure of our helplessness, and the place of faith and thankfulness.

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/253/No-needless-death-this---a-Communion-sermon Here's what Jesus thinks northprestonchurch_6547 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

Luke 7:24-35

Jesus gives here his estimate both of John the Baptist and the people of that generation. He does so with perfect knowledge of the facts and for the instruction of all who would afterwards read his words.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/254/Heres-what-Jesus-thinks 'At the end of twenty years' northprestonchurch_6436 Sun, 09 Feb 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story

Genesis 30:25-31:55

Jacob's twenty years in Haran were memorable for the following four things: increase, hardship, prosperity, and deliverance. Each has its parallel in the experiences of God's New Testament people.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/252/At-the-end-of-twenty-years John's doubt northprestonchurch_6435 Sun, 09 Feb 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

Luke 7:18-35

John in prison is wondering if Jesus is the one who was to come or if they should look for another. We examine and seek to learn both from the doubt itself and from how Jesus dealt with it.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/251/Johns-doubt Jacob's children northprestonchurch_6301 Sun, 02 Feb 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Isaac & Jacob Story

Genesis 29:30-30:24

There are a number of things for us to see: the Lord granting his blessing, the Lord answering prayer, the Lord showing kindness, the Lord fulfilling his word, the Lord revealing to us our need of a Saviour.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/250/Jacobs-children Jesus in the presence of death northprestonchurch_6300 Sun, 02 Feb 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

Luke 7:11-17; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Jesus finds himself in the presence of death. We focus on what he felt, what he said, and what he did - how his heart went out to this widow, how he spoke a word of life to her son, and how he gave him back to his mother.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/249/Jesus-in-the-presence-of-death Where is God? northprestonchurch_6263 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 18:00:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/248/Where-is-God Such faith northprestonchurch_6262 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Luke's Gospel - Chapters 7 & 8.

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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/247/Such-faith How he loved me - a Communion sermon northprestonchurch_6236 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Cross in Galatians

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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/246/How-he-loved-me---a-Communion-sermon A good work northprestonchurch_6235 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:30:00 +0000 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.

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/245/A-good-work In the time of my distress northprestonchurch_6212 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:00:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/244/In-the-time-of-my-distress Who should serve as elders? northprestonchurch_6050 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 10:30:00 +0000 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.

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/239/Who-should-serve-as-elders The deception northprestonchurch_6051 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 18:00:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/240/The-deception A model congregation northprestonchurch_6211 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 10:30:00 +0000 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.

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/243/A-model-congregation Isaac & Gerar northprestonchurch_6046 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 18:00:00 +0000 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".

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/238/Isaac-Gerar Rejoicing in hope of the glory of God northprestonchurch_6045 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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.

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/237/Rejoicing-in-hope-of-the-glory-of-God Christmas Day Service northprestonchurch_5638 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 10:30:00 +0000 Series: Advent 2019.

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

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/228/Christmas-Day-Service Good news of great joy northprestonchurch_5890 Sun, 22 Dec 2019 18:00:00 +0000 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.

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/233/Good-news-of-great-joy The Word who was God northprestonchurch_6019 Sun, 22 Dec 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/236/The-Word-who-was-God Rescue through the Cross - a Communion sermon northprestonchurch_6011 Sun, 15 Dec 2019 18:00:00 +0000 Series: The Cross in Galatians

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.

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/235/Rescue-through-the-Cross---a-Communion-sermon The Word who was with God northprestonchurch_6010 Sun, 15 Dec 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/234/The-Word-who-was-with-God Jacob and Esau northprestonchurch_5639 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 18:00:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/229/Jacob-and-Esau Christ the Word northprestonchurch_5889 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/232/Christ-the-Word Waiting time, testing time northprestonchurch_5608 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 18:00:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/225/Waiting-time-testing-time You say he is Lord but is he? northprestonchurch_5605 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/224/You-say-he-is-Lord-but-is-he Visiting Speaker northprestonchurch_5601 Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:30:00 +0000

Revelation 1:1-8

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/223/Visiting-Speaker "O love that wilt not let me go" northprestonchurch_5167 Sun, 10 Nov 2019 18:00:00 +0000 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. 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/219/O-love-that-wilt-not-let-me-go Two searching illustrations northprestonchurch_5166 Sun, 10 Nov 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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 lives.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/218/Two-searching-illustrations Our security because of Christ northprestonchurch_5079 Sun, 03 Nov 2019 18:00:00 +0000 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. 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/216/Our-security-because-of-Christ All about others northprestonchurch_5078 Sun, 03 Nov 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/215/All-about-others The God who justifies northprestonchurch_4949 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 18:00:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/214/The-God-who-justifies Loving our enemies northprestonchurch_4944 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/213/Loving-our-enemies The Father's love northprestonchurch_4895 Sun, 20 Oct 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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. 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/212/The-Fathers-love A series of woes northprestonchurch_4894 Sun, 20 Oct 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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. 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/211/A-series-of-woes The God who is for us northprestonchurch_4866 Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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. 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/209/The-God-who-is-for-us Are you blessed? northprestonchurch_4865 Sun, 13 Oct 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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. 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/208/Are-you-blessed Visiting Speaker northprestonchurch_4860 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 18:00:00 +0100

Jude 1

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/207/Visiting-Speaker Visiting Speaker northprestonchurch_4809 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 10:30:00 +0100

John 1:19-37

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/180/Visiting-Speaker God glorifying us northprestonchurch_4803 Sun, 29 Sep 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/179/God-glorifying-us The calling of the Twelve northprestonchurch_4779 Sun, 29 Sep 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/176/The-calling-of-the-Twelve God justifying us northprestonchurch_4780 Sun, 22 Sep 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/177/God-justifying-us Doing Good on the Sabbath northprestonchurch_4664 Sun, 22 Sep 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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?

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/175/Doing-Good-on-the-Sabbath Visiting Speaker - David White northprestonchurch_4376 Sun, 08 Sep 2019 10:30:00 +0100

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

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/174/Visiting-Speaker---David-White It's ultimately about him northprestonchurch_4372 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/173/Its-ultimately-about-him Darkness then light - a Communion sermon northprestonchurch_4352 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/172/Darkness-then-light---a-Communion-sermon Visiting Speaker - Walter Johnston northprestonchurch_4343 Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:00:00 +0100

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

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/171/Visiting-Speaker---Walter-Johnston Visiting Speaker - Walter Johnston northprestonchurch_4342 Sun, 25 Aug 2019 10:30:00 +0100

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

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/170/Visiting-Speaker---Walter-Johnston Conformity to the image of God's Son northprestonchurch_4283 Sun, 18 Aug 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/164/Conformity-to-the-image-of-Gods-Son Discipleship and fasting northprestonchurch_4284 Sun, 18 Aug 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/165/Discipleship-and-fasting A snapshot of the whole northprestonchurch_4258 Sun, 11 Aug 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/163/A-snapshot-of-the-whole Jesus, God's greatest gift northprestonchurch_4256 Sun, 11 Aug 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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).

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/162/Jesus-Gods-greatest-gift Looking forward northprestonchurch_4236 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/161/Looking-forward Following Jesus northprestonchurch_3942 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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?

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/139/Following-Jesus A bride for Isaac northprestonchurch_3947 Sun, 28 Jul 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/144/A-bride-for-Isaac It was why he had come! northprestonchurch_4235 Sun, 28 Jul 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/160/It-was-why-he-had-come The small beginning northprestonchurch_4192 Sun, 21 Jul 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/148/The-small-beginning The blessing we need most northprestonchurch_4191 Sun, 21 Jul 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

 

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/147/The-blessing-we-need-most Isaac and Jesus northprestonchurch_4190 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/146/Isaac-and-Jesus Christ, our model for private prayer northprestonchurch_4189 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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

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]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/145/Christ-our-model-for-private-prayer Abraham's faith northprestonchurch_3943 Sun, 07 Jul 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/140/Abrahams-faith Both able and willing northprestonchurch_3944 Sun, 07 Jul 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/141/Both-able-and-willing A tale of two wells northprestonchurch_4224 Sun, 30 Jun 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/151/A-tale-of-two-wells Fruitful evangelism northprestonchurch_4226 Sun, 30 Jun 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/153/Fruitful-evangelism Church Anniversary Service 2019 northprestonchurch_4222 Sun, 23 Jun 2019 18:00:00 +0100 23/06/2019 (pm) - Bill James - Romans 8:18-30; Isaiah 65:17-25

Church Anniversary Service 2019

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/149/Church-Anniversary-Service-2019 Church Anniversary Service 2019 northprestonchurch_4223 Sun, 23 Jun 2019 10:30:00 +0100 23/06/2019 (am) - Bill James - Isaiah 42:1-9; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Church Anniversary Service 2019

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/150/Church-Anniversary-Service-2019 The promised son is born northprestonchurch_4225 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 18:00:00 +0100 16/06/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 21:1-7; Galatians 3:23-4 7

Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham

Isaac's birth was no ordinary birth. It was remarkable in the circumstances that surrounded it, remarkable in its significance for our salvation, remarkable in its similarities to the birth of Jesus.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/152/The-promised-son-is-born Serving the world in general northprestonchurch_3946 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:30:00 +0100 16/06/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Galatians 6:9-10

Series: Saved to serve

We do people good as we seek their salvation. Paul's words encourage us to do this without getting weary of it, in expectation of a harvest, and as we have opportunity.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/143/Serving-the-world-in-general Visiting Speaker - Stephen Holland northprestonchurch_4227 Sun, 09 Jun 2019 18:00:00 +0100 09/06/2019 (pm) - Stephen Holland - Psalm 11:1-7

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/154/Visiting-Speaker---Stephen-Holland Visiting Speaker - Stuart Harding northprestonchurch_4229 Sun, 09 Jun 2019 10:30:00 +0100 09/06/2019 (am) - Stuart Harding - Luke 24:36-53

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/156/Visiting-Speaker---Stuart-Harding Visiting Speaker - Jim Waterworth northprestonchurch_4228 Sun, 02 Jun 2019 18:00:00 +0100 02/06/2019 (pm) - Jim Waterworth - 2 Corinthians 5:1-21

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/155/Visiting-Speaker---Jim-Waterworth Visiting Speaker - Jim Waterworth northprestonchurch_4230 Sun, 02 Jun 2019 10:30:00 +0100 02/06/2019 (am) - Jim Waterworth - Isaiah 5:1-23

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/157/Visiting-Speaker---Jim-Waterworth A dark cloud over Abimelech northprestonchurch_4231 Sun, 26 May 2019 18:00:00 +0100 26/05/2019 (pm) - David Campbell - Genesis 20:1-18

Series: Continuing in Genesis – The story of Abraham

There is a dark cloud over Abimelech, King of Gerar, and his household. We explore how it all began, how the story unfolded, and how it all ended. Along the way we pick up a number of very important lessons.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/158/A-dark-cloud-over-Abimelech Serving the Jewish people northprestonchurch_4232 Sun, 26 May 2019 10:30:00 +0100 26/05/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Romans 10:1; Romans 11:11-36

Series: Saved to serve

How may Christians serve the Jewish people? One way is by uniting with the Apostle Paul in prayer for them (Rom.10.1). This sermon outlines a number of reasons for doing just that.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/159/Serving-the-Jewish-people More right than they knew northprestonchurch_3903 Sun, 05 May 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/138/More-right-than-they-knew The God who does what is just northprestonchurch_3945 Sun, 28 Apr 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/142/The-God-who-does-what-is-just The solitude shared only by God northprestonchurch_4288 Sun, 28 Apr 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/169/The-solitude-shared-only-by-God When he appears the second time northprestonchurch_4286 Sun, 21 Apr 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/167/When-he-appears-the-second-time Many decisive proofs northprestonchurch_4287 Sun, 21 Apr 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/168/Many-decisive-proofs Good Friday northprestonchurch_4285 Fri, 19 Apr 2019 10:30:00 +0100

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

Easter 2019: Good Friday

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/166/Good-Friday Palm Sunday northprestonchurch_3724 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:00:00 +0100

14/04/2019 (pm) - Steve Walker - John 12:12-19; Mark 15:1-15

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/115/Palm-Sunday Evening and Morning northprestonchurch_3725 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/116/Evening-and-Morning Visting Speaker - Ani Ekpo northprestonchurch_3726 Sun, 07 Apr 2019 18:00:00 +0100

07/04/2019 (pm) - Ani Ekpo - 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/117/Visting-Speaker---Ani-Ekpo To live is Christ northprestonchurch_3727 Sun, 07 Apr 2019 10:30:00 +0100

07/04/2019 (am) - Billy McCurrie - Philippians 1:1-21

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/118/To-live-is-Christ Is anything too hard for the Lord? northprestonchurch_3728 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 18:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/119/Is-anything-too-hard-for-the-Lord The blessing of restored health northprestonchurch_3729 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 10:30:00 +0100 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/120/The-blessing-of-restored-health So what's new? northprestonchurch_3730 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 18:00:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/121/So-whats-new Here's my story northprestonchurch_3731 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 10:30:00 +0000

"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.
]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/122/Heres-my-story Visiting Speaker - Steve Walker northprestonchurch_3732 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:00:00 +0000

17/03/2019 (pm) - Steve Walker - Matthew 5:1-6

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/123/Visiting-Speaker---Steve-Walker Visiting Speaker - Phil Arthur northprestonchurch_3733 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 10:30:00 +0000

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

Visiting Speaker

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/124/Visiting-Speaker---Phil-Arthur The God who sees and hears northprestonchurch_3734 Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:00:00 +0000

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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/125/The-God-who-sees-and-hears Speaking with authority northprestonchurch_3736 Sun, 10 Mar 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/126/Speaking-with-authority The covenant northprestonchurch_3737 Sun, 03 Mar 2019 18:00:00 +0000

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.]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/127/The-covenant Don't let history repeat itself! northprestonchurch_3738 Sun, 03 Mar 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/128/Dont-let-history-repeat-itself Abram's faith northprestonchurch_3739 Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:00:00 +0000

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.]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/129/Abrams-faith The best news in the world northprestonchurch_3740 Sun, 24 Feb 2019 10:30:00 +0000

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.]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/130/The-best-news-in-the-world Hated without a cause northprestonchurch_3741 Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:00:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/131/Hated-without-a-cause The third temptation northprestonchurch_3742 Sun, 17 Feb 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/132/The-third-temptation Abram and the two kings northprestonchurch_3743 Sun, 10 Feb 2019 18:00:00 +0000

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.]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/133/Abram-and-the-two-kings The second temptation northprestonchurch_3744 Sun, 10 Feb 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/134/The-second-temptation The separation northprestonchurch_3746 Sun, 03 Feb 2019 18:00:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/136/The-separation The separation northprestonchurch_4783 Sun, 03 Feb 2019 18:00:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/178/The-separation The first temptation northprestonchurch_3745 Sun, 03 Feb 2019 10:30:00 +0000 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.

]]> https://npec.org.uk:443/135/The-first-temptation