Sermons
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David's first years as king
David Campbell25 May 2025 18:00
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 -
A godly life
David Campbell25 May 2025 10:30
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 -
David's grief
David Campbell18 May 2025 18:00
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 -
Distress and deliverance
David Campbell18 May 2025 10:30
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 -
The Holy Spirit and the HOLINESS of Jesus
David Campbell11 May 2025 18:00
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 -
Knowing God
David Campbell11 May 2025 10:30
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 -
The Holy Spirit and the DEATH of Jesus
David Campbell04 May 2025 18:00
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 God who knows the future
David Campbell04 May 2025 10:30
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 Holy Spirit and the MIRACLES of Jesus
David Campbell27 April 2025 18:00
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 -
Glimpses of the unseen
David Campbell27 April 2025 10:30
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 -
The Holy Spirit and the PREACHING of Jesus
David Campbell20 April 2025 18:00
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 -
The Easter story
David Campbell20 April 2025 10:30
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 -
A remarkable spiritual journey
David Campbell18 April 2025 10:30
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 -
Weeping in Miletus
Phil Arthur13 April 2025 18:00
Series: NPEC Speaker Acts 20:13-38 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The seventy weeks
David Campbell13 April 2025 10:30
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 the care of the Good Shepherd forever
David Campbell06 April 2025 18:00
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  -
Greatly loved
David Campbell06 April 2025 10:30
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 -
The Holy Spirit and the TEMPTATION of Jesus
David Campbell30 March 2025 18:00
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 -
Things that go together
David Campbell30 March 2025 10:30
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 -
I`ve started so I`ll finish
John Mollitt23 March 2025 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Philippians 1:1-18 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The very best and the very worst of news
John Mollitt23 March 2025 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Matthew 12:9-14; 22-32 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it -
The Holy Spirit and the BAPTISM of Jesus
David Campbell16 March 2025 18:00
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 -
Daniel at prayer
David Campbell16 March 2025 10:30
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 -
The Holy Spirit and the incarnation of Jesus
David Campbell09 March 2025 18:00
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 -
Jesus, our mighty Saviour
David Campbell09 March 2025 10:30
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 -
Glimpses of Calvary's glory
David Campbell02 March 2025 18:00
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 -
Siding with the Son of Man
David Campbell02 March 2025 10:30
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 EIGHTH Beatitude
David Campbell23 February 2025 18:00
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 -
In the lion's den
David Campbell23 February 2025 10:30
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 -
The SEVENTH Beatitude
David Campbell16 February 2025 18:00
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 -
Belshazzar's sin and death
David Campbell16 February 2025 10:30
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 -
The SIXTH Beatitude
David Campbell09 February 2025 18:00
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 -
The God who humbles the proud
David Campbell09 February 2025 10:30
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  -
Those who are well don’t need a doctor
Phil Arthur02 February 2025 18:00
Series: NPEC Speaker Mark 2:1-17 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Christ humbled and exalted
Phil Arthur02 February 2025 10:30
Series: NPEC Speaker Philippians 2:1-11 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Martin Luther & The bondage of the will (500 Years 1525-2025)
Phil Arthur29 January 2025 19:30
Series: Historical Lecture Martin Luther & The bondage of the will (500 Years 1525-2025) ***Please Note - This meeting will be Live Streamed from 19:30 on Wednesday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the -
The FIFTH Beatitude
David Campbell26 January 2025 18:00
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 -
Heaven rules
David Campbell26 January 2025 10:30
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 -
The Fourth Beatitude
David Campbell19 January 2025 18:00
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. ***Please Note - This Service will -
A remarkable deliverance
David Campbell19 January 2025 10:30
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 -
Hope amidst turmoil
Luke Price12 January 2025 18:00
Series: NPEC Speaker Psalm 42:1-11 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The immeasurable greatness of his power
Andrew Clark12 January 2025 10:30
Series: NPEC Speaker Ephesians 1:19-23 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Good, better, best
David Campbell05 January 2025 18:00
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 -
When rulers cross a line
David Campbell05 January 2025 10:30
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 -
The third Beatitude
David Campbell29 December 2024 18:00
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 -
The great work ahead of Jesus
David Campbell29 December 2024 10:30
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 -
Prince of Peace
David Campbell25 December 2024 10:30
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 -
God's greatest gift
David Campbell22 December 2024 18:00
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 -
A dream explained
David Campbell22 December 2024 10:30
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 -
The second Beatitude
David Campbell15 December 2024 18:00
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 -
A dream revealed
David Campbell15 December 2024 10:30
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 -
Blessed are the poor in spirit
David Campbell08 December 2024 18:00
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 -
Doing what is right
David Campbell08 December 2024 10:30
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 -
Two contrasting deaths
David Campbell01 December 2024 18:00
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 -
Four outstanding young men
David Campbell01 December 2024 10:30
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 -
Strengthening ourselves in the LORD
David Campbell24 November 2024 18:00
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 -
Repentance, God's gift
David Campbell24 November 2024 10:30
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 -
Saul at Endor
David Campbell17 November 2024 18:00
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 -
Repentance and conviction of sin
David Campbell17 November 2024 10:30
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 -
The sky is the limit
Matthew Gray10 November 2024 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Genesis 10:8-12 & 11:1-9 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have -
Peaceful choice
Matthew Gray10 November 2024 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Genesis 3:1-18 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
A picture of Jesus
David Campbell03 November 2024 18:00
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 -
Repentance, God's desire
David Campbell03 November 2024 10:30
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 -
The Lord is my Shepherd - now and forever!
Jim Mollitt27 October 2024 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Psalm 23:1-6 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Getting our priorities right
Simon Percy27 October 2024 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Jonah 4:1-11 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Relief - but at a cost
David Campbell20 October 2024 18:00
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 -
Repentance, God's command
David Campbell20 October 2024 10:30
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 -
Kept from sinning
David Campbell13 October 2024 18:00
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 -
Repentance and its companions
David Campbell13 October 2024 10:30
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 -
The Lord's Supper a proclamation
David Campbell06 October 2024 18:00
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 -
A first look at repentance
David Campbell06 October 2024 10:30
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 -
Twice spared
David Campbell29 September 2024 18:00
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 -
Final words
David Campbell29 September 2024 10:30
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 -
David's hand strengthened in God
David Campbell22 September 2024 18:00
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 -
Pray for us
David Campbell22 September 2024 10:30
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 -
Obtaining Mercy, Finding Grace
Conrad Pomeroy15 September 2024 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Hebrews 4:14-5:14 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while -
The Harvest is Past
Conrad Pomeroy15 September 2024 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Jeremiah 8:4-22 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The massacre of the priests
David Campbell08 September 2024 18:00
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 -
Holy and blameless
David Campbell08 September 2024 10:30
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 -
The greatness of the Father's love
David Campbell01 September 2024 18:00
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 -
Counsel for listeners
David Campbell01 September 2024 10:30
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 -
"He cares for you"
David Campbell25 August 2024 18:00
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 -
Rich!
David Campbell25 August 2024 10:30
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 -
Saul's enmity toward David
David Campbell18 August 2024 18:00
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 -
"Death cannot keep his prey"
David Campbell18 August 2024 10:30
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 -
It is finished…
Phil Arthur11 August 2024 18:00
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. **Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed -
Praying in Spiritual Trouble
Keith Underhill04 August 2024 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Psalm 74:1-24 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Is Believing in Christ Enough?
Keith Underhill04 August 2024 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Romans 6:17-19 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The storm breaks
David Campbell28 July 2024 18:00
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 -
God's will for us in Christ Jesus
David Campbell28 July 2024 10:30
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 -
On the first day of the week
David Campbell21 July 2024 18:00
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 -
Christ a curse for us
David Campbell21 July 2024 10:30
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  -
The gathering storm
David Campbell14 July 2024 18:00
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 -
Being part of a church family
David Campbell14 July 2024 10:30
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 -
David & Goliath
David Campbell07 July 2024 18:00
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 -
Where our safety lies
David Campbell07 July 2024 10:30
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 -
In the service of the king
David Campbell30 June 2024 18:00
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 -
The day of the Lord
David Campbell30 June 2024 10:30
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 -
The importance of the heart
David Campbell23 June 2024 18:00
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 -
The return of the King
David Campbell23 June 2024 10:30
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 -
A Christian's Secret Identity
Ole Kristian Hunt16 June 2024 18:00
Series: Church Anniversary 1 Peter 2:9-10 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while -
Reasons to be cheerful
Ole Kristian Hunt16 June 2024 10:30
Series: Church Anniversary John 16:33 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the service -
"I am the vine"
David Campbell09 June 2024 18:00
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 -
The importance of work
David Campbell09 June 2024 10:30
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 -
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life"
David Campbell02 June 2024 18:00
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 -
Brotherly love
David Campbell02 June 2024 10:30
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 -
The worst of all famines
John Mollitt26 May 2024 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Amos 8:1-14 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Judas-a walking tragedy
John Mollitt26 May 2024 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Mark 14:10-11, 17-21, 43-50 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have -
Christ's worthiness foreshadowed
Mick Lockwood19 May 2024 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Genesis 45:1-15 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The worthiness of Christ
Mick Lockwood19 May 2024 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Revelation 5:1-14 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
"I am the resurrection and the life"
David Campbell12 May 2024 18:00
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 call to sexual purity
David Campbell12 May 2024 10:30
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 -
"I am the good shepherd"
David Campbell05 May 2024 18:00
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 -
Pleasing God
David Campbell05 May 2024 10:30
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 -
"I am the door"
David Campbell28 April 2024 18:00
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 -
What is ahead for Jesus
David Campbell28 April 2024 10:30
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 -
Finding rest
Luke Price21 April 2024 18:00
Series: NPEC Speaker Matthew 11:28 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the service -
It is finished
Andrew Clark21 April 2024 10:30
Series: NPEC Speaker John 19:30 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the service -
"I am the light of the world"
David Campbell14 April 2024 18:00
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 -
Seeing the LORD
David Campbell14 April 2024 10:30
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 -
"I am the bread of the life"
David Campbell07 April 2024 18:00
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 -
Our Saviour's submissiveness
David Campbell07 April 2024 10:30
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 -
The great change
David Campbell31 March 2024 18:00
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 -
Christ's appearance to Paul
David Campbell31 March 2024 10:30
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 picture of the Cross
David Campbell29 March 2024 10:30
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 -
A prayer for world-wide blessing
David Campbell24 March 2024 18:00
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 -
It was for us that he died
David Campbell24 March 2024 10:30
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 -
A study in disobedience
David Campbell17 March 2024 18:00
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 -
Jesus, our great Physician
David Campbell17 March 2024 10:30
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 -
Faith and foolishness
David Campbell10 March 2024 18:00
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 -
Despised and rejected
David Campbell10 March 2024 10:30
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 -
Costly disobedience
David Campbell03 March 2024 18:00
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 -
Suffering and exaltation
David Campbell03 March 2024 10:30
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 -
Renewal
David Campbell25 February 2024 18:00
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 -
Heart cries to heaven
David Campbell25 February 2024 10:30
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 -
"The LORD has worked salvation"
David Campbell18 February 2024 18:00
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 -
Faith
David Campbell18 February 2024 10:30
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 -
The anointing of Saul
David Campbell11 February 2024 18:00
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 -
Christian love
David Campbell11 February 2024 10:30
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 -
To serve and to die
David Campbell04 February 2024 18:00
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 -
Suffering as a Christian
David Campbell04 February 2024 10:30
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 -
The God who controls and directs
David Campbell28 January 2024 18:00
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 -
Satanic opposition
David Campbell28 January 2024 10:30
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 -
TBC
John Palmer21 January 2024 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker 1 Kings 19:1-18 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while -
Exposed By The Storm
Tony Flanders21 January 2024 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Matthew 8:23-27 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The God who puts rulers in place
David Campbell14 January 2024 18:00
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 -
Jewish hostility
David Campbell14 January 2024 10:30
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 -
The Importance of The Lord’s Table
Billy McCurrie07 January 2024 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while -
Reasons to be joyful
Phil Arthur07 January 2024 10:30
Series: NPEC Speaker Luke 1:39-55 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Christ the conqueror
David Campbell31 December 2023 18:00
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 -
Our short and swiftly passing lives
David Campbell31 December 2023 10:30
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 -
The visit of the wise men
David Campbell25 December 2023 10:30
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  -
Seeing him as he is
David Campbell24 December 2023 18:00
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 -
Those whom Jesus is saving
David Campbell24 December 2023 10:30
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 -
Jesus' birth
David Campbell17 December 2023 18:00
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 -
The word of God
David Campbell17 December 2023 10:30
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 -
We want a king!
David Campbell10 December 2023 18:00
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 -
Seeing and hearing
David Campbell10 December 2023 10:30
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 -
The altar fire
David Campbell03 December 2023 18:00
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 -
Christlike love
David Campbell03 December 2023 10:30
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 -
The Lord's help
David Campbell26 November 2023 18:00
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 -
How it should always be
David Campbell26 November 2023 10:30
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 -
Returning to the LORD
David Campbell19 November 2023 18:00
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 -
Jesus, our deliverer from the wrath to come
David Campbell19 November 2023 10:30
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 -
It is finished!
Luke Price11 November 2023 18:00
Series: NPEC Speaker John 19:14-30 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
What should we remember?
Andrew Clark11 November 2023 10:30
Series: NPEC Speaker Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
What should we remember?
Andrew Clark11 November 2023 10:30
Series: NPEC Speaker Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The return of the ark
David Campbell05 November 2023 18:00
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 -
Transformed lives
David Campbell05 November 2023 10:30
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 -
The Necessity of Regeneration
David White29 October 2023 18:00
Series: NPEC Speaker John 3:3, 7 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
An ancient barrier removed completely
Phil Arthur29 October 2023 10:30
Series: NPEC Speaker John 19:28-42 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The Lord's hand
David Campbell22 October 2023 18:00
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 -
Suffering and joy
David Campbell22 October 2023 10:30
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 -
A revelation to make us dance - and tremble
David Campbell15 October 2023 18:00
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 -
When the gospel changes us
David Campbell15 October 2023 10:30
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 -
Two dark days
David Campbell08 October 2023 18:00
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 -
Faith, love, and hope
David Campbell08 October 2023 10:30
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  -
God's first word to Samuel
David Campbell01 October 2023 18:00
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 -
Our location as a church
David Campbell01 October 2023 10:30
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 -
A healthy spiritual diet
Robert Strivens24 September 2023 18:00
Series: Harvest thanskgiving Philippians 4:8 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Question and answer
David Campbell17 September 2023 18:00
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 -
Christ entering into his glory
David Campbell17 September 2023 10:30
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 -
Honouring God
David Campbell10 September 2023 18:00
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 -
The end of the story
David Campbell10 September 2023 10:30
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 -
Light and darkness
David Campbell03 September 2023 18:00
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 -
Light and darkness
David Campbell03 September 2023 18:00
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 -
Atonement and intercession
David Campbell03 September 2023 10:30
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 -
Hannah's prayer
David Campbell27 August 2023 18:00
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 -
The Joseph story
David Campbell27 August 2023 10:30
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 -
Hannah's vow
David Campbell20 August 2023 18:00
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 -
The LORD speaks to Job
David Campbell20 August 2023 10:30
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 -
Hannah
David Campbell13 August 2023 18:00
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 -
Elihu
David Campbell13 August 2023 10:30
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 -
Once!
David Campbell06 August 2023 18:00
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 -
Job's three friends
David Campbell06 August 2023 10:30
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 -
To bring us to God
David Campbell30 July 2023 18:00
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 -
A man who is struggling greatly
David Campbell30 July 2023 10:30
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 -
The Grace of God
Jim Mollitt23 July 2023 18:00
Series: NPEC Speaker Titus 2:11-13 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
My God, why have you forsaken me…?
Phil Arthur23 July 2023 10:30
Series: NPEC Speaker Mark 15:33-41 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Knowing the power of God
Luke Price16 July 2023 18:00
Series: NPEC Speaker Ephesians 1:18-23 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The Lord is my Shepherd
Andrew Clark16 July 2023 10:30
Series: NPEC Speaker Psalm 23:1-6 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The righteous for the unrighteous
David Campbell09 July 2023 18:00
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 -
Job's amazing first response
David Campbell09 July 2023 10:30
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 -
Christ suffering for sins
David Campbell02 July 2023 18:00
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 -
The LORD's role
David Campbell02 July 2023 10:30
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 -
It is Finished
John Mollitt25 June 2023 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker John 19:12-30 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
TBC
Daryl Jones (GBM)25 June 2023 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Colossians 4:2-18 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
When he is come
John Mollitt18 June 2023 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker John 16:1-16 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Job's adversary
David Campbell18 June 2023 10:30
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 -
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The compassion of Christ
Mick Lockwood11 June 2023 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker John 7:53-8:11 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while -
Who wants to see Jesus?
David White11 June 2023 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker John 12:16-36 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The suffering of Christ
Mick Lockwood04 June 2023 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Mark 14:32-42 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Job's godliness
David Campbell04 June 2023 10:30
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 -
A son for Ruth and Boaz
David Campbell28 May 2023 18:00
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 -
Christ's self-control
David Campbell28 May 2023 10:30
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 -
Moving towards marriage
David Campbell21 May 2023 18:00
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 -
Christ's gentleness
David Campbell21 May 2023 10:30
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 -
The LORD our refuge, provider, and guide
David Campbell14 May 2023 18:00
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 -
Christ's faithfulness
David Campbell14 May 2023 10:30
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 return
David Campbell07 May 2023 18:00
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 -
Christ's goodness
David Campbell07 May 2023 10:30
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 -
God's people need a king!
David Campbell30 April 2023 18:00
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 -
Christ's kindness
David Campbell30 April 2023 10:30
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 -
Healing of the paralysed man
Seth Wrigglesworth23 April 2023 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Mark 1:35-2:17 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while -
The Great Deliverance
Billy McCurrie23 April 2023 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Esther 9:20-10:1-3 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it -
A call to purity of worship
David Campbell16 April 2023 18:00
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 -
Christ's patience
David Campbell16 April 2023 10:30
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 -
When Christ returns
David Campbell09 April 2023 18:00
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 -
See Mary weeping...
David Campbell09 April 2023 10:30
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 -
Help for the helpless
David Campbell07 April 2023 10:30
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 -
The Clamour of the crowd
John Mollitt02 April 2023 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Matthew 27:15-44 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The Silence of the Saviour
John Mollitt02 April 2023 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Luke 23:1-16 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
Paul in Athens
Phil Arthur26 March 2023 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Acts 17:16-34 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
The Cross Examined
Fred Kershaw26 March 2023 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker John 12:20-36 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and can be joined at any point (and viewed from the beginning if you have missed it) while the -
At the end of twenty years
David Campbell19 March 2023 18:00
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 -
Christ's peace
David Campbell19 March 2023 10:30
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 -
Becoming Israel's judge
David Campbell12 March 2023 18:00
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 -
Jesus' joy
David Campbell12 March 2023 10:30
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 -
Eating of the tree of life
David Campbell05 March 2023 18:00
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 -
Christ's love
David Campbell05 March 2023 10:30
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 -
The beginning of the beginning
David Campbell26 February 2023 18:00
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 -
The fruit of the Spirit - in us and in Christ
David Campbell26 February 2023 10:30
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 -
The Samson story begins
David Campbell19 February 2023 18:00
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 -
Christ and the church
David Campbell19 February 2023 10:30
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 -
Another great victory marred
David Campbell12 February 2023 18:00
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 -
What God has done for Jesus
David Campbell12 February 2023 10:30
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 -
From the perspective of Eve
David Campbell05 February 2023 18:00
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 -
God's inheritance and his power
David Campbell05 February 2023 10:30
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 -
Rejected God, rejected man
David Campbell29 January 2023 18:00
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 -
The hope to which God has called us
David Campbell29 January 2023 10:30
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 -
Abimelech
David Campbell22 January 2023 18:00
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 -
Faith and love
David Campbell22 January 2023 10:30
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 -
A great victory marred
David Campbell15 January 2023 18:00
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 -
Looking ahead
David Campbell15 January 2023 10:30
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 -
Life!
Keith Underhill08 January 2023 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker Matthew 7:7-8 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
Enter by the narrow gate
Keith Underhill08 January 2023 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Matthew 7:13-14 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
In the best of hands
David Campbell01 January 2023 18:00
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 ***Please -
Understanding the Scriptures
David Campbell01 January 2023 10:30
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 -
From riches to poverty for us
David Campbell25 December 2022 18:00
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 -
The great reason for his coming
David Campbell25 December 2022 10:30
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 -
How we should think about him
David Campbell18 December 2022 18:00
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 -
With his disciples on the road to Emmaus
David Campbell18 December 2022 10:30
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. ***Please Note -
To God be the glory
David Campbell11 December 2022 18:00
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 -
The women and the resurrection
David Campbell11 December 2022 10:30
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 -
The call of Gideon
David Campbell04 December 2022 18:00
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 -
Jesus' burial
David Campbell04 December 2022 10:30
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 -
Deborah's song of victory
David Campbell27 November 2022 18:00
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 -
Jesus' final words
David Campbell27 November 2022 10:30
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 -
Deliverance from Jabin
David Campbell20 November 2022 18:00
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 -
Symbols of a finished work
David Campbell20 November 2022 10:30
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 -
The first three judges
David Campbell13 November 2022 18:00
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 -
A promise of paradise with Jesus
David Campbell13 November 2022 10:30
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 -
The raising up of the Judges
David Campbell06 November 2022 18:00
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 -
Save yourself!
David Campbell06 November 2022 10:30
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 -
The dimming of the brightness
David Campbell30 October 2022 18:00
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 -
The last word and the first
David Campbell30 October 2022 10:30
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 -
The redemption of God's possession
David Campbell23 October 2022 18:00
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 -
The outcome of the trial
David Campbell23 October 2022 10:30
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 -
God’s Evangelical Heart
Billy McCurrie16 October 2022 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker John 3:1-21 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
Sacrificial Submission
Billy McCurrie16 October 2022 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker Judges 11:29-40 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
Sealed with the Holy Spirit
David Campbell09 October 2022 18:00
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 -
Face to face with the true Jesus
David Campbell09 October 2022 10:30
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 -
God's inheritance in his people
David Campbell02 October 2022 18:00
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 -
Peter's denials of Christ
David Campbell02 October 2022 10:30
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 -
Behold My Servant
Alasdair I Macleod25 September 2022 18:00
Series: Harvest Thanksgiving 2022 Isaiah 42:1-4 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
Boundless Grace
Alasdair I Macleod25 September 2022 10:30
Series: Harvest Thanksgiving 2022 1 Timothy 1:15-16 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
Serving a great God
Luke Price18 September 2022 18:00
Series: NPEC Speaker. Romans 11:25-12:2 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
He had compassion!
Andrew Clark18 September 2022 10:30
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! ***Please Note - This Service will be Live -
The mystery of God's will
David Campbell11 September 2022 18:00
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 -
They are a new person!
David Campbell11 September 2022 10:30
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 -
Redemption
David Campbell04 September 2022 18:00
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 -
Jesus' arrest
David Campbell04 September 2022 10:30
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 -
Praise for adoption
David Campbell28 August 2022 18:00
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 -
Gethsemane
David Campbell28 August 2022 10:30
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 -
Chosen to be holy
David Campbell21 August 2022 18:00
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 -
Blessed with every spiritual blessing
David Campbell14 August 2022 18:00
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 -
Jesus, the one and only Saviour
David Campbell14 August 2022 10:30
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 -
It isn`t fair
John Mollitt07 August 2022 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Matthew 20:1-16 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
I will make you fishers of men
John Mollitt07 August 2022 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. John 21:1-14 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
Not for our righteousness...but the oath of grace
Matthew Gray31 July 2022 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Deuteronomy 9:1-29 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
Remember...and beware that you do not forget...the LORD
Matthew Gray31 July 2022 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Deuteronomy 8:1-20 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
God's 'no' to David - and to us
David Campbell24 July 2022 18:00
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 -
Our praying Saviour
David Campbell24 July 2022 10:30
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 -
Serving the LORD
David Campbell17 July 2022 18:00
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 -
Three important matters
David Campbell17 July 2022 10:30
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. ***Please Note - This -
A call to faithfulness
David Campbell10 July 2022 18:00
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 -
The Lord's Supper
David Campbell10 July 2022 10:30
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 -
The Gospel of Hope
David White03 July 2022 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. John 13:36-14:11 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the -
The greatest rescue mission of all time
Jim Mollitt03 July 2022 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Luke 5:27-32; 19:1-10 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here -
The fear of losing God's blessing
David Campbell26 June 2022 18:00
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 -
The parties involved in Jesus' death
David Campbell26 June 2022 10:30
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 -
"Great is thy faithfulness"
David Campbell19 June 2022 18:00
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 -
The coming of the Lord
David Campbell19 June 2022 10:30
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 -
Our house in heaven
Iver Martin12 June 2022 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. 2 Coronthians 4:16-5:10 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for -
God's house on earth
Iver Martin12 June 2022 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. 2 Samuel 7:1-29 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the -
The Day of Atonement
David Campbell05 June 2022 18:00
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 -
A study in contrasts
David Campbell05 June 2022 10:30
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 -
With the help of the LORD
David Campbell29 May 2022 18:00
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 -
Through his own eyes
David Campbell29 May 2022 10:30
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 -
What are you waiting for?
Keith Underhill22 May 2022 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Ephesians 1:18 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the bulletin and -
Why do you speak as you do?
Keith Underhill22 May 2022 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Matthew 12:33-37 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the bulletin -
The Poor Who Are Rich
Tony Flanders15 May 2022 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Matthew 5:3 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the bulletin and -
I am God – and there is no other!
Rob Stredder15 May 2022 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Isaiah 45:18-25 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the bulletin -
The deception of the Gibeonites
David Campbell08 May 2022 18:00
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 -
Resurrection life
David Campbell08 May 2022 10:30
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 -
The conversion of Zacchaeus
Roger Blaxall01 May 2022 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Luke 19:1-10 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
3 Marks of Godliness
John Palmer01 May 2022 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. 1 Chronicles 29:1-20 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** -
All Things are Yours
John Palmer24 April 2022 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the -
Hezekiah - the Man of Faith
John Palmer24 April 2022 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. 2 Kings 18:1-12 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the -
Victory at Ai
David Campbell17 April 2022 18:00
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 risen Jesus
David Campbell17 April 2022 10:30
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 -
It is finished
David Campbell15 April 2022 10:30
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 -
The sin of Achan
David Campbell10 April 2022 18:00
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 -
Caesar and God
David Campbell10 April 2022 10:30
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 -
Jesus' heavenly joy
David Campbell03 April 2022 18:00
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 -
A tale of crime and punishment
David Campbell03 April 2022 10:30
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 -
The destruction of the Canaanites
David Campbell27 March 2022 18:00
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 questioning of Jesus' authority
David Campbell27 March 2022 10:30
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 -
The fall of Jericho
David Campbell20 March 2022 18:00
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 -
The cleansing of the temple
David Campbell20 March 2022 10:30
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 -
The Commander of the Lord's army
David Campbell13 March 2022 18:00
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. ***Please -
The purest patriotic love
David Campbell13 March 2022 10:30
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. ***Please Note -
Forgiven to forgiving
John Mollitt06 March 2022 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Luke 23:26-43 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the bulletin -
Are all things for me or against me?
John Mollitt06 March 2022 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Genesis 42:1-5; 29-38 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for -
The opposite occurred
Andrew Clark27 February 2022 18:00
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 -
You can trust Jesus
Luke Price27 February 2022 10:30
Series: NPEC Speaker. John 10:24-30 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the bulletin -
Events at Gilgal
David Campbell20 February 2022 18:00
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 -
The King is coming
David Campbell20 February 2022 10:30
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 -
The Lord doing wonders
David Campbell13 February 2022 18:00
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 -
The parable of the ten minas
David Campbell13 February 2022 10:30
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 -
The mission of the spies
David Campbell06 February 2022 18:00
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). ***Please -
Seeking and saving the lost
David Campbell06 February 2022 10:30
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 -
First experiences as leader
David Campbell30 January 2022 18:00
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 -
Blind Bartimaeus
David Campbell30 January 2022 10:30
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 -
The new leader
David Campbell23 January 2022 18:00
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 -
The importance of understanding
David Campbell23 January 2022 10:30
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 -
Things secret and revealed
David Campbell16 January 2022 18:00
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 -
No turning back
David Campbell16 January 2022 10:30
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 -
What is your life?
Phil Arthur09 January 2022 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker James 4:1-17 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the bulletin -
Ten minutes after the Benediction
Phil Arthur09 January 2022 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker James 3:1-12 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the bulletin -
The blood that speaks a better word
David Campbell02 January 2022 18:00
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 -
The God whose ways are higher than ours
David Campbell02 January 2022 10:30
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 -
The God who makes God known
David Campbell26 December 2021 18:00
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 -
Precious assurances
David Campbell26 December 2021 10:30
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 -
Prince of Peace
David Campbell25 December 2021 10:30
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 -
Mary's song
David Campbell19 December 2021 18:00
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 -
Christmas 2021
David Campbell19 December 2021 10:30
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 -
Alone, yet not alone
David Campbell12 December 2021 18:00
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 -
The rich young ruler
David Campbell12 December 2021 10:30
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 -
Death the path to fruitfulness
David Campbell05 December 2021 18:00
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 -
"Let the children come to me..."
David Campbell05 December 2021 10:30
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 -
Martin Luther & the Diet of Worms (500 Years 1521-2021)
Phil Arthur01 December 2021 19:30
Series: Historical Lecture Martin Luther & the Diet of Worms (500 Years 1521-2021) ***Please Note - This meeting will be Live Streamed from 19:30 on Wednesday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the meeting -
How are you going to go home?
David Campbell28 November 2021 10:30
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 -
A picture of the Cross
David Campbell21 November 2021 18:00
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 cry that God will answer
David Campbell21 November 2021 10:30
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. ***Please Note - This -
A change of leadership
David Campbell14 November 2021 18:00
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 -
Think ahead!
David Campbell14 November 2021 10:30
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 -
When life seems at its best - and at its worst
Steve Walker07 November 2021 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Job 1:1-22 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 18:00 on Sunday Evening and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the bulletin -
Blessed, painful, fruitful trouble
Don Crisp07 November 2021 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Acts 17:1-15 ***Please Note - This Service will be Live Streamed from 10:30 on Sunday Morning and available to catch up within a few minutes of the service ending*** Please click here for the bulletin -
Prayer and pardon
David Campbell31 October 2021 18:00
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 -
A Reformation Day sermon
David Campbell31 October 2021 10:30
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 -
Following the Lord fully
David Campbell24 October 2021 18:00
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 -
Giving praise and thanks
David Campbell24 October 2021 10:30
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 -
The way is barred
David Campbell17 October 2021 18:00
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 -
A series of important topics
David Campbell17 October 2021 10:30
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. ***Please Note - This -
Envy
David Campbell10 October 2021 18:00
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 -
The sufficient light of the gospel
David Campbell10 October 2021 10:30
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 -
The Lord's Supper
David Campbell03 October 2021 18:00
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". ***Please Note -
The Rich Man and Lazarus
David Campbell03 October 2021 10:30
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 -
Do not be afraid
Steve Walker29 August 2021 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Revelation 1:1-20 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Measuring what’s beyond measure
Don Crisp29 August 2021 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Ephesians 3:8-19 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Did Jesus have one or two wills?
Stephen Holland22 August 2021 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Luke 22:42 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Right with God or left without Him?
Geoff Park22 August 2021 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Luke 18:9-14 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Desire and confidence
David Campbell15 August 2021 10:30
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 -
The prayer and the answer
David Campbell08 August 2021 18:00
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 -
A new beginning
David Campbell08 August 2021 10:30
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 -
A plea for joy
David Campbell01 August 2021 10:30
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 -
Whiter than snow
David Campbell25 July 2021 10:30
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 -
An experience of heaven
David Campbell18 July 2021 18:00
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 -
The heart of the human problem
David Campbell18 July 2021 10:30
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 -
Alone with the LORD
David Campbell11 July 2021 18:00
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 -
The sinfulness of sin
David Campbell11 July 2021 10:30
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 -
Two voices
David Campbell04 July 2021 18:00
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 -
O to be clean!
David Campbell04 July 2021 10:30
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 -
Our Incomparable God
Jim Mollitt27 June 2021 18:00
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 -
What the Lord wants me to be
Jim Mollitt27 June 2021 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Mark 2:23-3:6 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Setting out with two great blessings
David Campbell20 June 2021 18:00
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 -
Remembering the persecuted
David Campbell20 June 2021 10:30
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 -
The golden calf
David Campbell13 June 2021 18:00
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 -
The elder brother
David Campbell13 June 2021 10:30
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 -
Just how great this love is
David Campbell06 June 2021 18:00
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 -
God's loss, God's gain
David Campbell06 June 2021 10:30
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 -
Who do you see?
Matthew Gray30 May 2021 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Mark 8:22-26 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Behold your God
Jeff Haskins30 May 2021 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Isaiah 40:1-31 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
God the law-giver
David Campbell23 May 2021 18:00
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 -
True discipleship
David Campbell23 May 2021 10:30
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 -
Leadership
David Campbell16 May 2021 18:00
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 -
Compel them to come in
David Campbell16 May 2021 10:30
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 -
The first battle
David Campbell09 May 2021 18:00
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 -
At a Pharisee's house
David Campbell09 May 2021 10:30
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 -
Water from the rock
David Campbell02 May 2021 18:00
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 -
Christ's lament over Jerusalem
David Campbell02 May 2021 10:30
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 -
God's provision
David Campbell25 April 2021 18:00
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 -
Now! Before it's too late!
David Campbell25 April 2021 10:30
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 -
The Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me
Phil Arthur18 April 2021 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Galatians 2:20 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
The raising of Lazarus
Andrew Clark18 April 2021 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. John 11:1-46 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Not ashamed of the gospel
Phil Arthur11 April 2021 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Romans 1:1-17 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
The wilderness
Luke Price11 April 2021 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Deuteronomy 8:1-16 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Christ dying to sin
David Campbell04 April 2021 18:00
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 -
Jesus, risen and exalted
David Campbell04 April 2021 10:30
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 -
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At Marah and Elim
David Campbell28 March 2021 18:00
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 -
Parables of kingdom progress
David Campbell28 March 2021 10:30
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 -
A song of victory
David Campbell21 March 2021 18:00
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 -
Jesus in our midst doing good
David Campbell21 March 2021 10:30
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 -
The crossing of the Red sea
David Campbell14 March 2021 18:00
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 -
The parable of the barren fig tree
David Campbell14 March 2021 10:30
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 -
Continually with the Lord
David Campbell07 March 2021 18:00
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 -
Encouragement to Obedience
Keith Underhill07 March 2021 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. 2 Thessalonians 3:4-5 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
The Lord's longer way
David Campbell28 February 2021 18:00
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 -
Our need of repentance
David Campbell28 February 2021 10:30
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 -
The tenth and final plague
David Campbell21 February 2021 18:00
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 -
Seeing and addressing what is not right
David Campbell21 February 2021 10:30
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 -
The God who hardens sinners
David Campbell14 February 2021 18:00
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 -
Death is swallowed up in victory
Phil Arthur14 February 2021 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. 1 Corinthians 15:50-57 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Two gardens
David Campbell07 February 2021 18:00
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 -
Be ready!
David Campbell07 February 2021 10:30
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 -
The God of the ten plagues
David Campbell31 January 2021 18:00
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 -
Treasure in heaven
David Campbell31 January 2021 10:30
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 -
O for grace to listen - and to speak!
David Campbell24 January 2021 18:00
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 -
Our Father knows what we need
David Campbell24 January 2021 10:30
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 -
The darkness before the dawn
David Campbell17 January 2021 18:00
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 -
The Parable of the Rich Fool
David Campbell17 January 2021 10:30
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 -
Praying to the Lord of the harvest
David Campbell10 January 2021 18:00
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 -
When it's hard to be a Christian
David Campbell10 January 2021 10:30
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 -
Are you one of them?
David Campbell03 January 2021 18:00
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 -
What is the world coming to?
Phil Arthur03 January 2021 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Revelation 6:1-8 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
This is our God too
David Campbell27 December 2020 18:00
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 believer walking in darkness
David Campbell27 December 2020 10:30
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 -
Jesus, born of a virgin
David Campbell20 December 2020 18:00
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 -
The God who has come to be with us
David Campbell20 December 2020 10:30
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. Please -
The problem is me
David Campbell13 December 2020 18:00
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 -
Now it's the lawyers' turn
David Campbell13 December 2020 10:30
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 -
What are we hearing in Jesus' voice?
David Campbell06 December 2020 18:00
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 -
Bad spiritual leaders
David Campbell06 December 2020 10:30
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 -
Time to return
David Campbell29 November 2020 18:00
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 -
This is an evil generation too
David Campbell29 November 2020 10:30
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 -
Hearing and obeying God's word
David Campbell22 November 2020 10:30
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 -
The birth of the deliverer
David Campbell15 November 2020 18:00
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 -
Conflict
David Campbell15 November 2020 10:30
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 -
Blessing and suffering
David Campbell08 November 2020 18:00
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 -
Earnest prayer for the Holy Spirit
David Campbell08 November 2020 10:30
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 -
The certainty of final salvation
David Campbell01 November 2020 18:00
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 -
The Lord's Prayer
David Campbell01 November 2020 10:30
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 -
God's amazing plan of salvation
David Campbell25 October 2020 18:00
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 -
Divine pity
David Campbell25 October 2020 10:30
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 -
All things for good
David Campbell18 October 2020 18:00
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 -
The relenting God
David Campbell18 October 2020 10:30
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 -
How the Spirit helps us as we pray
David Campbell11 October 2020 18:00
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 -
The people of Nineveh repenting
David Campbell11 October 2020 10:30
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 -
God has more for us yet!
David Campbell04 October 2020 18:00
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 -
A picture of grace
David Campbell04 October 2020 10:30
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. Please click here for -
Daniel 5:1-31
Phil Arthur27 September 2020 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Daniel 5:1-31 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Psalm 136:1-26
Phil Arthur27 September 2020 10:30
Series: Harvest Thanksgiving 2020. Psalm 136:1-26 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Learning true values
Jim Waterworth20 September 2020 18:00
2 Kings 6:24-7:1 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
The man who knew the king`s secrets
Jim Waterworth20 September 2020 10:30
2 Kings 6:8-23 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Do not worry
Andrew Clark13 September 2020 18:00
Matthew 6:19-34 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Philippians 1:29
David Campbell13 September 2020 10:30
Philippians 1:29 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Creation's future deliverance
David Campbell06 September 2020 18:00
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 -
Salvation!
David Campbell06 September 2020 10:30
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 -
Suffering and glory
David Campbell30 August 2020 18:00
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 -
Back to the storm
David Campbell30 August 2020 10:30
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 -
Children of God
David Campbell23 August 2020 18:00
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 -
The storm
David Campbell23 August 2020 10:30
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 -
Putting to death the misdeeds of the body
David Campbell16 August 2020 18:00
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 -
Fleeing from the Lord's presence
David Campbell16 August 2020 10:30
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 -
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit
David Campbell09 August 2020 18:00
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 -
The mission
David Campbell09 August 2020 10:30
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 -
Daniel 4:1-37
Phil Arthur02 August 2020 18:00
Series: Visiting Speaker. Daniel 4:1-37 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Daniel 3:1-30
Phil Arthur02 August 2020 10:30
Series: Visiting Speaker. Daniel 3:1-30 Please click here for the bulletin and sermon notes (This will automatically open in a new tab) -
Two kinds of people
David Campbell26 July 2020 18:00
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 -
Criticised and defended
David Campbell26 July 2020 10:30
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 -
Bethlehem, Calvary, and us
David Campbell19 July 2020 18:00
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 -
The Good Samaritan
David Campbell19 July 2020 10:30
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 -
No condemnation
David Campbell12 July 2020 18:00
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 -
How amazingly privileged!
David Campbell12 July 2020 10:30
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 -
After the funeral
David Campbell05 July 2020 18:00
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 -
God in His holiness
David Campbell05 July 2020 10:30
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 -
As Jacob nears his end
David Campbell28 June 2020 18:00
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 -
Our gospel task
David Campbell28 June 2020 10:30
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 -
Taking care of the family
David Campbell21 June 2020 18:00
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 -
Following Jesus
David Campbell21 June 2020 10:30
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 -
Re-union
David Campbell14 June 2020 18:00
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. Bulletin and Sermon Notes (This will automatically open -
The start of the final journey
David Campbell14 June 2020 10:30
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 -
God at the heart of it all
David Campbell07 June 2020 18:00
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 -
Learning from the disciples
David Campbell07 June 2020 10:30
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 -
"I am Joseph!"
David Campbell31 May 2020 18:00
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 -
At the foot of the mountain
David Campbell31 May 2020 10:30
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 second encounter
David Campbell24 May 2020 18:00
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 Transfiguration
David Campbell24 May 2020 10:30
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 -
First encounter
David Campbell17 May 2020 18:00
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 -
Don't hold back!
David Campbell17 May 2020 10:30
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 -
Years of plenty, years of famine
David Campbell10 May 2020 18:00
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 -
A question of identity
David Campbell10 May 2020 10:30
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 -
From the depths to heights
David Campbell03 May 2020 18:00
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 -
What the power of God can do
David Campbell03 May 2020 10:30
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 -
Joseph and the cupbearer
David Campbell26 April 2020 18:00
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 -
The first commission
David Campbell26 April 2020 10:30
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 -
The temptation
David Campbell19 April 2020 18:00
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 -
Jairus and his daughter
David Campbell19 April 2020 10:30
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 -
Sold as a slave
David Campbell12 April 2020 18:00
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 -
An Easter journey
David Campbell12 April 2020 10:30
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 -
Jesus' death God's will
David Campbell10 April 2020 10:30
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 -
Hated by his brothers
David Campbell05 April 2020 18:00
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 -
How faith is at the heart of it
David Campbell05 April 2020 10:30
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 -
Lights and shadows
David Campbell29 March 2020 18:00
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 -
How much God has done for us
David Campbell29 March 2020 10:30
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 -
The calming of the storm
David Campbell22 March 2020 10:30
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 -
The message of Christ crucified - a Communion sermon
David Campbell15 March 2020 18:00
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 -
Taking care how we hear
David Campbell15 March 2020 10:30
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 -
A three-fold threat
David Campbell08 March 2020 18:00
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 -
The Parable of the Sower
David Campbell08 March 2020 10:30
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 -
Reconciliation
David Campbell01 March 2020 18:00
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 -
The good news of the kingdom of God
David Campbell01 March 2020 10:30
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 -
Jacob at Peniel
David Campbell23 February 2020 18:00
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 -
Forgiven much, loving much
David Campbell23 February 2020 10:30
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 -
No needless death this! - a Communion sermon
David Campbell16 February 2020 18:00
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 -
Here's what Jesus thinks
David Campbell16 February 2020 10:30
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 -
'At the end of twenty years'
David Campbell09 February 2020 18:00
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 -
John's doubt
David Campbell09 February 2020 10:30
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 -
Jacob's children
David Campbell02 February 2020 18:00
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 -
Jesus in the presence of death
David Campbell02 February 2020 10:30
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 -
Where is God?
David Campbell26 January 2020 18:00
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 -
Such faith
David Campbell26 January 2020 10:30
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  -
How he loved me - a Communion sermon
David Campbell19 January 2020 18:00
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 -
A good work
David Campbell19 January 2020 10:30
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 -
In the time of my distress
David Campbell12 January 2020 18:00
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 -
Who should serve as elders?
David Campbell12 January 2020 10:30
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 -
The deception
David Campbell05 January 2020 18:00
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 -
A model congregation
David Campbell05 January 2020 10:30
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 -
Isaac & Gerar
David Campbell29 December 2019 18:00
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 -
Rejoicing in hope of the glory of God
David Campbell29 December 2019 10:30
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 -
Christmas Day Service
David Campbell25 December 2019 10:30
Series: Advent 2019. John 10:10; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-11. -
Good news of great joy
David Campbell22 December 2019 18:00
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. -
The Word who was God
David Campbell22 December 2019 10:30
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 -
Rescue through the Cross - a Communion sermon
David Campbell15 December 2019 18:00
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 -
The Word who was with God
David Campbell15 December 2019 10:30
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 -
Jacob and Esau
David Campbell08 December 2019 18:00
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 -
Christ the Word
David Campbell08 December 2019 10:30
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  -
Waiting time, testing time
David Campbell01 December 2019 18:00
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 -
You say he is Lord but is he?
David Campbell01 December 2019 10:30
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 -
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"O love that wilt not let me go"
David Campbell10 November 2019 18:00
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 -
Two searching illustrations
David Campbell10 November 2019 10:30
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 -
Our security because of Christ
David Campbell03 November 2019 18:00
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 -
All about others
David Campbell03 November 2019 10:30
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 -
The God who justifies
David Campbell27 October 2019 18:00
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 -
Loving our enemies
David Campbell27 October 2019 10:30
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 -
The Father's love
David Campbell20 October 2019 18:00
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 -
A series of woes
David Campbell20 October 2019 10:30
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 -
The God who is for us
David Campbell13 October 2019 18:00
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 -
Are you blessed?
David Campbell13 October 2019 10:30
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 -
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God glorifying us
David Campbell29 September 2019 18:00
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 -
The calling of the Twelve
David Campbell29 September 2019 10:30
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 -
God justifying us
David Campbell22 September 2019 18:00
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 -
Doing Good on the Sabbath
David Campbell22 September 2019 10:30
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 -
Visiting Speaker - David White
David White08 September 2019 10:30
Luke 23:32-43; Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Visiting Speaker -
It's ultimately about him
David Campbell01 September 2019 18:00
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 -
Darkness then light - a Communion sermon
David Campbell01 September 2019 10:30
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 -
Visiting Speaker - Walter Johnston
Walter Johnston25 August 2019 18:00
25/08/2019 (pm) - Walter Johnston - Ezekiel 34; John 10:1-18 Visiting Speaker -
Visiting Speaker - Walter Johnston
Walter Johnston25 August 2019 10:30
25/08/2019 (am) - Walter Johnston - John 10:1-18 Visiting Speaker -
Conformity to the image of God's Son
David Campbell18 August 2019 18:00
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 -
Discipleship and fasting
David Campbell18 August 2019 10:30
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 -
A snapshot of the whole
David Campbell11 August 2019 18:00
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 -
Jesus, God's greatest gift
David Campbell11 August 2019 10:30
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 -
Looking forward
David Campbell04 August 2019 18:00
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 -
Following Jesus
David Campbell04 August 2019 10:30
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 -
A bride for Isaac
David Campbell28 July 2019 18:00
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 -
It was why he had come!
David Campbell28 July 2019 10:30
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 -
The small beginning
David Campbell21 July 2019 18:00
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 -
The blessing we need most
David Campbell21 July 2019 10:30
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 -
Isaac and Jesus
David Campbell14 July 2019 18:00
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 -
Christ, our model for private prayer
David Campbell14 July 2019 10:30
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 -
Abraham's faith
David Campbell07 July 2019 18:00
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 -
Both able and willing
David Campbell07 July 2019 10:30
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 -
A tale of two wells
David Campbell30 June 2019 18:00
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 -
Fruitful evangelism
David Campbell30 June 2019 10:30
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 -
Church Anniversary Service 2019
Bill James23 June 2019 18:00
23/06/2019 (pm) - Bill James - Romans 8:18-30; Isaiah 65:17-25 Church Anniversary Service 2019 -
Church Anniversary Service 2019
Bill James23 June 2019 10:30
23/06/2019 (am) - Bill James - Isaiah 42:1-9; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Church Anniversary Service 2019 -
The promised son is born
David Campbell16 June 2019 18:00
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 -
Serving the world in general
David Campbell16 June 2019 10:30
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 -
Visiting Speaker - Stephen Holland
Stephen Holland09 June 2019 18:00
09/06/2019 (pm) - Stephen Holland - Psalm 11:1-7 Visiting Speaker -
Visiting Speaker - Stuart Harding
Stuart Harding09 June 2019 10:30
09/06/2019 (am) - Stuart Harding - Luke 24:36-53 Visiting Speaker -
Visiting Speaker - Jim Waterworth
Jim Waterworth02 June 2019 18:00
02/06/2019 (pm) - Jim Waterworth - 2 Corinthians 5:1-21 Visiting Speaker -
Visiting Speaker - Jim Waterworth
Jim Waterworth02 June 2019 10:30
02/06/2019 (am) - Jim Waterworth - Isaiah 5:1-23 Visiting Speaker -
A dark cloud over Abimelech
David Campbell26 May 2019 18:00
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 -
Serving the Jewish people
David Campbell26 May 2019 10:30
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 -
More right than they knew
05 May 2019 10:30
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 -
The God who does what is just
David Campbell28 April 2019 18:00
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 -
The solitude shared only by God
David Campbell28 April 2019 10:30
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 -
When he appears the second time
David Campbell21 April 2019 18:00
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 -
Many decisive proofs
David Campbell21 April 2019 10:30
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 -
Good Friday
David Campbell19 April 2019 10:30
19/04/2019 (am) - David Campbell - Ephesians 1:7; Psalm 22 1-11; Matthew 27 32-50 Easter 2019: Good Friday -
Palm Sunday
Steve Walker14 April 2019 18:00
14/04/2019 (pm) - Steve Walker - John 12:12-19; Mark 15:1-15 Visiting Speaker -
Evening and Morning
David Campbell14 April 2019 10:30
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 -
Visting Speaker - Ani Ekpo
Ani Ekpo07 April 2019 18:00
07/04/2019 (pm) - Ani Ekpo - 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Visiting Speaker -
To live is Christ
Billy McCurrie07 April 2019 10:30
07/04/2019 (am) - Billy McCurrie - Philippians 1:1-21 Visiting Speaker -
Is anything too hard for the Lord?
David Campbell31 March 2019 18:00
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 -
The blessing of restored health
David Campbell31 March 2019 10:30
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 -
So what's new?
David Campbell24 March 2019 18:00
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 -
Here's my story
David Campbell24 March 2019 10:30
"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 -
Visiting Speaker - Steve Walker
Steve Walker17 March 2019 18:00
17/03/2019 (pm) - Steve Walker - Matthew 5:1-6 Visiting Speaker -
Visiting Speaker - Phil Arthur
Phil Arthur17 March 2019 10:30
17/03/2019 (am) - Phil Arthur - Revelation 4:1-11 Visiting Speaker -
The God who sees and hears
David Campbell10 March 2019 18:00
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 -
Speaking with authority
David Campbell10 March 2019 10:30
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 -
The covenant
David Campbell03 March 2019 18:00
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 -
Don't let history repeat itself!
David Campbell03 March 2019 10:30
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 -
Abram's faith
David Campbell24 February 2019 18:00
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 -
The best news in the world
David Campbell24 February 2019 10:30
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 -
Hated without a cause
David Campbell17 February 2019 18:00
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 -
The third temptation
David Campbell17 February 2019 10:30
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 -
Abram and the two kings
David Campbell10 February 2019 18:00
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 -
The second temptation
David Campbell10 February 2019 10:30
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 -
The separation
David Campbell03 February 2019 18:00
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 -
The separation
David Campbell03 February 2019 18:00
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 -
The first temptation
David Campbell03 February 2019 10:30
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