Yesterday I spoke at my home church, Central Baptist Church, Dundee in my series of Postcards from the Prophets on Elijah at Mount Horeb from 1 Kings 19 titled “Running on Empty”. In it I sought to outline Elijah’s external persecution and internal despair along with his encounter with the whispering God. Through it all I sought … Continue reading »
I recently spoke at my church on the next in my series on Elijah. This time Elijah is facing the prophets of Baal, King Ahab and the people of Israel at the top of Mount Carmel. Its a classic passage from Israel’s history and I focussed on 1) A guilty silence (ie the people who … Continue reading »
In the evening last Sunday I preached on Elijah meeting Odadiah, the fourth in my series of Postcards from the Prophets and used this encounter to ask some questions about a Christian’s view of civil disobediance, including looking at Martin Luther King Jr and Oscar Schindler. You can access the sermon here and the slides here.
Last Sunday I preached on Elijah meeting the widow of Zarepheth from 1 Kings. It was the third in my series of Postcards from the Prophets. The sermon is available here and the slides here.
Here is the first in a series of children’s talks on animals in the bible – #1 a donkey in trouble. Using the slides (here) ask the children “Who can guess what animal is this is?” That’s right its a donkey, who knows of donkeys in the bible? Do you remember Balaam’s Donkey? Well, Balaam’s donkey … Continue reading »
Here is a sermon I preached on 13th March 2011 at Central Baptist Church, Dundee. It is the second in the series titled Postcards from the Prophets, looking at key moments in the life and ministry of the prophets. In this message I focussed on how the final words of Jacob to his son Judah were remarkably fulfilled hundreds of years later and why this is relevant to us in the 21st century. Continue reading »
For those of us who live in the UK the events of the past week have been shocking and saddening. Today the Prime Minister declared that the UK had a “broken society“ . Many are now searching for reasons as to why this eruption in social unrest should break upon these lands so quickly and with … Continue reading »
On Sunday 31st October I began a series of sermons on the prophets. I’m calling it Postcards from the Prophets and throughout the series I will seek to understand what these significant moments in the history of Israel have to say to us today. The first one was titled The Call and was looking at the call of Jeremiah. The sermon can … Continue reading »
