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 »
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 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 »
Here is a sermon I preached at Tayside Christian Fellowship on the 13th February 2011. It was the first in a series they were doing on Jesus – Saviour, Lord and King. The sermon is titled Jesus As Saviour and was taken from Colossians 1.9-14, the audio is available here.
I also spoke in the evening of the 1st August at CBC. My evening message was an apologetic argument that unlike how many view Christianity today in the UK, it is actually a reasonable faith. The themes within this message have been brewing within me for many years and are a response to the increasing … Continue reading »
My apologies for the lack of posting in recent weeks – I have been busy preparing two messages for my church, Central Baptist Church for 1st August. The morning message was a follow on from my message on the broad and narrow ways from Jesus’ closing application of the sermon on the mount, entitled Counterfeit … Continue reading »
On 13th June I spoke at my church on the narrow and wide roads from Matthew chapter 7.13-14. My slide is available here and my talk is available here.
I had the privilege of speaking at my church a few weeks ago and chose for my text Acts 26 – Paul before Agrippa, under the title Captivated by Christ. I sought to paint a picture of the encounter through looking at the three main characters – Agrippa (The Knowledgable King), Festus (The Pragmatic Procurator) and … Continue reading »
My blogging has taken a back seat over the last two weeks as I prepared a message on the Providence of God from Romans 8.28. Although its a well known verse I tried to bring something of the wonder and majesty of the Providence of God from what I have been reading in Calvin to … Continue reading »
