Sermons

A Christian View of Environmentalism

What should Christians make of global warming, eco-friendly initiatives, and environmentalism in general?

A Christian View of Corporal Punishment

Does the Bible speak to the matter of physical chastening? In the context of parenting…

A Christian View of Education

Much confusion and secular thinking pervades Christians when it comes to education. This programme considers…

A Christian View of Psychology

How should Christians view psychology? This programme presents one view, showing the contradictions between secular…

A Christian View of Emigration and Immigration

Is it wrong to emigrate? How should Christians treat immigrants from other nations? This programme…

A Christian View of Government

What is government to do, according to the Bible? How should Christians respond to government?…

A Christian View of Racism

What is at the heart of racism? The sin of racism is not be wrong…

Inerrancy

Is the Bible without error? And does it matter?

The Good Soil

The parable of the soils culminates in the good heart that receives the Word with…

The Thorny Heart

Some hearts cannot receive the Word because they are filled with worldliness, wealth-seeking, and wandering…

The Impulsive Heart

Jesus describes some hearts as superficially accepting the Word, while rejecting it in the heart…

The Indifferent Heart

Jesus describes the second kind of heart as that which does not allow the Word…

The Sower

The Parable of the Sower, or the Soils, explains why the Word has the effects…

Thinkful Thankfulness

How do we cultivate a thankful heart? Psalm 105 guides us to meditate on four…

The Disciplined Church

Christians can mistake the doctrine of grace with passivity, and give way to spiritual laziness.…

Jesus, Our Torn Veil

The death of Christ brought a supernatural tearing of the veil that separated the Most…

Beholding Our God—Holy and Loving

The summary of God’s attributes is His holiness, and love is God’s response to His…

Beholding Our God—Faithful and True

Hosea’s tragic and yet beautiful story of unfaithfulness and faithfulness illustrates the faithfulness of God…

Beholding Our God—Gracious and Merciful

In David’s grace to an enemy’s grandson, we see a picture of God’s graciousness.

Beholding Our God—Just and Righteous

God perfectly loves what is right and hates what is evil. His justice, or righteousness,…

Beholding Our God—Omnipotent and Sovereign

When the Assyrian king tried to intimidate Hezekiah, the attribute of God’s omnipotence came to…

Faith in Him Who Raises the Dead

God’s war tactic included killing death with death.

Beholding Our God—Omniscient and All-Wise

God knows all that is possible, potential and actual, and knows perfect means to achieve…

Beholding Our God—Eternal and Immutable

God’s relationship to time is like His relationship to space – infinite.

Beholding Our God—Omnipresent

Jonah sought to outrun God, or at least deceive himself into thinking he had. But…

Beholding Our God—Self-Existence and Self-Sufficiency

None of the pagan gods of antiquity possessed the attribute of self-existence. Paul used this…

Beholding Our God

Nothing is more important than our concepts of God. For that reason, nothing can be…

The Lord’s Supper—An Oath of Discipleship

The Lord’s Supper is sometimes called a ‘sacrament’ – from the Latin sacramentum which was…

A Meal of Fellowship

The Lord’s Supper is emblematic of partaking and union together.

A Feast of Worship

What is the Lord’s Supper? First of all, it is a celebration of Christ Himself…

Man-Pleasing

Man-pleasing, or fearing man is a subtle form of selfishness, where others are used for…

Sow in Tears

How should believers going through pain view their trials? If they are going through those…

The Marks of Regeneration—Recognising the Truth

The fourth sure sign of regeneration is the God-given ability to discern the voice of…

The Marks of Regeneration—Imitating His Implanted Nature

The truly regenerate give evidence of their new life by imitating the nature of the…

The Marks of Regeneration—Family Identity

One of the sure signs of regeneration is a family identity with God’s family.

The Marks of Regeneration—Confessing Jesus Christ

Today, the term ‘born again’ has lost its biblical meaning. What are the sure signs…

Treasuring Christ in His Worth

Sacrifice and suffering are the ultimate symbols of treasuring the worth of God.

The Shepherd-God

Why did God choose to announce the birth of His Son, first of all to…

Treasuring Christ in His Works

Knowing and loving God means seeing and knowing the works of God.

Treasuring Christ in His Word

The way to treasure God for His value is to behold His beauty. We behold…

Treasuring the Value of God

How can we unify the various strands of the Christian life? One helpful way is…

Joseph—Closure

As the lines of the Joseph narrative draw together, the great lesson of God’s providential…

Joseph—Choices and Consequences

Jacob’s predictions of the future of his sons illustrates how consequences follow choices.

Joseph—Gracious Blessing

Jacob’s choice to bless the younger over the elder is a profound lesson in the…

Joseph—Benevolent Lordship

As the famine continued, Joseph obtained greater and greater control over Egypt. How did he…

Joseph—Promises and Providence

The promises of God to Abraham were worked out remarkably through the providential arrangements of…

Joseph—Recognition, Reconciliation and Reunion

After Judah’s repentance, Joseph extends true and heartfelt forgiveness. Joseph’s forgiveness has at least five…

Joseph—Repentance

As Joseph has worked on his brothers’ consciences, a final test elicits a response from…

Joseph—The Awakening of Conscience

Joseph’s brothers needed to have their consciences pricked and awoken. Joseph worked to see if…

Joseph—Vindication

For a believer, a moment of vindication is coming. For Joseph, it was after 13…

Joseph—Obedience Under Pressure

Joseph continued to obey, even though everything seemed to get worse. At what point will…

Joseph—Resisting Temptation for God Alone

Joseph resisted temptation when no one was looking? What enabled him to remain pure in…

Joseph—Responding in the Spirit

Joseph chose to keep responding in the Holy Spirit, regardless of circumstance.

Joseph—Truth-Teller

Joseph loved and preached the truth under all circumstances – even those he knew would…

Joseph—Family Matters

Studying the life of Joseph reveals three things: a picture of Christ, the doctrine of…

He Is Not Silent

Is God silent? Is it true that God is hidden from most people? Why doesn’t…

What in the World is God Doing?

Ephesians contains one of the verses that expands the purpose of God’s redemptive work beyond…

Live and Let Die

James concludes his letter by describing the act of restoration of wandering professing believers as…

Effectual Fervent Prayer

James wishes Christians to pray in all circumstances and to pray with all confidence. He…

Waiting Actively

Waiting on God is nothing like the waiting we are used to doing in our…

Proud Spending

Pride manifests in a certain approach to wealth and money.

The Fathers We Need

What kind of fathers does Scripture call for?

She Shall Be Saved in Childbearing

What would the ideal woman be to the modern mind? The picture painted in the…

The High Cost of Community

Everyone enjoys the benefits of community – not all are willing to pay the price.…

Three Images of Hell

The Cross of Christ paid the penalty for sin. Hell pays the penalty for sin.…

The Donkey and the White Charger

Christ entered Jerusalem the first time on a donkey. The second time, He will enter…

Proud Planning

How should Christians plan? Pride can infect this area of life as much as any…

Judge Righteously

Everywhere we hear the mantra, “Don’t judge!” James helps us to understand exactly what kind…

The Gospel for Christians

The climax of James’ book is his invitation for both believers and unbelievers to come…

The Adulterous Heart of Conflict

What is the root of real conflict? James shows us that it is when we…

Worldly-Wise or Word-Wise?

Why do we so often repeat destructive behaviour that seems to make sense to us?

Heroes of Faith—Brother Lawrence

Brother Lawrence learnt, and taught, the secret of communing with God. His classic, “Practicing the…

Heroes of Faith—Balthasar Hubmaier

From the 16th century came the cry “Truth is Immortal” from an unlikely, and still…

Risen But Not Recognised

Why could the risen Christ walk right next to the disciples without their recognising Him?

Heroes of Faith—A.W. Tozer

In the 20th century, A.W. Tozer stands apart as a man who vigorously opposed the…

Heroes of Faith—Robert Murray M’Cheyne

Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s short life stands testimony to what may happen if we seek after…

Heroes of Faith—George Muller

George Muller of Bristol stands as a testimony of what happens when we take God…

The Blessings of Bridling the Tongue

Like a safety instructor, James shows us the three dangers of the tongue: its disproportionate…

Faith Works

Pure and undefiled religion doe snot consist of mere agreement and good intentions. It must…

Impartial Salvation, Impartial Saints

If God has extended a universal welcome to all, how should Christian treat others of…

The Inevitable Supremacy of the Son

In the midst of rebellion and rejection all round, how does God respond? How does…

Decision-Making for the New Year

How should we discern God’s will and make decisions? Ecclesiastes has much of the answer.

Re-Awakening

The Lord knows we suffer from spiritual entropy. His restoration of Simon Peter from discouraged…

How to Obey God’s Word—Righteous Doing

How do we turn hearing God’s Word into obeying God’s Word? How do we remember…

How to Hear God’s Word—Righteous Hearing

How should we approach God’s Word when we read it or hear it? James tells…

I Made Me Do It—The Enemy Within

Who is to blame, every time we sin? James demolishes all supposed external causes, and…

Why We Need a God-Man—Part 3

The kind of priest who can represent us to God needed to be sinless, sworn-in,…

A Tale of Two Princes

Christmas is really a contrast between two princes: the lower prince who wanted to go…

Why We Need a God-Man—Part 2

Our only hope for reconciliation with God is if we have a mediator who is…

Why We Need a God-Man—Part 1

Why did the Incarnation need to take place? The writer of Hebrews explains much of…

You Made Me Do It!

Whenever we blame someone for our sin, there is one Person that our blame always…

Boasting in What’s Best

Being rich or poor has both its spiritual liabilities and advantages. James wishes us to…

The Pleasurable Potential of Pain

James tells us why problems, pains and tests are things to be rejoiced in.

Who is My Brother?

Who was the author of the book of James? Find out why an incident in…

Pilgrim Leadership

Leaders in God’s church are to be different: in how they are appointed, in their…

Pilgrim Stewardship

The pilgrim church ought to be different in how it experiences creation.

Pilgrim Discipleship

Everyone makes disciples. The world makes its own disciples. The church is to be different…

Pilgrim Fellowship

The church is to have a kind of unity and commonality unlike anything the world…

Pilgrim Worship

How does the Pilgrim Church worship in ways different to the world?

The Pilgrim Church

Is the church supposed to belike the world to win the world? Should it ‘redeem’…