II Peter 2:5, Genesis 6:1-22 — In his Second Epistle, the Apostle Peter calls Noah “a preacher of righteousness,” and yet in the Old Testament there is no record of Noah ever preaching. Have you ever noticed that before? When we look at the account of Noah’s life before the flood, and consider it in…
Galatians 6:2 — “Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” In this new year we’re going to face difficult circumstances and we’re going to have to do some hard things. If we try to make it through by ourselves we will end up frustrated and discouraged. We’re going to need…
Romans 12:2 — “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…” This is the first sermon in a New Year and it addresses something that we, as followers of Jesus, will undoubtedly face. It is something that will come against us as a kind of pressure, and…
Mark 15:29 — “And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads…” This is the last sermon preached at our church in 2021. We began the year at the cross and that’s where we finish. We think particularly about those who passed by and mocked the Lord Jesus while He was dying. We…
Romans 12:16b — “Be of the same mind one toward another.” The coronavirus pandemic and the ever-changing list of rules and restrictions has caused many people to become frustrated and fearful. This, in-turn, has led to a decrease in respect and common courtesy. We have all heard accounts of people being treated rudely for wearing…
Psalm 119:12 — “Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.” When we think of what it means to be a disciple, we often think of following, obeying and trusting. While discipleship does involve these things, what we must not forgot, is that to be a disciple is to be one who learns. Indeed,…
Isaiah 1:21 — “How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.” The prophet Isaiah lamented the moral and spiritual condition of the city of Jerusalem. God’s people had been unfaithful to Him in a grievous way. Those at the top had used their…
Daniel 2:1-24, Acts 2:1-19 — In this sermon we consider the impossible situation that Daniel and his three companions found themselves in. Their lives were threatened through no fault of their own and there was, from a human perspective, no way out. How Daniel responded reminds us of how the first Christians in Jerusalem responded…
Romans 12:21 — “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” Because we live in a fallen world we experience evil on an almost daily basis. People do wrong to us, sometimes unintentionally and sometimes deliberately. Sometimes the evil that’s out there in the world really drags us down. So how do we…
John 1:35-51 — “And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.” Instead of arguing with Nathanael about the identity of Jesus, Philip invited him to meet Jesus for himself. When Nathanael did meet Jesus, he discovered that Philip was right — Jesus was…