Sermons on Ministry
This is our first study in our verse-by-verse journey through 2nd Corinthains. Have you ever been discouraged by the constant trials? In this letter, Paul pours his heart out to the saints in Corinth and teaches them that the sufferings and tribulations we so often experience are used by God to demonstrate His comfort to […]
In this concluding study of 1st Corinthians Pastor Barry asks if we love Jesus more now than when we began? Paul uses his ‘farewell’ address to remind the Corinthian beleivers of the things he had taught them and to encourage them to stand firm, hold fast, and not waiver in their faith, but to also […]
This teaching on 1 Corinthians 12 was given by Pastor Barry Forder on 25th February 2024. In this chapter, Paul begins to address questions the Corinthian believers had regarding the work of the Holy Spirit in a believer’s life – particularly in regard to the gifts the Holy Spirit endows us with. The chapter begins […]
This study of 1 Corinthians Ch10 vs 13-33 was given by pastor Barry Forder on 4th February 2024. In this study, we continue Paul’s admonition to the Corinthian believers to consider others before ouselves. Our lives should show forth the love and compassion we have recieved from God. Our freedom and liberty should never become […]
This study on 1 Corinthians 8-9 was given on 14th January 2024 by pastor Barry Forder. In these chapters, Paul continues addressing the questions the Corinthain believers had raised, particularly here in regard to whether or not they should eat food offered to idols. To understand the context of the question, David Guzik comments: “The meat offered […]
This study of Luke chapter 6 was given by pastor Barry Forder at Calvary Portsmouth on 27th November 2022. In this chapter we see Jesus confronted by the Pharisees regarding, as they perceived, a direct violation of their Sabbath laws. Jesus undoes their arguments by quoting scriptural examples to show that ‘the Sabbath was made for […]
This concluding study in Malachi 3-4 was given by Pastor Barry Forder on 24th July 2022. This also brings us to the end of our study in the Minor Prophets. Throughout the Minor Prophets we have seen God’s faithfulness to the Nation of Israel, keeping His covenant with the nation that had been given to […]
This verse by verse study of 2 Timothy 1:1-11 was given by Pastor Barry Forder and recorded on the 9th June 2019 at Calvary Chapel Portsmouth. In the opening to this epistle, the last that Paul would write, he seeks to encourage his young ‘son in the faith’. Ministry can be tough, there are attacks […]
This teaching was given as part of our family service on 27th January 2019, taught by Pastor Barry Forder. In this session we look at the opening 5 verses of Paul’s first letter to Timothy and see that Paul gives Timothy two essential qualities that should be found in any spiritual officer within the church: […]