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Sermons on Apostasy
Pastor Barry began with a brief recap of the nature of the book and earlier sermons. He then launched out into what is dealt with in Chapter 16 verses 27 onwards. The parallels with today are striking! Judgement was (is) long overdue. Various features of the content are noted: the faithful were removed before judgement […]
The first short section is a review of Chapters 1 to 12. Pastor Barry then dealt with the false prophets that abounded in Ezekiel’s day, describing the two classes of those people. The concept of “blotting out the names of the ungodly” and the severe consequences was described. The appearance of the word “many” was […]
This sermon deals with the fate of kings of Israel & Judah. Ezekiel prophecied details of the retribution that would come upon them because of their ignoring the life-rules that God had decreed. It also describes the abhorent worship of other … things … instead of The One True God, particularly by the leadership. Pastor […]
Pastor Barry continues with the exposition, working through chapters 9 & 10. Before getting down to detail, though, there is a substantial commentary on present-day behaviour of various sections of our society and comparison with the things that Ezekiel was told to warn Israel about. Pastor Barry stressed several times the “God protects His own”. […]
In this fifth part of the examination of the Book of Ezekiel, Pastor Barry looks at some of the warnings and predictions of what is in store for Israel (and Jerusalem in particular) if they do not TURN BACK TO GOD. Comparisons with modern day events and trends are prominent in the latter half of […]
This is the continuation of the series of three. Pastor Barry has described more instances of the way this world is sliding downwards towards the Day of Judgement. (Further elaboration of this intro will be provided in a second draft) The link to “Download Video” is again for downloading the TRANSCRIPT and time-index for the […]
This sermon by Pastor Barry begins a description of the progress we are making towards Judgement Day. The first section today covers the broad picture of what is involved and a few definitions of terms. The later part gives several examples of how the predicted behaviours of people match what has been foretold in scripture […]
This study of 1 Corinthians hapter 10:1-12 was given by pastor Barry on 21st January 2024. In these verses, Paul builds the theme of the previous two chapters, namely, that we should be careful that our so-called ‘knowldge’ doesn’t become a stumbling block for another believer, and that we should be careful that our confidence, which […]
This study of Zechariah Ch4-5 was given by pastor Barry Forder on 29th May 2022. Zechariah had a series of visions, all apparently in one night. These visions not only gave comfort to Zechariah and the remnant that had returned from captivity in Babylon at that time, but also prophetically outline significant events that will […]
This concluding part of our study of Zephaniah was given by pastor Barry Forder at Calvary Chapel Portsmouth on 19th March 2022. In Chapter 2, Zephaniah lays out the coming judgment upon the gentile nations surrounding Israel, for two key reasons: 1) they had not been content with the land allotted to them by the Lord […]