Spreading God's Good News
Sermons on Faith
What happens when the ultimate religious insider meets the living Son of God? In John 3:1–15, we encounter Nicodemus—a Pharisee, a member of the Sanhedrin, and a man recognized as “the teacher of Israel.” He represented the absolute peak of human morality, religious devotion, and biblical scholarship. Yet, coming to Jesus under the cover of […]
This second section of chapter 1 continues looking at the fundamentally divine nature of Jesus the Messiah. Many small items in scripture add up to a magnificent interlocking edifice of evidence to the supernatural, long-timespan, matrix of paths to the birth, life, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus. Pastor Barry told us the reason […]
The book of Ruth is considered one of the most beautiful stories in the Bible. The events recorded took place during the time of the judges, which was a period of national spiritual chaos and darkness where ‘every man did that which was right in his own eyes’ (Judges 21:25) Against this background the book […]
The major theme of the sermon is that we will have obstacles to face in our lives (“mountains to cope with”) but when we acknowledge our dependence on God our Father – and tackle them with determination, with strong faith – then they can be overcome. The determination of the enemy to resist also plays […]
This sermon has the major theme of God’s Timing – things that are pre-ordained are not to happen before their appointed time. Jesus kept a low profile, not wanting to draw attention to himself, until, again, the right time.So Jesus wasn’t just doing things at random, like many Christians do.Jesus wasn’t just a random person, […]
In this study of Romans chapter 14, Pastor Barry takes us through Paul’s teaching on how we as Christians should act toward each other when we disagree! It is inevitable that, within the church, there will be practices considered permissible by some but not by others, particularly (using the examples given by Paul) in relation […]