This teaching was given on Palm Sunday, 10th April 2022 – by pastor Barry Forder. **There is no audio recording of this study, but the Powerpoint slides used for this teaching are available here** Palm Sunday… It was, of course, the day we remember Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey – famously fulfilling […]
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This concluding part of our study in the book of Haggai was given on 3rd April 2022 by pastor Barry Forder. The scene, as we move into chapter 2 of Haggai, is that the people had been moved by Haggai’s preaching; they had ‘considered their ways’ (Haggai 1:5) and the preparation for the rebuilding of […]
This first of our 2-part study of the book of Haggai was given by pastor Barry Forder at Calvary Chapel Portsmouth on 27th March 2022. Haggai was one of three prophets that God sent to speak to the nation of Israel following their return from captivity in Babylon (Zechariah and Malachi being the other two). […]
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 […]
** The audio quality of this recording is impaired due to a technical fault. Please accept our apologies. ** This first part of our two-part study in the book of Zephaniah was given by pastor Barry Forder at Calvary Chapel Portsmouth on 13th March 2022. Zephaniah was the great grandson of king Hezekiah. In the opening […]
This concluding part in our tw0-part study of Habakkuk was given by pastor Barry Forder at Calvary Portsmouth on 6th March 2022. In chapter one, Habakkuk begins by crying out to God regarding the violence, oppression and immorality that filled Judah, that God was seemingly not dealing with. “How long shall I cry, and thou […]
This study in the book of Habakkuk was given by pastor Barry Forder on 27th February 2022 at Calvary Portsmouth. We know practically nothing about the man Habakkuk, other than his name, which means to ‘wrestle’ and the fact this he calls himself a prophet – one of only three Old Testament prophets to actually […]
This study of the book of Nahum was given by pastor Barry Forder on 20th Feb 2022 at Calvary Chapel Portsmouth. The prophet Nahum writes somewhere between 663 B.C. and 612 B.C., prophetically detailing the downfall and destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire which had dominated the world for over 300 years. […]
This final session in our verse-by-verse study of Micah was given by pastor Barry Forder on 13th February 2022. In this last section of the book of Micah (Ch 6-7) we are immediately plunged into a courtroom drama, with God acting as prosecutor and Israel as the defendant. God takes the stand and asked Israel […]
This teaching on Micah ch3-5 was given by pastor Barry Forder on 7th February 2022. Micah chapters 3 to 5 form the second section in this short book. In chapter 3 Micah expresses God’s displeasure at Israel’s leaders: The judges and princes of the nation, who should have acted with justice and integrity, but instead […]