This teaching, by pastor Barry Forder on 15th January 2023, takes us through Luke ch 7 vs 24-50. John the Baptist had sent his disciples to Jesus with a simple question: “Are you the Messiah?” Rather than giving a direct response, “Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things you have seen […]
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This teaching in Luke 7:1-23 was given by pastor Barry Forder at Calvary Portsmouth on 8th January 2023. As we continue our study in the Gospel of Luke, it becomes increasingly apparent that the Holy Spirit was directing and orchestrating all that happened. Luke’s Gospel could easily be called ‘The Acts of the Holy Spirit […]
This concluding part of our Christmas studies for 2022 was given by pastor Barry Forder at Calvary Portsmouth on 11th December 2022. In this 2nd session we look at the other half of the Christmas message – Christ the King! In our previous session we saw that the truth of Christmas has been obfuscated by tradition, […]
This teaching was given on Sunday 4th December 2022 by pastor Barry Forder at Calvary Chapel Portsmouth. In this, the first of two parts in our Christmas 2022 studies, we look at the subject of Christ the Lamb. Tradition has so obfuscated the real events of the first Christmas that most are ignorant of the […]
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 teaching on Luke 14: vs 1-14 was given by pastor Barry Forder on 6th November 2022 at Calvary Chapel Portsmouth. Most will be familiar with the scene: Jesus is led into the wilderness for 40 days and is tempted by the Devil; yet for many the ‘why’ question is never pondered. Consider the following […]
This study in Luke chapter 3 was given by pastor Barry Forder on the 30th October 2022 at Calvary Portsmnouth. In this chapter Dr Luke records the beginning of John the Baptist’s ministry at Bethabara, just north of the Dead Sea in southern Israel, around 18 miles east of Jerusalem. As John started to preach […]
This teaching, in our verse-by-verse study of the Gospel of Luke, was given by pastor Barry Forder on 23rd October 2022 at Calvary Portsmouth. In this study we see Joseph and Mary circumcise their new-born baby on the 8th day, in accordance with the covenant God had established with Abraham (Gen 17). They then travel […]