Peter Barnes: Light Versus Darkness, John 3:17-21 (Sunday 28 June 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
There is a real place for apologetics to present a Christian understanding of God, the world and the gospel to people but the issue of belief and unbelief is not just intellectual one but moral.…
Peter Barnes: The Plan of Salvation, 2 Timothy 1:9-10 (Sunday 28 June 2020 Morning Service, 9.00 a.m.)
God has saved His people and called them to a holy calling, either meaning that God’s calling is holy because He is holy, or that we are called to a holy life (as …
Peter Barnes: God so Loved the World, John 3:16 (Sunday 21 June 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
This verse seems straightforward, but it is actually difficult: (a) In the book of Acts, the starting point is always that God is our creator, we are accountable to Him, He is a …
Peter Barnes: Be Not Ashamed Of Gospel Suffering, 2 Timothy 1:8 (Sunday 21 June 2020 Morning Service, 9.00 a.m.)
1. Do not be ashamed of speaking of Christ. – 1:8a. John Coleridge Patteson, when he was a student at Eton, used to read his Bible with a copy of Shakespeare …
Peter Barnes: The Son of Man Came to This World, John 3:9-15 (Sunday 14 June 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 a.m.)
Being born of the Spirit leads to believing in Christ.
1. We ought to know our need to be reborn of the Spirit. – 3:9-10. That is Nicodemus’ second question …
Peter Barnes: Growing in the Gifts, 2 Timothy 1:6-7 (Sunday 14 June 2020 Morning Service, 9.00 a.m.)
John Piper thought Timothy was somewhat overwhelmed with the task that God had given him through Paul. John Knox was noted for being absolutely fearless, but in St Andrew’s castle in 1547 he …
Peter Barnes: You Must Be Born Again, John 3:1-8 (7 June 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
Spiritual rebirth by the Holy Spirit is needed for sinners to trust Christ.
1. We can be religious without being reborn. – 3:1-2. Nicodemus is a strict and earnest Pharisee, one of the 71 …
Peter Barnes: A Godly Heritage, 2 Timothy 1:3-5 (7 June 2020 Morning Service, 9.00 a.m.)
God does what is extraordinary by means of the ordinary – Luke 16:10.
1. Pray for one another. – 1:3. Calvin says that even ‘a half-angel’ needs prayer! – Phil.1:3-4; Col.1:3; 1Thess.1:2…
Peter Barnes: A Better Covenant, Hebrews 8:6; 10:11-18 (Sunday 31 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
The author draws on Psalm 110 and Jeremiah 31:31-34.
1. We have better promises. – Heb.8:6, 8-12. There is the promise of a renewed heart, of personal knowledge of Christ, and of the complete …
Peter Barnes: From the Apostle to His Beloved Child, 2 Timothy 1:1-2 (Sunday 31 May 2020 Morning Service, 9.00 a.m.)
– Paul’s last epistle, not long before he was beheaded. Handley Moule said that he could not read 2 Timothy without becoming misty-eyed. Calvin: ‘For my part, I know that …
