Sermons from September 2024

Sermons from September 2024

What Does it Mean to Crucify the Flesh? (48 min)

Ian Jackson expounds Galatians 5:24 – “They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh”. Christians no longer belong to Adam, the world, the devil, or even themselves. They are “Christ’s”, and they have crucified the flesh…but what does that mean? (Recorded in Sarnia Gospel Hall, Ontario, Canada, 25th May 2024)

The Sin and Trespass Offerings (50 min)

Albert Leckie (1920-1988) expounds the non-sweet savour offerings i.e. the sin and the trespass offerings, and brings out their typological significance. Readings: Lev 4:1-3, 13, 22, 27, 5:5-6, 14-15, 6:1-3. Complete series: The Burnt Offering The Meal Offering The Peace Offering The Sin and Trespass Offerings  

The Peace Offering (47 min)

Albert Leckie (1920-1988) expounds the peace offering and its law, revealing the peace that comes through Christ and His cross-work. Complete series: The Burnt Offering The Meal Offering The Peace Offering The Sin and Trespass Offerings

The Meal Offering (56 min)

Albert Leckie (1920-1988) expounds the meal offering, which speaks of the perfect life and character of the Lord Jesus Christ. Complete series: The Burnt Offering The Meal Offering The Peace Offering The Sin and Trespass Offerings

The Burnt Offering (56 min)

Albert Leckie (1920-1988) expounds the burnt offering from Leviticus Ch 1 and outlines how it speaks of Christ and His work on the cross. Complete series: The Burnt Offering The Meal Offering The Peace Offering The Sin and Trespass Offerings

The Miracle of Isaiah 53 (49 min)

Michael Penfold preaches on the context, content, character, course and contrasts of a most remarkable chapter in the Bible – Isaiah Ch 53. (Recorded in Fletcher Road Gospel Hall, Stoke, 14th Sept 2024) (Photo: The Qumran Caves in the Judaean Desert)

Making a Clean Break (33 min)

David Gilliland preaches on the need to keep a safe distance from, to give a wide berth to, and to make a clean break from three types of things – moral, doctrinal and social contagion. From these the Bible tells us to “abstain”. Readings: 1 Thess 4:2-8, 5:19-22, 1 Pet 2:11-12. (Recorded at the Belfast Christmas Conference, Dec 2015)

It Says It Right Here (24 min)

Dana Starratt grew up In Nova Scotia, Canada, a good-living church-going young man who knew nothing about being “saved”. A friend got his attention with some straight talking, but he had a hard time accepting he was a sinner in need of salvation. When Dana finally got saved he struggled with assurance, until he discovered “It says it right here in the Bible”. Reading: Matt 1:23, John 3:15, 2 Cor 4:3-5. (Recorded in Parkview Gospel Hall, Abbotsford, BC, Canada 5th…

The Tower of Babel and the Origin of Languages (55 min)

Ian Jackson preaches on the topic of the Tower of Babel. He includes comments on the gift of tongues, ecumenism and the history of Babylonian religion. Reading: Gen 11:1-9. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 9th Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 5 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 6a – Ian Jackson…

How the World Was Divided After the Flood (37 min)

Jack Hay preaches on the division of the world into the children of Shem, Ham and Japheth after the flood, and highlights the influence of Nimrod on the post-deluvian age. Reading: Gen 10:1-32. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 8th Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 5 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch…

Why Abstain? The Christian and Alcohol (36 min)

Ian Jackson sets out a case for Christians to remain totally abstinent from alcohol. His passage is Genesis Ch 9:18-29 which records the time after the flood when Noah became drunk. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 8th Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 5 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 6a –…

A Chapter For Our Times (38 min)

Ian Jackson preaches on the new order of things that God introduced after Noah’s flood, which touches on contemporary issues such as the nature of government, voting, animals rights, vegetarianism, veganism, abortion, assisted dying, euthanasia and capital punishment. Reading: Genesis Ch 9:1-7. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 7th Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b – Jack…

The Prophetic Significance of the Ark and the Flood (34 min)

Jack Hay preaches on the prophetic significance of the events surrounding the ark of Noah and the worldwide flood, as well as the details of the dove and the raven and the ark resting on Mount Ararat. Reading: Genesis Ch 8. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 7th Sept 2005) (Photo above: Mount Ararat) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch…

The Worldwide Flood in the Days of Noah (38 min)

Jack Hay preaches on the making of Noah’s ark and the flood that God sent upon the whole earth to destroy all flesh. The ark is a picture of Christ and of salvation. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 6th Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 5 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch…

The Sons of God and the Days Before the Flood (33 min)

Ian Jackson preaches on the narrative about the “sons of God” in Genesis 6:1-13, explaining who they are and what was the nature of the particular wickedness they brought into the world before the flood. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 6th Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 5 – Ian Jackson…

This Man Walked with God (40 min)

Ian Jackson preaches on Enoch, from Genesis 5, the man who walked with God and has this testimony that he “pleased God”. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 5th Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 5 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 6a – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 6b-7 – Jack Hay Genesis…

The Beginning of the World System (36 min)

Jack Hay preaches on the “system of the world” that came into being in Genesis 4:16-26 as Cain rebelled against God and began city building. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 5th Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 5 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 6a – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 6b-7 –…

Learning from Cain and Abel (33 min)

Jack Hay preaches on the story of Cain and Abel from Genesis Ch 4:1-15 and draws lessons from this pivotal passage of Scripture. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 4th Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 5 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 6a – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 6b-7 – Jack Hay…

An Exposition of the Fall of Man (32 min)

Ian Jackson preaches on the fall of man in Genesis Ch 3. Here at the beginning of creation began “the conflict of the ages” as sin entered the world, and the promise was given of a Seed that would bruise the Serpent’s head. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 4th Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b –…

A Real Man in a Real Garden (33 min)

Jack Hay preaches on Genesis Ch 2 and highlights 4 issues about Adam, the father of the human race. His composition (made from dust), his conditions (the Garden of Eden), his commission (tend the garden etc), and his companion (Eve). (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 3rd Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b – Jack Hay Genesis…

God Created the Heavens and the Earth (37 min)

Ian Jackson expounds Genesis 1 and looks at the divine record of the creation of the world in six days. (Recorded at Forres, Scotland, 3rd Sept 2005) Complete series: Genesis Ch 1 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 2 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 3 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 4a – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 4b – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 5 – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 6a – Ian Jackson Genesis Ch 6b-7 – Jack Hay Genesis Ch 8…

Acapella Gospel Hymns (35 min)

A collection of hymns from the Gospel Hymn Book sung acapella: Down at the Cross Where My Saviour Died Will Your Anchor Hold in the Storms of Life O What a Saviour is Jesus the Lord Down from the Splendour of His Everlasting Throne I’ve a Soul to be Saved If I Gained the World but Lost the Saviour In Loving Kindness Jesus Came A Trembling Soul I Sought the Lord O What Will You Do With Jesus Through My…

What Only Matthew Says About the Crucifixion (38 min)

Jonathan Procopio preaches on the unique contribution of Matthew to the story of the Christ in Gethsemane, Gabbatha, and at Golgotha. Readings: Matt 26:36, 39, 47, 50-54, 27:3-11, 14-15, 19, 21, 23-25, 27-28, 35-36, 50-54, 57, 62-66. (Recorded in North America, 7th Apr 2013)

The Unthinkable Has Happened (44 min)

The public proclamation of the gospel is seldom engaged in today, even in “evangelical churches”. Gospel preaching has become a thing of the past – an unthinkable situation only a few decades ago. In this message, Mr Dan Shutt makes the biblical case for the intentional, distinct, and regular public preaching of the gospel. He also outlines the three essential features of the gospel: the enormity of human guilt, the necessity of a definite conversion, and the centrality of Christ…

The Bible Stands or Falls as a Whole (22 min)

Jonathan Seed preaches on the consequences of tampering with biblical truth. Tempted to tweak what we believe under pressure from the world, believers run the danger of destroying the foundation of everything. Modify a part ends up destroying the whole. Reading: 1 Cor 15:12-19 (Recorded at Jackson Gospel Hall conference, 17th Feb 2024)

We Affect Others (27 min)

Peter Orasuk (1948-2005) preaches on the fact that each Christian affects others. Peter had a negative influence in John 21, but Joshua had a positive influence in John 24. What influence are you having? Readings: Rom 14:7, Josh 24:14-23, John 21:1-3. (Recorded at Northern Ireland)

5 Ways in Which God is Glorified (35 min)

Mervyn Hall preaches on 5 ways in which God is glorified. God is glorified in His Son, in our salvation, our submission, our service, and our suffering. Readings: Psa 106:6-8, 1 Cor 6:19-20, 10:32-33, 1 Pet 4:12-14, 2 Pet 1:15-18. (Recorded in Helions Bumpstead Gospel Hall, 28th Oct 2017)

The Three Appearings of Christ (51 min)

Ian Jackson preaches on the three appearings of Christ mentioned in Hebrews Ch 9. Christ appeared to put away sin, He now appears in heaven, and He will yet appear again “unto salvation”. Reading: Heb 9:24-28. (Recorded at the Helions Bumpstead Gospel Hall Conference, 19th April 2019)

The Incomparability of God (30 min)

Michael Penfold preaches on God’s repeated claim in Isaiah Ch 45, “I am the LORD and there is none else; there is no god beside Me”, a claim proved by God’s unique capabilities in creation, history, prophecy and deliverance. Set over against this is the propensity of the human heart to substitute the one true and living God for idols. (Recorded in Chalfont St Peter Gospel Hall, 25th Aug 2024) Also by the same speaker: The Sovereignty of God

Rescued from Drowning at Sea (13 min)

Alex McLean (1932-2019) spent his life as a deep sea fisherman in the waters around Scotland. After retiring, he engaged in evangelism among fishermen, especially on the many Russian ships that visited Peterhead. In this recording Alex looks back at his years at sea and tells some of the most memorable stories of those decades, including the time when he was washed overboard and nearly drowned. (Recorded in Ballymena in 1998). Further recordings: Alex McLean’s conversion and life at sea…