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Craig Munro preaches on Christ the great physician who is compassionate, able and willing to cure people of the sickness of sin if they are willing to take the remedy of repentance and faith in Christ alone. Clive Barber closes with a look at how Christ saved Mary Magdalene, a delivered woman who stood at the foot of the cross (Messages preached Sun 17th June 2018)

Clive Barber preaches about Mary the mother of Jesus. He explains her unique role, and how she was saved, as well as why the Lord deliberately sent her away from the cross early. If you are a Roman Catholic you will find this a very helpful message. Craig Munro continues on the theme and describes various “divisions at the cross”. He challenges his audience to face up to where they stand (Messages preached Mon 18th June 2018)

Craig Munro preaches on the one lost sheep from Luke 15 and the lengths to which the Shepherd went to find it and bring it home. Clive Barber preaches on the tragic character of Judas – a privileged man whose pride and play-acting finally caught up with him. Are you, like Judas, “going to hell with your eyes open”? (Messages preached Tue 19th June 2018)

Clive Barber preaches on Barabbas, the wicked “son of a father” who went free, while the beloved Son of the Father went to the cross to die for sinners. Craig Munro continues with a look at the 4 mistakes Pilate made when faced with Christ: delegation, diversion, delay and delusion (Messages preached Thur 21st June 2018)

Craig Munro preaches on the parable of the sower and the 4 types of ground found therein, representing hearers who are 1. disinterested, 2 disillusioned, 3 distracted or 4 determined. Clive Barber continues with a look at the Roman centurion who at the cross found a worthy, welcoming and wonderful Saviour in Christ (Messages preached Fri 22nd June 2018)

Clive Barber preaches from Matthew Ch 27 on “when the morning was come” and “when the evening was come”, on the day of Christ’s crucifixion. Craig Munro preaches on the announcement of John the Baptist in John 1:29 “Behold the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world” (Messages preached Sat 23rd June 2018)

Craig Munro preaches on “I am the door” (John 10:9) and “Enter ye in at the strait gate” (Matt 7:13-14). He highlights the door’s accessibility, inclusivity, singularity, simplicity, personality, individuality and penitency. Clive Barber continues the theme by preaching about the one door to safety from judgment in Noah’s day in the ark (Messages preached Sun 24th June 2018)

Clive Barber preaches on the distress and soul trouble described in Psalm 77 and the God who can deliver the troubled soul. Craig Munro continues with a look at Christ’s description of Himself as a “well of water” from the narrative of the woman at the well in John 4 (Messages preached Mon 25th June 2018)

Craig Munro continues his series of messages on some of the names and titles that the Lord Jesus gave to Himself, by looking at John 8:12 where Christ says “I am the Light of the world”. Clive Barber closes by looking at a title of Christ in Isaiah 9:6 – “The Prince of peace”, the One who can bring peace to a troubled soul (Messages preached Tue 26th June 2018)

Clive Barber preaches on Christ’s appearance before Pilate in the judgment Hall (Matt 27) and the wretched choice he made on that day. Jonathan Black preaches on the soul of man, which is in danger of perishing eternally unless redeemed with the “precious blood of Christ” (Messages preached Thur 28th June 2018)

Clive Barber preaches on human eye, created by God but now corrupted by sin – eyes that must look to Christ for salvation, or be lifted up in despair in hell. Craig Munro preaches on 4 times the Lord Jesus looked “around about” at various people in the gospel of Mark (Messages preached Fri 29th June 2018)

Craig Munro preaches on “Christ as a bridegroom”, and the church for which He gave Himself as “the bride”. Clive Barber preaches on a number of exceeding things: pleasure, price, power, promises and punishment, and solemnly warns his audience to flee from coming judgment (Messages preached Sat 30th June 2018)

Clive Barber preaches on two men – Adam and Christ – and in contrasting them shows how each human being is either “in Adam” under condemnation or “in Christ” for salvation. Craig Munro then takes up the Lord’s question from Matt 22 “What think ye of Christ?” and shows how Christ answers other lesser questions of origin, purpose, inner peace and destiny (Messages preached Sun 1st July 2018)

Craig Munro preaches on Christ’s description of Himself as “the resurrection and the life”. He likens the way Christ dealt with Martha and her deceased brother Lazarus to how He can deal with people who need Christ today. Clive Barber preaches on 5 mentions of “in vain” in 1 Corinthians 15:1-19 and continues the theme of Christ’s resurrection (Messages preached Mon 2nd July 2018)

Clive Barber preaches on the “heart of man”. Among other things, he highlights the sinfulness of the heart and the danger of hardening it, instead of obeying the gospel. Craig Munro continues the theme of the heart, starting in Jer 17:9 where the heart is described as “deceitful above all things and desperately wicked” (Messages preached Tue 3rd July 2018)

Craig Munro preaches on the topic of why God allows suffering. He seeks to show his audience that the presence of suffering in the world should not be a barrier to believing the gospel. Clive Barber compares the 7 questions in Psalm 88:10-13b with the 7 sayings of the Christ on the cross (Messages preached Thur 5th July 2018)

Clive Barber explains how God saved him from rebellion to his religious background by revealing his sinfulness and his need of Christ.

Clive Barber preaches the gospel from the narrative of the helpless lame man in Acts 3 who received blessing through faith. Craig Munro preaches on a number of people who were touched by Christ in the Gospel of Mark and received healing and blessing as a result (Messages preached Sat 7th July 2018)

Craig Munro preaches on the parable of the two foundations (Luke 6:46-49). What is your foundation? Reason, religion, good works, feelings? The only true foundation of Christ. Clive Barber speaks on “the beginning” and “the end” of the gospel. What will your end be if you refuse the gospel? (Messages preached Sun 8th July 2018)

Aaron Callaghan tells his story of conversion to Christ while at University in 2013. Growing up in a Christian family and taken to gospel meetings from childhood, Aaron’s story demonstrates conclusively that “knowing the facts” of the gospel is not enough. Aaron wanted to go to University far from home in order to get away from the influence of the gospel – but God overruled his circumstances and Aaron was graciously brought to repentance and faith in Christ (Testimony given 22nd July 2018)

Mervyn Hall preaches on a vital Bible text: “You must be born again” (John 3:7). “You” – it’s personal; “must” – it’s essential; “be” – it’s real; “born again” – it’s spiritual. What does it mean to be born again? Why must I be born again? Listen to this vital message and learn your need of a divine regenerative work of God in your life if you ever hope to be in heaven. Do you say you are born again? Learn too that you cannot claim to have an encounter with God in new birth and remain unchanged (Message preached 22nd July 2018)

David Vallance outlines what the Bible means when it uses the Greek word “apologia” (answer, defence – 1 Pet 3:15). A consistent Christian life, combined with a gracious personal testimony to God’s truth and grace is the best apologetic of all! He then outlines the difference between evidential, presuppositional and classical apologetics and gives biblical examples of each

David Vallance outlines the stark choice facing us all. Which is right – “the Bible” (Genesis), or the grand theory of “evolution” (cosmic, molecular, biological etc.)? Starting with Darwin’s “origin of species”, David helpfully distinguishes between “horizontal variation” (observable) and “vertical evolution” (a fairy tale for grown-ups). He finishes by explaining why he rejects 5 compromise positions: the gap theory, the day-age theory, progressive ages, the literary framework hypothesis, and theistic evolution

David Vallance explains that the Bible is not anti-science. Quite the reverse. A biblical worldview is essential to provide a basis for real science. After giving a history of scientific discovery, pioneered by theists such as Kepler, Newton, Boyle and Faraday, David explains the difference between the inductive and deductive methods of inquiry and criticises the broader scientific community for starting from the premise of naturalism. Quote of the day: “The only thing you can know for sure is what God tells you.”

David Vallance critiques “big bang cosmology” and takes aim at the idea that something can arise from nothing (although evolutionists don’t really mean ‘nothing’ when they say ‘nothing’!). Among other things he discusses the second law of thermodynamics (entropy), the apparent great age of the universe, and the anthropic principle, sometimes called the “fine-tuning” of the universe

Principally referencing DNA, David Vallance presents the teleological argument for the existence of God (the argument from purpose or design). The complexity of the genetic information system at the heart of biology is such that no natural explanation can come close to explaining it. On the contrary, DNA shouts “design” and points to an all wise Creator. David tackles commonly proposed arguments for evolution such as antibiotic resistance in bacteria and what is known as ‘homology’.

David Vallance explains that the world’s geological layers and its vast number of fossils were not laid down over millions of years by natural processes, but in a short space of time by the worldwide flood described in Genesis Chs 6-8. Dinosaurs did not live millions of years ago! David discusses numerous issues in this presentation, including ice cores, coal seams, the Cambrian explosion, radiometric dating and finally so-called “ape-men”