Latest sermons preached in Stranraer RPC - a church with a heart for people in the heart of Stranraer
Paul's life has been profoundly impacted by the failure of other people to do their job properly - but in God's providence it gives him the opportunity to ask this vital question to a king | Acts 25 & 26
People think the 10 Commandments don't apply any more, they're not unique, or that you can get to Heaven by keeping them | Exodus 20
God's delays: the reality of them, how we should respond to them, and the reasons for them | Acts 24:27
Members of many churches in Scotland today would be alarmed - just as Felix was - to hear their minister speak about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgement | Acts 24
Jesus knows where you are, sees your work for him, and isn't finished with you yet | Acts 22:22-23:35
4 things we have in common with them: We need a mediator, the LORD carries us on eagles' wings, there's only one way of getting right with God, and we are a kingdom of priests and a holy nation | Exodus 19
Who are you, Lord? What shall I do, Lord? | Acts 21:37-22:21
Christians aren't motivated by self-preservation - they walk the path that Jesus walked | Acts 21:1-36
Words of the Lord Jesus not recorded in the gospels | Acts 20:35
How much is your church worth? | Acts 20:17-38
Preaching that kills, raises and builds up | Acts 20:1-16
Three times the people are tempted in the wilderness, and three times they fail. But the rock is struck instead of them - and they are prayed for from on high as they fight in the valley | Exodus 17
The difference between fake and genuine converts - and how those with vested interests will oppose the gospel | Acts 19:11-41
The word increases and prevails as believers are strengthened for mission, Jesus is preached accurately, God is feared and Jesus is extolled | Acts 18:18-19:20
"Such is the power and efficacy of the blessed gospel of salvation, having the Spirit of God accompanying it, that even in Corinth, a wretched city, this word and this Spirit raised up a company of men, called here by the name of a church, and saints” — Richard Sibbes | Acts 18:1-17
The One who turns bitterness to sweetness | Exodus 15:22-27
How should we view our non-Christian culture? | Acts 17:16-34
The Christians are accused of turning the world upside down and serving another king | Acts 17:1-15
The God who leads the people he redeems | Exodus 15:1-21
Delivered from Demons, Saved From Suicide, Saved to Serve Side by Side | Acts 16:16-40
Stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD | Exodus 14
The gospel reaches Europe for the first time | Acts 16:6-15
What happens once the people finally get out of Egypt? | Exodus 13:17-22 (Note: audio is lower quality than usual)
The death sentence is pronounced and mockery ensues | Matthew 26:66-68
What was the Passover about and who was it for? | Exodus 12:43 - 13:16
Ministers and churches in the New Testament aren't independent of one another - but even biblical structures don't stop conflict. Yet God overrules! | Acts 15:36-16:5
There's only one way to be safe | Exodus 11:1 - 12:42
“The easiest way to do church is to stay among your own” | Acts 11-15
A recap of Acts chapters 7-10 as Christians move out from Jerusalem for the first time
A recap of Acts 1 - 6:7 through four snapshots: the church's inner life, its witness, attacks from the outside, and attacks from the inside
“Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted” | Hebrews 12:3
The final cycle of 3 plagues (before the big one) - all of which will reappear in the last book of the Bible | Exodus 9:13 - 10:29
The sin of discouraging others | Numbers 13:1 - 14:4
Not losing heart in the face of physical suffering and the ageing process | 2 Corinthians 4:7-18
Even before the Ten Plagues begin, it's clear that there's only going to be one outcome | Exodus 7:8-8:19
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart | 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
A reluctant prophet, a priest with a genealogy, and a king with a hardened heart | Exodus 6:10-7:7
Our prayers and God's delays - our prayers and God's character | Luke 18:1-8
In due season we will reap if we do not give up | 2 Thessalonians 3:13; Galatians 6:9
Margaret (McBryde) Kyle, 28 October 1934 - 14 November 2024
"There seems to be no safe method of interpreting this poem without making David in much of it a figure of the suffering and triumphing Redeemer" - William Plumer | Psalm 35
The verdict of the judge in the most significant trial in history
Moses steps out in faith - what happens next? | Exodus 4:27 - 5:23
The verdict of those sent to arrest Jesus | John 7:46
An unexpected - but necessary - encounter | Exodus 4:18-26