Latest sermons preached in Stranraer RPC - a church with a heart for people in the heart of Stranraer

Curing the incurable and touching the untouchable | Luke 5:12-16

“If Genesis 15 didn't exist there would be no Bible because there would be nothing to hold it all together.”

Why does the New Testament at times describe the cross as a tree?

Serving Sodom's king or Salem's King? | Genesis 14

Coming to see Jesus for who he really is | Luke 5:1-11

“The point of the story of Abram in Egypt is simply that God's plan and his promises will come to pass, even though humans are sinful and weak” | Genesis 12:10-13:4

A Second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came | Luke 3:21 - 4:13

The life of Abraham is more than just an example - he plays a unique role in God's plan of salvation. And yet he is also a great example of faith, trusting the bare word of God, and worshipping God whatever those around him are doing | Genesis 12:1-9

“People are ruined, not so much by what they do, but because they don't repent” - Matthew Henry

Abraham is mentioned in the first verse of the New Testament. If we don't understand him, we won't understand Jesus | Genesis 11:27-32

What do we learn from the first recorded words of Jesus? | Luke 2:41-52

Don't get discouraged, nothing has gone wrong, many will believe | Mark 4:1-20

Quiet Faithfulness, A Waiting Church, God's Salvation | Luke 2:22-40

The most significant birth in the history of the world | Luke 2:1-21

How can we look forward to a new year with confidence? | Luke 1:57-80

What will the King be like, and how should we respond? Luke 1:26-56

What God sees as Great — and what he sees as Grievous | Luke 1:8-25

What sort of book is this? What are the situations in which God delights to work? | Luke 1:1-17

Realising that God is at work spurs those who realise it into action! | Ruth 3

How did those who first heard God give the Ten Commandments Respond? And how should we? | Exodus 20:18-21

“Whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” | Ruth 2

"For I am ready to halt,' was His psalm in the house of His pilgrimage" - Alexander Whyte | Psalm 38

How to live as the people of a generous God | Exodus 20:15

What's the big deal about marriage? | Exodus 20:14

Three times in Scripture we're told that "The Son of Man Came..."

“I know that evil is real, and I want to be on the other side of it” | Psalm 36

The Baptism of Rachel Fraser | Genesis 48:9

The book of Acts ends with Paul in chains - but the Word of God is not! | Acts 28

What is murder? Why is it wrong? What responsibilities does this command give us? | Exodus 20:13

Duties of children - including adult children - and parents

Apologies - the audio cuts out around the 23-minute mark

Addressing two misconceptions about the Sabbath: 1. It was just for Jews. 2. It's simply a day of rest.

There's only one way to make it to the destination, we need food and encouragement to keep going, we need to throw off everything that hinders - and not a hair of your head will perish | Acts 27

We may be more in danger of taking God's name in vain that we might think | Exodus 20:7

Paul and a couple of friends a tiny minority on a ship of unbelievers - what can we learn for living in a place where Christians make up less than 1%? | Acts 27

Paul doesn't let his circumstances stop him speaking about Jesus, doesn't add to the Bible, and is willing to be in it for the long haul | Acts 26:22-29

Why is it first, what does it look like and why does it matter? | Exodus 20:3

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