Weekly morning and evening sermons from Barclay Viewforth, Edinburgh, making God's love known in Jesus Christ.
Continuing through the Nicene Creed.
The Nicene Creed continued:who is Jesus? John 1:1-14
Continuing our series on the Nicene Creed Genesis 1:1-5, 26-31
In its 1700th anniversary year, Fiona Tweedie introduces this series on the Nicene Creed which sums up what Christians of all the mainstream denominations believe.
Hebrews 12:1 and how we are to fix our eyes on Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith.
Psalm 23 focussing on the first verse, the Lord's protection and provision.
Matthew 14:22-33 Jesus walks on the water. Peter's response.
Start of a new series on the theme of 'unhindered', starting with Acts 28:17-31
Celebrating Pentecost - Holy Spirit comes to the disciples waiting as Jesus told them to do and comes to us too as we wait on Him.
Acts 1:1-11 after He has been raised from death but before His ascension, Jesus tells His disciples to stay in Jerusalem and wait for the gift for the gift His Father promised. We need to be ready to wait for God's empowering too.
Luke 24:36-49 the risen Jesus appears to the disciples, grants them his peace and sends them as the Father has sent him.
Luke 24:13-35 The 2 disciples walking to Emmaus are in for a huge surprise but it takes time!
Luke 24:1-12 Two despondent disciples after Jesus has been crucified are walking to Emmaus when they are joined by a stranger. Their hearts start to burn within them as he helps them realise all is not lost but the opposite!
See Jesus, see God, alive, at the heart of everything, not just us, awesome when you think about it, Matthew 27:50-54 and Colossians 1;15-20 will help you see how, if you've got ears to hear!
Matthew 21:1-11 Jesus arrives in Jerusalem and is given a royal welcome, but he's to show he's a very different from the kind of King people might be expecting.
Genesis 50:15ff Joseph forgives his brothers, saying though they intended to harm him, God worked it out for good, as the way they and others would survive years of famine.
Genesis 22:1-19. It made no sense at all. Why would God do such a thing as ask Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac? Yet Abraham trusted. What was the outcome? Read on.
Genesis 18:1-15 Abraham's visitors and the challenge to trust that God will keep His promise, however long coming and unlikely it may seem.
Genesis 15:1-19 God's promise to Abram (exalted father) who would become Abraham (father of many).
Noah and God's promise after the flood.
Genesis 3:1-9 Eve and Adam do the one thing God has told them not to do.
Hebrews 4:12-16
Matthew 5:17-20 Jesus declares he hasn't come to abolish the Law and the Prophets, but to fulfil them.
The Bible - not one book but many of different genres, spanning centuries. How are we to read and understand it?
Colossians 1:9-14 gives us a prayer to start the new year with.
Galatians 5:18-26 What are you gifts? What does God want you to do with them in 2025? Dare to dream!
Luke 1:26-38 Mary, understandably, is afraid to be confronted by an angel who tells her she's to be the mother of God! What we can learn from her response after the initial shock.
Luke 1:5-2:20 the angel Gabriel appears to Zechariah but even so he can't believe he and Elizabeth are to have a son at this late stage and that that son will be the prophet announcing God's coming into the world.
Psalm 7, a prayer for God to endow Solomon with the characteristics of a good and righteous ruler. Solomon fell short of these during his reign but they point forward to the Messiah or Christ and what is expected of us now as his people, called to follow Him.
Psalm 110 and what it tells us about Jesus's identity and roles
It's on Remembrance Sunday and we reflect on Psalm 102 and how remembering God's faithfulness in past crises sows the seeds of faith for now and the future.
Robbie Keen of Jenga in Uganda, challenges us to want more of God and ask that we might receive.
Psalm 40. God declares that he doesn't want burnt offerings and sin offerings but a heart committed to doing his will. Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice on those lines.
1 Samuel 7:17ff, David takes on Goliath. What is courage? The part that faith, confidence based on experience, preparation and trust play too.
Mark 6:13-34. Often we feel inadequate when faced with a big challenge. God asks us just to give what we've got and leave the rest to Him.