The Trial of Our Faith

05 September, 2021

As the western world slides away from its Judeo-Christian heritage, the rule of law, and the values according to which alone western democracy has been established and survived, the church of Jesus Christ in the west faces pressures and tests that it…

With God on Our Side Part 2

22 August, 2021

Israel, in seeking to fight the Philistines, is in a deplorable spiritual condition. Thinking to enlist God in their enterprise, by bringing the ark of the covenant into the camp, they fail miserably. God will not be "used" by us for our agenda. As…

With God on Our Side Part 1

08 August, 2021

We begin to look at Israel ignorantly charged with a sense of self-sufficiency. When they fail in battle against the Philistines, and confused as to why, they fail to seek the mind of the Lord by the word of the prophet Samuel, whom they have long…

From Priest to Prophet

20 June, 2021

At the close of the time of the Judges the priesthood fails with Eli and his sons Hophni and Phinehas. The Lord then moves to bring in Samuel as the beginning (not forgetting Abraham, Moses, and Joshua) of a long line of prophets which finally…

A Colossal Visitation

13 June, 2021

We look at the tremendous significance of God's visitation of Israel on Mt. Sinai, especially concerning what was included in type in the Law and the Tent of Meeting/Testimony as it presents Christ and the Church in detail. At the heart of this is…

An Idolater Chosen

06 June, 2021

As the Lord proceeds to bring His Son in in the process of bringing to pass His eternal purpose in the world of fallen man, He every so often checks man's ceaseless tendency to self-destruction. In this message we look at the divine choice of Abram…

Destruction and Life

23 May, 2021

As we briefly trace the moral disintegration of the race from the Fall through to the call of Abram, we observe how the Lord carefully hinders our settled and persistent tendency to racial self-destruction. Within the context of His theocratic rule…

Prayer and the Name of the Lord

16 May, 2021

From the earliest days, with the man Abel, men began to call upon the name of the Lord. We consider not so much the theological or doctrinal meaning of the name of the Lord, but the personal, immediate meaning of His name as His real Presence, in the…

Creation Subject to Fruitlessness

09 May, 2021

Pursuing the theme of the church in prayer and Abel typical of the man whose heart is perfect toward the Lord, we look at Cain's brief genealogy as typical of the ever declining moral tendency of fallen man. Behind this is the divine subjection of…

Abel Still Speaks

02 May, 2021

We take a look at Abel as having a heart perfect toward the Lord (as per II Chron. 16.9). The meaning of this is that he listens to the Lord, and yields obediently to His voice, being strengthened and in consequence finding safety, and quietness from…

His Eyes, His Voice, His Strength

25 April, 2021

The Lord ever looks upon the hearts of all of humanity seeking those who will give heed to His voice, that they may know Him as their strength, and find real contentment in Him irrespective of the vagaries of life in this fallen world.

The Peace of God

11 April, 2021

In a world that is increasingly fraught with violence, confusion, deception and deep anxiety, we find that there is a peace which passes all understanding which is ours in Christ, if we will simply trust in the word of the Lord.

The Things That Are Christ's

04 April, 2021

We look at resurrection life in as much as Christ becomes our life, His things our complete preoccupation, His power the working of this reality in us, and our becoming constituted holy ones in union of life with Him, and all of each of us being our…

The Knowledge of God Part 4

21 March, 2021

Paul speaks of our being known by God, and by way of looking into the meaning of this we see how the Lord Jesus brings us increasingly into the knowledge of Himself by knowing us through His living in us.

The Knowledge of God Part 3

14 March, 2021

In the face of attempted sectarian division of the church, a condition which is widespread in christendom to this day, Paul seeks to direct the believers in the churches of Galatia, after having come to Christ, to go on and grow to maturity in the…

The Knowledge of God Part 2

07 March, 2021

In this message we look at the essential place of the Holy Spirit in the revelation of Jesus, and our knowledge of Him. We also consider certain indications that we are responsive to the Spirit of the Lord, without which responsiveness there is…

The Knowledge of God Part 1

28 February, 2021

The knowledge of God lies at the root of anything and everything worth knowing in both this world and the next. When asked by two of John the Baptist's disciples where He lived, Jesus said, "Come and see." This a standing invitation to whosoever…

The Atonement Part 12

21 February, 2021

With this message we conclude the series on the Atonement, looking in particular at how our iniquity is laid upon Christ, and more particularly at the meaning of the Ransom of His life and its outcome in the new creation in Christ.

The Atonement Part 11

14 February, 2021

In this message we take the briefest overview of 7 theories of the Atonement of Christ before observing that the substance of the Atonement is our deliverance from death into the relationship of life with God in living union with Him.

The Compassionate Church

07 February, 2021

Taking that most sublime letter to the church at Ephesus, in which Paul gives us a panoramic view of the church of Jesus Christ of cosmic dimensions, Daniel shares the vital ministry the local assembly fulfils without which the work of Compassion…

The Atonement Part 10

31 January, 2021

We consider the atonement of Christ from the point of view of the satisfaction of God's pleasure - His pleasure in His Son Who is God's atonement. Included here we look at the matter of our innocence to begin with, and of Paul's assertion that we…

The Atonement Part 9

24 January, 2021

We look at the Fall, in particular the approach of the Lord following the disobedience of the man and the woman. We trace the progression from innocence through the prohibition, to disobedience, then confession and faith in the promised Redeemer, and…

The Atonement Part 8

17 January, 2021

In the course of coming to a spiritual understanding of fallen man's accountability before God concerning His existence, with the eventual view to their receiving His atonement in Christ, we see how God has made Himself "clearly seen" to all…

Spiritual Growth Through Discipleship

10 January, 2021

With a comprehensive overview of the nature of true discipleship in the Lord Jesus, illustrated by a wide-ranging summary of many years of his own personal experience following and serving the Lord, Terry presents us with a searching and illuminating…

The Atonement Part 7

03 January, 2021

God's eternal purpose, His full pleasure, the centre and sum of all His deliberations and appointments is found in His Son and nowhere else. In the light of this we consider an understanding of the wrath of God in the context of the atonement of…

The Atonement Part 6

27 December, 2020

We begin in this continuing series on the atonement to look at the wrath of God, and in particular to start to address the question as to whether Jesus was punished for our sins, and also whether the wrath of God was poured out on Jesus on the cross…

The Atonement Part 5

20 December, 2020

We take a further look at the gospel as the power of God, bearing in mind that the Atonement is at the heart of the gospel. We take notice of the fact that the righteousness of God is revealed through the gospel, and that it is, comprehensively, the…

The Atonement Part 4

13 December, 2020

We look at the gospel as the power of God by which we are saved, and as the gift of God Himself to us, whereby we receive and participate in the Atonement at the heart of divine Redemption in Christ. This provision is made available to us by the pure…