We have overcome! 1 John 4 4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you…

We have overcome! 1 John 4 4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you…
In 1 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 7, the apostle Paul uses a very strange phrase. He says, For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been…
How can I be certain I am saved? How can a person be sure he or she is a Christian, is truly born again,…
In the Old Testament, Almighty God was the Saviour of Israel. He rescued Abraham’s descendants from slavery in Egypt and gave them the covenant…
Adam. Moses. Elijah. Joseph. Melchizedek. There are a number of individuals in the Old Testament whose lives foreshadow the life of Jesus. There was…
Have you ever felt loved? Loved by a parent. Loved by a friend. Loved by a wife or husband? I want us all to…
Towards the end of his life the Apostle John was writing to Christians and churches because he had heard of problems they were facing…
Being as old as I am, over the years I have collected a few friends who are quite famous. I once asked one of…
You can download this booklet from our church’s Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/northspringfieldbaptistchurch The much acclaimed 1977 television portrayal of Jesus by Robert Powell focusses on…
Very early in his first letter, John writes this. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also…
If there is one job I would not have wanted to do in the Middle East in New Testament times, it would have been…
Do you ever feel like giving up in the Christian life? It’s too hard. It’s too much effort. God seems to be blessing other…
Matthew 18:3 And Jesus said: : ‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom…
In the New Testament, salvation embraces much more than God forgiving our sins. Salvation is more than being born again and receiving eternal life.…
One of the things I miss about most about being a schoolteacher is the incredibly inventive excuses children make up. • I was late…
Pray continually, Paul commands in 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Pray without ceasing. Pray all the time. Be constant in prayer. (he says in Romans 12:12.)…
Happy New Year! Please forgive me if I am not sounding quite as upbeat as I would hope to. Usually I come back after…
Happy New Year. I am sure that all of us were very, very happy to say goodbye and good riddance to 2020. A year…
In the sixth Century BC two generations of the people of Israel found themselves a long long way from home! In 587 BC the…
The prophet Malachi foretold that God himself would come to cleanse and purify the Temple. You can watch this message here. Here are the…
Luke’s Gospel records the historical details of the ministry, death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. So it is perhaps surprising that he…