Christ’s Glorious Transfiguration

3 sermons on CD or DVD plus a bonus CD

Christ’s transfiguration is the most evidently supernatural and other-worldly event in the life of the Lord Jesus, consisting of three mysterious components: the transfiguration itself, the appearance of Moses and Elijah in glory, and God speaking from the bright cloud which enveloped them. Listen or watch these sermons and marvel at our glorious Saviour and resolve afresh to follow and obey Him!

(1) Christ’s Glorious Transfiguration (Luke 9:29)
(2) The Two OT Representatives at the Transfiguration  (Luke 9:30-31)
(3) “Hear Him!” (Luke 9:28, 32-36)
Bonus CD: The More Sure Word (II Pet. 1:16-19)




Christ’s Seven Words From the Cross

7 sermons on CD or DVD

The last words of the Son of God before His death have always been precious to the church of Jesus Christ. Both a comfort and a challenge, His final utterances encapsulate His atoning sacrifice and embody His filial trust as He commits Himself into His loving Father’s hands.

(1) Christ’s Intercession for His Crucifiers (Luke 23:34)
(2) Christ’s Promise to the Penitent Thief (Luke 23:43)
(3) Christ’s Relationship to Mary (John 19:26-27)
(4) Christ’s Question to His God (Matt. 27:46)
(5) Christ’s Request for a Drink (John 19:28)
(6) Christ’s Announcement of Victory (John 19:30)
(7) Christ’s Commendation of His Spirit to His Father (Luke 23:46)




Christian Discipleship

6 sermons on Luke 14:25-35 on CD or DVD

“The Lord does not need servants who are willing to do something for Him: He [calls for] people who are willing to give themselves totally” (Herman Veldkamp)

(1) Hating Your Family (Luke 14:25-26)
(2) Hating Your Own Life (Luke 14:26)
(3) Bearing Your Cross (Luke 14:27)
(4) Counting the Cost (Luke 14:28-32)
(5) Forsaking All (Luke 14:33)
(6) The Salt That Lost Its Savour (Luke 14:34-35)




Complete in Christ

10 sermons on Colossians 2 on CD or DVD

In 1,001 subtle and not so subtle ways, the world tells us that happiness, satisfaction and meaning is not found in Christ alone, and our darkened hearts are foolish enough to believe it! Learn from Colossians 2 about our all-sufficient riches in the cross of our Lord Jesus which alone preserve us from the seductions of the Judaizers and the spirit of the age.

(1) Paul’s Great Conflict (Col. 2:1-2)
(2) All the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge in Christ (Col. 2:2-3)
(3) Rooted and Built up in Christ (Col. 2:4-7)
(4) Beware of Philosophy! (Col. 2:8)
(5) All the Fulness of the Godhead Dwells in Christ (Col. 2:9-10)
(6) Christian Circumcision (Col. 2:11-12)
(7) Christ’s Triumph Over the Demonic Powers (Col. 2:13-15)
(8) Food Laws and Holy Days (Col. 2:16-17)
(9) Angelolatry! (Col. 2:18-19)
(10) “Touch Not; Taste Not; Handle Not” (Col. 2:20-23)




Earnestly Contending for the Faith (I)

8 sermons on Jude 1-11 on CD or DVD in an attractive box set

Many church leaders and professing Christians are crippled by a politically-correct “niceness” towards heresy and false teachers. How does Jude teach us to view heretics and their wicked doctrines? How does this short epistle equip us to contend earnestly for
the faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 3)?

(1) Jude’s Distinctive Epistolary Greeting (Jude 1-2)
(2) Jude’s Epistolary Change of Mind (Jude 3)
(3) Ungodly Men Corrupting the Grace of God (Jude 4)
(4) The “Prior” of the False Teachers (Jude 4)
(5) God’s Certain Punishment of the Ungodly (Jude 5-7)
(6) Filthy, Rebellious Dreamers (Jude 8)
(7) Michael’s Disputation With Satan Regarding Moses’ Body (Jude 9-10)
(8) The Old Testament Forefathers of Heretics (Jude 11)


“I was very blessed by the service last week. I’m enjoying the sermon series on Jude … There is so much in the book of Jude and you do very well to unpack and expound it in a very clear manner, which makes it easy to remember and keeps my soul fed for a week! Your exposure of false Pentecostal teachers is very timely, needful and urgent, and also very brave and courageous.” – England




Earnestly Contending for the Faith (II)

8 sermons on Jude 12-25 on CD or DVD in an attractive box set

What terrifying imagery does Jude use regarding heretics? What has Enoch to do with the Lord’s second coming? How should we witness to those ensnared in filthy errors? There is lots to learn from the second half of Jude!

(1) Images of False Teachers (Jude 12-13)
(2) Enoch’s Prophecy (Jude 14-15)
(3) Complainers! (Jude 16)
(4) Mockers in the Last Time (Jude 17-18)
(5) Dividers! (Jude 19)
(6) Keep Yourselves in the Love of God (Jude 20-21)
(7) Two Ways of Witnessing (Jude 22-23)
(8) Jude’s Concluding Doxology (Jude 24-25)


“I was very blessed by the service last week. I’m enjoying the sermon series on Jude … There is so much in the book of Jude and you do very well to unpack and expound it in a very clear manner, which makes it easy to remember and keeps my soul fed for a week! Your exposure of false Pentecostal teachers is very timely, needful and urgent, and also very brave and courageous.” – England




Faith or Works?

10 sermons on Galatians 3 on CD or DVD

Over against all Judaizing, Galatians 3 contains powerful teaching on justification in Christ (13), the Seed of Abraham (16), and by faith alone without works (1-14). What is the relationship betweeen the Abrahamic covenant, the Mosaic law and the New Testament faith (15-29)?

(1) O Foolish Galatians! (Gal. 3:1)
(2) Faith or Works: Four Penetrating Questions (Gal. 3:2-5)
(3) Abraham and the Principle of Faith Alone (Gal. 3:6-9)
(4) Justification Is Not of Works (Gal. 3:10-12)
(5) Redeemed From the Curse of the Law (Gal. 3:13-14)
(6) The Abrahamic Covenant Is Not Annulled! (Gal. 3:15, 17-18)
(7) Christ the Seed of Abraham (Gal. 3:16)
(8) The Purpose of the Law in the History of Redemption (Gal. 3:19-24)
(9) Clothed With Christ (Gal. 3:27)
(10) The Church’s Privileges After “the Faith” Has Come (Gal. 3:25-29)




God’s Son—So Much Better Than the Angels (I)

12 sermons on Hebrews 1 on CD or DVD

(1) God’s Final Word (Heb. 1:1-2)
(2) The Son Appointed Heir of All Things (Heb. 1:2-3)
(3) Enthroned at the Right Hand of the Majesty on High (Heb. 1:3)
(4) The Far More Excellent Name (Heb. 1:4-5)
(5) God’s Paternal Promise to His Son (Heb. 1:5)
(6) Let All the Angels of God Worship Him! (Heb. 1:6)
(7) Angels: The First Party Compared to Christ (Heb. 1:7)
(8) Angels as a Flaming Fire (Heb. 1:8)
(9) Thy Throne, O God, Is For Ever and Ever! (Heb. 1:8-9)
(10) Christ, the Creator and Changer of the Universe (Heb. 1:10-12)
(11) Sit on My Right Hand! (Heb. 1:13)
(12) Angels as Christ’s Ministering Spirits (Heb. 1:14)




God’s Son—So Much Better Than the Angels (II)

12 sermons on Hebrews 2 on CD or DVD

(1) Responding Rightly to the Things We Have Heard  (Heb. 2:1)
(2) Why We Must Not Neglect So Great Salvation  (Heb. 2:2-4)
(3) Who Is Man in Psalm 8  (Heb. 2:5-9)
(4) The World to Come Whereof Hebrews Speaks  (Heb. 2:5-9)
(5) Seeing Jesus Crowned With Glory and Honour  (Heb. 2:9)
(6) The Divine Necessity of Jesus’ Sufferings  (Heb. 2:10)
(7) He Who Sanctifies and They Who Are Sanctified  (Heb. 2:11)
(8) Christ Declaring God’s Name  (Heb. 2:12)
(9) Christ Trusting in God  (Heb. 2:13)
(10) “Behold I and the Children Which God Hath Given Me”  (Heb. 2:13)
(11) The Means and Ends of Christ’s Death  (Heb. 2:14-15)
(12) The Saviour Who Is Suited to Us  (Heb. 2:16-18)




Gospel Living (I)

12 sermons on Romans 12:1-12 on CD or DVD in an attractive box set

Coming after the most doctrinal presentation of Christ’s salvation in all the Bible (Rom. 1-11), Romans 12 superbly explains the holy life and Christian ethics which flow from the gospel of sovereign grace!

(1) Presenting Our Bodies a Living Sacrifice (vv. 1-2)
(2) Christian Thinking About Oneself (v. 3)
(3) The Members of the Body (vv. 4-5)
(4) The Gifts of the Members of the Body (vv. 6-8)
(5) The Seven Gifts of Romans 12 (vv. 6-8)
(6) Gifts and Office-Bearers Among the Members of the Body (vv. 6-8)
(7) Love Without Hypocrisy (v. 9)
(8) The Moral Absolutes of Good and Evil (v. 9)
(9) Abhor! Cleave! (v. 9)
(10) Relating to One Another (v. 10)
(11) The Christian’s Work (v. 11)
(12) The Christian’s Attitude (v. 12)




Gospel Living (II)

8 sermons on Romans 12:13-21 on CD or DVD in an attractive box set

What is the Christian life which flows out of the gospel of sovereign grace (God’s unconditional election, Christ’s particular atonement, justification by faith alone and
sanctification by the Spirit)? Romans 12:13-21 explains by dealing with hospitality, like-mindedness, humility and (extensively) revenge!

(1) Christian Hospitality (Rom. 12:13)
(2) The Christian’s Reactions (Rom. 12:14-15)
(3) Being Like-Minded Towards One Another (Rom. 12:16)
(4) No Retaliation! (Rom. 12:17)
(5) Be at Peace With All Men! (Rom. 12:18)
(6) Vengeance! (Rom. 12:19)
(7) Heaping Coals of Fire on Your Enemy’s Head (Rom. 12:20)
(8) Overcoming or Being Overcome? (Rom. 12:21)




Holding Fast the Form of Sound Words

10 sermons on II Timothy 1 on CD or DVD in an attractive box set

Paul was in jail when he penned these bracing words to young Timothy (and us) in his last canonical epistle prior to his martyrdom. This rich chapter deals with pretemporal grace and the maternal covenant line, shame and suffering, and apostasy as opposed to faithfulness to health-giving apostolic words.

(1) Paul’s Apostolic Office (1:1)
(2) Paul’s Relationship to Timothy (1:1-5)
(3) Paul’s New Testament Ministry (1:3-5)
(4) Stirring Up the Gift of God (1:6-7)
(5) Ashamed of the Lord’s Prisoner? (1:8)
(6) The Grand Sweep of Salvation (1:9-11)
(7) Why Paul Is Not Ashamed (1:12)
(8) Hold Fast the Form of Sound Words (1:13-14)
(9) Those Who Turned Away From the Apostle (1:15)
(10) Onesiphorus: A Profitable Example (1:16-18)

 




Jerusalem and Antioch

8 sermons on CD or DVD

Don Doezema: “This marked for the church the beginning of a new and important phase in its carrying out of the mandate given by Christ before His ascension, namely, that the gospel be preached to the ends of the earth. It is true that Christianity, especially as a result of the persecution that scattered the Christians from Jerusalem, had already spread
beyond the limits of Palestine; but, as Jamieson wrote, ‘still the Church continued a stranger to formal missionary effort …. It was from Antioch that teachers were first sent forth with the definite purpose of spreading Christianity, and organizing churches’” (Upon This Rock, vol. 3, p. 174)

(1) Antioch, Jerusalem’s Daughter Church (Acts 11:19-24)
(2) Antioch & Jerusalem: Their Mutually Beneficial Relationship (Acts 11:25-30)
(3) The Different Callings of the Two Churches (Acts 12:1-13:4)
(4) Antioch Sends Out Missionaries (Acts 13:1-3)
(5) The Work of Antioch’s Missionaries (I) (Acts 13-14)
(6) The Work of Antioch’s Missionaries (II) (Acts 13-14)
(7) The Jerusalem Assembly (Acts 15:1-35)
(8) The Two Churches’ Cooperation in Missions (Acts 15:35-16:5)




Jesus Heals a Paralytic (the Son’s Works and Witnesses) (I)

7 sermons on John 5 on CD or DVD

What are the striking features of the healing of the lame man by the pool? What was the cause of his wretched condition? What is the highest Christological sabbath argument Jesus used? What does John 5 teach concerning the relationship between the Father and the Son? What amazing things does Christ proclaim regarding three of His works?

(1) The Miracle at the Pool of Bethesda (1-9)
(2) “Sin No More, Lest a Worse Thing Come Unto Thee” (14)
(3) Christ Defends His Sabbath Healing of the Paralytic (17-18)
(4) The Works of the Father and the Son (19-20)
(5) The Son Quickens Whom He Wants (21, 24-26)
(6) The Son’s Judgment (22-24, 27, 30)
(7) The Son Shall Raise All the Dead (28-29)




Jesus Heals a Paralytic (the Son’s Works and Witnesses) (II)

6 sermons on John 5 on CD or DVD

What are the four witnesses to which Christ appeals in support of His claims of equality with God? What is it to “search the scriptures”? Why do people still reject His testimony? Are the five books of Moses against Jesus or for Him?

(1) Christ’s First Witness: John the Baptist (31-35)
(2) The Witness of Christ’s Works (36)
(3) The Father’s Witness to the Son (37-38)
(4) Search the Scriptures! (39)
(5) Why Do People Not Believe in Christ? (40-44)
(6) The Right Understanding of Moses (45-47)




John the Baptist’s Birth and Preparation

6 sermons on CD or DVD

Luke 1’s treatment of the first thirty years of John the Baptist has it all: an angelic appearance in the temple; fulfilled prophecies; several miracles; an elderly priest struck deaf and dumb; an old, barren woman conceiving; prenatal regeneration; a leaping, unborn boy; a joyful birth; a circumcision party; a child-naming disagreement; the godly upbringing of an amazing child and a young man’s years of solitude in the deserts.

Not a monk or an Essene or a Qumran devotee, John is being prepared by God to prepare the way as Christ’s forerunner, the one who would herald the coming Saviour!

(1) The Annunciation of John’s Birth (Luke 1:5-14)
(2) The Annunciation of John’s Work (Luke 1:15-25)
(3) Unborn John Leaps for Joy! (Luke 1:39-45)
(4) John’s Birth and Naming (Luke 1:57-66)
(5) John’s Godly Upbringing (Luke 1:66-80)
(6) John in the Wilderness (Luke 1:80)




John the Baptist’s Public Ministry (I)

6 sermons on CD or DVD

Many think that they know enough about John the Baptist, but there is much more to him than they realize and many of their views about him are wrong! What about the Old Testament prophecies John fulfilled? How did he prepare the way for Christ? What really is repentance? What is John’s “baptism of repentance for the remission of sins”? What is the true meaning of “baptize”? What is the profound significance of Christ’s baptism by John? Why did John baptize with water?

(1) The Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Luke 3:1-6)
(2) The Preacher of Repentance (Matt. 3:7-12)
(3) The Baptism of John (Mark 1:4-5)
(4) The Nature of Christ’s Baptism by John (Matt. 3:13-15)
(5) Christ’s Baptism by John (Luke 3:21-22)
(6) John and the Delegation From Jerusalem (John 1:19-28)


“When I received the CDs on ‘John the Baptist’s Public Ministry (1),’ I didn’t really expect them to have much impact on me but your teaching on baptism was so very helpful and fitted in wonderfully with my reading on baptism over recent months. The result is that I am so clear about the elect children of believers being in the covenant from infancy and, therefore, the necessity of their baptism.” – Halifax, England




John the Baptist’s Public Ministry (II)

12 sermons on CD or DVD

Understanding John the Baptist is a massive help in understanding Jesus Christ, the four gospels and the kingdom of God!

(1) John’s Testimony of Christ’s Baptism (John 1:31-34)
(2) The Lamb of God (John 1:29-30)
(3) John’s Witness to Andrew (John 1:35-42)
(4) The Baptisms of John and Jesus (John 3:22-26)
(5) John’s Comparison of Himself and Jesus (John 3:27-36)
(6) John’s Imprisonment (Mark 6:17-20)
(7) John’s Doubts (Luke 7:18-23)
(8) Christ’s Commendation of John (Matt. 11:7-15)
(9) John’s Rejection by the People (Luke 7:29-35)
(10) John’s Execution (Mark 6:21-28)
(11) After John’s Death (Matt. 14:12-13)
(12) John’s Witness After His Death (John 5:33-36)




Peace, Contentment and Joy

4 sermons from Philippians 4 on CD or DVD

Who does not want peace, contentment and joy? These four sermons explain the inspired words of the Apostle Paul in chains in Rome and call us to overcome worry through prayer, know peace in Jesus Christ, learn contentment whatever our state and rejoice in God and His church!

(1) Do Not Worry! (Phil. 4:6-7)
(2) Learning Contentment (I) (Phil. 4:11b)
(3) Learning Contentment (II) (Phil. 4:11b)
(4) Paul’s Great Joy & the Philippians’ Gift (Phil. 4:10-19)


“Thank you for your encouraging messages [on ‘Learning Contentment‘] that I have had the privilege of listening to today. At the moment I am recovering from major surgery … God is indeed gracious and close.” – Victoria, Australia




Philemon: An Object Lesson in Forgiveness

9 sermons by Rev. Martyn McGeown on CD or DVD

This short New Testament book was written by Paul to Philemon regarding his runaway slave, Onesimus, who had recently been converted to Jesus Christ. It is, as the title of this 9-sermon series by Rev. McGeown puts it, an object lesson in forgiveness!

(1) Slavery and the Bible (Phile. 1-25)
(2) Greeting a Beloved Brother (Phile. 1-3)
(3) Paul’s Commendation of Philemon’s Love (Phile. 4-7)
(4) Paul’s Approach to Philemon (Phile. 8-9)
(5) Paul’s Heartfelt Plea for Onesimus (Phile. 10-12)
(6) Paul’s Consideration of Philemon’s Position (Phile. 13-14)
(7) God’s Good Purpose in Onesimus’ Departure (Phile. 15-17)
(8) Paul’s Satisfaction of Onesimus’ Debt (Phile. 18-20)
(9) Paul’s Confident Conclusion (Phile. 21-25)