Posts Tagged Stranraer Baptist
And even More from Niall on Titus!
Posted by Phil in General, New Testament on November 11, 2009
For some reason I could not get the audio plugin to work for two pieces of audio on the same post 
, anyhow heres the second audio from Niall on Titus.
If the Lord had not been on our side.
More from Niall.
Posted by Phil in General, New Testament on November 11, 2009
Gleamings from Titus.
Posted by Phil in General, New Testament on November 11, 2009
The next couple of post will be from a sermons presented by Niall Balmer (Elder,Stranraer Baptist Church) over a 2 week period. I have not got the audio for the first part but Niall kindly forwarded his sermon notes. I think you will benefit from these. I particularly like the ‘qualities of Titus’, well have a good read and enjoy.
The Truth and the Church
Powerpoint - This is a picture of the remains of an ancient Christian basilica outside the village of Almyridia in Crete. I don’t know how ancient it is, there was nothing at the site to tell us. I would love to think that Titus, the man who is the recipient of the letter we are going to look at over the next 2 Sundays, possibly came to this church and preached and taught the Christians who gathered there.
Paul the apostle, it is thought, went on a 4th missionary journey after being released from prison in Rome, where he is still to be found at the end of the book of Acts. This journey is assumed from Paul’s intensions expressed in various of his pastoral letters, to visit again, or anew, places he had previously / never visited before. It is also mentioned in other ancient, non-biblical, writings.
It would seem from v5 in Titus chapter 1 that, accompanied by Titus, Crete was one of the places that he visited for the first time. There was a fledgling group of churches there and such was Paul’s concern for them that he was prepared to leave behind, for a time, a trusted friend and loved travelling companion, to help these churches. So we read “I left you (Titus) in Crete.”
Woe is me! Pastor Paul Coventry.
I was listening to a sermon by Pastor Paul Coventry this afternoon (Stranraer Baptist Church). The sermon was titled ‘Woe is me I’m too bad’. I hope and pray that there are non Christians reading this who maybe thinking they are as the title says ‘Woe is me’.
Paul takes his teaching from 1 Timothy 1:12-17. He shows how Paul was the chief of sinners and that he was saved by grace and mercy. Paul persecuted Christians, and now he was risking life and limb to proclaim this same Christian teaching he was previously trying to destroy.
Paul had an experience as Isaiah once had, he saw the Glory of God and realized the greatness of God and the condition that he himself was a sinner an enemy of God.
Three main points Pastor Paul takes you through (click the link below for the audio) are:
- Look at what I was?
- Look at what I received?
- Look at what I am Now?
If you realise your are a sinner and think you don’t deserve God’s mercy, I pray you listen to Paul’s sermon and that by the grace of God you come to Christ.
or here :woe-is-me-reasons-for-refusing-the-gospel-im-too-bad
Awesome, Stranraer Baptist Church event
http://christianlifespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Stranraer-Baptist-Church-Band_xvid.flvThis is from a youth event held in Stranraer Baptist Church.
I’m the balding middle aged guitarist..lol