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Sunday 12 October 
11am & 6.30pm: Pastor Jonathan Wilson (Zion Evangelical Baptist Church, Ripon)
Gospel Sermon Sunday 5 October 2025 | 6:30pm
The Only Certain Fact About Life
"/>The supreme, sure statement that says everything that is important about life, its purpose, its chief problem and its highest experience and goal - knowing and walking with God. Nothing in life except this is certain and trustworthy. Here are nine words that transform lives.
Teaching Sermon Sunday 5 October 2025 | 11:00am
The Magnitude of God’s Mercy
"/>What Paul meant in calling himself the chief of sinners, and why the Lord showed such mercy to him. His testimony is set as the first of millions that would give gospel light and guard faithful churches from nominalism (or believing without experiencing true conversion).
Gospel Sermon Sunday 28 September 2025 | 6:30pm
The Most Amazing Prayer Answered
"/>Here are astonishing and unexpected words. A dying Saviour in extreme agony looks upon a vast crowd, screaming out insults, hatred and abuse, and prays, 'Father, forgive them!' Here is Christ's mighty love, the definition of forgiveness, and how the prayer is answered.
Teaching Sermon Sunday 28 September 2025 | 11:00am
The Ultimate Purpose of the Gospel
"/>The moral law was intended to show our need of forgiveness. Believers are not under its power to condemn, but salvation has inscribed its positive virtues in our hearts to be our 'voluntary' aim and longing - the highest mark of grace.
Bible Study Wednesday 8 October 2025 | 7:30pm
The Foundation of Life and Faith
"/>'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.'
Bible Study Wednesday 1 October 2025 | 7:30pm
Close Communion with the Lord
"/>'O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.'
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Articles
Six Biblical Steps for Guidance
Dr Peter Masters
This article presents the traditional view that we are to seek real guidance from the Lord in all the major decisions of life, and he will certainly clarify our thinking, or overrule our circumstances.
Biblical Roles of Men and Women
Dr Peter Masters
In Christ ‘there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.’ Neither male nor female is superior to the other in the sight of God. All are equal in spiritual value before God.
The Garden of Eden
Dr Peter Masters
It is often claimed by those cynical toward the Bible that Genesis 1 is contradicted by Genesis 2. But these claims are so obviously mistaken and easily refuted. Genesis is amazingly precise and consistent as narrative.
The Necessity and Justification for the Free Offer of the Gospel
Rev. Malcolm Watts
What a Gospel this is! Christ, his love, his pardon, his righteousness, his Spirit, his holiness, his strength and his fulness, are all offered freely to poor, miserable sinners. Nothing must interfere with this freeness.
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Books
Worship or Entertainment?
Dr Peter Masters
Where will your church be five or ten years from now? – asks the author. With the adoption of contemporary music worship many have already changed beyond recognition. Yet more will do so. Here are four essential principles which Jesus Christ laid down for worship, and by which every new idea must be judged.
Church Membership in the Bible
Dr Peter Masters
Christ has designed a family for his people, described here as an accomplishment of divine genius. Many questions are answered about churches and church membership in New Testament times. Next to a real walk with Christ, membership of a good church has a powerful influence on the believer.
Worthy the Lamb – A Collection of Hymn Tunes for Reformed Worship
Christopher Laws
A hardback with 53 new hymn tunes. The majority have been adopted into regular worship at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. Acceptance (or otherwise) by the large, multi-national congregation (rather than an editorial committee) has steered the project.
The Power of Prayer Meetings
Dr Peter Masters
Why does the Lord want us to pray together? Will an undersized prayer meeting really blight a church? What should be the style and content of prayer? What form should the meeting take? This booklet shows why corporate prayer is commanded by Christ and given unique promises; an appendix shows why women should participate.