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Sunday 10 August 
11am & 6.30pm: Dr Jonathan Bayes (Stanton Lees Chapel, Derbyshire)
Teaching Sermon Sunday 27 July 2025 | 11:00am
Christ is Everything to Those Who Find Him
"/>When people become Christians, they are ingrafted into Christ so that His holiness and perfection become theirs in the sight of God the Father. Here is the meaning of the words: 'Christ Jesus… is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.'
Gospel Sermon Sunday 20 July 2025 | 6:30pm
What is Faith and How Do I Get It?
Faith, says the Bible, is essential to finding the Lord, even though faith itself can accomplish nothing. So why is it the only way to approach God? Here is the Bible's own explanation, showing the precise nature of Faith, and how it draws us to God.
Teaching Sermon Sunday 20 July 2025 | 11:00am
The Armour and its Order
The famous 'armour of God' passage, drawn from the Roman soldier's equipment, shows the approach to the spiritual life for holiness and fruitfulness. Each item, and the order in which each must be put on, provides safety and advance in the spiritual warfare.
Gospel Sermon Sunday 13 July 2025 | 6:30pm
Facts About the Book of Life
Using an earthly object to portray something in the infinite mind of God, the Bible speaks of a book or record containing every experience of life on the way to heaven had by those who know Him. Here is scriptural information on the book of life.
Bible Study Wednesday 16 July 2025 | 7:30pm
God’s Pleading and Ours
'The word... which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.'
Bible Study Wednesday 25 June 2025 | 7:30pm
Prophecies of the Gospel Age in Jeremiah
'Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.'
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Articles
Paul’s Blueprint for a Working Church
Dr Peter Masters
It is a glorious sight to see a church where the people work willingly to press forward the Gospel and to keep the coals of the testimony glowing hot. Pastors and elders will need to enthuse God’s people and implement the work. Let us build working churches, for these are growing churches.
Ask, Seek, Knock
Dr Peter Masters
'Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.' We usually consider these famous words in an evangelistic context, urging seekers to come to Christ. But we realise they are made equally for all believers, because Christ spoke of the Father’s readiness to give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him.
Does the Lord Really Guide?
Dr Peter Masters
The great decline of the quality of Bible teaching in the last few decades has brought with it the rejection of this precious and fundamental principle – that God has a specific plan and purpose for the life of each of his children, and that they should seek his direction in all the great issues of life.
That You May Know
Dr Harry Kilbride
God really does want his twice-born children to rejoice that their names are written in Heaven. However, we must test ourselves because there can be false assurance. There are believers and make-believers. The Apostle Paul urges his readers to: ‘Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves’.
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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.
Joshua’s Conquest
Dr Peter Masters
What is the spiritual message of Joshua's conquest for today? How can we account for the 'problem' portions and passages which evoke questions on, for example, the morality of so much killing, and the apparent responsibility of God in hardening the hearts of the Canaanites?
God’s Love for Muslims
Ibrahim Ag Mohamed
This is an enlightening manual on reaching Muslims for Christ. Full of vital information, it is at the same time a real 'page turner'. Here is a wealth of counsel from a pastor with many years of experience preaching and broadcasting in a Muslim land. It will greatly equip readers for effective witness.
What you should know about your conscience
Dr Peter Masters
What is the mysterious faculty of conscience, and how does it function? What happens when it is abused, or attempts are made to reprogramme it? Can it cause psychosomatic illness? Here are all the vital facts, together with the only effective way of unburdening the hurting conscience.