2018 School of Theology

The immeasurable encouragements of the final events seen in the triumph of Christ the Lord and the rewarding, by grace,…

The central figures of the beast out of the sea, and the beast out of the dry land, so pivotal…

How to view Revelation – laying out the groundwork and providing a survey of the purposes and symbols through the…

Providing abundant insights for encouraging and equipping believers to be overcomers in the battles they face.

Providing abundant insights for encouraging and equipping believers to be overcomers in the battles they face.

Pastors experience relentless spiritual warfare as they shepherd the people of God. Revelation is rich with resources to strengthen pastors…

Dr Masters unfolded the theme The Fully-Functioning Church, presenting the New Testament exhortations to serve, the fields of labour, and…

Pastor Ibrahim emphasised The Foundation of Consecration or dedication to the cause, the crucial foundation for building a ‘working church’.

Dr Masters unfolded the theme The Fully-Functioning Church, presenting the New Testament exhortations to serve, the fields of labour, and…

The Fallible Prophets of New Calvinism - A Closer Examination

More Key Mangled Doctrines Extolled

Three Key Mangled Doctrines Extolled

The Case of Agabus

A Primer on the Prophetic Ministry

'..When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those…

'And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.…

Two sessions, each self-contained, covered the setting up of Sunday Schools and recruiting, the organisation of the Sunday School hour,…

Two sessions, each self-contained, covered the setting up of Sunday Schools and recruiting, the organisation of the Sunday School hour,…

A survey of the texts and how to honour them Pastor Buss examined a frequently-buried aspect of church life, yet…

A study of the working verbs of the New Testament Pastor Ibrahim expounded the 'working' verbs that call all believers…

From Divine Revelation to Human Reason Dr Needham's second address was a case study of the Free Church of Scotland…

From Divine Revelation to Human Experience Dr Nick Needham brought two timely addresses, sounding an alert about the subtlety and…

Pastoral passages for the biblical pattern for the local church Pastor Hand expounded in two addresses the pastoral passages showing…

Pastoral passages for the biblical pattern for the local church Pastor Hand expounded in two addresses the pastoral passages showing…

A systematic overview of the office-bearing passages Rev Thackway provided in two addresses an overview of the office-bearing passages, including…

A systematic overview of the office-bearing passages Rev Thackway provided in two addresses an overview of the office-bearing passages, including…

The second of two daytime sessions.

The first of two daytime sessions.

Our guest overseas speaker was Dr David Beale, for 35 years Professor of Historical Theology at Bob Jones University, USA,…

In a further two daytime addresses, Dr Masters reviewed the biblical reason for worship being kept distinctive and apart from…

In a further two daytime addresses, Dr Masters reviewed the biblical reason for worship being kept distinctive and apart from…

Dr Masters presented the biblical arguments in favour of regular evangelistic preaching as an essential and divinely central thread in…

A book of great complexity if approached only for a technical grasp of Mosaic worship, but of ongoing lively application…

The Scriptures provide comprehensive practical instruction and guidance for the carrying out of all preaching, worship and church activity, and…

A study of a selection of psalms to show how they minister to communion with God, and the securing of…

Pastor Richard Clarke, Pastor of Beacon Park Baptist Church, Plymouth, presented The Biblically Imperative Warrant for Sunday Schools, with attention…

Pastor César García, Pastor of Redeeming Grace Baptist Church, Pereira, spoke of his pioneer ministry and of the reformed scene…

The second of two addresses.

A biblical view of Christian citizenship in the light of our standing as exiles, or strangers and pilgrims, and the…

The outstanding hymnwriter’s compositions have formed the backbone of numerous hymnbooks for three centuries, unfailingly expressing biblical doctrines and themes,…

The biblical truths formulated, with nuggets from the small print. The second of two addresses.

One of the greatest ‘councils’ for the coining and defining of foundational theological terms was the Synod of Dort, which…

A book of great complexity if approached only for a technical grasp of Mosaic worship, but of ongoing lively application…

A study of a selection of psalms to show how they minister to communion with God, and the securing of…

The Scriptures provide comprehensive practical instruction and guidance for the carrying out of all preaching, worship and church activity, and…

The second of two addresses.

Pastor Ibrahim provided two addresses on New Testament books with a view to discerning their applicatory aspects, with supporting arguments…

The truth that God created the world capable of recovering from the judgement of the Flood explains the data of…

The truth that God judged by means of a global deluge explains the data of geology better than plate tectonics.

The truth that God created the biological world explains the data of biology better than that all organisms evolved from…

The truth that God created everything only about 6000 years ago explains the data of the world better than that…

Six major features of the world that can be explained by the creative work of the God of Scripture, but…

Pastor Miki Chiciudean has pioneered churches in Romania and now in Budapest, Hungary, where his fellowship has premises in the…

Dr David Elangovan has founded churches in the Kolli Hills and the city of Salem, Tamil Nadu, alongside medical clinics,…

The second of two addresses

The Reformation was not accomplished by human power or might but by the Spirit working through penniless, low-ranking, unknown clerics.…

The second of two addresses

This was the Reformation doctrine most shattering to the priests of Rome, for it took away their status and their…

Rome is ruled by pope and tradition; the Church of England changes and corrupts moral values by Synod, while a…

The rediscovery of justification by faith brought vast numbers to Christ, but it is still denied (by mis-definition) in Catholicism,…

It is not widely known that Martin Luther as early as the 1520s propounded local church autonomy, a regenerate church…

The emerging Reformation concept of the separateness of the church from the state is blurred today not only in church…

God’s preparatory events and messengers that paved the way for the momentous struggle of the Reformation, clearly showing the hand…

The final of three addresses

The second of three addresses

Known best among Christians in this land for his remarkable bestselling volume – The Book That Made Your World –…

The final of three addresses

The second of three addresses

The Bible is a book of ‘reformations’ from beginning to end. One of the great cables or themes running through…

The second of two addresses on church history.

The second of two addresses on 1 Corinthians.

In this session, Dr Tom Nettles, Rev John Thackway and Pastor Chris Hand will each briefly show how the universal…

Do we but barely fulfil the work of the Gospel in our church? Pastor Ibrahim will outline the exhortations and…

Since the 1960s, the liberal social mandate has steadily taken over major platforms of the evangelical world, equalling and even…

Though carried out in time, atonement is exclusively an act by God and to God. This study presents the implications…

Hollywood depicts merely the external, physical pains of Christ, but we must proclaim the true nature and the extent of…

Directions to precious believers in the most morally corrupt environment of the first century have special resonance for today. These…

The steep ravine of spiritual decline toward the end of the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries are vaguely attributed to the…

The work of Christ is sometimes expressed only as a formula for salvation, whereas it is to be honoured for…

Rarer aspects of the mighty accomplishments of Christ. We bow our heads and wonder at the sublime scope of Calvary,…

Parallel Old Testament Covenants: This address will show how ‘amazing grace’ was administered in the Old Testament.

The Covenant of Grace: Why, Who, and When? There was a time, and it ran for two centuries, when Baptists…

C H Spurgeon followed the Puritans in embracing a doctrinal approach to giving strength and consolation in trials. Dr Nettles…

It is said that the hardest operation in the soul is the melting of pride and the building of true…

Calvary and covenant unite to move hearts of God's people to love and dedicated service, an outcome vastly more valuable…

The ethos of churches in past times of blessing was vastly different from that of today. The watchword of the…

There are many examples of matters once considered essential by evangelicals, which are now neglected or discarded, such as the…

David A Reed was once a Jehovah's Witness elder and presiding minister, who came to see his need of spiritual…

David A Reed was once a Jehovah's Witness elder and presiding minister, who came to see his need of spiritual…

There is no doubt that reverence and awe, accompanied by a deep sense of the majesty and holiness of God,…

Often called the apocalypse of the Old Testament, Zechariah’s prophecy is full of Christ, the church age, and end-times visions…

There is no doubt that reverence and awe, accompanied by a deep sense of the majesty and holiness of God,…

How the traditional two-nature model of sanctification best enables applied teaching for subduing of sin and advance in holiness. The…

Pastor Zenker spoke on ‘Excuses I have heard’ – for not engaging in Sunday School Ministry – and the answers…

The ethos of churches in past times of blessing was vastly different from that of today. The watchword of the…

The work of preaching may be divided into four categories – Evangelism, Doctrinal, Exhortational and Glorifying. How may justice be…

Pastor Skaff of Beirut’s largest Reformed congregation spoke on the situation of believing churches in Lebanon and the Middle East,…

The impact of the social revolution on evangelical churches and the contrasting advantages of obedience to the biblical pattern of…

There are many examples of matters once considered essential by evangelicals, which are now neglected or discarded, such as the…

We revisited this vital topic from a different perspective as it is pivotal and decisive in securing instrumentality in both…

Preparatory Devotional Address (Psalm 116): The spiritual responses and resolutions of a serving heart to the love of God.

David A Reed was once a Jehovah's Witness elder and presiding minister, who came to see his need of spiritual…

There is no doubt that reverence and awe, accompanied by a deep sense of the majesty and holiness of God,…

The quest for the message has become confused in recent decades, with the new methods of interpretation eclipsing the old.…

The quest for the message has become confused in recent decades, with the new methods of interpretation eclipsing the old.…

Emphasising the message of the prophet according to the principles of traditional interpretation, these addresses set out the topics covered…

This deeply practical letter, containing some of the best-loved chapters in the Bible, suffers much by exaggeration of the corruptions…

While Spurgeon’s sermons constitute the largest set of volumes by any author in the English language, and have attracted more…

Pastor Georgi Viazovski pastors a church in Minsk, and also (since 1995) operates a ministry translating and publishing books, and…

Darren Cadapen (Trinitarian Bible Society, London) surveyed the extraordinary past effect of Sunday Schools on Britain’s spiritual condition, and upon…

Described as the perfect epistle for teaching the procedures for holiness, the glories of the Word, the root of apostasy,…

School of Theology Preparatory Devotional Address To be observant and receptive to the applicatory and devotional potential of the Word,…

Pre-eminently a reasoned appeal for living by faith, Hebrews is also a manual of Old Testament interpretation. The modern (mistaken)…

Emphasising the message of the prophet according to the principles of traditional interpretation, these addresses set out the topics covered…

This deeply practical letter, containing some of the best-loved chapters in the Bible, suffers much by exaggeration of the corruptions…

Possibly the oldest book in Scripture, yet a demonstration of how Satan’s arguments against the faith never change. In one…

Proverbs is often called (by modern writers) a book of ‘sundry moral maxims’, a description that obscures the depths and…

The quest for the message has become confused in recent decades, with the new methods of interpretation eclipsing the old.…

These twin graces paramount in apostolic preaching, memorably defined in the great Confessions, and so prominent in The ministry of…

While Spurgeon’s sermons constitute the largest set of volumes by any author in the English language, and have attracted more…

As the author of a unique biography subtitled, The Life and Pastoral Theology of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Dr Nettles inspired…

Encouragement and counsel on the establishment of new causes

Second address.

Second address.

Second address.

Second address.

Soul-winning reasoning often of a unique kind is found throughout the psalms. This address showed some of these themes and…

During the Babylonian captivity, Zion languished, but with release and restoration to Jerusalem, God brought them to fulfil their calling…

Jeremiah employs graphic evangelistic reasoning more than any other Old Testament prophet, frequently calling individuals to consider their souls. To…

Beside the preaching, the backbone of spiritual awakenings has always been personal witness, equally essential to all church growth. In…

Crucial to blessing upon churches is the restoration of truly biblical marriage ideals (by contrast with the deeply mistaken concepts…

The preaching of specifically evangelistic sermons on a regular, weekly basis was once the rule in evangelical churches, but not…

Personal attitudes to be embraced and nurtured to secure God’s blessing on the labours of churches, drawn from the example…

What were the distinctive approaches of great revival preachers in their sermons? What were their characteristic texts and biblical arguments?…

God’s sovereignty brings about in His people certain desires and moves them to a new level of consecration, in preparation…

In a non-churchgoing age, the rarity of ‘working’ churches is a major element of spiritual decline. This address will present…

1. Separation in Church Associations and Co-operative Ventures Obeying God’s call to His people to be separate from churches and…

Proving the New Testament Pattern. Promoters of new methods for church growth adopt the sin-connected culture of the world and…

The Word of God is a mine of appeals to lost souls, having persuasions and urgings for every kind of…

Second address.

A review of the New Calvinism, a movement sweeping across churches in the USA and moving to the UK. Led…

The influence of the Holy Spirit in the personal lives of instruments of awakening, John and Charles Wesley and George…

The operation of the Holy Spirit in courtship and marriage, in contact with fellow believers, and other people in the…

The Spirit's regulation of the trials and His comforts and assurances. The place and nature of chastening, and the Spirit's…

Second address.

After salvation, the Holy Spirit proceeds (1) to instruct the mind, instilling standards and doctrines; (2) to plant and stir…

Many professing Christians are conspicuously sensitive to the needs of others, constantly disposed to help, and not just living for…

Second address.

In recent times a highly significant line has been crossed even by reformed evangelicals in the adoption of this genre…

The monitoring and improvement of speech, by the help of the spirit, is stated in James 3.2 to be foundational…

Second address.

Reviewing the right and wrong views of the Spirit's subjective influences and activities, showing how to avoid excesses, pietism, mysticism…

The greatest enemy of truth and godliness at the present time is undoubtedly a new syncretism - the capitulation by…

Believers walking in the Holy Spirit are subject to various influences of Spirit - intimations and promptings - which require…

Treasures from the past – this remarkable survey of Revelation in one address is a rare recordings from the renowned…

Treasures from the past – the third of four rare recordings from the renowned Bible commentator (1900-1982). A stirring, heart-warming…

Treasures from the past – the second of four rare recordings from the renowned Bible commentator (1900-1982). A stirring, heart-warming…

Treasures from the past – one of four rare recordings from the renowned Bible commentator (1900-1982). A stirring, heart-warming devotional…