Recent Sermons by Dr Peter Masters

6:30pm | Sunday 10 December 2023

The Vital Turning Point Of Life

A towering figure in world history, Moses achieved remarkable things while remaining uniquely untarnished and unspoiled by power. A turning point in life had led him to remove royal status to find life with God. Here is how this may be our experience today.
11:00am | Sunday 10 December 2023

Joy Should Never Fail

Inexpressible joy is the privaledged possession of every believer, a joy distinct from the short-lived pleasure of, say, amazement or humour, or of unexpected kindness, or a gift. Spiritual joy endures alongside trial and grief, but it must be held tightly. Here is how.
7:30pm | Wednesday 6 December 2023

Satan’s Earthly Agents

'And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.'
6:30pm | Sunday 3 December 2023

Why God Hears Some Prayers But Not Others

King David imparts his experience of prayer and lays out the key conditions for prayer to be heard and answered. So much prayer, we learn, is distasteful to God and disregarded. May the fundamental human instinct to pray lead to life and peace with God.
11:00am | Sunday 3 December 2023

The Life of Anticipation

We are, with Peter, born again into an ever-active anticipation (expectation) of a heavenly inheritance. Our duty is to reflect on this, resulting in security and loyalty to Christ. Here also is the testing and refining of faith.
7:30pm | Wednesday 29 November 2023

Satan’s War Against Christ

'And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.'
11:00am | Sunday 26 November 2023

Actively Anticipating Christ the Lord

Introducing 1 Peter with the opening themes, including - why we should love and worship the whole Godhead, the significance of the 'sprinkling' of the blood of Jesus Christ, and the fruit of constantly keeping active and alive our anticipation of eternal glory.
6:30pm | Sunday 19 November 2023

The True Nature of Saving Faith

We see that faith is 'receiving' Christ, our taking hold of Him for rescue, pardon and life, because we have become convinced that He is the Saviour who has paid in suffering to secure our forgiveness, and we are lost and condemned without Him.
11:00am | Sunday 19 November 2023

The Necessity of Spiritual Power

After the Great Commission (Mark and Matthew) and the personal, pastoral Great Commission (of John) we turn to the commission in Luke and Acts, noting the accelerated education of the apostles, new reliance on the Holy Spirit and primary work of evangelism.
7:30pm | Wednesday 15 November 2023

The Last Days of the Church’s Witness

'And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.'