Sermon – Unnatural Affections
By · Comments“Unnatural Affections” – A Brief Summary of Sermon preached Jan 10th 2010
The sad consequences of the ‘Fall’ are all too evident as we consider verse 22 of Leviticus 18. We cannot however ignore the Word of God, and here we are reminded that God describes homosexuality as an abomination.
What then is our response as evangelical Christians to those whom we may know within the so-called ‘Gay’ community? Is it judgemental, or one of seeking to help, with sympathy, kindness and compassion?
What does the homosexual community think when they hear the name ‘evangelical Christian’? The average ‘Gay’ will likely say, “they hate us don’t they.” Sadly some behaviour re-inforces that view. As an example, the behaviour of one particular Baptist family in the USA is no help to the cause of Christ.
Whoever we are, we are made “in the image of God.” Whatever distinctions, we, or homosexuals make on the grounds of sexuality, we are together in need of Christ’s blood, and are all in need of forgiveness!
We too have concerns about the way in which we are regarded by the homosexual community. Not all Christians are consumed with anger. Can it not be allowed that we are able to disagree with their sexual acts; can it not be allowed that we accord marriage between one man and one woman its special place, and as conscience affirms as the best and right way?
There is also a fair degree of a phobic response, and misrepresentation by the homosexual community. For our part we are not at liberty to change God’s word, and the biblical view on this subject.
May we then be able to “speak the truth” in love, and call men and women to repentance and faith, reminding them of Christ’s own words, “Go and sin no more.” John 8:11
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Baptist Church Blog
By · CommentsI’m pleased to say that progress is being made, albeit slowly. I don’t know if many folks have found this site yet, but I guess I ought to be patient and not expect too much, too soon. I have to say that I am impressed by the information and support available from Ithemes, they seem to have quite a few video tutorials on some interesting aspects of putting a Blog together. They have produced a lot of very helpful information.
It was encouraging to get the Online Sermons page up and running. The reason it wouldn’t work in the first insatnce was because I had not put the correct tags at the beginning of the sermonaudio.com code.
I really want to be able to offer something on this site that will be useful, not just a list of church activities etc.. The work I have done, and am doing, in putting the Blog site together has to have a purpose. As the Lord enables I want it to glorify Him, to edify those who may ‘discover’ we are here, and bring the message of the life-changing gospel of Christ to a needy world. Along the way I hope we also may make a few new friends.
Enough for now. It will soon be time to take the dog out for his short evening walk, and then I must really get down to work on typing up the Prayer Letter for Stephen Clifford, in support of the Barnabas Company, and their work in helping the various Hungarian Baptist Churches in Romania.
Starting all over again
By · CommentsI won’t say much in this post, but if any intrepid traveller has been here before, and has visited this blog site, then you will notice that it looks a little different. The reason for that is that I have downloaded a new theme. It is the Flexx Theme from IThemes. I have spent most of the last couple of days creating what you now see, having said that I originally set out to make this site the main website for Crich Baptist Church. Now, I’m not so sure that I will do that. A lot of the information that was/is currently on the CBC site has been added to this set of Blog pages, padding it out a little more than the normal Blog. Some of the pages are still to be worked on – chiefly the Online Sermons pages. More about that another time.
I’v got to go out now, but will try to get back to this when I return.
A Bible and Christian Heritage Exhibition
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A few days ago we were delighted to host a wonderful Bible and Christian Heritage Exhibition. The exhibition was brought to us by David and Jenny Driver, of Our Inheritance Bible Ministries. OIBM is based at Polegate, in Sussex.
In over 40 brilliantly illustrated panels the exhibition presented to us the history of the Bible, and explained how it has impacted upon the life and history of this nation. The exhibition focuses on Christianity, and brings home to all the message of the Bible, and how it has formed the basis of our moral and legal establishment for over 2000 years.
We were able to learn about King Alfred, a Christian king, who believed the Bible to be God’s Word, the only king universally given the title ‘Great’. He ruled from Read More→
John Bradford(1510 – 1555)
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On the morning of July 15th 1555 at 9am, two men were led to their execution at London’s Smithfield in the reign of “bloody Queen Mary”. They were condemned to be burnt alive as heretics. One was a young man of 19 called John Leaf, the other was about 45 years old and his name was John Bradford.
Among Bradford’s final words at the stake were these “O England, England, repent!” Turning to the young man who was to suffer with him he said, “Be of good comfort, brother, for we shall have a happy supper with the Lord tonight”. Then, embracing the wood of his execution, he repeated our Saviour’s words, “Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leads to life and few there be that find it”. “Thus”, says Foxe in his Book of Martyrs, “like two lambs, they both ended their mortal lives … being void of all fear”. Read More→
A Growing Circle of Friends
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Praise God for the friendship and fellowship we enjoy with Christians all over the world. Thanks to the power of the Internet, we, a small Independent Reformed Baptist Church, in the lovely County of Derbyshire, in the United Kingdom, are able to know such blessing on an increasing basis. It is so encouraging to hear from folks in cities, towns and villages, that we will likely never visit. To know that our ministry is heard and appreciated give us much joy, and causes us to rejoice even more in God’s goodness to us.Although now it seems a long while ago, last year in fact, we had an e-mail though our church website, saying that a group of folks from various churches in the USA were coming over to the UK and they would like to stop by, come to one of our services, and spend some time in fellowship with us during a trip they had planned in March 2009. Well, the visit happened on Sunday, 22nd March, Read More→
Augustus Toplady and His Ministry
By · CommentsToplady and His Ministry
Taken from
Christian Leaders of the 18th Century
By Bishop J. C. Ryle
(First published in 1885)
A perfect orchestra contains many various instruments of music. Each of these instruments has its own merit and value; but some of them are curiously unlike others. Some of them are dependent on a player’s breath, and some on his skill of hand. Some of them are large, and some of them are small. Some of them produce very gentle sounds, and some of them very loud. But all of them are useful in their place and way. Composers like Handel, and Mozart, and Mendelssohn, find work for all. There is work for the flageolet as well as for the trumpet, and work for the violoncello as well as for the organ. Separately and alone, some of the instruments may appear harsh and unpleasant. Combined together and properly played, they fill the ear with one mighty volume of harmonious sounds.
Thoughts such as these come across my mind when I survey the spiritual champions of England a hundred years ago. I see among the leaders of religious revival in that day, men of singularly varied characteristics. They were each in their way eminent instruments for good in the hands of the Holy Ghost. From each of them sounded forth the word of God throughout the land, with no uncertain sound. Yet some of these good men were strangely compounded, peculiarly constituted, and oddly framed. And to none, does the remark apply more thoroughly than to the subject of these remarks, the well-known hymn-writer, Augustus Toplady. Read More→
A Matter of Life or Death
By · CommentsWhat is the most important thing in life? Is it happiness, your family, your career, your health? All these have a place in answering this question. The true answer may surprise us. It is to prepare well for your death.
Nobody can guarantee how your health will turn out. Nobody can give 100% assurance that you and your family will be happy or that you will have a fulfilling career. You can be sure that all of us will die – which is why getting ready for the next life is the most important thing we can do in this life.
That there is an after-life is clear from the experience of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s own Son, who came into the world as a human. He died at the age of 33 but then rose again. Read More→
