Speaker: Ian CampbellA Longing “I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue?” So asked Sam Gamgee (The Return of the King.) What a beautiful question. Ecclesiastes 3.11 tells us that God has put eternity in the human heart. In this study we will discover that the form eternity …
The End Of The World As We Know It? – 3
June 28 2020Speaker: Ian Campbell2 Peter 3.10Is it.. the end of the world? Peter tells us that the end of the world will come spectacularly. What do we know about how and when the end will come? Will it be soon?
The End Of The World As We Know It? – 2
June 21 2020Speaker: Ian Campbell1 Peter 3.13-18When we disagree.. As we embark on a study on “end times” we can acknowledge that we have some differences of opinion as in several areas of understanding of the Scriptures. What do we do about that? What is critical for us to agree on and what can we “agree to disagree” about? Let’s …
“The End of the World as we Know it”?
June 14 2020Speaker: Ian CampbellBefore we take a deep dive into the broad Biblical themes of longing and hoping in the summer months we’ll take a quick look at one more passage from Peter. This time it’s his second letter and we’ll get our feet wet on future things as we study chapter three. 2 Peter 3.1-2; 13The end of …
Living Hope – Anxiety
June 7 2020Speaker: Ian Campbell1 Peter 5.7-10Is there a more appropriate term to use describing the spirit of our times than Peter’s word “anxiety”? And his simple words for how we deal with this along with a powerful Biblical truth – he tells us to care our anxiety on God because He cares for us! Wouldn’t this be a wonderful …
Living Hope – “That’s News To Us!”
May 31 2020Speaker: Ian CampbellActs 19.1-7On this Pentecost Sunday (50 days after Passover) we step aside from Peter for the moment and yet we stay with the subject “Living Hope.” One of the critical aspects of our Christian faith and hope is the understanding that Jesus’ presence and power is continued by the Holy Spirit. Paul encountered some Christians who …
Living Hope – 6
May 24 2020Speaker: Ian Campbell1 Peter 5.1-10Shepherd the FlockPeter concludes his letter to Believers who are in difficult times by reminding their elders of their responsibility to shepherd the flock as he, a fellow elder, identifies with them. The role of elders is primary in the organized church and has been since the beginning. In his instruction to them all …
Living Hope – 5
May 17 2020Speaker: Ian Campbell1 Peter 4.1-11Has our personality changed because of the pandemic? Were we carefree and careless in some ways that have had a day of reckoning? Peter tells us that careless living has a “time’s up” notice served. What he says must continue is fervent love for one another.
Living Hope – 4
May 10, 2020Speaker: Ian Campbell1 Peter 3.1-9Well – here we are on Mothers’ Day weekend and as we work our way through 1 Peter we come to a passage to and about women. Maybe it’s good that I am speaking to an empty room so that I won’t need to duck the rotten tomatoes hurled at me! But seriously, does …
Living Hope – 3
May 3, 2020Speaker: Ian Campbell1 Peter 2.1-2Do difficult times bring our the best or worst in us? Perhaps both? The Apostle Peter seems to worry that in very trying times his readers may need encouragement not to allow the worst of them to surface. Instead he has a strategy that will head them in the right direction – the sincere …