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Isaiah, one of the major prophets, spoke extensively about things to come before they actually happened! And this included many details about the Saviour – His characteristics and His ministry here on earth. Some have referred to his writings as “The Gospel according to Isaiah” and they are certainly right! If you’ve never read Isaiah, Chapter 53, we’d urge you to. It starts with a compelling and personal question - WHO has believed the report? Have you?

In Ephesians 1:7 we read these amazing words – “In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.”  Yes, it can be a present reality for everyone who hears this message today.  What greater possession than having the forgiveness of sins and peace with God? Listen to the teaching about this great redemption here today.

The gospel message is full of superlatives. Its importance, its magnificence, and its consequences are all of an incomprehensible order of magnitude. It involves love's highest expression - the unbounded love of God shown to us in the person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. And it is expressed most fully at the cross of Calvary where the Lord Jesus Christ suffered and died for the ungodly. But at Calvary we see humanity's truest colours as well - the true wickedness of the heart of man against God was revealed. Here we also see the heaviest load imaginable placed upon the Saviour Himself - the load of the sin of all people, of all the ages. And there is one more superlative - the broadest acceptance imaginable to sinners far and wide. The invitation is open to you!

There are many ways to handle the complexities of life - many ways of looking at or trying to make sense of the world around us. There is polytheism, secularism, humanism, and post-modernism to name a few. But all these fall short in fulfilling our greatest need - the need for forgiveness. The simple answer lies in John Chapter 10 which tells us clearly of the only Door to heaven. Who is this door? It’s the Lord Jesus Christ, of course!

Well, life has often been described as a journey, hasn’t it? Whether long or short, we just do not know. Along the pathway there are many intersections that we cross – intersections that affect our lives in definite ways. In today’s broadcast, speaker Marvin Derksen brings us the gospel message with a focus on DIVINE intersections in our lives. How marvellous that God should ever choose to intersect our earth, our history, our own personal lives! But He has! By the giving of His Son, God has provided a way for me and you to be brought back into a personal relationship with Him. Let’s listen as Mr. Derksen explains each of these vital intersections for us and through them presents to us the good news of the gospel.

The Lord Jesus told many stories to give us apt illustrations of ourselves. In the parable of the good Samaritan, there is a poor man ambushed on the road and left destitute.There were two people who came across the poor man, but they did nothing to help him. At last, there was a despised Samaritan who freely gave of himself to save the dying man. Who do these people in the parable represent? And which one applies to ourselves personally? Listen to this message to find out.

The well known story in the Bible of Zacchaeus is about much more than how a short man climbed a tree to see Jesus. It's all about a sinner who earnestly sought out the Saviour, an individual tired of his sins, a rich man sick of his money who wanted instead the true riches of God's salvation. And, yes, it's also about a seeking Saviour - one who came specifically to seek and to save the lost - the one whose heart yearned for the salvation of sinful souls. Is it any wonder then that the two of them met?

The apostle Paul was a tremendous evangelist and wrote a large portion of the New Testament explaining the doctrines of the gospel. Many people have gotten saved through the wonderful verses that the Holy Spirit led him to write - verses of conviction and verses of salvation. This episode looks at three verses in 2 Corinthians that explains for us the wonderful gospel message with simplicity and clarity. 

Are you rich towards God? It's certainly possible not to be. In fact, if we are still sinners - if we have never been saved - then, we are definitely not rich towards Him. Our lives would be all taken up with ourselves - our own pleasures and plans. Lord Jesus Christ told a parable about such a person. Sadly, he forgot to take God into account and the Lord Jesus calls him a fool. Tragically, we are all in peril of doing the same thing - of coming to the end of life - perhaps unexpectedly - and finding out too late that we were fools in God's eyes. We hope that you take heed to Christ’s teachings in our message today.

In today’s broadcast, we will be considering one of Jesus’ parables – the story of the sower and the seed. The sower threw his seed on different types of ground – hard, stony, and thorny. But the crop in each case failed. Not that there was anything wrong with the seed – no, the problem was with heart of the listener. Only when falling on GOOD ground, could the seed germinate, take root and grow. Only then could there be fruit for God. On what kind of ground will the seed, the Word of God, fall today?