Iain's talk from the morning service

David Maclure's talk from the Sunday evening service

Vijay looks at the 7th and last Messianic sign in John's Gospel, the raising of Lazarus from the dead (John 11.1-44). In this part of his exposition, he expands on the astonishing claim that Jesus makes. Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life. Life is not simply some sort of material thing or process, but a person. Jesus is the very source and cause of all creation and life. To reject Christ ultimately is to reject the very source that animates and energises life. But, to believe in Jesus is not only to enjoy life before physical death, but to continue to do so for all eternity with a resurrected body.

Returning to the Healing of the Man Born Blind (John 9.1-38), Vijay looks at how Jesus, the Light of the World gives sight to those who believe him and worship him as Lord. From this account we learn that faith in Christ Jesus gives us the true perspective, allowing us to see the universe, our circumstances and lives for what they truly are.

Gillian's talk on courage from the evening service

When is doubt not doubt? Answer - when it's disbelief. In this message, James looks at the encounter between the risen Lord Jesus Christ and the man who is popularly known as "Doubting Thomas". This encounter transformed Thomas from someone who stubbornly refused to believe the evidence of the resurrection into someone who worshipped Jesus as his Lord and God.

In part one of two sermons on Jesus' encounter with the man born blind (John 9.1-38), Vijay looks at some of the lessons learned about who Jesus is as the Light of the World. As Light of the World, Jesus offers not only physical, but also spiritual sight to the blind. We do not properly see things for what they are until we are first illuminated by seeing Jesus.

In the race of life, is it your desire to finish well? How can this be done? Florence concludes her series on various aspects of faith in the life of the great Old Testament leader, Moses, and highlights five ways that we can have faith that finishes and finishes well.

In this sermon, Vijay looks at John 6.16-21. He observes that we find ourselves feeling the most helpless when we experience 'natural' needs (like sickness, natural calamities, death and so on). In this passage, the disciples encounter Jesus while they are in a boat on a stormy sea. In their moment of deepest need, they see Jesus walking on water. They seem him as the One who is Lord over nature. Jesus is not subject to the physical laws of nature. If Jesus provides help where we feel most helpless (in our natural needs), he will surely meet us in every other need. Those who turn to Jesus in their need, find that his answers exceed their expectations.

Iain speaks on the Book of Ruth and highlights that God is still working despite the circumstances that we experience.