Sermons on Israel (Page 6)
This study in the book of Habakkuk was given by pastor Barry Forder on 27th February 2022 at Calvary Portsmouth. We know practically nothing about the man Habakkuk, other than his name, which means to ‘wrestle’ and the fact this he calls himself a prophet – one of only three Old Testament prophets to actually […]
This study of the book of Nahum was given by pastor Barry Forder on 20th Feb 2022 at Calvary Chapel Portsmouth. The prophet Nahum writes somewhere between 663 B.C. and 612 B.C., prophetically detailing the downfall and destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire which had dominated the world for over 300 years. […]
This final session in our verse-by-verse study of Micah was given by pastor Barry Forder on 13th February 2022. In this last section of the book of Micah (Ch 6-7) we are immediately plunged into a courtroom drama, with God acting as prosecutor and Israel as the defendant. God takes the stand and asked Israel […]
This teaching on Micah ch3-5 was given by pastor Barry Forder on 7th February 2022. Micah chapters 3 to 5 form the second section in this short book. In chapter 3 Micah expresses God’s displeasure at Israel’s leaders: The judges and princes of the nation, who should have acted with justice and integrity, but instead […]
This opening study in our verse-by-verse review of the book of Micah was given by pastor Barry Forder on the 30th January 2022 at Calvary Portsmouth. We don’t know much about this prophet, who lived in a town called Moresheth Gath, around 20 miles southwest of Jerusalem near to the border to the Philistines, yet Micah (meaning […]
This final study in our verse-by-verse journey through the Book of Amos was given by pastor Barry Forder on 8th November 2021. “The spiritual saint never believes circumstances to be haphazard, or thinks of his life as secular and sacred; he sees everything he is dumped down in as the means of securing the knowledge […]
This study of Amos chapter 5 was given by pastor Barry Forder on 14th November 2021 at Calvary Chapel Portsmouth. Amos, was a shepherd. He lived at a time when the Northern Kingdom of Israel were given over to idolatry, immorality and injustice. Amos was called to go to the center of idol worship, Bethel, […]