This study, on the signficance of Palm Sunday, was given by Pastor Barry Forder on the 24th March 24. Palm Sunday… It was, of course, the day we remember Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey – famously fulfilling the prophecy from Zechariah 9:9 given sone 500 years earlier. We know from scripture that a ‘multitude’ of […]
First Corinthians chapter 15 is regarded by some as one of the most important chapters in the Bible! In this study, Pastor Barry starts to unpack this chapter asking ‘why do we believe’? ‘What is the basis for our hope and faith’? The Apostle Paul begins by reminding the Corinthian believers that he had come […]
This study of 1 Corinthians hapter 10:1-12 was given by pastor Barry on 21st January 2024. In these verses, Paul builds the theme of the previous two chapters, namely, that we should be careful that our so-called ‘knowldge’ doesn’t become a stumbling block for another believer, and that we should be careful that our confidence, which […]
This study of 1 Corinthians chapter 2 was given by Pastor Barry Forder on 15th October 2023. In this study we consider the wisdom of God’s plan of redemption, hidden (but very present) in the Old Testament, but revealed in the New Testament. Through it we see the importance of the whole Bible in unveiling […]
Inheritacne of the Saints – Part 1 This first part of a three-part topical study on ‘The Inheritance of the Saints’ was given by pastor Barry on 3rd September 2023. The Bible says much about what we can expect in our eternal home, yet so often it is not thought about or considered. In this study we […]
This study of Luke chapter 22 was given by pastor Barry Forder on 6th August 2023 at Calvary Portsmouth. In this study we look at the day leading up to Jesus’ arrest and trials before the crucifixion. At the beginning of the chapter Luke gives us an important insight from a Jewish perspective that helps […]