Carryduff Free Presbyterian Church
Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind
Date: Sun PM 1st October 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Psalm 139v17-18
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
O how the Protestant church needs spiritual discernment in our day to avoid love devoid of truth, to have love based on the teaching of God’s Word with sound doctrine.
Date: Sun AM 1st October 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Philippians 1v9-11
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
By the early 16th century, Europe’s ordinary people couldn’t read. The church offered an intimidating system of ritual and penance to earn salvation. The ‘spiritual’ roles of priests, monks and nuns were elevated above everyday occupations. The Pope’s church hierarchy was busy hoarding political power and wealth. But all this […]
Continue Reading Date: Sun PM 24th September 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Luke 4v35
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
The Reformation was the most important and influential movement in the history of Western Europe, and as such, has shaped the world in which we live. While the movement revolutionised European politics, law, literature, science, and individual conscience, it was rooted in a renewed spiritual understanding of man’s relationship with God. It was a movement which brought Christianity back to the Bible and faith in Christ alone, the essence of the Gospel.
Continue Reading Date: Sun AM 24th September 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Philippians 1v7-8
7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. 8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
A prepared place for a prepared people.
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
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Continue Reading Date: Sun AM 17th September 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Philippians 1v6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Date: Sun PM 10th September 2017
Soloist: Mrs. Elizabeth Steele
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Judges 16v28
And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Date: Sun AM 10th September 2017
Preacher: Rev. John Morrow
Bible Reference: John 19v17
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
Date: Sun PM 3rd September 2017
Preacher: Mr. Tomy Gilmore
Bible Reference: Amos 4v12
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Date: Sun AM 3rd September 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Philippians 1v3-5
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
Continue Reading Date: Sun PM 27th August 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Judges 16v19-20
And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
Continue Reading Date: Sun AM 27th August 2017
Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin
Bible Reference: Philippians 1v1-2
Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
Carryduff Free Presbyterian Church
Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind
