Into the Pray

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . Episode 59 of City of Temples is Nick’s poignant conclusion of a teaching series through the book of 1 Corinthians that started on Thursday, September 3rd, 2020, and which concludes, today, on Thursday May 19th, 2022. As Nick now takes a break from weekly teaching for the rest of the year, (in order to enter into an intense period of writing, info...

Hello and thank you for listening to Into the Pray . "...when I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed." (Hosea 7:1) CORRECTION: Nick mis-spoke regarding the “unashamedly egalitarian” church which is in fact Stirling Baptist Church (NOT Perth Baptist Church). This session with Nick and Mairi today is a "bonus episode" looking at what we consider to be one of the...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . Today Nick covers the penultimate session of City of Temples — an extended teaching series through the book of 1 Corinthians. As we conclude with the final verses of chapter 16, we continue to consider the window that Scripture provides into the reforming (and sanctifying) Church in Corinth and consider the Body of Christ, today, in our juncture of...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . Today's Friday session is the audio from the third part of a YouTube series that went live last night. You can watch the video here if you prefer. In recent weeks we have been posing the difficult question, "Should I Leave My Church?" . This is clearly a weighty matter and, as such, we have dealt with the question over three separate...

Hello! Thank you for trusting what we're saying and teaching here on Into the Pray . Do you have any stories or testimonies that others need to hear that would also bless your heart to share? Please consider supporting our work here and/or here .  (We are hosting private Q&A podcasts via Patreon for those who'd like to be involved). Today's City of Temples session covers the fir...

Hello! Thanks very much for tracking with this podcast and we pray it is a blessing to your discipleship. As we begin the final chapter of 1 Corinthians on Sunday a new focus begins to emerge on the horizon: Jesus Christ and Him crucified. (1 Corinthians 2:2). Hence, we are beginning a new teaching series entitled, Look at the Lamb . Please consider tracking with these Sunday podcasts (or on YouTu...

Hello! Thank you for tracking with these teaching sessions on Into the Pray . We hope they are a blessing. Today’s verses are 1 Corinthians 15:50-58. See related reading here . Do you feel hopeless at times? Do you feel consumed by indignation because of the work of the enemy? Do you feel like your labours are in vain? “Ask now, and see, can a man bear a child? Why then do I see every man with his...

Hello! I hope this short devotional is an encouragement at the beginning of this new week of opportunity for the kingdom of God, the gospel and the glory of Jesus. If you didn't watch the Wim Hoff/demonic video yesterday, you can do so here . Order our new gospel tract for your parish here . Please consider supporting our work here and/or here .  (We are hosting private Q&A podcasts via P...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray ! Today we focus on vv35-50 of 1 Corinthians 15 as our teaching series, City of Temples, races to an end in the next few weeks. Please see a video here about Wim Hoff, the BBC and the demonic. (7:30pm BST, April 24th). This passage today could easily be covered in three weeks (or more) as the intensity of the passage builds to the end of the chapter....

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . We hope you're being built up as you listen. If you have any testimonials, please reach out, make contact across the 'digital divide', and let us know! As promised, today's episode is our next instalment digging down into the three main eschatological positions that we introduced last time. (You can listen to the overview episod...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . He is Risen! Today's episode is a preview of the final few sessions in 1 Corinthians as we race towards the conclusion of the book. “And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.” ( 1 Corinthians 6:14) What does the Demoniac in Luke 8 have to do with our next passage that we'll look at in more depth next Sunday? CORRECTI...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . This guest testimony episode today is very precious and very powerful: a former homosexual atheist radically saved by the sovereign hand of God, despite an unfaithful local church. We'll let Aimee do the talking but suffice to say there is nothing as encouraging as listening to a new believer describe the transforming work of our resurrected K...

Hello! Thank you for joining us on Into the Pray . Today's verses in our study series, City of Temples, are 1 Corinthians 15:29-34. We’ll be finishing our public reading of the gospel of Luke on Good Friday (April 15th, 4pm GMT) via YouTube LIVE . In 1 Corinthians 4:14, Paul wrote: “I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.” This fatherly Apo...

Hello! Thank you for joining us on Into the Pray . As I explain in the introduction of today's podcast, our conversational focus on eschatology together will resume next week, although I also refer to this within the session on Ukraine. Today, this is an extended devotional/Bible study from the YouTube video of the same title. You can watch the video here if you prefer. There is also a playli...

Hello! Thanks to everyone for listening to Into the Pray . Since mine eyes have looked on Jesus, I’ve lost sight of all beside, So enchained my spirit’s vision, Gazing on the Crucified. Today's teaching session is revelling somewhat in the glories we're reading in this 15th chapter of 1 Corinthians: - The premises of the heretical Corinthians were, in fact, false. - The resurrection of J...

Hello! Thank you as ever for listening to Into the Pray . This podcast today is the private episode we recorded for our supporters this month and that we published mid-week. It then occurred to us that this would also be good for the general public to hear, hence posting today. To compliment these episodes on eschatology, if you would like to hear/be involved in the private podcasts/follow-ups/Q&a...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . We'll keep this brief: please place your gospel tract orders this week so that we can keep things as cost-effective as possible for everyone via a larger order. We've had several larger orders in recent days as well as delivering most days ourselves and we now need to do a third print-run. Grab your Bible and take a quick look at the firs...

Hello! Thank you for joining us on Into the Pray . To prove that even what Nick says in this episode doesn’t go far enough, please read this . Today we go through vv12-19 of chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians and ask ourselves, "What could it mean for us all to be redeeming radicalisation ?" Look out for a new book project of this same title later in 2022. As we continue into this 51st episode...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . This is a special devotional episode of the podcast to encourage all true soldiers of Jesus Christ: J C Ryle’s “The Fight” as found in his book, Holiness . “Habitual, lively faith in Christ’s Presence and readiness to help, is the secret of the Christian soldier fighting successfully.” I hope this is a deep encouragement to all who listen. (A real...

Hello! Thank you for joining us on Into the Pray . As we go into this 50th episode of City of Temples - and the great crescendo of the book - you can listen to a full reading of 1 Corinthians here . Today we go through vv1-11 of chapter 15 and ask ourselves, "What does it mean to be reminded of the gospel and of resurrection?" Indeed, why should we repent of our "gospelessness"...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . Today's brief session is to flag a couple of things that are important to be flagged and to also whet your appetite for some forthcoming stories landing here on the podcast. Bible teaching, public Bible reading, making disciples & visiting homes - sound good? The LORD God is more awesome that we can fathom, His Gospel more powerful than we...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . We’re doing these short devotional episodes to set us right for Monday mornings and the new week of opportunity that lies ahead. Today we focus briefly on the first couple of paragraphs of Philippians 4, reading from the AMPC. There is a beautiful promise in these verses that He is not only near to us right now by His Spirit but also that He is nea...

Hello! Thank you for joining us on Into the Pray . What does it mean to be submissive and selfless? Essential/related reading here .  Essential viewing here . This is part 2 of “Silencing Demonic Disorder”. Part 1 here . Today Nick covers the final concluding verses of 1 Corinthians 14 (vv36-40) in which Paul essentially silences demonic disorder and says that if we don't follow his command r...

Hello! This is a relatively brief word of testimony that we felt it right to give now following our recent reading of T A Sparks’ “Prophetic Ministry” at the same time as J C Ryle’s, “Holiness”. Although this is partially referred to in Body Zero , the extra nuance here  - and the passage of time since - is important. We’ve been gracious and anonymous but, equally, unreserved in the conclusions be...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Into the Pray . We’re doing these short devotional episodes to set us right for Monday mornings and the new week of opportunity that lies ahead. Today we focus briefly on J C Ryle and one of his most famous, best loved books, Holiness . Keeping this as simple as possible, there is a difference between justification and sanctification. “In justification the word to...