Ammanford Church Sermon Podcast

Life is up. Life is down. And if you've ever read the Psalms you'll see that the Bible is happy to go both ways with us. In this final (from the Archive) instalment of our series looking over Psalm 119; Jonathan encourages us that the Bible is a book worth continuing with through all seasons.

It's said that children ask the most questions; whilst that may be true, we all ask a range of questions constantly. Yet the question that Jesus puts to the disciples is the most important of all. Having spent the previous eight chapters building up to this point, it's a question we need to consider - Who do you say that Jesus is? This week John helps us to unpack the question and presen...

Because the Bible tells me so? But can we really trust what it says? What's the basis for believeing its truthfulness? In this (from the Archives) episode Jonathan challenges us to look in the right places to establish our certainty in the Bible's authority.

How do we reach those beyond our normal means? How do we share the good news of the gospel with others of a different culture or language? In today's passage John helps us see how Jesus broke through another barrier and reached someone with His message of forgiveness and freedom.

Suffering is a reality - for you now or at some point in the future. So we have to deal with it. This week (from the Archive) Jonathan shows us where the Bible points us for the medicine we need in life's dark times.

This week we begin chapter seven of Mark's gospel; looking at the stark contrast between how Jesus is approached and viewed. On one hand you have a group of religious leaders whose approach is that of seeking tradition and to boast of their goodness and worth that enables them to come to God (or so they think). Yet contrasting them we see a woman who by social standards at the time was nothin...

Psalm 119 is back baby! And this week (from the Archive) we are trying to figure out what sort of book the Bible is - how do we understand it - because that will effect how we read it and what we take away from it. JT is on duty once again with the help of some of our youngest members. Dive in.

Hyperlinks are those love 'em or hate 'em points usually within a passage that enable you to jump to somewhere else - be it another place, passage, theme or topic. With the structure of the Bible being such, it's impossible to read a passage of the Bible and not have it linked to something somewhere else. After all, the whole book is about God's rescue plan for humanity. This w...

Long. That's one way to describe Psalm 119 - the longest chapter in Scripture to be precise! In this latest instalment (from the Archives) former Pastor Jonathan Thomas starts a short series exploring and experiencing the Bible with Psalm 119 as our spring board. To kick things off, here's a look at how we can love the Bible and in so doing love God too! Enjoy

If we're all honest to ourselves we'll confess that we like to be the final authority on our own life. To have someone else telling us what to do and how to act is not something many would claim to enjoy. In Mark 6 we see two cases for authority: one party claims a title that isn't his and wields a power that many would recognise and agree to. The other has a true title and yet his...

Throughout His time on Earth, the Lord Jesus taught many things, and often using parables to do so. This week John helps us examine one that perhaps Christians are very familiar with. What does Jesus mean when He talks about the seed? Who are the people planting & harvesting?

The end (of this series) is nigh. Jonathan concludes (from the Archives) our time in 1 Thessalonians looking at Paul's concluding remarks. Sometimes the ends of the NT letters can seem a bit random. But in this instance Jonathan helps us to see that in saying goodbye Paul shares a quick vision for everything the church could be! Dive in and see what we're on about.

If we're true to ourselves we all have fears in our lives - some rational, others not so. It will be no surprise that in Jesus' time, men and women had fears too. In this podcast Sammy takes us through four fearful groups of people in Mark 5 and how that, upon encountering Jesus, nothing was the same again.

The Second Coming - now that we have your attention; where do you stand? Excited to talk about it? An extremist who won't stop talking about it?! Or an eye roller who doesn't want to hear it? Jonathan takes us (from the Archives) through what Paul and others say on the topic and hopefully leaves us Encouraged by it! Dive in.

Jonathan Thomas has the grim pleasure of helping us think through death in our latest (from the Archives) episode. From a Christian point of view death is both a terribly painful experience and a joy. How can that be? Dive in for JT's dulcet tones and an encouraging explanation from 1 Thessalonians.

What do you think about Jesus' claim to have set people free? He's come with a bold declaration about himself and backed it up with amazing healings & exorcisms - but is that enough to convince us? In this sermon Sammy explores the different ways a few of the characters in Mark chapter 3 responded to Jesus and the good news for those who follow him into freedom.

Sammy's back for our latest (from the Archives) sermon in the series looking at encouragement from 1 Thessalonians. In this sermon Sammy looks at the love hate relationship we have with work - why is that? Dive in to find out.

Throughout his time on Earth, Jesus made some very big claims about who He was and what His relationship with God the Father was like. Today we read another of those claims, this time calling Himself the Son of Man - but what does that really mean, and why were the Pharisees so riled up about it? Above all, what does that have to do with us today?

In our latest from the Archive sermon current pastor Sammy Davies steps in to help us consider Paul's attitude towards the Thessalonian church as modelling God's own attitude towards us. When we realise how God treats us in Jesus we might just start treating each other differently too!

As we've journeyed through Mark's account of Jesus' life, so far we've seen how amazing He is - healing people and teaching. For the most part no one has questioned Him on His healings or what He has said. That is, until now. Mark chapter two sees the beginning of Jesus' teachings and actions being questioned. This week we see a paralysed man healed, but that is not the ke...

Jonathan continues in 1 Thessalonians (as part of from the Archive) and shares how understanding Jesus for ourselves should give us great encouragement in our evangelistic efforts. If we're scared to share Jesus and His gospel then we need to figure it out more clearly for ourselves.

What does it mean to be outside the camp? What even is the camp? This week we had Sammy taking us through what it means to be one who includes those that are on the outside. A sign of genuine Christ-followers is that they are willing to give of their own time/possessions to aid those whom society has regarded helpless.

Matt Bownds carries us forward in our next (from the Archives) sermon travelling through 1 Thessalonians. Matt highlights the importance of having, and being, good role models in the Christian life. Ideas are taught, by examples are caught.

In this week's study of Mark's gospel we get to both hear Jesus speak and watch Him act. Jesus is king with more than just words, His actions proving the Godly authority He has to teach. Our response to the king should be one of repentance, belief, following and fishing.

Jonathan kicks off our series (from the Archives) in 1 Thessalonians by asking the question 'What does true encouragement look like?" Is it platitudes? Is it half truths? Is it comforting lies? Or is it the true truth about Jesus? No prizes for guessing where he lands!