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  STRESS...WORRY...CARES....ANXIETIES... Symptoms of life that we just have to live with in 2021? Or is there a solution? Peter gives us the answer in the last Chapter of his First Epistle - and comes up with 'one of the best verses in the whole bible'! This week's Salvation Meeting - the 42nd meeting I have produced since the start of the pandemic and marking a whole year of online ministry - is...

  'Suffering for being a Christian' This week's meeting is the the 41st Salvation Meeting in the current series on Fortress Radio  We continue our look at the first epistle of Peter, reaching chapter 4 and the portion headed 'Suffering for being a Christian'. Our guest speaker for the meeting is Major Estelle Blake - who has worked extensively for The Salvation Army in the field of human trafficki...

This week's SALVATION MEETING for Fortress Radio is the 40th in the series I have prepared since the first lockdown almost a year ago. This time we take a look at part of 1 Peter ch 3 and try to apply the advice there to our lives at this specific time. Major Estelle Blake opens in prayer, there is a fine testimony from SL Paul Dale (one of my oldest and best friends) and some great Army songs and...

"My time, matey, not yours!" - is what God told me very clearly earlier this week as I was growing impatient for inspiration! This is the 39th meeting I have prepared for FORTRESS RADIO since the Covid lockdowns began in March 2020 This meeting is the third in the series based on the 1st Epistle of Peter - this time -chapter 2.  How can we best be 'walking advertisements' for Jesus in this evil wo...

  BE HOLY (but you don't have to be a hero) Welcome to another hour of Salvation Army worship - featuring the International Staff Band and Songsters, Santa Ana Singing Company, Barbara Allen, and even my old friend Roger Marsh!     This is the 2nd meeting in the series in which we examine the 1st Epistle of Peter... We are told to 'BE HOLY'. God doesn't expect us to achieve the target overnight......

Doom and Gloom   If a month has five Sundays then the 5th will always be a good old Salvation Army praise meeting - yes the kind you might remember from your childhood and younger days - often accompanied, if you recall, with indigestion caused by rushing down a full roast dinner in the hour you might have managed to get at home between morning and afternoon activities at the army! This week we ha...

"Which Way are YOU Going?"   This Salvation Meeting - the 35th in the series I have produced for Fortress Radio since the Covid-19 Pandemic struck in March 2020 - is all about walking our life's pathways with Jesus. Do you walk with Him?  Talk with Him? There are many times when it is difficult for all of us - and many of us have been directly affected by the virus, of course. Rest assured, that w...

Salvation Meeting (34) for Fortress Radio "Jesus - our Foundation"   This meeting, the 34th in the series I have prepared for Fortress Radio since March 2020, the start of the Covid pandemic, is centred around i Corinthians ch 3 - in which the Apostle Paul exhorts the younf church in Corinth to stop bickering about trivialities and ensure they build on a solid foundation. Songs include 'I Dare to...

  "Epiphany" One of my friends posted this week that he likes to 'linger a little longer at the manger' at Christmas each year. Well, today is only '10 Lords a Leaping' day, I think - so our first Salvation Meeting of 2021 this evening has a distinctly 'Epiphany' theme - and the terms 'Worship and Adoration' would make a suitable title for the meeting. Music comes from Pasadena Tabernacle Band, Re...

Welcome to the Fortress Radio/Going to the Army Carol Service 2020   I am delighted to invite you to join with the listeners from Fortress Radio to tonight's 'meeting' - the 32nd Sunday Evening Service I have been privileged to record and share with you since March 2020.The world this year has changed so very much - but God's Love for the world He made is the same today as it was then - in fact, I...

Salvation Meeting (31) - 13th December 2020 (Advent 3)   This meeting, the 31st in the series produced for Fortress Radio in 2020, marks the 3rd Sunday of Advent.   In a world that needs Jesus more than ever before Christians are praying for the world to turn to its Saviour as we prepare to celebrate His birth. The meeting has some great Salvation Army songs, Songster and Singing Company music and...

Praise and Salvation Meeting (29) - 29th November 2020This is my latest meeting produced for  Fortress Radio - the 29th such meeting I've been privileged to make this year. This week's PRAISE and TESTIMONY meeting includes an enjoyable mix of band, songster and singing company music, some grand songs and a quite remarkable testimony and solo from Kaytie Harding Great songs of praise and testimony...

Tonight's Salvation Meeting for Fortress Radio is all about TRUST. This, the 28th meeting in the series that I have prepared most weeks since lockdown began in March 2020. God is using this online ministry in ways I - and many others - could never have imagined and I count it both a great privilege and responsibility to have this opportunity and to be part of this tremendous witness. Music this ev...

Remembrance Sunday - Prayer Tonight's meeting for Fortress Radio has a dual focus - Praying, particularly for Peace in the world and we also mark Remembrance Day, of course. As usual, plenty of great songs/hymns and items from the ISB, Portsmouth Citade Songsters, Worthing Singing Company  and the Southern Territorial Songsters as well as the voices of Kaytie Harding and Gail Dickson and the playi...

I Want to Live Right!   This week's Salvation Meeting (the 26th in the series!) for Fortress Radio is largely based on the old chorus 'I Want to Live Right'. Some great Army and church songs & hymns; Kettering Citadel Band and Hendon Songsters, the East London Youth Chorus, Jude Gotrich and US (South) contemporary group 'Transmission' priovide musical items while the 'testimony' is directly fr...

Gowans and Larsson Special This week's Salvation Meeting - the 25th in the series of meetings prepared since the start of the Coronavirus Pandemic - uses songs and other music written by (or based on songs by) Generals John Gowans and John Larsson. Young composer/officer John Larsson was teamed with another poet/officer John Gowans in the 1960s to work together on a 'new venture' for The Salvation...

"Going to the Army!" is a podcast series featuring Salvation Army music. This 37th Episode is for October 2020 and continues the "Going to the Army!" ministry, which is now in its 7th year of broadcasting. My sincere apologies to any listeners who may think the GttA podcast has taken a bit of a 'back seat' this year as I have found and been developing a new ministry through the Salvation Meetings...

Always Shine For Him This week's Salvation Meeting - the 24th in the series of meetings prepared since the start of the Caronavirus Pandemic - has a rather 'celebratory' feel about it.  we are celebrating LOVE - not just the wonderful, life-changing love of God for us but also various aspects of our own 'human love'.   This week our family has marked birthdays and anniversaries (including my own a...

Welcome to another hour of fellowship, worship, music and bible teaching as heard on Fortress Radio - Sunday 4th October, 2020. It's the SIMPLEST thing in the whole world! Receiving Salvation! Just say to Jesus "I love You. I trust you." Objective achieved. Yet, we seem to overcomplicate everything...the old acronym was K I S S - Keep It Simple, Stupid! Songs this evening include 'Hallelujah to th...

Harvest Festival - Songs of Praise Welcome to another hour of fellowship, worship, music and bible teaching as heard on Fortress Radio - Sunday 20th September, 2020. This week's service is part of a day of celebration on Fortress Radio marking the Harvest Festival - as we thank God for all His goodness to us throughout the year It features music by Kettering Citadel Singing Company, the Enfield Ci...

CONQUERING DEATH! Welcome to another hour of fellowship, worship, music and bible teaching as heard on Fortress Radio - Sunday 13th September, 2020. This week's service continues the short series of meetings based on the miracles of Jesus - this week - Conquering Death (The Widow of Nain) It features music by the International Staff Band, The International Staff Songsters, Norridge Citadel Band wi...

Welcome to another hour of fellowship, worship, music and bible teaching as heard on Fortress Radio - Sunday 6th September, 2020. This week's service continues the short series of meetings based on the miracles of Jesus - this week - Stilling the Storm It features music by the Wellington Citadel Band, The Amsterdam Staff Band, The International Staff Songsters, The USA Western Territory Songsters...

This week's 19th Salvation Meeting for Fortress Radio. Continuing the series on Jesus' miracles tonight we look at the healing of the leper and 2 blind men - and at what may seem a strange instruction to the healed men! As usual, the chance to hear some great SA music and sing along with some great hymns/songs!

Welcome to another hour of fellowship, worship, music and bible teaching as heard on Fortress Radio - Sunday 9th August, 2020. This week's service marks the start of a short series of meetings based on the miracles of Jesus - this week - Water into Wine It features music by the Mont Clair, and The Bristol Easton Band, The International Staff Songsters and The Male Voices of the Norwich Citadel Ban...

Welcome to another hour of fellowship, worship, PRAISE, music and bible teaching as heard on Fortress Radio - Sunday 2nd August, 2020. This week - in response to requests from listeners we are enjoying a good Salvation Army Praise Meeting - such as we used to enjoy on a Sunday between our roast dinners and granny's great Sunday tea! It features music by the International Staff Band, Birmingham Cit...