New Bedford Evangelical Presbyterian Church

SERIES: “JUSTICE LEAGUE” The Old Testament book of Obadiah predicts justice for the people of Israel and judgment against one of its chief enemies over the years, Edom. This brief sermon series will prayerfully address the issues of God’s justice, pointing back to the account of Jacob and Esau (Esau being the father of the Edomites), and pointing forward to the ultimate justice that will be experi...

SERIES: “JUSTICE LEAGUE” The Old Testament book of Obadiah predicts justice for the people of Israel and judgment against one of its chief enemies over the years, Edom. This brief sermon series will prayerfully address the issues of God’s justice, pointing back to the account of Jacob and Esau (Esau being the father of the Edomites), and pointing forward to the ultimate justice that will be experi...

SERIES: “MISSING PIECES: IS THERE SOMETHING I NEED BESIDES JESUS TO BE SPIRITUAL?” Paul’s letter to the church at Colossae is designed to address issues raised by the Epaphras, the founder of the church in this located in the region of Phrygia, in south central Asia Minor. The “city” was considered to be an “inconsequential market town” by the time of the Roman empire, but nonetheless, it develope...

SERIES: “MISSING PIECES: IS THERE SOMETHING I NEED BESIDES JESUS TO BE SPIRITUAL?” Paul’s letter to the church at Colossae is designed to address issues raised by the Epaphras, the founder of the church in this located in the region of Phrygia, in south central Asia Minor. The “city” was considered to be an “inconsequential market town” by the time of the Roman empire, but nonetheless, it develope...

SERIES: “MISSING PIECES: IS THERE SOMETHING I NEED BESIDES JESUS TO BE SPIRITUAL?” Paul’s letter to the church at Colossae is designed to address issues raised by the Epaphras, the founder of the church in this located in the region of Phrygia, in south central Asia Minor. The “city” was considered to be an “inconsequential market town” by the time of the Roman empire, but nonetheless, it develope...

SERIES: “REDDING UP YOUR LIFE’ This common expression of Pittsburghese for getting things ready translates nicely to what Paul exhorts the church to do in his second letter to the church at Thessalonica. This series will prayerfully apply to our lives today what Paul instructs that first century church, including enduring trials, working hard, and gaining a better understanding of Jesus’ second co...

SERIES: “HEY JUDE” Jude was written by the half-brother of Jesus sometime around 65 AD. It was mainly written to combat false teaching regarding the issue of immorality. Apparently it was thought be some at the time that the body was less important than the spirit and so it was okay to sin in the body. This brief series will look at the inspired writings of Jude, essentially one chapter, and relat...

John McIlwain

Gordon Jardy

Steve Fox

The purpose of God and the confidence you can have in your future are vividly on display in this section of Paul’s letter to the Romans. The purpose of the message will be to dissect the such phases as “called,” “justified,” “interceding” and the overall love of God, and show how this all contributes to having a God-given purpose in life.

Special by Lee Harris

SERIES: “WHERE ARE YOU” This series will look at psalms in which the basic cry is, “Where are you, God?” It is my prayer that as we read the dilemmas and then the assurances that the psalmists are lead to near the end of each of these psalms, it may give hope for people in what they may be going through.

SERIES: “WHERE ARE YOU” This series will look at psalms in which the basic cry is, “Where are you, God?” It is my prayer that as we read the dilemmas and then the assurances that the psalmists are lead to near the end of each of these psalms, it may give hope for people in what they may be going through.

SERIES: “WHERE ARE YOU” This series will look at psalms in which the basic cry is, “Where are you, God?” It is my prayer that as we read the dilemmas and then the assurances that the psalmists are lead to near the end of each of these psalms, it may give hope for people in what they may be going through.

BACK TO THE FUTURE” Haggai was a prophet whom God spoke to over a four-month period in 520 BC. Israel had been brought back from exile but the work on a new temple in Jerusalem had been halted due to opposition. The messages God gives to Haggai is an encouragement to get on with it. And within the prophecy is a prediction that God’s glory would return to this newly-constructed temple, in the same...

SERIES: “FEARLESS” Paul wrote his second letter to Timothy knowing that his end was near, being held by Emperor Nero of Rome in a dank dungeon. As the NIV Study Bible notes, “Paul was concerned about the welfare of the churches doing this time of persecution under Nero, and he admonishes Timothy to guard the gospel (1:14), to persevere in it (3:14), to keep on preaching it (4:2) and, if necessary,...

A look at Communion, the institution, the celebration at the local church.