Sermons from Aberdeen Christian Fellowship

David Maclure commences our Alpha course with the question 'Who is Jesus'?

Robert Smiths sermon from our morning service

Vijay begins a new series of sermons, based on the life of Gideon, titled 'Living a Life that Matters'. He looks, this morning, at the call and commission of Gideon. Like the Israelites living in Gideon's time, we live in caves of fear or complacence, unwilling to step out into the extraordinary lives God wants for us. To begin living a life that truly matters we have to dare and step out of our c...

How often do we say "it isn't fair"? In this message James looks at Psalm 73 in which the writer, Asaph, struggles with the unfairness of life. He found himself envying people who don't care about God because they seem to have an easy life. But he got things in their proper perspective when he realised that it's where we're going AFTER this life that really counts

In the final sermon from the 'Living Skillfully' series Vijay discusses Righteousness

Brian's talk from our evening service

Douglas Hutcheon was our guest this morning delivering a fantastic sermon on Unity

We're pleased to welcome Allan Jack who gives an inspiring talk accompanied by a fantastic section from an Alpha talk by an ex-offender who's life was transformed by Jesus

Most of us hate delays and would much prefer that everything happened according to our timetable. This is particularly true when we don't receive an immediate answer to our prayers. But, sometimes, God chooses to delay His response to our situation in order to strengthen our belief in Him and bring glory to His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. This was a lesson that two grieving sisters took on board w...

When we are suffering, one of the questions we often ask is “How long?” In this, the second message in the series “Close to the edge,” James explores this problem from Psalm 13.

Making comments is part and parcel of everyday life. In Mark 5, we encounter five distinct comments in the account of Jesus raising a young girl from the dead. This message explores the practical implications of each of these comments, both for the people to whom they were originally addressed and also for us today

This is the first message of a new series in which James explores the conflict between our beliefs about God and our life experiences. Psalm 10 considers the question "Why?" which we most often ask when life is tough.

Continuing his series on wisdom in the Book of Proverbs, Vijay looks at the subject of frienship. He notes that the wise take the effort to both aquire and to be good friends. This is because our friends influence our personality for good or evil. How does one spot a a person who is likely to make a good friend? One way to do so is to observe a person's speech.

Vijay notes from the Book of Proverbs that the wise are kind. Biblical kindness is doing good to others irrespective of who they are, how they act or how they respond to us. In our kindness, we imitate God.

Visiting speaker Douglas Hutcheon delivers today's message at Aberdeen Christian Fellowship.

The Book of Proverbs reminds us that decision making requires exceptional skill and wisdom. Vijay explains that godliness is the moral framework out of which wise decison are made. When making decisions beware of deception both from without and within. Weigh the options and then execute decisions in the knowledge that ultimately God is sovereign over every outcome.

Vijay explores the Book of Proverbs for the wisdom of contentment. True contentment is the result of aligning yourself with those things God thinks are important and is expressed in a life of moderation. Some symptoms of contentment identified in Proverbs are generosity, humility and thankfulness. The content person is at ease with themselves and the world in which they find themselves.

In the next sermon of the series, titled Living Skillfully, Vijay looks at the foundation of wisdom. From Proverbs 1.7 we learn that the awe and reverence of the Lord is the foundation of a life that is lived skillfully. The Book of Proverbs calls such awe 'the fear of the Lord'. The fear of the Lord allows a person to know reality for what it truly is. It is also the basis for right conduct.

Vijay begins a new series of sermons, titled Living Skillfully, on the Book of Proverbs. He states that the biblical idea of wisdom has to do with the art of living skillfully. The Bible states that there are 2 path options open to every human being, the paths of wisdom and folly. The Book of Proverbs teaches us to tread the path of wisdom by being receptive to knowledge, by virtuous conduct and r...

In the final message of this series James explores the experience of Peter. His dramatic encounter with the risen Christ dealt with his past failure, restored him to ministry, and pointed him in a future direction. As a result, Peter was transformed into a wholehearted follower of Christ.

In a study of Deuteronomy 8, Vijay explains how the only gift of thanks that can be offered to God in response to his goodness and grace to us is our obedience. Our obedience to the Lord is also the means through which the Lord flourishes us. But, obedience is never easy. Both hardship and prosperity can tempt us away from a life of obedience to the Lord. Nonetheless, every opportunity to drift aw...

Vijay looks at the concluding miracle that appears in the Gospel of John (21.1-14). He observes that we can often speak of encountering God in 'mountain top' moments (success, supernatural experience, at a Christian conference and so on). Looking back at our difficult 'valley' moments (disappointments, sorrows, failures and so on), we can sometimes speak about the tenderness of God that we experie...

Vijay concludes his series on the 7 signs of John's Gospel this morning with the Raising of Lazarus (John 11.1-44). In today's sermon, he asks the difficult question: how do we as Christians deal with what sometimes seems like the silence of an all-powerful and all-good God in the face of human suffering, evil and death. Whatever the answer may look like or however the difficulties of this problem...

Iain's talk from the morning service

David Maclure's talk from the Sunday evening service