Sermons from Aberdeen Christian Fellowship

Vijay looks at the 7th and last Messianic sign in John's Gospel, the raising of Lazarus from the dead (John 11.1-44). In this part of his exposition, he expands on the astonishing claim that Jesus makes. Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life. Life is not simply some sort of material thing or process, but a person. Jesus is the very source and cause of all creation and life. To reject Christ ultim...

Returning to the Healing of the Man Born Blind (John 9.1-38), Vijay looks at how Jesus, the Light of the World gives sight to those who believe him and worship him as Lord. From this account we learn that faith in Christ Jesus gives us the true perspective, allowing us to see the universe, our circumstances and lives for what they truly are.

Gillian's talk on courage from the evening service

When is doubt not doubt? Answer - when it's disbelief. In this message, James looks at the encounter between the risen Lord Jesus Christ and the man who is popularly known as "Doubting Thomas". This encounter transformed Thomas from someone who stubbornly refused to believe the evidence of the resurrection into someone who worshipped Jesus as his Lord and God.

In part one of two sermons on Jesus' encounter with the man born blind (John 9.1-38), Vijay looks at some of the lessons learned about who Jesus is as the Light of the World. As Light of the World, Jesus offers not only physical, but also spiritual sight to the blind. We do not properly see things for what they are until we are first illuminated by seeing Jesus.

In the race of life, is it your desire to finish well? How can this be done? Florence concludes her series on various aspects of faith in the life of the great Old Testament leader, Moses, and highlights five ways that we can have faith that finishes and finishes well.

In this sermon, Vijay looks at John 6.16-21. He observes that we find ourselves feeling the most helpless when we experience 'natural' needs (like sickness, natural calamities, death and so on). In this passage, the disciples encounter Jesus while they are in a boat on a stormy sea. In their moment of deepest need, they see Jesus walking on water. They seem him as the One who is Lord over nature....

Iain speaks on the Book of Ruth and highlights that God is still working despite the circumstances that we experience.

What do two miraculous pregnacies, a bouncing baby boy, an all time hit worship song, family trouble and a sermon from a man who had been deaf and dumb all have in common? Answer - they all formed part of the series of amazing events leading up to the first Christmas. In this one-off message, James looks at the exciting build up to the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ and extracts some practical les...

Mary mother of Jesus gets mentioned by name less than 20 times in the New Testament but she is an intriguing character. Pete looks in a bit more detail at the life of the person who probably spent more time than anyone else with Jesus.

The incarnation refers to God coming in the form of humanity. But, why does God do so? Hebrews 1.1-4 states that it is so that humans could come to know and love God and be known and loved by God. The Son of God lays aside all advantage and takes on the vulnerability of a man in order to offer every human the opportunity to know him personally.

Moses was a great Old Testament leader who spoke face-to-face with God and is mentioned more than once in the Bible as a man of faith. Despite this, he experienced failure. In this message, Florence shows that failure doesn’t have to be final and gives six ways that we can apply lessons from this incident in Moses’ life to our own circumstances.

Vijay looks at John's account of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand . He reminds us that the point of the account is not just to highlight the miraculous provision of food for the crowd. All the details of this miracle are clues to a deeper point that John's Gospel is making. Jesus is the new Moses who satisfies humanity's deepest hunger by offering himself to them. He is the Shepherd Lord who pr...

In this second of the messages from the Transforming Encounters series, James explores how an encounter with the risen Christ completely transforms two discouraged people into a picture of dynamic enthusiasm.

Based on Matt. 22 v 34-40, we’re asked to love God with every part of our being, then love our neighbour (anyone) in the same way. Is it an overwhelming assignment?

Fiona Morrison from Tear Fund gave an inspirational overview of the work of the charity

In John 5.1-18, Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath who has been incapacitated by illness. By doing this on a Sabbath, Jesus claims to be God. This is because as far as the Jews were concerned working on the Sabbath is God's prerogative. The man who is healed by Jesus responds to this amazing miracle on the Sabbath with apathy. The Jewish authorities respond to Jesus with outrage, his actions are bla...

Iain talks about how true worship comes from the heart in response to our deep love for God.

Florence continues her series of incidents from the life of Moses with “Faith that Follows”. Moses followed God’s instructions by returning to Egypt; by petitioning Pharaoh to let God’s people go; and by instituting the Passover. Florence goes on to show the link between the Passover and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross and how we, too, can have faith that follows.

Christianity is not just about feelings and beliefs, it's also about facts. The greatest fact is that on the third day after his crucifixion, Jesus rose from the dead. People met Him and were completely transformed. In the first message of this new series, James looks at the encounter Mary Magdalene had with the risen Jesus, an encounter which transformed her from a picture of despair to a picture...

Rebecca, Anna, Kirstie and Sophia got baptised ! Here are their testimonies after a message from Vijay: Jesus' encounter with the woman with the haemorrhage in Luke 8:42-48 sheds light on the nature of different barriers to faith in Christ Jesus. The woman overcomes at least four different kinds of barriers when she encounters Jesus in faith: the crowds, the disciples, the person of Jesus and hers...

Florence begins a four-part series on incidents from the life of Moses. In this first message in the series, she looks at "Faith that Fears", showing how Moses, a man of faith, demonstrated five examples of fear when he encountered God at the burning bush. Tune in to this message and see how many of these you can relate to.

This morning, Vijay draws some lessons from Jesus' encounter with the Royal Official in John 4:46-54. Many come to Jesus wanting to see his signs and miracles. To them 'seeing is believing'. But, Jesus' invitation to himself is something much greater than an invitation to meet a miracle worker. He wants them to believe that he is the Saviour of the World. In fact, only those who believe in him tru...

Isaiah was privileged to have a glimpse of the King of Glory. But who is He? James concludes his series from Isaiah 6 by showing that the King of Glory is none other than our Lord Jesus Christ.

Second 'Tough Question' from the Tuesday Bible study