Sermons from Philip Street Chapel Bristol

Elder Pete Foster explains how the Holy Spirit empowers us to follow God's commands so that we can enjoy swimming safely in the ocean of His love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy mainly works in Eastern Europe, but he was with us on Sunday to share about how we pray for mission. Using the Apostles' prayer from Acts 4, he showed us that we should continue to pray for God to work, even when the going is tough. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many things we do in church services without really thinking much about why we do them. Singing for many of us is one of those things. We turn up to church and we sing songs near the start of the service and again at the end, but do we ever think about why? In this podcast, Jess Foster (PSC's Director of Music) talks with Pastor Neil about the many reasons why God created us to sing to Him, and th...

Pastor Neil Todman gives an overview of Paul's love letters to churches that were founded during his missionary journeys, to protect them from the infiltration of false teaching and remind them of the gospel of grace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life with Jesus: When we feel dry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast, Pastor Neil Todman follows up on his Sunday morning sermon from the Life with Jesus series on baptism. He didn't have time to consider why people baptise infants and babies rather than older people on their own profession of faith. In the podcast he talks about the hypocrisy of having a Christening as an excuse for a party and also how it is possible to sincerely baptise a child y...

In this sermon, Pastor Neil Todman considers why baptism matters throughout the Christian life not just at the start. He shows how baptism marks the end of the life without Jesus and the start of new life in Him. He then explains that this pattern of repenting from sin and turning to Christ, of receiving forgiveness and trusting in the Holy Spirit's power to change us are the life of a discipleshi...

In this sermon, Church member Graham Thornton reminds us that God saves his people to be in Covenant relationship with him, living in holiness and faithfulness to him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this sermon, Trainee Pastor Sam Pibworth explains how we are raised with Christ to live a new life with him in fellowship with other believers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this sermon, Elder Alan Mann shows how the blood, the bread and the events of the Passover all point forward to Jesus Christ and the salvation we have in Him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this evangelistic message, Pastor Neil Todman explains how life with Jesus begins. He underlines how serious our condition is without Christ before showing how God can raise us up with Christ now and for all eternity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As part of RBT at Philip Street, trainee Pastor Sam Pibworth gives us an overview of the book of Exodus. He starts with the God who wants us to worship him and then splits the evening into two main parts: God's action in salvation and God's invitation to worship. He draws out some important applications for our lives as he reminds us again and again that God saved us so that we might worship him w...

In this sermon, launching a new series following Tim Chester's discipleship course, "Life with Jesus", Pastor Neil Todman shows us how we share in the victory of Christ. We share in his victory in life, as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe is also the one who made us and watches over our lives. We were made by Him and for Him. We share in his victory over death as Christ is the firstborn a...

In this sermon Pastor Neil Todman helps us see how speaking truth to ourselves is essential in times of overwhelming stress or sadness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this sermon trainee pastor, Sam Pibworth explores the joy of repentance from Psalm 32. He helps us see the blessing of living as a person forgiven by God and why it is so urgent we turn from sin and to Christ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From his favourite Psalm, Sam speaks about knowing God changes our attitude to fear. It's as we enjoy God that we see everything else in it's right proportion, and therefore we can have confident faith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Opening up Psalm 16 for us, Alan shows us how we can come to take refuge in God. As we do, we will find him to be the faitfhul, covenant eeping God. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this passionate sermon, Pastor Neil Todman shows how the God of the Bible includes 50 sad songs of lament in the Psalms so in seasons of life which are heart-breaking and overwhelming we have the words of worship to offer to Him. He doesn't shy away from the fact that in our suffering we often have unanswered questions. He then shows how our knowledge of the character of God and his dealings wi...

In this sermon, James Newton (a member at PSC) opens up Psalm 2. He shows how this Psalm complements Psalm 1 and together they act as a prologue to the other 148 Psalms. He introduces us to the LORD who reigns over the nations. He shows how He can give us a greater perspective as we feel overwhelmed with the wickedness in this world. He helps us understand why we can be confident in God's power. F...

Tim Howlett, a member of Philip Street Chapel, opens up the first of the 150 Psalms. He shows how this is a door into a life of adventure in relationship with God. He underlines how important it is to make choices consistent with being blessed by God if we are going to live fruitful lives. The alternative is to live a life of wickedness, not living for God, and facing his judgement. Hosted on Acas...

In this podcast, Pastor Neil Todman briefly explains the purpose of lament in Christian worship. He explores the reasons why we might lament and the steps of lament that are seen in some of the Psalms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this interview, Pastor Neil Todman talks informally with Pastor Saeyoung Park (Briarwood Church, Birmingham, Alabama) about the Psalms as we prepare to read the first 50 in August as part of RBT, They look at why Christians find the Psalms so comforting and inspiring. They consider their place in the Bible and their place in the worship of ancient Israel. Finally they turn their attention to wa...

As we reach the end of a month in the Wisdom literature as part of RBT, Pastor Neil Todman preaches a one-off sermon from Proverbs. Proverbs 30 contains the only prayer in the book of Proverbs. The verses leading up to the prayer show an non-Israelite man of genuine humility, who thinks little of himself and much of the LORD, and who wants to grow in his relationship with the LORD and avoid the tr...

Concluding our series in Mark's gospel, Pastor Neil Todman looks at how Mark's gospel answers three main questions: 1) Who was Jesus? 2) What did Jesus come to do? What does it mean for us to follow Him? He makes an impassioned plea for us to turn from sin and to Christ; for us to have Jesus as our King, our God and our Saviour; and for us to take up our cross and follow Him now and for all eterni...

In this sermon, Sam presses into the wisdom of living in the light of eternity. This world is full of frustrations, and our bodies experience many of those as we age, but if our hearts are set on Christ, Sam shows us some of the glories of enjoying the LORD and find our deepest happiness in Him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.