The BPFC Teaching Ministry

Visiting Speaker: Tom  Greig This week’s BPFC Teaching features a visiting preacher delivering a stirring message on the spiritual fight every believer is called into. Drawing from Exodus 13:17–22 and 1 Timothy 6:12–16 , the sermon challenges Christians to recognise the reality of spiritual warfare, to face life’s battles with faith, and to trust God’s leading even when the road is not the easiest...

Pastor Ian Thompson reflects on the Battle of the Somme through the lens of Joshua 22:1–5 , drawing together themes of loyalty, sacrifice, fraternity, and Protestant faith. On the 1st of July 1916, thousands of young men stepped forward in duty and devotion — many never returned. Their courage and sacrifice remain woven into the shared memory of these islands. In this sermon, we remember the falle...

Speaker: Pastor Ian Thompson In this teaching message, Pastor Ian explores the lives of Peter and Paul — two very different men, two very different personalities, yet one Lord and one gospel. Some believers feel impulsive and emotional like Peter; others feel structured and clear‑thinking like Paul; many feel like neither and quietly wonder whether they truly belong. This sermon shows from Scriptu...

Pastor Ian Thompson In this sermon, we reach the final and greatest of God’s covenants — the New Covenant promised by the prophets, fulfilled by Christ, sealed at the cross, confirmed in the resurrection, and poured out at Pentecost. From Jeremiah’s promise of a new heart, to Ezekiel’s promise of a new spirit, to Isaiah’s vision of a covenant for all peoples, we see how God creates not a repair jo...

Pastor Ian Thompson continues our covenant series with a deep exploration of the Davidic Covenant in 2 Samuel 7:8–16 — God’s promise to establish the throne of David forever. In this sermon we trace David’s journey from shepherd to king, the astonishing promise God makes to him, the painful honesty of David’s failures, and the collapse of the kingdom that followed. Yet through every rise and fall,...

In this sermon, Pastor Ian Thompson continues the covenant series by exploring the often‑forgotten Priestly Covenant made with Phinehas in Numbers 25. Israel stood on the edge of the Promised Land, yet their nearness to blessing did not protect them from spiritual collapse. Their covenant infidelity, leadership paralysis, and moral confusion mirror the challenges of our own day. This message exami...

Pastor Ian Thompson In this sermon, preached to the Orange Institution in April 2026, Pastor Ian reflects on what it truly means to be protestantis — a people who give witness. With Scripture in one hand and history in the other, he calls believers to rediscover their identity as those who testify to the Word of God, stand firm in truth, and live as witnesses of Christ in a confused and drifting a...

Pastor Ian Thompson   Bootle Protestant Free Church — BPFC Sermon Podcast The Relief of Derry (1689) stands as one of the defining moments in the Protestant story — a testimony to God’s providence, steadfast courage, and the defence of religious liberty. In this sermon, Pastor Ian Thompson reflects on the siege, the suffering of the people, and the extraordinary deliverance that followed, drawing...

In this second episode of our Nicene Creed series, Pastor Ian Thompson explores the opening declaration of the Creed: “We believe in one God, the Father Almighty.” Rooted in the reading from Genesis 1 , this sermon shows how the Bible reveals God as both sovereign Creator and loving Father , the One who brings order out of chaos and speaks light into the darkness. This teaching examines the Creed’...

In this third episode of our Nicene Creed series, Pastor Ian Thompson continues exploring the Creed’s opening declarations by focusing on the phrase: “Maker of heaven and earth.” Building on the foundation laid in Genesis 1, this sermon examines what it means for Christians to confess that God is not only Father and Almighty, but also the Creator of all things visible and invisible . This teaching...

In this opening message of Series 2, Pastor Ian Thompson introduces the Nicene Creed , the historic confession first established in AD 325 and treasured across the Reformed tradition as a faithful summary of essential Christian belief. This sermon offers a clear and accessible overview of the Creed’s purpose, structure, and enduring importance for the Church. Pastor Thompson explains how the Nicen...

Pastor Ian Thompson — Bootle Protestant Free Church In this sermon, Pastor Ian Thompson reflects on the transforming power of God’s grace by contrasting two striking biblical figures: the malefactor on the cross in Luke 23 and Stephen, the first Christian martyr , in Acts 7. The dying thief turns to Christ with nothing but need — no ritual, no achievement, no time left to prove anything. His simpl...

Speaker: Pastor Ian Thompson In this sermon we continue our journey through the great covenants of Scripture and arrive at one of the most defining moments in the Old Testament — the covenant God makes with Moses and with Israel at Mount Sinai. From liberation out of Egypt to the giving of the Ten Words, from the tabernacle to the sacrifices, from Israel’s calling to their rebellion, this covenant...

 Recorded during Affirmation Weekend, this is the powerful Christian testimony of Sammy Heenan — a story of suffering, survival, and saving grace. Through trauma, bereavement, and the violence of the Troubles, Sammy bears witness to the faithfulness of God and the hope found only in Jesus Christ. 

In this week’s sermon, we explore the Abrahamic Covenant — the moment God calls an ordinary man to trust an extraordinary promise. From the command to “Go,” to the covenant ceremony, to the near‑sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham’s story reveals a God who binds Himself to His people with unbreakable faithfulness. We look at the three strands of the promise — land, descendants, and blessing — and how they...

 In this second message of the covenant series, we turn to God’s gracious promise to Noah after the flood. The world had been judged, the waters had receded, and humanity stood at a new beginning. Into that moment, God spoke a covenant of preservation — a commitment to uphold the rhythms of creation, restrain judgement, and sustain the world until redemption’s story reached its fulfilment in Chris...

In this opening message of the covenant series, we explore God’s first dealings with humanity in the Garden of Eden. Before the Fall, before judgement, before sacrifice, there was a covenant of life — a gracious arrangement in which Adam was called to trust, obey, and walk with God. This episode traces the shape of that covenant, the blessings it offered, and the consequences of its breach. More i...