The Semper Reformata Podcast

Jehovah Jireh - The Lord Will Provide God’s gracious provision for us - his, ‘laying in store’ all of the aspects of our life, and the world on which we live is an act of his providence, his tender ongoing care for, and governance over, his created universe and everything in it, right down to the smallest atom. But how does this affect ME - personally? That’s what we want to ask in this podcast, a...

Acts-In-Replay - Telling OthersActs 9:20-31, Galatians 1:11-19In 2 Corinthians 5:17 Paul would write ‘Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.’   Our passage in Acts helps us to understand how radical that change in Paul’s life was after conversion, and how sudden, in its effect.   One of the first effects of conversion...

Catechism Class: LD10A Q27 Nothing Happens by Chance . LD10 Q.27 What do you understand by the providence of God? A. God's providence is his almighty and ever present power, 1 whereby, as with his hand, he still upholds heaven and earth and all creatures, 2 and so governs them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, food and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty,...

Acts-In-Replay: “Saul Meets Ananias”Saul has met the Saviour on the Damascus Road, has been thrown from his horse and is blind.  he has been introduced to a disciple - a man named Ananias of Damascus.  But can Ananias trust Saul, the persecutor of the church? Read the Notes HERE: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Catechism Class - LD9B Trusting Our Heavenly Father. How does a systematic understanding of Christian Doctrine help us in our personal experience of God?  The catechist in Q26 relates great facts about the person and work of God to my intimate trust in Him. Read the NOTES HERE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Catechism Class: LD9A, "God the Creator of Everything" Q26. What do you believe when you say: I believe in God the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth? A. That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth and all that is in them, and who still upholds and governs them by his eternal counsel and providence, is, for the sake of Christ his Son, my...

Who Was Saul of Tarsus? In this ancient sermon, preached at Templepatrick Reformed Church, we look at the man behind the legend - and ask "Who was the real Saul of Tarsus?"  We look at his background and life, and we discover something really important about what was going on in his inner life...  And what we learn about Saul makes us very thankful! Read the NOTES HERE Hosted on Acast. S...

Acts-In-Replay: "Doing the Damascus Walk?" In this sermon, preached at Templepatrick Reformed Church in January 2020, we look at the Conversion of Saul of Tarsus in Acts 9. Saul's dramatic conversion will not be at all like yours, or mine, yet it will be exactly like yours and mine.  Listen to the podcast, and I'll explain why. To read the NOTES click THIS LINK . Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

The Value of Our Children - Born and UnbornInfant Abortion - the deliberate killing of a baby in the womb, - usually for little more than avoiding the inconvenience that caring for a child brings - is one of the most pressing ethical issues facing Christians today.  The clamour for 'The right to choose,' the chorus of voices crying, 'My body - my choice' the liberal lobby groups demanding unrestri...

Catechism Class - LD 7, Q24-25 The Trinity Read:  Matthew 3:16-17 Lord’s Day 8,  Q/A 24 & 25 24. How are these articles divided?  Into three parts: the first is of God the Father and our creation; the second, of God the Son and our redemption; the third, of God the Holy Ghost and our sanctification. : 25. Since there is but one Divine Being,(1) why do you speak of three persons:...

Acts-In-Replay Acts 4 - You WILL Be Hated Jesus had said that His followers would be hated, and following that first miracle in Acts 3, that intense hatred is manifested. Our purpose in this study is to try to demonstrate the hatred the the secular world has for Christ, and for Christians, the breadth of that hatred, and its intensity, and to find an example in the disciples, of the correct Christ...

Catechism Class - LD7D Q22, What we MUST believe . Is Christian Doctrine important in this day and age?  After all, aren't we all on a personal journey, each one seeking to find our own truth?  The catechist certainly didn't think so, and neither does the Scriptures.   Listen to the Podcast to learn how vitally important it is to understand, believe and confess biblical doctrine. Re...

Sermon Replay - Acts 3 Spiritual Sickness – Its Condition and Cure Demonstrated in the Lame Man Text: Acts 3:1-19. Esp. V6. A well known story! As children we sung a song about it in children’s meetings…. Peter and John went to pray; they met a lame man on the way. He asked for alms and held out his palms, and this is what Peter did say: “Silver and gold have I none, but what I have I give to you....

Catechism Class - LD7 Q22, The Greatest Commission Heidelberg Q/A 22. What, then, is necessary for a Christian to believe? All that is promised us in the Gospel, which the articles of our catholic, undoubted Christian faith teach us in summary . SPREADING THE GOSPEL. But what is the Gospel , and how is it to be proclaimed? Read the NOTES on www. Semper-Reformata.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Table-Talk - The Church God Alone Sees LIVE TableTalk from Ballymacashon Church!  Bob is joined by a group of Christian friends to chat about the church, - and to learn the difference between the church that we see, and the church that God sees.  There was participation and conversation, and those parts of the lesson. have been edited out, so there's a couple of places with faded sound....

Live with Callum Webster of The Christian Institute  Welcome to this very special bonus episode of the podcast. On Lord’s Day 6th June 2021 we were excited to welcome Callum Webster of the Christian Institute to our special afternoon meeting at Ballymacashon Congregational Church. This podcast was recorded live at that meeting and addresses three areas of critical concern for Christians: Iden...

Sermon - Psalm 23 A really stale sermon this week.  This one dates from 2013, and was preached at Templepatrick Reformed Church, and is reproduced here without editing.   Music: Psalm 23 sung to 'Bays of Harris' - thanks to Conor Quigley, www. ThePsalmsSung.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Catechism Class - H/C LD7B Q21 "What is Faith?" Q21: What is true faith? True faith is a sure knowledge whereby I accept as true all that God has revealed to us in his Word. At the same time it is a firm confidence  that not only to others, but also to me, God has granted forgiveness of sins, everlasting righteousness, and salvation, out of mere grace, only for the sake of Christ's merits. Th...

God's Covenant with Noah - God’s Covenant with Creation Genesis 8:20-9:17 A sermon preached in 2017, at Templepatrick Reformed Church.   Click to READ THE NOTES . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Catechism Class - LD7,Q20, The Effectual Call of God .  In reformed circles we speak about God’s ‘irresistible grace’ or ‘the effectual call’ of God upon the life of the sinner.  Since salvation is all of the Lord, it is God’s prerogative to save whom he will, and since he has chosen his own people from before the foundation of the world, those whom he calls to him will surely come.&nbsp...

Sermon - 'God Remembers.' What does it mean that ‘God remembered Noah?’ Had he forgotten about him?  No!  When God REMEMBERS, - God ACTS! And that's good news for us, for Noah was a sinner, saved by grace through faith and God remembers US just as much as he remembered Noah!  BUT there’s a negative aspect to this as well, for see who God did NOT remember.  We are not told that...

Catechism Class - LD6, Q18-19 Our Only Mediator . The catechist wants us to ask, " But who is that Mediator who at the same time is true God and a true and righteous man? " He has been teaching us that in order to for us to be delivered from the dreadful consequences of our own sinful nature, we need a mediator, someone to represent us before God, one who is perfect man, without sin, and yet one w...

Noah and the Great Flood . Genesis 7 is a factual account of the flood. The day of God’s judgment is come, and the probation of mankind upon the earth is at an end. Like a judge sitting on the bench, professionally and precisely weighing up the evidence in his summing up, without emotion he passes sentence and decrees punishment. Judgment must happen and justice will follow and everyone will be ab...

A New Universe . 2 Peter 3:3-14 The world is truly beautiful, and it is God’s wonderful creation. Everything in it should fill our hearts with joy.  Yet the Bible tells us that one day, perhaps soon, everything in this world will be destroyed. Peter wrote, 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the element...

Catechism Class - LD5 Q15 The MYSTERY of Godliness. In 1st Timothy 3:16, Paul confesses to the young pastor, " And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory ." One of the greatest mysteries of all (to us) is the Person of Christ, who was...