The Semper Reformata Podcast

Sermon recorded live at Ballymacashon Church on Sunday 10th January, 2021.  Acts 16:25 “What must I do to be saved?” is quoted in thousands of evangelistic sermons. The prison officer’s question has been written in the minds of thousands of people, and I’ve no doubt has been instrumental in awakening people to their need of salvation. So, it is our responsibility to read the passage, in conte...

A recorded Bible Study, similar to those given at 'TableTalk' @ Ballymacashon Church.   How many resurrections will there be, and when?  And how will God raise from the dead those whose bodies have been cremated? To read the notes, CLICK THIS LINK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the ‘Killing Times.’  That period in Scotland’s history between the Great Ejectment of the Minsters in 1662 and the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of William of Orange, which began in 1688. It was a bloodthirsty time, as the troops and soldiers loyal to the King, King Charles II tried with violence and execution to quell the passion of the Scottish Covenanters, those presbyterians who rejected An...

An address given in 2017 at Templepatrick Reformed Church, asking what Martin Luther would think of modern evangelicalism, and looking at some of the key differences between Luther's thought and modern church doctrines and practices.   Click HERE to read the Study Guide  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Catechism Class Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Day 45C, Q118-119 Q.118  What has God commanded us to ask of him? A. All the things we need for body and soul,  as included in the prayer which Christ our Lord himself taught us. Q.119 What is the Lord's prayer? A. Our Father in heaven,  hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today...

Martin Luther and the Papal Indulgence. In 1517 Martin Luther posted his 95 theses against Indulgences, and so began the Protestant Reformation.  In this lecture, given in 2017 at Templepatrick Reformed Church, Bob McEvoy will outline the eternal dangers that Luther saw in the indulgence.  Based on Romans 5:8-9 Read the Notes for this episode here : Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

It’s Scotland, and it’s 1662, the year of ‘the Great Ejectment.’ King Charles II was tightening his grip on the church by controlling its clergy, using the chain of authority through archbishops and bishops, and loyal land owning patrons who were influential in clergy appointments. But around one third of ministers left or were forced to leave rather than accept the dictates of the so-called Patro...

How should we pray?  What should our prayers consist of?  Learn from the Heidelberg Catechism, Q117 Q.117, What belongs to a prayer which pleases God and is heard by him? A. First, we must from the heart call upon the one true God only, who has revealed himself in his Word, for all that he has commanded us to pray.  Second, we must thoroughly know our need and misery, so that we may...

Peaching. Who wants to sit and listen to a sermon in this day and age? We have so many modern, excellent methods of communication nowadays. Our minds are bombarded with moving images from the time we can can sit up in our prams. We have electronic communications, visual aids, modern psychologically efficient teaching methods, reaching the learning styles of the individual student … Is it any wonde...

How to Cope With the Darkness of 2020 This edition of the Semper Reformata Podcast by Bob McEvoy features a sermon from Ballymacashon, preached on the last Sunday of 2020, exhorting the congregation to see that despite all the darkness of 2020, we can still trust and hope in the Lord for our comfort and salvation.   Scriptures used: Psalm 42 and John 1:10-13 To read the Study Guide notes, go...

Table-Talk from Ballymacashon With talk of a new 'Covid Passport' being mooted in the UK, and elsewhere, some Christians are thinking it's related to the infamous "Mark of the Beast" - 666, in the Book of Revelation.  But is it?  In this live podcast, Bob McEvoy, the pastor of Ballymacashon Old Reformed Church (Congregational) in Northern Ireland looks at the possibilities... Read the no...