Ravenhill Presbyterian Church: Recent Episodes
Ravenhill Presbyterian Church, Belfast
26th July am (Psalms - Ancient Songs, Living Hope - Psalm 2 "The God who reigns")
James Cochrane
Episode one of our five-part Be Holy series.
This series aims to equip followers of Jesus live holy lives.
Dr Zach Cole from Union Theological College, Belfast gives us reason to have confidence in what has been written for us in the Bible.
We all have difficult questions about hell. What is hell? What leads to hell? Why does Jesus speak about hell? Is hell eternal? Are there different levels of punishment in hell? This episode from our series tries to answer some of them.
Can someone really believe in God? Are science and belief in God polar opposites? Our Assistant Minister, Dr John McCracken (Chemistry PhD) tackles these two questions in this podcast.
How do we stay faithful to God, in a world that would rather we didn't? Daniel Chapter One has some helpful answers to this question.
Tune in to be challenged and encouraged to live for God.
How should followers of Jesus respond to the Corona Virus Pandemic?
In this sermon our Minister suggests four key biblical responses.
Life is full of suffering. Paul was suffering as he wrote this letter to the Philippians.
Listen in to hear where he found joy in the midst of his suffering...and where we might find it too!
As we open the letter of Philippians we see it's opening verses are from servants, to saints and deals with security.
What is your greatest need? It may not be what you think.
Listen in to discover what it is and how it can be met.
Matthew 9:1-13
This sermon is on perhaps the most difficult part of the Bible.
It doesn't provide all the answers...but may help us in our thinking surrounding the conquest of Canaan.
Read Joshua 10:28-40 before listening.
If we're honest we can't help but think of some people as being beyond God's reach.
Listen in and be encouraged by how God showed grace and mercy to Rahab the prostitute.
Open your Bibles to Joshua 2 & 6 as you listen in.
Our new women's outreach & discipleship worker, Angela, shares her story for the first 19 minutes.
The Bible talk on Joshua 2 & 6 begins at 19mins 30seconds.
Listen in to hear how Jesus shows his absolute authority over evil and be encouraged that one day he will bring all evil to an end.
Open your bibles to Matthew 8:16-34 as you listen.
It's never nice to be faced with hidden costs.
Surprisingly Jesus never hides the full cost of being one of his followers.
Open your bible to Matthew 8:18-22 and listen in.
What's surprising about Jesus is that he's always inviting outsiders in and warning insiders that they might actually be outsiders.
Matthew 8:1-15
The church is called to make disciples - but how are we to do that?
Jesus has a model for us to follow.
Where do you look to for help when times are really tough?
Listen in to where the writer of Psalm 121 looks and why this is the best place for us to look too.
Psalm 121
14th July 2019 Evening Gathering
We are all people in need of help.
Amazingly, God's vision for the church is that it a place where people care for one another and are well cared for.
Acts 2:42-47
14th July Morning Gathering
In the book of Deuteronomy the Law of God is given for a second time to God's people, just before they enter into the promised land.
Listen in to hear what God reminds his people just before the cross the Jordan.
Deuteronomy 31-32
7th July 2019 Evening Gathering
Everyone worships something but we were made to worship God.
Listen in to hear how we as a church can worship him in a way that pleases him.
Acts 2:42-47
7th July Morning Gathering
The finish line was in sight! It was time for God's people to enter the promised land...but they didn't. Why not? What stopped them? What's this got to do with us? Listen in to find out.
Passage : Numbers 13-14
Is preaching really important? The early church seemed to think so. Why? What makes a good sermon? How can we become better sermon listeners? Listen in to find out.
Passage : Asts 2:14-41
Ever thought about what Jesus is doing now?
Hebrews tell us he is serving as our Great High Priest.
What does that mean? Leviticus gives us the answer.
Leviticus is a difficult book to understand, but it points us to Jesus.
Listen in to hear how the sacrifices in Leviticus point us to Jesus.
What is the mission of the church?
What are we supposed to be doing?
What is our priority meant to be?
Listen in to find out what the mission of the first church was.
Acts 1:1-14
Do you find praying difficult? We all do.
Listen in as our Assistant Minister John McCracken helps us see from the Lord's Prayer how we can grow in our prayer life.
Sunday 19th May, Evening Gathering.
Listen in to hear the the true story of a man who was blind but who ended up seeing Jesus.
John 9. 12th May Evening.
Preached by our ministry intern Scott Monteith.
It's possible to have counterfeit cash, counterfeit paintings and according to Jesus in Matthew 7, counterfeit Christians.
Listen in to what are arguably the most challenging word of Jesus recorded in the Bible.
Matthew 7:21-29. Sunday 12th May.
Listen to our Ministry Intern, Scott Monteith as he opens up Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well.
28th April 2019 - Evening Gathering
John 4:1-26
Listen to our guest preacher Frank McKeown taking us on a journey into The Garden of Gethsemane.
(28th April 2019)
Let's face it, the resurrection of Jesus sounds like a fictional story.
Is there any reason to believe it really happened? And does it matter if it really happened or not?
Listen in to find out.
We all long for someone we can trust. But we struggle to trust anyone.
Who can we trust in a world where news is fake, political claims are false & everyone lies?
Listen in to find out why Jesus is someone we can have complete confidence in.
As he died on the cross, Jesus finished the work he came to do.
What was that work? Listen in to find out.
What do planks, pearls, pigs & dogs have in common? No idea?
Listen to the next part of Jesus' sermon on the mount to find out.
Matthew 7:1-12
Sunday 7th April 2019
What are you worried about?
What keeps you up at night?
Would you like to enjoy a life of less worry?
Jesus invites you to.
Matthew 6:25-34
Sunday 31st March 2019
Sometime Jesus says things, and we think to ourselves, you must be joking! But was he?
Listen in to hear what Jesus means when he calls his followers to love their enemies.
Sunday 3rd March 2019
Want to learn how to pray, or grow in your prayer life?
Listen in to Jesus teaching his followers how to pray.
Sunday 17th March 2019
We all must choose what to invest our lives in.
There are many things we could choose.
Jesus helps us to see what's really worth investing them in.
Sunday 24th March 2019