Archive for March, 2023

A tough day yeasterday as we gave thanks to God for the life of Ivor Cooper!

In his classic alegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress, there is a great sceme when Mr. Valiant-for-truth is summoned to the Celestial Gate by the Master and makes his will and speaks his last words. John Bunyan writes these telling words,

“Then said he, I am going to my Father’s; and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who now will be my rewarder.

When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the river-side, into which as he went he said, Death, where is thy sting? And as he went down deeper, he said, Grave, where is thy victory? So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.”

I am sure when Ivor was called to glory, “…all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.””

The Incomparable Christ: Talk 4: ‘The prayer life of Jesus’ – sermon by Gordon Curley

(PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

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One-to-One evangelism at Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”
-C.S. Lewis

Speakers Corner in London’s Hyde Park is the oldest free speech platform in the world. People won the right to speak in mass protests in the 1860s and early 1870s. Some people believe the tradition is connected to the right of the condemned to a last speech before being hung at the Tyburn gallows, a practice that stopped at the end of the 18th century. Every Sunday people from all sorts of convictions come to Hyde Park in the afternoon to spead their message or to have fun.

Preaching today…
Activity: All-Age Service
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Duncan Road Church. SO31 1BD
Subject: The Incomparable Christ: ‘The prayer life of Jesus’
Bible Passage: John chapter 17
Speaker: Gordon Curley
YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/1lu5KYmrMl0?

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The Incomparable Christ: Talk 3: ‘The teaching of Jesus’ – sermon by Gordon Curley

(PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

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One-to-One evangelism at Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

““Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain

Speakers Corner in London’s Hyde Park is the oldest free speech platform in the world. People won the right to speak in mass protests in the 1860s and early 1870s. Some people believe the tradition is connected to the right of the condemned to a last speech before being hung at the Tyburn gallows, a practice that stopped at the end of the 18th century. Every Sunday people from all sorts of convictions come to Hyde Park in the afternoon to spead their message or to have fun.

Activity: All-Age Service
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Duncan Road Church. SO31 1BD
Subject: The Incomparable Christ: Talk 3: ‘The teaching of Jesus’
Bible Passage: Selected Scripture (The seven “I Am” statements in John’s Gospel)
Speaker: Gordon Curley
YouTube Livestream: CLICK HERE