The Semper Reformata Podcast

18/05/2026

The Day and the Days...
2nd Thessalonians 2:1-3

In our last study we looked at the dangers of over sensationalising the doctrine of the Lord’s return. Paul then begins to explain how certain things must occur, during what we might like to call ‘the last days.’ That raises two important questions that we must investigate before we can proceed. What is ‘The Day of the Lord’ and what do we mean by, ‘the last days?’

https://shows.acast.com/srp/episodes/the-day-and-the-days

09/05/2026

Warning Against Sensationalism
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a

Paul’s purpose in both his letters to Thessalonica is to offer comfort to the believers. But what if the Lord has already come? What if we have been ‘left behind?’

2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a

03/05/2026

Living for Jesus in Desperate Times.
2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

We have already learned that the Thessalonians believers in Christ were living with constant stress due to persecution, and that the reason Paul wrote this second letter was to comfort and strengthen them in that stress. So Paul and his fellow workers prayed for the Thessalonians, and kept on praying for them, asking God to give the Christians there the strength and faith to endure in the faith to the very end. Let’s spend a few moments thinking about Paul’s prayer…

Recorded LIVE at Templepatrick Reformed Church, and reproduced here with their kind permission.

2nd Thessalonians 1:12-13

27/04/2026

The Blessings of Judgment Day
2 Thessalonians 1:8-10.
For the believer, – the great Day of Judgment will be an unspeakable blessing - for all that shall befall the lost on that day - the direct opposite will be the blessings of the believer in Christ. So at judgment day there will be:-
* Relief from Oppression 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
* Confirmation of Election. 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
* Glorification in Christ. 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
In this world of cultural hostility to the Christian message, to Christ and the Christian, we must hold fast to these timeless truths. He who began a good work in you will complete it Philippians 1:6

https://shows.acast.com/srp/episodes/the-blessings-of-judgment-day

20/04/2026

The Perfect Justice of God.
2nd Thessalonians 1:5-9

This passage is about the righteous judgement of God. There’s three separate aspects of God’s judgement that we need to look at, ie when will this judgement take place, who will suffer in this judgement and what will be the verdict and the sentence?

1. WHEN will this Judgment take Place?
2. WHO Will Stand in the Dock?
3. WHAT will the sentence / punishment be?

A sermon, not for the fainthearted, preached live at Ballymacashon Reformed Church,

2nd Thessalonians 1:5-9

14/04/2026

TableTalk - “Oh God of Bethel”
Genesis 28:12-13.
Table-Talk, for Tuesday 7th April 2026,

Jacob is away from home - for the first time, and alone in the dark. He lay down to rest after a long arduous journey, tired and weary, down on the cold ground V11 He was sleeping on stones - hardly conducive to a good night’s sleep, never mind sweet dreams - YET, despite Jacob’s discomfort that night, he dreamed, and what a dream it was!

In this episode, we shall learn:-
1. What Jacob Saw
2. What Jacob Heard
3. How Jacob Reacted.

Genesis

06/04/2026

The Resurrection of the Body - Rev George Speers

1st Corinthians 15

A SPECIAL GUEST EPISODE
Featuring a sermon by Rev George Speers of Ballynahinch, and preached at Ballymacashon on Easter Sunday, 5th April 2026.

Recorded Live.

https://shows.acast.com/srp/episodes/the-resurrection-of-the-body-rev-george-speers

06/04/2026

Suffering and Persecution
It is proof that you belong to Him and is a tool to develop your Christian faith!
2 Thessalonians 1:4-5, Acts 17:1

The Thessalonians are suffering greatly because of their Christian profession. Paul writes, “…we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, 5 which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; These verses are by no means easy to understand. Cf 2 Peter 3:15-16. But that’s what we are going to attempt in this study; how Christians think about times of suffering and persecution...

Recorded live at Ballymacashon Church, Killinchy, Co.Down, Northern Ireland BT24 6RN

https://shows.acast.com/srp/episodes/suffering-and-persecution

30/03/2026

A Growing Faith
2nd Thessalonians 1:1-5

Paul must write again to the Thessalonians. Since sending his first letter, he has received further reports about the local church at Thessalonica. It came with good news and bad. The good news was that the congregation there were continuing to grow in their faith and trust in God and in their love for Him and for one another, a cause for thanksgiving indeed. But there was a downside to the life of the church. There was cause for concern as far as doctrine and the Christian Life – the behaviour of the local saints, was concerned. This related to two particular issues:-

The doctrine of the Lord’s return and the end times.
The importance of working for one’s living.

Recorded LIVE at Ballymacashon.

2nd Thessalonians 1:1-5

20/03/2026

TableTalk - Who Was Jacob? - The Great Deception
Genesis 27:1 to Genesis 28:5.

We’re still looking at the life of Jacob, the son of Isaac and we’ve already considered, briefly, his birth, and his character and how he struck a deal with his brother Esau, to deprive him of what was rightly his, his birthright. But still, old Isaac, had to be persuaded to go along with the new family dynamic Jacob had just engineered. But how? That would require an act of cunning - a great deal of deceit. There were one or two factors that were in Jacob’s favour. Number one was his mother - Rebekah. Jacob was Rebekah’s golden boy and in her eyes, Jacob could do no wrong. Genesis 25:28 Mummy would help for sure. The second fortuitous circumstance was that in his latter years, old Isaac had devastating sight loss… Circumstances converged and a plot was hatched…

https://shows.acast.com/srp/episodes/tabletalk-the-great-deception