Pastor Mike Weaver continues the sermons series 'Confidence and Encouragement in Christ', this week exploring 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16, where we're reminded of the transformative power of God's Word. The passage highlights three crucial steps in our engagement with Scripture: receiving, accepting, and believing. When we approach the Bible not as mere human words, but as the living Word of God, it becomes a catalyst for change in our lives. Just as the Thessalonians experienced, this divine messag...
Aug 25, 2024•37 min•Season 23Ep. 4
Rev Mike Weaver, Senior Pastor at GMC again brings the word of God with a focus on Paul's ministry to the Thessalonians, as described in 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 where he defends his ministry against accusations of self-interest. We're challenged to consider how we, as Christians, might face similar pressures to conform or instead 'deconstruct' our faith (not the way to go by the way!). The key lesson is that genuine Christian ministry seeks to please God, not humans, even when it leads to conflic...
Aug 18, 2024•44 min•Season 23Ep. 3
Youth Pastor, Lee Whitecross on his last Sunday at GMC (he is off to train for full-time ministry of Word & Sacrament!) delivers a sermon reminding us of the transformative power of the Gospel and its natural flow in our lives. He explores Paul's 1st letter to the Thessalonians (chapter 1v4-10) outlining three key checkpoints of the Gospel: it is received, it redirects, and we run with it. The Gospel isn't just words but rather a life-changing force that must be both spoken and lived. Lee ch...
Aug 11, 2024•35 min•Season 23Ep. 2
In this powerful message, Pastor Mike Weaver delves into Paul's 1st letter to the Thessalonians, exploring the vital themes of faith, love, and hope with a reminder that all Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness. The Thessalonian church, though young and facing persecution, remained steadfast in their faith, an example that challenges us to examine our own lives and ask: “Are we demonstrating these characteristics of true followers...
Aug 04, 2024•41 min•Season 23Ep. 1
Maggie Lane in the final part of our current series in Revelation speaks a powerful message, exploring the church of Laodicea from Revelation 3:14-22. This lukewarm church, neither hot nor cold, makes God want to 'spit them out' challenging us to examine our own spiritual temperature. Are we truly on fire for God, or have we become complacent in our faith? The stark contrast between material wealth and spiritual poverty is highlighted, reminding us that true riches come from a deep relationship ...
Jul 28, 2024•48 min•Season 22Ep. 9
In this powerful exploration of Revelation 3:7-13, Pastor Mike delves into the message to the church in Philadelphia, one of only two churches that received no condemnation from Jesus. We're reminded that even small, seemingly powerless congregations can be mighty in faith. The imagery of an open door, which no one can shut, speaks to the incredible opportunity we have to enter God's kingdom and invite others in. This passage challenges us to remain faithful, endure patiently, and hold fast to C...
Jul 21, 2024•48 min•Season 22Ep. 8
To the fifth of the seven churches in Revelation, Sardis, Jesus accuses them of being DEAD. Despite the perception of life and vitality the congregation of the church in Sardis is actually dead before the Lord's eyes. What condemnation! Pastor Mike Weaver returns from a three week break to ask what this message means for the church today, for there are many churches that have become so pale an imitation of the Church of Jesus Christ that they blend into the background of the world. The first par...
Jul 14, 2024•45 min•Season 22Ep. 7
The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. Our website is www.gillespiechurch.org where you can find details about who we are, how to contact us and how to financially support our work and ministry for the Kingdom, just click on the ‘Support us with Stewardship’ icon. This episode was produced by Rev Mike Weaver and Lee Whitecross. It was mixed by Mike Weaver and Jack Wiggall. It was edited b...
Jul 07, 2024•47 min•Season 22Ep. 6
The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. Our website is www.gillespiechurch.org where you can find details about who we are, how to contact us and how to financially support our work and ministry for the Kingdom, just click on the ‘ Support us with Stewardship ’ icon. This episode was produced by Rev Maggie Lane and Ronnie Aitken. It was mixed by Mike Weaver and Jack Wiggall. It was edited ...
Jun 30, 2024•34 min•Season 22Ep. 5
Reading: Revelation 2:8-17 — NIV Title: Smyrna — The Church Under Pressure Theme: When the sky falls in on you because you take a stand for your faith in Jesus, what can you expect from your Lord? Jesus’ letter to the church in Smyrna tells you. The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. Our website is www.gillespiechurch.org where you can find details about who we are, how to contact us and ho...
Jun 23, 2024•41 min•Season 22Ep. 4
Pastor Mike Weaver considers the first of the letters to each of the angles of the seven churches, namely Ephesus. A church that in many respects seems to have things sorted in their faith, able to live as followers of Jesus Christ even though surrounded by society on all sides who live in ways contrary to the way of the Lord. Then comes the 'but'... Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Pastor Mike challenges you today, that if you know Jesus to re-examine yo...
Jun 16, 2024•40 min•Season 22Ep. 3
In this episode Pastor Mike considers the image of Jesus, stood amongst the lampstand, as John first hears the Lord speak, turns and see an almost unfathomable image of Christ, but in each description there lies a truth of who Jesus is. This ultimately is Jesus who is ' the first and the last, and the living one '. And the amazing thing for those who know the Lord, there is to be no fear. The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. Our webs...
Jun 09, 2024•45 min•Season 22Ep. 2
Pastor Mike Weaver introduces a new series in the first three chapters of Revelation, a book not taught upon much in the church today. With much confusing imagery and some seeking to set dates (and then having to re-evaluate) for Christ's return, this text from the Lord Jesus to John and ultimately to the church is extraordinary. But it is very much a book for today, revealing Jesus in the present and future. In this episode, Pastor Mike sets out the basics of the book to set out the context for...
Jun 02, 2024•40 min•Season 22Ep. 1
As we have pondered the question through John’s letter - how can I be sure of my faith, John draws to the end of his letter with a statement of the threefold Christian certainty. A Christian is free from the power of sin, a Christian is on the side of God against the world and a Christian is someone who ‘knows’ God and is known by God can be certain of His promises because of this relationship. We will explore each of these statements in this week’s sermon. The GMC Podcast is a production of Gil...
May 26, 2024•44 min•Season 21Ep. 8
The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. Our website is www.gillespiechurch.org where you can find details about who we are, how to contact us and how to financially support our work and ministry for the Kingdom, just click on the ‘ Support us with Stewardship ’ icon. This episode was produced by Margaret Lane and Rev Mike Weaver. It was mixed by Mike Weaver and Jack Wiggall. It was edited by Jack Wi...
May 19, 2024•42 min•Season 21Ep. 7
Youth Pastor, Lee Whitecross considers how we can be assured of our Salvation in Christ. This Week we look at 1 John Chapter 4, where he writes that 'God is Love' and we can know we are believers if we did love like Christ did. The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. Our website is www.gillespiechurch.org where you can find details about who we are, how to contact us and how to financially support our...
May 12, 2024•43 min•Season 21Ep. 6
What is the test of faith for the Christian? Is it what we do, what we believe, how we act? There is a way to be a Christian of course, because there are expectation for those who profess this faith - and the first test is to understand the reality of the teaching received about God - Father, Son and Spirit and to realise that not all is of God. Pastor Mike Weaver delve further into 1John as he writes about 'testing the spirits' to understand that those who infuse there teaching with the 'ways o...
May 05, 2024•37 min•Season 21Ep. 5
'What is Love anyway' sang Howard Jones in the 1980s, before going to ask 'does anybody love anybody anyway?' It's an eternal question and one so much has been written about, sung about, moves made about - yet in our wordl and sociaty love is often assocated with romance and feeling. Yet love in the Bible is so much more that romantic or family love. It is sacrificial. Listen to the podcast as Pastor Mike considers the words of today's reading from 1John, which include 3.v16... This is how we kn...
Apr 28, 2024•37 min•Season 21Ep. 4
What is the dividing line between Christian's and the rest of the world? Jesus, simply Jesus Christ. Pastor Mike Weaver asked two of the most important questions that any person on earth can ever consider, and in the process finds in the words of the 1st Letter of John deep assurance of faith for the family of God. Not only that the motivation to 'keep on keeping on' in the faith and so not be swayed by the ways of the world. The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel S...
Apr 21, 2024•41 min•Season 21Ep. 3
Are you walking in fellowship with Jesus? Or are you living for the world? Are the things that He loves the most important things to you? Are you laying up treasures in heaven or on earth? The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. Our website is www.gillespiechurch.org where you can find details about who we are, how to contact us and how to financially support our work and ministry for the Kingdom, just click ...
Apr 14, 2024•49 min•Season 22Ep. 2
Rev. Mike Weaver, Senior Pastor at MC starts the new post-Easter series in the first letter of John. This series is about assurance of faith, basically understanding how you can know your faith in Christ Jesus is real. John addresses his readers to help them know how they are saved and so allay concerns or worry of believers that they 'haven't done enough', or 'don't deserve the forgiveness' that Jesus freely offer by grace. In this first week Pastor Mike revelas the importance of understanding ...
Apr 07, 2024•44 min•Season 22Ep. 1
Easter Sunday - the day the Lord Jesus rose from the dead. Not just spiritually but bodily resurrection! This is rthe day that changed world events forever and is at the heart of Christian faith. Without understanding of or belief in the bodily resurrection of Jesus there is no Christian faith. Beyond Christ's resurrection is the Kingdom come, the time in which we currently live and reside, but there is also the time to come. Pastor Mike considers not only the resurrection, but also the second c...
Mar 31, 2024•31 min
The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. Our website is www.gillespiechurch.org where you can find details about who we are, how to contact us and how to financially support our work and ministry for the Kingdom, just click on the ‘ Support us with Stewardship ’ icon. This episode was produced by Rev Mike Weaver. It was mixed by Mike Weaver and Andrew Kember. It was edited by Barbara-Anne Hoey Our music is ‘Above Al...
Mar 24, 2024•40 min•Season 21Ep. 11
Which voices are you 'listening' to today? It really matters!" The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. Our website is www.gillespiechurch.org where you can find details about who we are, how to contact us and how to financially support our work and ministry for the Kingdom, just click on the ‘ Support us with Stewardship ’ icon. This episode was produced by Rev Mike Weaver and David Melville. It was mixed by Mike Wea...
Mar 17, 2024•42 min•Season 21Ep. 10
This week, Pastor Mike Weave notes that Hosea, though seemingly a book filled with much condemnation and judgement, is actually a book portraying the deeply compassionate love fo God. God is not God without both his righteous love and righteous judgement, for the two go together and are the attributes of who God is. So the question for the listener is what will your response be to both the love of God and the anger of God toward all sin? Will it be continued rebellion or repentance? It's a quest...
Mar 10, 2024•42 min•Season 21Ep. 9
The verdict is in and Israel has been found guilty despite the warnings given to them by the prophet Hosea to repent of their spiritual idolatry and Baal worship. This week the sentence is read, they will be removed from the Promised Land, and God will no longer be their God. It is a lesson for all who choose to try and live the double life of holding the kingdom of God and his promises with one hand, whilst holding onto the world and its promises in the other. Joshua faced the same dilemma when...
Mar 03, 2024•43 min•Season 21Ep. 8
This week, Youth Pastor, Lee Whitecross stand in for Pastor Mike who was taken ill with Covid (yes, it's still with us). Lee considered what we sow in life, and therefore what we reap. There is much that we do as individuals, as community, and nations and as the human race, and for all actions there are consequences. There are life consequences in the here and now, but so too are there eternal questions. Those eternal consequences are in the power of the Lord our God. Are we ready to face whatev...
Feb 25, 2024•36 min•Season 21Ep. 7
The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. Our website is www.gillespiechurch.org where you can find details about who we are, how to contact us and how to financially support our work and ministry for the Kingdom, just click on the ‘ Support us with Stewardship ’ icon. This episode was produced by Rev Mike Weaver. It was mixed by Mike Weaver and Jack Wiggall. It was edited by Jack Wiggall. Our music is ‘Above All’ by Lenny LeB...
Feb 18, 2024•42 min•Season 21Ep. 6
Youth Pastor, Lee Whitecross speaks from Hosea 5 & 6, where the Israelites are punished for their sin and unrepentance. Today's sermon considers what this has to say to the church today. The GMC Podcast is a production of Gillespie Memorial Church, Chapel Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. Our website is www.gillespiechurch.org where you can find details about who we are, how to contact us and how to financially support our work and ministry for the Kingdom, just click on the ‘ Support...
Feb 11, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 21Ep. 5
Pastor Mike journeys further into Hosea considering the consequences of unfaithfulness, of a lack of love, and worst of all no knowledge of God. The consequences for individuals, nations and yes, the church are destruction, demolition and ultimately devastation of the good intentions of God for His creation. So, what Hosea has to say to Israel about their infidelity to the Lord their God has a deep resonance for the church today, how we raise our families and how we sit inside a society that in ...
Feb 04, 2024•42 min•Season 21Ep. 4
