Maddiston Community Church near Falkirk are great friends of Solas with whom we have a long-friendship and enjoy working together! I was invited back to Maddiston to speak about the way that Jesus restored Peter, and restores us. You can see the whole sermon below – and it is such a joyous and stirring text. Jesus deals with Peter (who had denied him three times!) with such grace and (also some firmness) that it is heart warming. It was a joy to explore the key gospel theme that in Christ, God neither ignores our sin or condemns us – but actually deals with it! I had been asked to preach on Peter’s fall two weeks previously in Dundee, so it was also rather thrilling for me to be able to then follow that sombre message with this on the joy of the restorative grace of God in Christ.
At Solas we do so many things: podcasts, websites, administration, publication, writing, speaking, find-raising, filming and more. We are extremely busy! What is absolutely central to all these activites is what I was able to speak about at Maddiston – the grace of God for us in Christ. It really was a joy and privilege to work in partnership with the church to focus on the gracious actions of Jesus as he applies the gospel to us throughout our lives.
