Mark – Salisbury Baptist Church

Dedication and New Birth

11th January 2026

Christian dedication involves more than ceremony; it anticipates the personal moment when one truly comes to know the Lord. The message contrasts Old Testament dedication, seen in Samuel's childhood, with the New Covenant promise that all who are born again will know God personally. Jesus' blessing of the children teaches that entry into His Kingdom requires the simple, trusting faith of a child. Genuine faith does not rest on ritual or inherited religion but on receiving the Kingdom through trust in God's Word and His gracious promise.

To Be With Him

7th December 2025

Knowing the will of God begins with being close to Jesus. Before any calling to preach, serve, or lead, there is a deeper invitation to be with Him. When believers place fellowship with Christ above all else, He Himself orders their steps, imparts power for service, and directs their calling. True authority and fruitfulness arise not just from our volunteering or striving, but from our abiding with the One who called and appointed us.

The Secret of Discipleship

9th November 2025

To follow Christ means surrendering all rights to self-rule and accepting His call, whatever the cost. True discipleship does not seek comfort or self-preservation, for whoever tries to save his life will lose it. Only by letting go of personal pride and ambition can the soul find its worth in the love of God, who gave His Son as the propitiation for our sins. The challenge is simple yet searching: whose bid will you accept? The fleeting gain of the world, or the eternal gift of Jesus?

Last 7 words of Jesus on the Cross

14th September 2025

From the cross, the Lord Jesus spoke seven extraordinary words that reveal His heart of mercy, obedience, and love. Each utterance-whether expressing anguish, forgiveness, or triumph-calls us to trust God completely, to forgive as we have been forgiven, and to finish the course set before us with faith and grace. In His final moments, Christ demonstrated that even in pain, the will of the Father is perfect and His salvation sure. These "last words" remain a living message about prayer, compassion, and steadfast faith in a world that thirsts for what only Christ can provide.

One another passages

27th July 2025

The biblical call to Christians is not simply to help 'others', but to engage in mutual ministry of 'one another'. Bearing one another's burdens, confessing our sins to one another, and praying for one another are the vital components of authentic spiritual fellowship. This practice is a clear outworking of sowing to the Spirit, and it is through cultivating these supportive relationships, empowered by the fruit of the Spirit, that we can see God work and bring revival to His church.

His final Miracle of Healing

25th May 2025

The moments of Jesus' arrest in the garden reveal His divine power and compassionate character. When the soldiers came for Him, they drew back and fell to the ground at His declaration, "I am," a powerful assertion of His being God. In the midst of this turmoil, He also performed His last healing miracle, restoring the ear of Malchus. These events lead appropriately in the presentation of Jesus in complete control, willingly going to the cross to fulfil the scriptures, secure the atonement for our sins, and offer us forgiveness and the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The Seven Sayings of Christ on the Cross

The Seven Sayings from the Cross #4

9th March 2025

The central saying from the cross—"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"—represents the most difficult moment in redemptive history when the Father turned away as the Son bore our sins. The supernatural darkness during those three hours came not from God but from the gathering powers of evil, attempting to extinguish the Light but finding themselves defeated instead. Through this abandonment, Jesus opened the way for us to draw near to God with confidence. We can now approach God with a true heart in full assurance of faith, just as Jesus demonstrated when He committed His spirit to the Father. Because Jesus was forsaken, we need never be.

The Beautiful Service of Mary

16th February 2025

All four Gospels record the extravagant and costly Service of Mary to Jesus when she anointed his feet with costly ointment for His upcoming burial. It was by her a prophetic act. Jesus insists that the story is to be heard everywhere the Gospel message is given. Genuine Christian service flows from a heart transformed by Jesus Christ. While many churches emphasise activity and programmes, true discipleship begins with sitting at the Lord's feet and learning from Him, as Mary did. Her costly offering of perfume presents a powerful pattern - she served extravagantly because she loved deeply, having experienced Christ's life-changing power in His raising her brother Lazarus from the grave. The Lord desires this same depth of relationship with all His followers, where service springs naturally from a heart of gratitude and love. Theologically, we should always keep the Gospel together with the call that discipleship makes for us to serve. The Gospel works both to turn people into disciples and to motivate their service.

The Missing Key

1st December 2024

The Church, particularly in the West, seems to have lost the key to how discipleship is achieved. The true meaning of discipleship has been misunderstood many times in church history, particularly in understanding the Great Commission. While some believe discipleship and evangelism are separate activities, the original Greek text reveals that making disciples happens through preaching the Gospel taught with depth and substance. The power of transformation comes not because of programmes and human genius, but through the power of the Gospel itself - this is the real 'missing key' that Jesus gave His church. Just as a missing key contributed to the Titanic's fate, having the wrong interpretation of discipleship can lead the Church astray from its primary mission.

The Missing Application of the Gospel is to Makes Disciples

17th November 2024

Making disciples is not separate from preaching the Gospel - they are one and the same process. The evidence from Matthew and Mark's Great Commission accounts reveals that genuine discipleship occurs through deep, sustained exposure to Gospel truth rather than through a shallow initial conversion followed by different teaching. When churches focus on teaching the Gospel thoroughly and repeatedly, rather than seeing it merely as an entry point, their converts are far more likely to remain strong in their faith. This understanding shaped the early Church's approach and remains the Biblical pattern for creating lasting disciples.