Bethesda Shalom
824 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsBethesda Shalom, "House of Mercy and Peace". A small independent Bible believing Church located in Wolverhampton, England; endeavouring to hold fast to truth and stand fast in love by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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A Warning Against Deception – Paul M. Williams
April 22, 2024 14:28 - 1 hour - 52.4 MB1 Kings 13:1-10 As one peruses the pages of the New Testament, there stands on record a clear and visible warning to believers against the dangers of deception. When asked by His disciples, “...what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world” (Mt. 24:3); before ever our Lord made mention of wars and rumours of wars, before ever He spoke of famines, pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places, He first gave warning against the dangers of deception. In a day of grea...
A Gilgal Moment - Stephen Riddell
April 19, 2024 14:17 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBSermon 4 of 4 Preached @ 10th Anniversary of Bethesda Shalom 14th April 2024
Can God Furnish a Table In the Wilderness? - Paul M. Williams
April 17, 2024 15:34 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBSermon 3 of 4 Preached @ 10th Anniversary of Bethesda Shalom 14th April 2024
Despise Not the Day of Small Beginnings - Paul M. Williams
April 16, 2024 21:32 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBSermon 2 of 4 Preached @ 10th Anniversary of Bethesda Shalom 13th April 2024
A Fresh Touch – Stephen Riddell
April 15, 2024 18:59 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBSermon 1 of 4 Preached @ 10th Anniversary of Bethesda Shalom 13th April 2024
Keeping a Tender Heart – Paul M. Williams
April 08, 2024 13:20 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBEphesians 4:31-32 Relationships matter! How I treat my fellow man has direct bearing upon my personal relationship with God. The two are not mutually exclusive. It’s not just me, God and forget everyone else. Yet surprisingly, this is often how many Christians think. Husbands can verbally abuse their wives and then turn up to the throne of grace like nothing ever happened. Brethren, it doesn’t work like that, how I treat my wife is directly related to how God treats me. Have you no...
A Portrait of a Man of God – Paul M. Williams
April 01, 2024 14:37 - 1 hour - 48.3 MB1 Kings 17:1-5 Suddenly, without announcement or herald, one of the greatest prophets to ever have been born entered into the national arena like a thunder bolt! No record is supplied us of his birth and as to his departure from this world, he was taken up into heaven while still alive! Like Melchisedec coming before him, he was “Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life” (Heb. 7:3). Here before us in 1 Kings 17:1, the prophet Elij...
On the Nature of True Faith - Paul M. Williams
March 24, 2024 21:33 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBJames 2:14-26 Two farmers got down on their knees to pray. One lived on the east of the village and the other on the west. The farmer living in the east of the village longed so much for it to rain — it hadn’t rained for months! The crops were perishing and the livestock was famished. He prayed, “O God, I believe with all my heart that you are going to send rain on Monday!!” News travelled fast of this farmer’s praying efforts and it reached the ears of the farmer living on the other ...
A Very Present Help – Paul M. Williams
March 18, 2024 13:45 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBPsalm 46:1-3 They tell me, that Christianity is for weaklings; men with no courage or backbone. “Christianity is for those who need a crutch, but as for me and my house, we’ll stand in our own strength!” There are two things that I want to address in the comments I just made. On both counts, you find the remarks to be erroneous — flawed on every hand. In addressing the first point, “Christianity is for weaklings; men with no courage nor backbone”. A precursory glance through the histo...
6. Revival's Bloom - Paul M. Williams
March 11, 2024 13:36 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBIsaiah 61:11 Imagine a United Kingdom where there was no Spring; a Britain where instead of four seasons, we only had three — Summer, Autumn and Winter!! How would the landscape of our beautiful country be changed? Well, I’m no climate expert, but I do know from observation; that in summer, the sun comes out and temperatures are at their hottest; the birds are singing and trees are bearing fruit. The days are long and the nights are warm!! Then comes the cooler chill of autumn’s dawn. ...
Revival (Pt. 6)
March 11, 2024 13:36 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBIsaiah 61:11 Imagine a United Kingdom where there was no Spring; a Britain where instead of four seasons, we only had three — Summer, Autumn and Winter!! How would the landscape of our beautiful country be changed? Well, I’m no climate expert, but I do know from observation; that in summer, the sun comes out and temperatures are at their hottest; the birds are singing and trees are bearing fruit. The days are long and the nights are warm!! Then comes the cooler chill of autumn’s dawn. ...
5. The Suddenness of Revival – Paul M. Williams
March 04, 2024 15:06 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBActs 2:1-4 The word suddenly is an awesome word!! Forty-one times it appears in the KJV. It’s a word of wonder, of surprise and amazement! At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. Their backs were bloody, beaten black and blue, yet they held a prayer meeting and got so full of the Holy Ghost that they burst forth into songs of praises unto God!!! “And suddenly (without premeditation, God showed up) there was a great earthquake, so tha...
Revival (Pt. 5) – Paul M. Williams
March 04, 2024 15:06 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBActs 2:1-4 The word suddenly is an awesome word!! Forty-one times it appears in the KJV. It’s a word of wonder, of surprise and amazement! At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. Their backs were bloody, beaten black and blue, yet they held a prayer meeting and got so full of the Holy Ghost that they burst forth into songs of praises unto God!!! “And suddenly (without premeditation, God showed up) there was a great earthquake, so tha...
4. Heart Preparation for Revival – Paul M. Williams
February 26, 2024 16:04 - 1 hour - 46 MB2 Chronicles 7:13-14 My dear people, there is a price to be paid for revival — it’s a painful affair! Duncan Campbell put it this way; “If you want revival, get right with God. If you are not prepared to bring the "last piece," for God's sake stop talking about revival, your talking and praying is but the laughing-stock of devils. It is about time we got into the grips of reality”. The Welsh revival of 1904-05 began with a young man seeking the face of God by the name of Evan Roberts. F...
Revival (Pt. 4) – Paul M. Williams
February 26, 2024 16:04 - 1 hour - 46 MB2 Chronicles 7:13-14 My dear people, there is a price to be paid for revival — it’s a painful affair! Duncan Campbell put it this way; “If you want revival, get right with God. If you are not prepared to bring the "last piece," for God's sake stop talking about revival, your talking and praying is but the laughing-stock of devils. It is about time we got into the grips of reality”. The Welsh revival of 1904-05 began with a young man seeking the face of God by the name of Evan Roberts. F...
Rival (Pt. 3) - Paul M. Williams
February 19, 2024 16:01 - 1 hour - 53.6 MB2 Chronicles 7:13-14 Without question, even on a precursory level, as one picks up the history books and begins to read the accounts of past revival, you will be met with a common pattern again and again. Before the sound of the mighty rushing wind, the prayers of God’s people were heard! “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where the...
3. The Golden Thread of Revival - Paul M. Williams
February 19, 2024 16:01 - 1 hour - 53.6 MB2 Chronicles 7:13-14 Without question, even on a precursory level, as one picks up the history books and begins to read the accounts of past revival, you will be met with a common pattern again and again. Before the sound of the mighty rushing wind, the prayers of God’s people were heard! “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where the...
Revival (Pt. 2) – Paul M. Williams
February 12, 2024 14:49 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBActs 2:37-38 Before every divine visitation, God begins to awaken the consciences of His people first to the possibility of revival, and secondly to the need for revival. How can a thirst for revival begin in the hearts of God’s people unless there is a conviction that such a work of God is even for today? Perhaps the greatest hindrance to God sending revival amongst the so-called remnant Church in this land is the sin of unbelief. Simply put, we do not believe that such a work of reviva...
2. Five Distinctives of True Revival (Pt. 2) – Paul M. Williams
February 12, 2024 14:49 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBActs 2:37-38 Before every divine visitation, God begins to awaken the consciences of His people first to the possibility of revival, and secondly to the need for revival. How can a thirst for revival begin in the hearts of God’s people unless there is a conviction that such a work of God is even for today? Perhaps the greatest hindrance to God sending revival amongst the so-called remnant Church in this land is the sin of unbelief. Simply put, we do not believe that such a work of reviva...
Revival (Pt. 1)
February 05, 2024 14:24 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBActs 2:37-38 My dear Brothers and Sisters, you don’t need me to tell you that we are living in a dry and thirsty land! A land that once flowed with milk and honey is now a barren wasteland. Once the Church of Jesus Christ stood as a bastion of faithfulness and a pillar of truth decrying the spiritual bankruptcy of a fallen world. Once it stood as a blazing lighthouse, warning the wicked of their pending danger, guiding them into the Gospel harbour of saving grace. But now? Now it has ma...
1. Five Distinctives of True Revival (Pt. 1) - Paul M. Williams
February 05, 2024 14:24 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBActs 2:37-38 My dear Brothers and Sisters, you don’t need me to tell you that we are living in a dry and thirsty land! A land that once flowed with milk and honey is now a barren wasteland. Once the Church of Jesus Christ stood as a bastion of faithfulness and a pillar of truth decrying the spiritual bankruptcy of a fallen world. Once it stood as a blazing lighthouse, warning the wicked of their pending danger, guiding them into the Gospel harbour of saving grace. But now? Now it has ma...
The Tale of Two Sons – Jason Wright
January 31, 2024 16:31 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBLuke 15:11-32 Jason Wright brings an expository exposition of a parable that is so well-known to all of us. May the Lord bless you as you hear the heart of our Heavenly Father!
It’s Time To Move – Paul M. Williams
January 22, 2024 15:01 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBExodus 40:33-38 If I were to ask you to tell me what the single greatest glory was attending the children of Israel as they wandered in the wilderness, I wonder what answer you would give? Would it be the miraculous wonders — fresh manna by morning; the rock which was clave in two? Would it be the glory of the gold which adorned the holy furniture in the tent of the congregation? Would it be the precious stones that decorated Aaron’s breastplate or the two that rested upon his shoulders...
Forgetting What Lies Behind – Paul M. Williams
January 15, 2024 14:07 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBPhilippians 3:12-15 As each of you begins this New Year, I wonder this morning how much of 2023 you’ve allowed to stick? How much of last year has come across as unwanted baggage into this year? Do you know that for many a soul, their future has been mapped already for them by events that lie in the past? The child who all their life was told, you’ll amount to nothing finds that those wretched words follow them into adulthood!! The infant that falls from a tree and breaks a leg, in th...
Reality – Paul M. Williams
January 08, 2024 15:06 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBJeremiah 5:31 Many today are happy to live in an echo chamber where the only narrative they ever encounter is the one they want to hear. You all know what an echo chamber is, don’t you? Have you ever shouted from inside a cave? What do you hear back? More of the same!! That’s an echo chamber, and Brethren, if we’re not careful we can find ourselves living in one!! This sermon is an earnest call for Christians to walk in truth and reality with God. As I begin a New Year, the desir...
The Word and the Spirit – Paul M. Williams
January 01, 2024 16:28 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBHebrews 4:12 Once upon a time the preacher hastened fearlessly to climb the stairs of the pulpit, burdened with a message from heaven, armed in hand with a open Bible. Book, chapter and verse was his modus operandi and for the unction of God He pleaded!! Brothers and Sisters, it is the last part of this statement that has become my soul’s burden over the last number of years — O for the unction of God upon the Word!!! It is simply not enough to have the letter of the Word, we need the...
Overcoming the Fear of Man – Paul M. Williams
December 25, 2023 12:26 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBOvercoming the Fear of Man – Paul M. Williams Proverbs 29:25 There are over 500 recognised phobias in our world today For the most part, the fears that we experience as we walk through life are not good. Rather than serving to be of benefit to us, they serve to be a hindrance. Of all the fears I could list that are common to man, there is one fear in particular that has proved to be his downfall repeatedly. You say, Brother Paul, what is this fear? It is the fear of man!!! King So...
Priorities – Paul M. Williams
December 18, 2023 15:18 - 55 minutes - 38 MBGenesis 12:1-4 It would seem on paper that man has more time on his hands than ever he had since time began. Please don’t misunderstand me, there are no more hours in a day — the same 24 that have always been are the same 24 available today — yet the sheer amount of what can be accomplished in a single hour is breathtaking!! One study concluded that modern technology is saving the average man, two weeks each year!! Despite all the innovations and successes in technological breakthroug...
God’s Call and Faith’s Obedience – Paul M. Williams
December 15, 2023 17:23 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBGenesis 12:1-4 As I look back over the 23 years that I’ve had the privilege of walking with the Lord, every major turn in the road of my life, has been marked by the call of God. Before ever I knew the Lord and at every junction since coming to saving faith in Him He hath called and faith’s obedience has met that call!!! In this sermon, Paul shares his testimony of God’s call and faith’s obedience. Shared at Lifeboat Fellowship (10/12/23) - Sunday (pm)
Bought With a Price – Paul M. Williams
December 14, 2023 12:18 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Being raised in 21st-century Britain, I’ve never had the painful displeasure of attending a slave market. Yet in the days of the Roman Empire in the first century AD, it would have been commonplace. Under Roman law, slaves were regarded as the personal property of their masters, to be bought, sold, and mistreated at will. They had no rights of their own, no privileges to their name, they could not so much as own a piece of property, nor enter into a contract with thei...
The Shammash of God – Jason Wright
December 12, 2023 22:51 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBJohn 10:22-23 The Intertestamental period dated from the prophet Malachi’s time (about 400 BC) to the preaching of John the Baptist (about AD 25) has been called the silent years. God is never silent! A lot happened in these 400 years. In this teaching, we are going to explore one amazing event – The Feast of Dedication – in which we will discover who the Shammash of God is and where you and I fit in.
To This Man Will I Look – Paul M. Williams
December 04, 2023 22:23 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBIsaiah 66:1-2 If I were to ask you to tell of the kind of man/woman who wins favour with God, I wonder what you’d say? I know full well of the kind that wins favour with the world — give a man a bit of money and prestige and see how rapidly his circle of friends increases. But can I say; that which catches the eye of the world and that which turns the head of God are not the same — they’re poles apart. Is not the answer in the text that is before us? “...to this man will I look, even to...
God’s Unlikely Candidates – Paul M. Williams
November 27, 2023 13:40 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBMatthew 21:42 From the moment that I got saved, some 23 years ago, I had a God-given burden that I could not extinguish, for my life to be used by God!! I figured that for 20 years, I had given myself in full-time service to do the devil’s bidding; how now, that I’m a born-again Christian could I give the True and Living God anything less? Every fiber of my being cried forth, “Lord use me!! Get the glory of my life this side of eternity! Yet in the face of a barren landscape the v...
When The Church Begins to Pray – Paul M. Williams
November 20, 2023 16:10 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBActs 12:1-5 When the people of God begin to pray, God begins to move! This, my dear friends, is an indisputable fact of history to which the Scriptures provide undeniable testimony. In this sermon, example after example is laid bare, demonstrating that God responds to the prayers of His people. Whether, Moses, Abraham, Hannah, Elisha, Hezekiah, or Elijah, they prayed unto God and were heard!! May this be an impetus to stir us to prayer so as to lay hold on God in this desperate ho...
Think on These Things – Paul M. Williams
November 13, 2023 15:03 - 1 hour - 43.9 MB1 Samuel 3:10 I would argue that the single greatest tool the Devil has used to pervert a whole generation in this century and the latter half of the last has been the power of mass media — Film, music, radio, television, and now the internet. What was previously confined to the abominable opera houses and disgusting theatre halls is now aired en-mass 24-7/365 click-and-demand across the world!! So immoral and harmful is the content, as a child of God, you daren’t cast your eyes upon it, ...
Speak for Thy Servant Heareth – Paul M. Williams
November 06, 2023 13:41 - 1 hour - 46.4 MB1 Samuel 3:10 No man who upon hearing the voice of God, ever lived to regret the day He answered the call!! My phone rings all the time and sometimes I regret answering it. An unidentified number appears on the screen — it’s a local number, and you think, I’d better answer it, only to discover two seconds in that it’s a national telesales company masquerading behind a local area code!! WHY DID I ANSWER THE CALL? Brothers and Sisters, such words might indeed be uttered when man is callin...
Death in the Pot – Paul M. Williams
October 30, 2023 14:57 - 1 hour - 41.5 MB2 Kings 4:38-41 You’ve all heard the expression, “One bad apple spoils the barrel”; the origin of this idiom dates all the way back to the 1300’s. According to one source, the bad apple metaphor was first recorded in 1340 in the form of an English proverb, “A rotten apple quickly infects its neighbor”. There is a Biblical counterpart to this idiom which goes like this; “...a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?” (1 Cor. 5:6). In this sermon, an urgent call goes forth for us to mak...
The Quiet Place – Paul M. Williams
October 23, 2023 13:54 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBLuke 10:38-42 Do you have a quiet place with Jesus your Lord? You’ve placed priorities on things — they may be good things/noble things/godly things but have they become a distraction in your life? Are they taking you away from that one thing that is needful — sitting at the feet of Jesus? In the busyness and clutter of life, can you hear the Master calling you aside to spend time alone with Him? May God minister to your heart through this sermon.
Keeping Your Eyes on Jesus – Paul M. Williams
October 16, 2023 10:25 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBMatthew 14:22-33 For the third consecutive week, I have the privilege of ascending the stairs of this pulpit to bring a word in season on how to stand in the midst of trial!! Brothers and Sisters, believe me when I say, it was not my planned intention to labour this point, but as I waited upon the Lord as to what He would have me to say, I felt Him call to my remembrance another facet of suffering that I had been thinking hard upon but for the moment had forgotten. Brothers and Sister...
Gold Through the Fire – Paul M. Williams
October 09, 2023 13:51 - 1 hour - 44.6 MB1 Peter 3:3-7 As painful as it is to undergo trial — to be put into the furnace of affliction — It’s the only way by which one’s faith might be tried!! A man can boast all day about his faith; it is not until he is placed into the fire that one will see the quality of his faith! Far from diminishing faith, fire will always purify a man’s faith! It was the Roman philosopher and historian, Pliny the Elder who wrote: “GOLD is the only thing that loses no substance by the action of fire. I...
Carest Thou Not? – Paul M. Williams
October 02, 2023 16:11 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBMark 4:35-42 “And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side” (Mk. 4:35). Note the circumstances of the hour. The evening had come upon them after what must have been a long drawn-out day. Jesus waits until the evening, when darkness is fast approaching, to put to His disciples His desire — “...Let us pass over unto the other side”. Jesus immediately takes His disciples from the classroom of academic learning to the classroom of applicat...
Truth in the Inward Parts – Paul M. Williams
September 25, 2023 14:16 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBPsalm 51:6 For many within the remnant Church, love of truth is all about acquiring factual knowledge. As long as every doctrinal t is crossed, and every theological i dotted, all is well!! Yet, in the verse before us in this sermon, David prays to God, “Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom” (Ps. 51:6). The truth that David here speaks of is not the pursuit of academic truth but the desire for sincerity and honesty o...
Knowledge and the Fear of God – Paul M. Williams
September 18, 2023 15:20 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBProverbs 9:10 Woe betide the man or woman that dispenses of the knowledge of God. We live in an era in the evangelical Church where experience trumps knowledge! Everyone wants to experience God!! Away with boring theology (they say) — let it perish with the seminaries!! Give us a fresh encounter!! Let us feel God!! Let us experience His divine touch!! I’m all for experiencing God, but again I go down on record to say, “THEOLOGY MATTERS”. How you understand God will determine how you ...
A Double Minded Man – Paul M. Williams
September 11, 2023 13:48 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBJames 1:5-8 Behold the man who wavers in his faith. James likens him to the sea's great waves on a stormy day, driven by the wind and tossed (Jms. 1:6). Contrast this with the stillness of those same waters on a calm summer evening. What’s the difference? Stability!! Albert Barnes in commentating upon James 1:5-8, states the following: “The wave of the sea has no stability. It is at the mercy of every wind and seems to be driven and tossed every way. So he that comes to God with u...
Remember the Words of Jesus – Paul M. Williams
September 04, 2023 14:31 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBActs 20:33-35 Ministry properly defined has nothing to do with being a preacher. It identifies not the words spoken, but the act of service involved, and this can be transposed across the board — waiting on tables, opening a door for another, prayer, giving (the list is endless). “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with Go...
7. The Lamb and the Dove - Keith Malcomson
September 02, 2023 15:14 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBSession 7 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Keith Malcomson: www.limerickcitychurch.com/
6. Worthy is the Lamb (Pt. 2) - Paul M. Williams
September 02, 2023 15:11 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBSession 6 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Paul M. Williams: www.bethesdashalom.org/
5. The Provisions of the Lamb - Keith Malcomson
September 02, 2023 15:10 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBSession 5 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Keith Malcomson: www.limerickcitychurch.com/
4. The Call of the Lamb - Stephen Riddell
September 02, 2023 15:07 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBSession 4 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Stephen Riddell: www.lifeboatfellowship.com/
3. Worthy is the Lamb Pt. 1 - Paul M Williams
September 02, 2023 15:04 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBSession 3 of 7 The Sanctuary Conference 2023@Cloverley Hall Click below for more information about The Sanctuary Conference: www.sanctuaryconference.org Listen to other sermons by Paul M. Williams: www.bethesdashalom.org/