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295 My Story Talk 8 Between Brentwood and Brasenose (1956-59) Part 1
Talk 8 Between Brentwood and Brasenose (1956-59) Part 1 Welcome to Talk 8 in our series where I’m reflecting on the goodness of God throughout my life. I left school in December 1956 and started my course at Oxford in October 1959, a period of almost three years. In many ways it seemed a long…
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294 My Story Talk 7 Elm Park Baptist Church (1951-1958) Part 2
Talk 7 Elm Park Baptist Church (1951-1958) Part 2 Welcome to Talk 7 in our series where I’m reflecting on God’s goodness to me throughout my life. Today I’m going to tell you about my decision to follow Christ, my baptism and church membership, and my call to the ministry. My decision to follow Christ…
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293 My Story Talk 6 Elm Park Baptist Church 1951-58 Part 1
Talk 6. Elm Park Baptist Church (1951-1958) Part One Welcome to Talk 6 in our series where I’m reflecting on God’s goodness to me throughout my life. In the last two episodes I have been talking about my experiences at Brentwood School. Today we’re turning to my time at Elm Park Baptist Church. …
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292 My Story Talk 5 Brentwood School 1950-56 Part 2
My Story Talk 5 Brentwood School (1950-1956) Part Two Welcome to Talk 5 in our series where I’m reflecting on God’s goodness to me throughout my life. Today we’re talking about the academic programme at Brentwood, the chaplain, the chapel and Divinity lessons, and the school CCF. Academic Programme A typical day at Brentwood…
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291 My Story Talk 4 Brentwood School (1950-56) Part One
Talk 4 Brentwood School (1950-56) Part One As I mentioned in the last talk, life for children and young people from Christian families tends to be pretty much dominated by what goes on at school and at church. It was certainly true for me during my years at primary school and continued to be so…
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290 My Story Talk 3 Home, Family, Christmas & Holidays (1947-1953)
My Story Talk 3 Home, Family, Christmas & Holidays (1947-1953) Welcome to Talk 3 in our series where I’m reflecting on the goodness of God throughout my life. From what I’ve said so far it’s clear that after the war my life in the 1940s was largely comprised of school and church. I suppose that…
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289 My Story Talk 2 School, Sunday School, and Salvation
Talk 2 School, Sunday School, & Salvation Welcome to Talk 2 in our new series where I’m reflecting on my how the Lord has blessed my life. Today I’ll be talking about my time at Primary School, at Sunday School, and how I learnt at the age of eight how to be saved. Suttons…
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288 My Story Talk 1 Family Background and World War 2
My Story Talk 1 Family Background and World War 2 Introduction Welcome back to Great Bible Truths with me, Dr David Petts. As this podcast will go out live in early January let me take this opportunity to wish you God’s richest blessings for the coming year. Let me also apologise that my website…
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287 Mark 16:1-20 The Resurrection and Great Commission
Talk 48 Mark 16:1-20 The Resurrection and Great Commission Welcome to Talk 48 in our series on Mark’s Gospel. This will be the final talk in the series, and we’ll be looking at Chapter 16 which is Mark’s account of Jesus’ resurrection and his final instructions to his disciples which are often referred to as…
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286 Mark 15:40-47 The Burial of Jesus
Talk 47 Mark 15:40-47 The Burial of Jesus Welcome to Talk 47 in our series on Mark’s Gospel. We have now reached Mark 15:40. Today we’ll be concentrating on Jesus’ burial and, as we do so, we’ll take time to note the importance of the certification of his death and of the key roles played…