Podcast – Great Bible Truths with Dr David Petts




  • 246 Mark 2:18-28 Jesus questioned about fasting and the Sabbath

    Talk 8     Mark 2:18-28     Jesus Questioned About Fasting and the Sabbath Welcome to Talk 8 in our series on Mark’s Gospel. Today we’re looking at Mark 2:18-28 where Jesus answers questions about fasting and the Sabbath. As we shall see, these questions arose, partly from a genuine desire to know the answer, but more often…

  • 245 Mark 2:13-17 The Call of Levi

    Talk 7   Mark 2:13-17   The Call of Levi Welcome to Talk 7 in our series on Mark’s Gospel. We’ll begin by reading Mark 2:13-17.   13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son…

  • 244 Mark 2:1-12 Jesus heals a paralysed man

    Talk 6   Mark 2:1-12   Jesus Heals a Paralysed Man Welcome to Talk 6 in our series on Mark’s Gospel. Today we’re in chapter 2 and we’ll be looking at the first 12 verses to which the NIV gives the heading, Jesus heals a paralysed man. And that indeed is what the story is about. It’s…

  • 243 Mark 1:29-45 Miracles of Healing in Capernaum and beyond

    Talk 5   Mark 1:29-45 Miracles of healing in Capernaum and beyond   Welcome to Talk 5 in our series on Mark’s Gospel. Today we’ll be looking at Mark 1:29-45. We’ll begin by reading verses 29-31.   29. As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon…

  • 242 Mark 1:21-28 Jesus drives out an evil spirit

    Talk 4   Mark 1:21-28  Jesus Drives Out an Evil Spirit Welcome to Talk 4 in our series on Mark’s Gospel. Today we’ll be looking at Mark 1:21-28. So far we have seen how Mark introduces us to the good news about Jesus who is the Son of God. He tells us of the preaching of…

  • 241 Mark 1:14-20 Winning others for Jesus

    Talk 3  Mark 1:14-20  Winning others for Jesus Welcome to Talk 3 in our series on Mark’s Gospel. So far we have seen how Mark begins by establishing very clearly that Jesus is none other than God himself who came to make possible the forgiveness of our sins. To prepare for his coming the people…

  • 240 Mark 1:9-13 The baptism and temptation of Jesus

    Talk 2   Mark 1:9-13  The baptism and temptation of Jesus Welcome to Talk 2 in our new series on Mark’s Gospel. In our first talk we saw how Mark begins by establishing very clearly that Jesus is none other than God himself who came to make possible the forgiveness of our sins. To prepare for…

  • 239 Mark 1:1-8 The Message of John the Baptist

  • 238 Galatians 6:1-18

    Galatians   Talk 10 Galatians 6:1-18 This is the final talk in our series on Galatians. We have seen that the main theme of the letter has been to show that salvation is by faith and not by works. Faith in Christ’s substitutionary, all sufficient, atoning death is the only way to Heaven. Attempts to get…

  • 237 Galatians 5:22-23 – The Fruit of the Spirit

    Galatians  Talk 9   Galatians 5:22-23 The Fruit of the Spirit PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS TALK IS TAKEN FROM MY BOOK THE VOICE OF GOD – How he speaks to us today   In our last talk, as we were looking at Galatians 5:13-26, where Paul is contrasting the acts of the flesh…