Calvary Cork Podcast

What is the power of a Christian testimony? In this Testimony Sunday message from Calvary Cork, Mike Neglia teaches from Revelation 12:11 on remembering what God has done and repeating the story of His grace, followed by a testimony conversation with Siobhan.
In Revelation 12:11, God’s people overcome “by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” But what exactly is a testimony, and why does it matter?
In this Testimony Sunday message from Calvary Cork, Mike Neglia teaches on the power of remembering and repeating God’s grace. A Christian testimony is not an autobiography, and it is not a story about how impressive we are. It is a declaration of what Jesus has done. It is the story of how the saving work of Christ intersects with ordinary human lives.
Beginning with Revelation 12:10-11, this message looks at the blood of the Lamb as the foundation of every Christian testimony. Satan is the accuser, but the gospel answers every accusation through the finished work of Jesus Christ. We do not overcome because our stories are dramatic, impressive, or perfectly polished. We overcome because Jesus has died, risen again, and applied His saving grace to our lives.
The sermon then traces the biblical pattern of testimony through Scripture. In Joshua 4, the stones of remembrance point future generations back to God’s deliverance. In Mark 5, Jesus tells the delivered man to go home and tell his friends how much the Lord has done for him. In John 9, the man born blind gives a simple but powerful testimony: “One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” This connects beautifully with the language of Amazing Grace: “I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.”
This message also explores how remembering God’s past faithfulness strengthens believers in present battles. Before David faced Goliath, he remembered how the Lord had delivered him from the lion and the bear. The God who has been faithful is the God who will be faithful.
The sermon concludes with practical help for formulating your own testimony around three simple questions:
Before Jesus - what was I trusting in?

Meeting Jesus - how did He save me?

Following Jesus - how is He changing me now?

After the message, Mike speaks with Siobhan about her testimony, walking through her life before Christ, how Jesus saved her, and how He continues to work in her life today. The conversation models how a testimony does not need to include every detail of someone’s life, but should clearly point to the grace and faithfulness of Jesus.
Revelation 12:10-11
Joshua 4:6-7
Mark 5:19
John 9:25
1 Samuel 17:37
Luke 22:19
Psalm 77:11-12
Christian testimony
The blood of the Lamb
Revelation 12:11
Remembering God’s faithfulness
Sharing your testimony
The gospel of Jesus Christ
Amazing Grace and John 9
David and Goliath
Joshua’s stones of remembrance
Calvary Cork Testimony Sunday
Siobhan’s testimony
God’s people overcome accusation and discouragement by remembering what God has done and repeating the story of His grace.
Can I clearly tell the story of what Jesus has done for me?
Where are the “stones of remembrance” in my life?
Who could be encouraged by hearing what God has done?
Am I allowing the blood of the Lamb to answer the accusations of the enemy?
Mike Neglia
Calvary Cork
Sermon with testimony conversation
Revelation 12, Christian Testimony, Testimony Sunday, Blood of the Lamb, Calvary Cork, Mike Neglia, Siobhan Testimony, Amazing Grace, Gospel, Jesus Saves
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In this sermon from Philippians 2:1-11, Luke Ebrahim teaches on the pursuit of true humility by looking to the ultimate example of Jesus Christ.
Paul calls the church to be united in Christ, to reject selfish ambition and conceit, and to count others more significant than ourselves. But Christian humility is not merely a moral ideal or a personality trait. It is shaped by Jesus Himself: the eternal Son of God who humbled Himself, took the form of a servant, became obedient to death on a cross, and has now been highly exalted by the Father.
This sermon considers:
The exhortation to Christ-like humility

The ultimate example of Jesus’ humble obedience

The exalted Jesus and our union with Him

Preached at Calvary Cork by Luke Ebrahim.
Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11

In Revelation 12, John sees a great sign in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, a male child who will rule the nations, and a great red dragon who seeks to devour the child.
This chapter pulls back the curtain and shows us the war behind all wars. The dragon rages, but he is not raging because he is winning. He rages because he is defeated.
In this sermon from Calvary Cork, Mike Neglia teaches through Revelation 12 and shows how the dragon cannot stop the Messiah’s rule, cannot condemn those cleansed by the Lamb’s blood, and cannot outlast God’s purposes.
This message considers:
The woman, the child, and the dragon in Revelation 12
Why the woman is best understood as Israel, the covenant people through whom the Messiah came
The conflict between the serpent and the seed of the woman from Genesis 3:15
Satan as the accuser of God’s people
The difference between conviction and condemnation
How believers overcome by the blood of the Lamb
What it means to hold fast to the testimony of Jesus
What Revelation 12 reveals to us about Jesus Christ
The accuser may point to real guilt, but the gospel points us to better blood. Christians do not overcome accusation by defending their own righteousness, but by resting in the righteousness of Christ.
“They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony…” — Revelation 12:11
The dragon rages, but the Lamb has conquered.
Preached at Calvary Cork, a Christian church in Cork City, Ireland.
Passage: Revelation 12
Series: Revelation
Speaker: Mike Neglia
Church: Calvary Cork

Noah Beumer chats with Mike Neglia about Acts 9, talking through some deeper thoughts connected with this famous chapter.

Acts 9 is best known for Saul’s dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus, but Saul is not the true hero of the chapter. Jesus is.
In this message, Noah Beumer shows how the risen Jesus transforms enemies by His power, sends changed people on mission, and continues His work through ordinary believers. From Saul and Ananias to Barnabas, Peter and Tabitha, every part of the chapter points beyond the human characters to Christ, who is still building His Church.
Passage: Acts 9
Speaker: Noah Beumer
Church: Calvary Cork