SERMON TOPIC: Doctrine of God
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 15 January 2021
Sermon synopsis: The study is divided into 2 sections:
The BEING of God (The greatness of his nature)
The CHARACTER of God (The goodness of his nature)
If God was only omnipotent, omnipresent, all-knowing and.....
SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 9b - The Abrahamic Covenant
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 1 January 2021
Sermon synopsis: God had insisted that the covenant would be established with Sarah’s son, even though Abraham originally tried to convince God that it would be simpler to establish it with Ishmael instead. When.....
SERMON TOPIC: Testimonies
BY: Joshua De Kooker ON: 27 December 2020
Sermon synopsis: A few short testimonies by:
Joshua de Kooker - the path he took to finding the true God through his former involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses, Wicca, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism and.....
SERMON TOPIC: The true meaning of Christmas
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 25 December 2020
Sermon synopsis: In our secular age it can be very difficult to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
- Some see Christmas simply as a time to have drunken parties. This is how they honour the birth of the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 9a - The Abrahamic Covenant
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 24 December 2020
Sermon synopsis: We soon see man’s failure in the dispensation of Human Government. The command to “fill the earth” was given to Noah’s descendants (Gen 9:1). In direct contravention to this instruction, the people.....
SERMON TOPIC: Giving
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 December 2020
Sermon synopsis: Acts 20:35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to.....
SERMON TOPIC: Seven miracles of Jesus' birth (Migdal Eder)
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 13 December 2020
Sermon synopsis: Let’s look at some of the miraculous events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ.
1. Miracle of announcement
2. Miracle in the heavens
3. Miracle of Jesus’ lineage
4. Miracle of timing
5......
SERMON TOPIC: Persecution - The sixth sign
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 6 December 2020
Sermon synopsis: On the Mount of Olives opposite the Jerusalem temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew (Mark 13:3) ask Jesus: “What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” [Matt 24:3]
Jesus.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Job type sinner - PART 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 November 2020
Sermon synopsis: This type of sinner has been living a blessed, God protected life and then Satan is allowed to touch them.
- People are shocked by what God allows to happen to this type of sinner.
- When God has.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Job type sinner - PART 1
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 8 November 2020
Sermon synopsis: Job isn’t a story that we think of as a “persecution” story, but when you consider the book’s context it absolutely is. Many believe Job was the first book of the Bible written and therefore our.....
SERMON TOPIC: Do I have a soul - NDEs and OBEs
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 1 November 2020
Sermon synopsis: The Bible teaches that man’s soul continues to live after the body dies. We read of Rachel:
It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father.....
SERMON TOPIC: Judge not
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 25 October 2020
Sermon synopsis: Often when a Christian speaks out against sin, some variation of Matthew 7:1 might be quoted to them by someone who informs them that they’re not supposed to judge. In the same way that most drunks.....
SERMON TOPIC: What is the Kingdom of God
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 18 October 2020
Sermon synopsis: One of Matthew’s major themes is “the kingdom,” which he refers to over 50 times (over 40 times in Luke).
In the time of Christ, many Jews were expecting the imminent Kingdom of God. E.g., Joseph.....
SERMON TOPIC: Answering the unbeliever - Part 4a
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 October 2020
Sermon synopsis: Those who deny God’s existence must invent explanations for the origin of life on earth.
- Life on earth spontaneously willed itself into existence out of nothing.
- The inert elements that.....
SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 8 - The Noahic Covenant
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 5 October 2020
Sermon synopsis: This general covenant was made between God and Noah following the departure of Noah from the ark. Many see it as a royal grant because God promises never to destroy the earth again with water. This.....
SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 7 - The seed of the woman
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 4 October 2020
Sermon synopsis: With the demise of the Edenic covenant, God immediately establishes a new covenant with mankind, or more specifically with “the seed of the woman.”
There is hope for mankind! God promises a.....
SERMON TOPIC: Answering the unbeliever - Part 3
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 September 2020
Sermon synopsis: Why is there evil in the world if God is good?
Atheists, skeptics and other critics of Christianity often argue against God on the basis of the reality of evil and suffering. “See,” they say,.....
SERMON TOPIC: Hope
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 22 September 2020
Sermon synopsis: A short devotional on hope.
SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 6 - Adamic covenant
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 20 September 2020
Sermon synopsis: Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15 portray Adam and Jesus as 2 covenant heads for mankind. Adam broke his covenant (Hos 6:7) but Jesus made a New Covenant (1 Cor 11:25). Adam sinned and brought a Curse,.....
SERMON TOPIC: Answering the unbeliever - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 13 September 2020
Sermon synopsis: Common questions asked when a Christian is confronted by a staunch unbeliever.
Can the Bible be trusted?
Isn’t a good life sufficient enough to get to Heaven?