RESURRECTION
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Easter Myths
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 29 March 2024
Synopsis: Naturally Constantine has to be at the centre of every good Christian conspiracy theory. So a Facebook post claims: “After Constantine decided to Christianize the Empire, Easter was changed to.....
The resurrection of Jesus - Part 4
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 4 June 2023
Synopsis: Adherents of the Swoon Theory claim that Jesus did not actually die on the cross, but merely fell unconscious or ‘swooned’. After being placed in a damp tomb - bleeding and without food or water for.....
The resurrection of Jesus - Part 2
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 24 April 2023
Synopsis: The resurrection is one of the most attacked doctrines in the Christian faith, particularly by cults and false religions.
- Historicity of Jesus
- Stolen body theory
- Wrong Tomb theory
The resurrection of Jesus - Part 1
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 9 April 2023
Synopsis: If you needed directions to get to the railway station and you meet two people in the street…
One is alive…
The other is dead…
Which one would you ask for directions?
Because of the.....
Death Judgement Heaven and Hell - Part 5
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 22 January 2023
Synopsis: Understanding the Doctrines of the Resurrection of the dead and Judgement that awaits each one of us is crucial and foundational as a Christian and it helps one to understand future events more.....
Witnesses
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 17 April 2022
Synopsis: In the Bible, a witness is someone who sees something amazing or important.
If this person begins to share what they've seen, we call this “bearing witness.”
It's a simple word, but being a.....
The Third Day
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 9 April 2021
Synopsis: Paul writes concerning Jesus:
1 Cor 15:3-4 (NIV) For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that.....
Resurrection from the dead
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 4 April 2021
Synopsis: 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third.....
FIRST PRINCIPLES- 5 - Resurrection of the dead
Sermon by Steve Maritz on 7 October 2018
Synopsis: John 5:21 & 24
"For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.” 24 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who.....
Resurrections - Part 2
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 1 April 2018
Synopsis: In 1 Cor 15 the First Resurrection is compared to the planting and harvesting of a crop. Harvesting has 3 parts:
1) It began with the gathering of the firstfruits which were offered as a.....
Resurrections - Part 1
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 30 March 2018
Synopsis: The importance of Jesus’ resurrection
- The only sign Jesus would give to a wicked generation
- One of the criteria used for apostleship was that the person had to be a witness of the.....
Esther 4 - The Third Day
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 4 April 2016
Synopsis: Esther 5:1 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s hall.
What is the significance of the third day in scripture?
The.....
Empty promises
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 27 March 2016
Synopsis: Facebook (which is of course the ultimate source for research) proclaims the following ‘truth’ about Easter:
Easter was originally the celebration of Ishtar, the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess.....
Resurrection-Sunday
Sermon by Johnray Rennie on 20 April 2014
Synopsis: Acts 3:20-21 (NASB) and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, whom heaven must receive until the [b]period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy.....
Resurrection of Jesus - Part 3
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 13 October 2013
Synopsis: The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the belief that Jesus returned to life on a Sunday three days after he was crucified. A central tenet of Christian faith, it forms part of the early Nicene.....
Acts 17
Sermon by Leston Blackburn on 9 September 2013
Synopsis: Acts 17:24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed.....
Resurrection of Jesus - Part 2
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 18 August 2013
Synopsis: The resurrection of Jesus is the pivotal teaching of the Christian faith.
If Jesus had not been resurrected, he would have been just another failed Messiah. Christianity would have been no.....
Easter Sunday
Sermon by Leston Blackburn on 31 March 2013
Synopsis: Easter Sunday
Resurrection of Jesus - Part 1
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 29 March 2013
Synopsis: False religions and cults follow people who are dead, or who will be dead one day. Communists revere and follow dead dictators
who murdered millions when they were alive. Animists pray to their.....
The resurrection
Sermon by Richard Bandawo on 6 April 2012
Synopsis: The death and then the resurrection of Christ are the two pillars on which the arch of the gospel rests. In fact, the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is the crowning fact of the gospel; It is.....
Easter Sunday
Sermon by Leston Blackburn on 24 April 2011
Synopsis: Resurrection Sunday.
Resurrection Sunday service
Sermon by Lynne van Wyk on 24 April 2011
Synopsis: John 20:5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where.....
Funeral - Bella Hannemann
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 4 August 2010
Synopsis: When Benjamin Franklin was about to die, he asked that a picture of Jesus on the Cross should be so placed in his bedroom that he could look, as he said, "upon the form of the Silent Sufferer." He.....
Easter Sunday
Sermon by Leston Blackburn on 12 April 2009
Synopsis: John 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter.....
The resurrection
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 3 March 2007
Synopsis: What is the hope that all true Christians have and what are our grounds for believing in the resurrection? Will we be resurrected spiritually, bodily - or both? Will our resurrection bodies look the.....
Resurrection
Sermon by Jim Elliot on
Synopsis: Jim Elliot (1927–1956) was an evangelical Christian missionary to Ecuador who, along with four others, was killed while attempting to evangelize the Huaorani people through efforts now known as.....
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