Link to sermons on topic: APOLOGETICS

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: 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: 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: 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?

SERMON TOPIC: Answering the unbeliever - Part 1

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 8 March 2020

Sermon synopsis: Common questions asked when a Christian is confronted by a staunch unbeliever. 1) What about the heathen who haven’t heard the Gospel? 2) What about the sincere Buddhist, Hindu etc?

SERMON TOPIC: The Biblical God

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 December 2019

Sermon synopsis: God’s Word tells us that believing in the real true God of the Bible is not enough to secure Salvation, let alone believing in some false god, or some non existent god, that is just the figment of.....

SERMON TOPIC: God's Word - Part 2

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 24 February 2019

Sermon synopsis: The three most basic Christian truths 1. God actually exists. 2. He has revealed Himself in a way that is understandable to people. 3. His revelation has been preserved for us in the.....

SERMON TOPIC: What does "After its kind" mean

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 1 February 2019

Sermon synopsis: Repeatedly in the creation account (Gen 1:11,12,21,24, 25) we are told that God created plants and animals ACCORDING TO THEIR KIND. These passages seem to imply that no kind of animal or plant would.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Gospel is in Genesis

BY: Mark Ambler ON: 17 November 2018

Sermon synopsis: While salvation is not based on belief in a historical Genesis, understanding the doctrine of salvation is inseparable from the history of mankind’s fall and promised redemption described in the.....

SERMON TOPIC: Race or relative

BY: Mark Ambler ON: 17 November 2018

Sermon synopsis: Darwinian evolution inspired much of the racism of the 20th century and while most evolutionists today would thankfully reject racism, racist implications remain inherent in the theory of evolution......

SERMON TOPIC: A date with dinosaurs and fossils

BY: Mark Ambler ON: 17 November 2018

Sermon synopsis: This entertaining and interesting talk looks at the abundant scientific and documentary evidence for dinosaurs as having being created on day 6 of creation week, having survived the Flood of Noah’s.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Gap Theory

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 9 November 2018

Sermon synopsis: There are two variants of the theory: PASSIVE GAP THEORY (Restitution Creationism, Creatio Ex Materia) According to this view God simply waited for millions of years after creating the heavens and.....

SERMON TOPIC: God's Word - Part 1

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 September 2018

Sermon synopsis: The three most basic Christian truths: 1. God actually exists. 2. He has revealed Himself in a way that is understandable to people. 3. His revelation has been preserved for us in the Bible

SERMON TOPIC: Are there 2 creation accounts

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 7 September 2018

Sermon synopsis: A frequent claim is made that there are two different (and contradictory) creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2. - This alleged contradiction is used to try and prove that two different authors.....

SERMON TOPIC: Where was the garden of Eden

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 11 August 2018

Sermon synopsis: Of course, some atheists will deny that there ever was a Garden of Eden. A few Christians and Jews claim that the Garden was not literal, but the Genesis narrative is simply a poetic allegory for.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Trinity in Genesis

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 August 2018

Sermon synopsis: God: This is the ancient Hebrew word Elohim. Grammatically it is a plural word used as if it were singular. The verbs and pronouns used with Elohim should be in the plural, but when Elohim refers to.....

SERMON TOPIC: Giving an answer for your Hope

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 July 2018

Sermon synopsis: 1 Peter 3:15 In your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and.....

SERMON TOPIC: Do I have a soul - Part 6

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 29 April 2018

Sermon synopsis: Christian views 1) Pre-existence: Influenced by Plato’s teaching, it holds that souls exist before the creation of the body. God created all human souls at the same time and keeps them in a.....

SERMON TOPIC: Resurrections - Part 1

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 30 March 2018

Sermon 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.....

SERMON TOPIC: Do I have a soul - Part 5

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 18 March 2018

Sermon synopsis: Christian theologians differ on how many components make up the human being. - One part (Monism) – the view that humans are not composed of various components (i.e. body, soul), but rather as a.....

SERMON TOPIC: Our response to suffering - Part 3

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 14 January 2018

Sermon synopsis: We have examined some more purposes of suffering. Now we will consider: What is our response to suffering? What is God’s response to our suffering?

SERMON TOPIC: The purpose of suffering - Part 2b

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 17 December 2017

Sermon synopsis: We will now examine some more purposes of suffering. 1) Suffering crucifies the flesh and focuses us on the truly important things. 2) Suffering teaches us to rely on God, not on self. 3) In.....

SERMON TOPIC: The inevitability of suffering - Part 1

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 19 November 2017

Sermon synopsis: The Bible acknowledges the issue of suffering as part of the human condition. The book of Job, one of the longer books in the Bible, is dedicated solely to the question of suffering. Likewise the.....

SERMON TOPIC: Do I have a soul - Part 4

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 1 October 2017

SERMON TOPIC: The problem of evil - Part 1

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 6 March 2016

Sermon synopsis: One of the most common questions people ask Christians is how a good, all-knowing and all-powerful God could allow evil in the world. The problem of evil in the world and why a righteous God.....

SERMON TOPIC: Good and evil

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 August 2015

Sermon synopsis: Our idea as humans of what is good and what is evil is very different from what God says is good and what is evil. Modern psychology states that man is inherently good and that a person’s upbringing.....

SERMON TOPIC: Do Muslims worship the same God as Christians - Part 4- The Bible vs the Quran and Hadith

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 26 July 2015

Sermon synopsis: The Bible consists of 66 individual books, 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. The books are each divided into chapters (1,189 chapters altogether). The Quran contains 114.....

SERMON TOPIC: Do Muslims worship the same God as Christians - Part 3 - Jesus and Muhammad

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 7 December 2014

Sermon synopsis: Islam’s Jesus is not the same as Christianity’s Jesus. He was not God’s Son, never died on the cross, was never resurrected and was just a prophet in the same fashion as Moses and Abraham. The.....

SERMON TOPIC: Islam and Christianity - Part 2 - Infidels and Jews

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 13 April 2014

Sermon synopsis: The Quran is sharply contrasted to the Bible when it comes to the status and treatment of infidels (i.e. non-believers) and other races (in particular Jews). Ishmael’s mother, Hagar, was told by.....

SERMON TOPIC: Do I have a soul - Part 2

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 26 January 2014

Sermon synopsis: There are 3 main ways in which we can view the world: 1) Materialism holds that there is nothing in the world besides matter. Accordingly, materialists view subjective consciousness as nothing.....

SERMON TOPIC: Do I have a soul - Part 1

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 24 November 2013

Sermon synopsis: Does man have a soul and/or spirit? Not according to many atheistic psychiatrists and neuroscientists. Materialists and atheists maintain that the physical world is all there is, and that man.....

SERMON TOPIC: Resurrection of Jesus - Part 3

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 13 October 2013

Sermon 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.....

SERMON TOPIC: Resurrection of Jesus - Part 2

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 18 August 2013

Sermon 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.....