Link to sermons on topic: CHRISTIAN LIVING

SERMON TOPIC: Ethics - Part 1 - Sexual purity

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 13 February 2022

Sermon synopsis: The Bible teaches that sex is only permissible in marriage and that it is between a natural man and woman.

SERMON TOPIC: Remembrance

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 December 2021

Sermon synopsis: "Lest we forget" is a phrase commonly used in war remembrance services and commemorative occasions in English speaking countries. Used on ANZAC Day memorials and in Remembrance Day ceremonies as a.....

SERMON TOPIC: Pleasing the Lord

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 5 December 2021

Sermon synopsis: Hebrews 11:5. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken, he was commended as having pleased God.

SERMON TOPIC: Vision

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 5 September 2021

Sermon synopsis: Paul’s vision did 5 things : 1) The Vision “Stopped him”. 2) The Vision “Sent him”. 3) The Vision “Strengthened him”. 4) The Vision “Stretched him”. 5) The Vision “Satisfied him”.

SERMON TOPIC: Friendship with God

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 30 May 2021

Sermon synopsis: Genesis 5:21-24 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Covid-19 Christian

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 February 2021

Sermon synopsis: This type of Christian follows Covid 19 protocol. They wear a mask. They practice social distancing. They are always washing their hands. They prefer to stay at home. They have been.....

SERMON TOPIC: Communion with God

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 January 2020

Sermon synopsis: The purpose of Salvation is not the forgiveness of your sins. That had to take place to fulfil the purpose of Salvation The purpose of Salvation is not that you may escape Hell! That is the.....

SERMON TOPIC: Godly reminders

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 May 2018

Sermon synopsis: Deut 8:10-20. When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his.....

SERMON TOPIC: THE PORTRAIT OF A GOD RESTORED PEOPLE

BY: Sibusiso Khoza ON: 14 October 2017

Sermon synopsis: Annual conference 2017. Twenty years of No Progress! The foundation for the new Temple had been laid. Even then, at dedication, the confusion was disheartening. The elders were crying the youths.....

SERMON TOPIC: The table of the king

BY: Brendan Bentley ON: 27 August 2017

Sermon synopsis: 2 Samuel 9 (KJV) 1And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 2And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was.....

SERMON TOPIC: Swords sharpened by Philistines

BY: Julio Da Silva ON: 26 June 2016

Sermon synopsis: 1 Sam 13:20-22 So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles sharpened... So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan had a.....

SERMON TOPIC: Like a tree

BY: Tommy Archibald ON: 8 May 2016

Sermon synopsis: Job 14:7-9 "At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at.....

SERMON TOPIC: What is your life built upon

BY: Candice Towndrow ON: 3 May 2015

Sermon synopsis: Matt 7:24-27 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Lord Will Guide You Always

BY: Steve Maritz ON: 18 January 2015

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SERMON TOPIC: The End is Better Than the Beginning

BY: Steve Maritz ON: 11 January 2015

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SERMON TOPIC: Men to whom God is dead worship one another

BY: Johnray Rennie ON: 24 November 2013

Sermon synopsis: Men to whom God is dead worship one another - Harry Crews. John 21:15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,”.....

SERMON TOPIC: Making a Vegetable Garden out of a Vineyard

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 23 June 2013

Sermon synopsis: 1 Kings 21:1 Some time later there was an incident involving a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. The vineyard was in Jezreel, close to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 Ahab said to.....

SERMON TOPIC: Dont look back

BY: Brendan Bentley ON: 21 April 2013

Sermon synopsis: Luke 9:62 (KJV) And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Genesis 19:17-26 (KJV) And it came to pass, when they had.....

SERMON TOPIC: How to catch a monkey

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 5 April 2013

Sermon synopsis: Ecclesiastes 4:4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

SERMON TOPIC: Breaking Barriers

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 17 March 2013

Sermon synopsis: SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Acts 1

SERMON TOPIC: Secrets of Living

BY: Johan van Der Werff ON: 10 March 2013

Sermon synopsis: John 15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away;[a] and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more.....

SERMON TOPIC: 153

BY: Des Burrows ON: 23 December 2012

Sermon synopsis: John 21:10 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught." 11 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Roaring Lion – Are you easy prey

BY: Johan van der Werff ON: 4 November 2012

Sermon synopsis: All of us know that life is not a picnic. It’s a jungle out there! 1 Peter 5:8 New International Version (NIV) Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion.....

SERMON TOPIC: Feeding the 5000

BY: Sam Ennis ON: 29 July 2012

Sermon synopsis: Matt 14:13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When Jesus landed and saw a.....

SERMON TOPIC: 2 Tim 3 v 10-14

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 1 July 2012

Sermon synopsis: 2 Tim 3:10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium.....

SERMON TOPIC: Wake Up O Sleeper - Arise from the Dead

BY: Des Burrows ON: 11 March 2012

Sermon synopsis: Eph 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what.....

SERMON TOPIC: Not in work only

BY: Gary Barnett ON: 25 February 2012

Sermon synopsis: 1 Thess 1:1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 2 We give thanks to God always for all of you,.....

SERMON TOPIC: Gods Favour

BY: Des Burrows ON: 22 January 2012

Sermon synopsis: The Bible is rich in God’s promises. Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 1 John 1:9 If we.....

SERMON TOPIC: How to survive under threat

BY: Tommy Archibald ON: 4 December 2011

Sermon synopsis: Jer 50:22 The noise of battle is in the land, the noise of great destruction! 23 How broken and shattered is the hammer of the whole earth! How desolate is Babylon among the nations!

SERMON TOPIC: The Wise and Foolish Builders

BY: Des Burrows ON: 27 November 2011

Sermon synopsis: Matthew 7:24-27 (NIV1984) 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams.....

SERMON TOPIC: Abiding in Christ

BY: Precious Ngwenya ON: 31 July 2011

Sermon synopsis: John 15:4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the.....

SERMON TOPIC: Tree of Life

BY: Des Burrows ON: 13 February 2011

Sermon synopsis: The Adansonia Digitata is found in the savannas of Africa, Australia and India, mostly around the equator. It can grow up to 25 meters tall and can live for several thousand years. It is leafless.....

SERMON TOPIC: His Way

BY: Des Burrows ON: 23 January 2011

Sermon synopsis: Sometimes I deviate from my planned route to work. But invariably the other route leads to even more problems. So I learn from my mistakes and go back to my planned route. And then wonder why I.....

SERMON TOPIC: The need for walls

BY: Johnray Rennie ON: 16 January 2011

Sermon synopsis: Neh 2:17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be.....

SERMON TOPIC: Dont Look Back

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 11 July 2010

Sermon synopsis: Don't Look Back

SERMON TOPIC: It is well

BY: Tommy Archibald ON: 16 May 2010

Sermon synopsis: Job 14:7 At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. 8 Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, 9 yet.....

SERMON TOPIC: Thanksgiving

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 9 May 2010

Sermon synopsis: One of the characteristics of the godless listed in Romans 1:21 is that they do not give thanks to God. In 2 Timothy 3:2 it says that in the last days people will be “ungrateful”. Do you take.....

SERMON TOPIC: Israel demands a king

BY: Johnray Rennie ON: 28 February 2010

Sermon synopsis: 1 Sam 8:1 When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges for Israel. 2 The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba. 3 But his sons.....

SERMON TOPIC: Resolutions and Mulligan moments

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 3 January 2010

Sermon synopsis: In Acts 9 when the Lord speaks to Ananias he replies, “Yes, Lord”. But when the Lord speaks to Saul (who thought he was serving God), he replies “Who are you, Lord?” Yet God transforms Saul (or.....

SERMON TOPIC: God initiates - We participate

BY: Lynne van Wyk ON: 21 December 2009

Sermon synopsis: Gen 5:3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. Even though Adam was created in God’s image, he now brings forth a son in his own.....

SERMON TOPIC: Israel Without Weapons

BY: Julio Da Silva ON: 15 November 2009

Sermon synopsis: 1 Sam 13:19 “Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, 'Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!' 20 So all Israel went down to the.....

SERMON TOPIC: Finding strength in the Lord our God

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 20 September 2009

Sermon synopsis: 1 Sam 30:1 David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it, 2 and had taken captive the women and all.....

SERMON TOPIC: His very own people

BY: Sam Ennis ON: 20 January 2008

Sermon synopsis: Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives.....

SERMON TOPIC: A fire of coals

BY: Sam Ennis ON: 22 April 2007

Sermon synopsis: The Bible speaks twice of "a fire of coals", once in Luke 22 and the other time in John 21. One is "The world’s fire" and the other is "The Lord’s fire". Which one are you warming yourself at?

SERMON TOPIC: The blessing of belonging

BY: Steve Maritz ON: 22 February 2003

Sermon synopsis: Amos 2:9 “I destroyed the Amorite before them, though he was tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. 10 “I brought you up out of Egypt, and I led.....

SERMON TOPIC: Crossroads

BY: Nigel Paynter ON: 3 March 2002

Sermon synopsis: There's a crossroads in each of our lives where our life can change. We will have to decide if we're going to serve God or Satan.

SERMON TOPIC: Finding that one thing

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 4 February 2001

Sermon synopsis: What is the ONE THING we need? Matt 10:21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “ONE THING you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in.....

SERMON TOPIC: Our inheritance

BY: Brian Holmes ON: 26 September 1999

Sermon synopsis: In order to receive an inheritance we must be eligible for it – we must be heirs and we must be of age. Are you like the prodigal son who squandered his inheritance? To be allowed into the.....

SERMON TOPIC: Build on the Rock

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 9 March 1997

Sermon synopsis: Build on the Rock

SERMON TOPIC: The Saviours Well

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 19 January 1997

Sermon synopsis: The Saviour's Well

SERMON TOPIC: To me to live is Christ

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 6 October 1996

Sermon synopsis: To me to live is Christ

SERMON TOPIC: Pleasing God

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 February 1995

Sermon synopsis: Matt 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

SERMON TOPIC: The Kalahari Christian

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Sermon synopsis: The Kalahari Christian

SERMON TOPIC: What have we got to lose

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Sermon synopsis: What have we got to lose?

SERMON TOPIC: Of what spirit are ye

BY: Phil Edwards ON:

Sermon synopsis: Of what spirit are ye?

SERMON TOPIC: The Peniel Experience

BY: Phil Edwards ON:

Sermon synopsis: The Peniel Experience

SERMON TOPIC: Scarecrows

BY: Phil Edwards ON:

Sermon synopsis: Scarecrows

SERMON TOPIC: Taking the next step

BY: Des Burrows ON:

Sermon synopsis: Are you stuck in your first love or have you taken the next step? We are saved to serve, not only God – but others too. What can we learn from the story of the almond tree?