Link to sermons on topic: ETHICS

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: Y3-303- Sexual morality - alcohol - etc.

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 August 2021

Sermon synopsis: A look at: - Sexual morality. - Alcohol - Retaliation and defence

SERMON TOPIC: Y3-303- Christian Ethics

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 28 July 2021

Sermon synopsis: Christianity morality should not be influenced by the ever-changing ideas of morality in the world. Rom 12:2 (NLT) Don't copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but let God transform you.....

SERMON TOPIC: Slavery

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 9 December 2018

Sermon synopsis: Atheist: "Why do people worship false gods?" asks the people who worship a book that endorses slavery, legitimizes racism, and celebrates genocide. Oh the irony! Lita Cosner responded: We don't.....

SERMON TOPIC: Genesis and The Sanctity of Life - Part 2

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 November 2018

Sermon synopsis: Does the Bible endorse capital punishment? Is abortion wrong? Is euthanasia wrong?

SERMON TOPIC: Genesis and The Sanctity of Life

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 September 2018

Sermon synopsis: God has given us a free will and all through life we are faced with choices. (Every choice has consequences). - Does the Bible endorse capital punishment? - Is abortion wrong? - Is euthanasia.....

SERMON TOPIC: Christians at work - Part 2

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 10 September 2017

Sermon synopsis: How should Christians behave in the workplace - as both employees and employers?

SERMON TOPIC: Slavery

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 13 August 2017

Sermon synopsis: Collins Concise English Dictionary defines a slave as follows: - a person legally owned by another and having no freedom of action or right to property - a person who is forced to work for.....

SERMON TOPIC: Christians at work - Part 1

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 26 June 2017

Sermon synopsis: Adam and Eve worked – so work was part of God’s plan for mankind even before the Fall. Contrary to popular belief, the need for man to work is not part of the curse. It is true that the ground.....

SERMON TOPIC: Morale and Morality

BY: Johnray Rennie ON: 29 May 2016

Sermon synopsis: Joshua’s two fold call -Man and God, similar to Elijah and Elisha’s journey: - (Joshua 1 V 7) Morale - (Joshua 1 V 7 – 9) Morality

SERMON TOPIC: The problem of evil - Part 2

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 17 April 2016

Sermon synopsis: Arminius taught that Calvinist predestination and unconditional election made God the author of evil. But making God the author of evil is not something we have to infer into Calvin’s doctrine......

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: Sin

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 8 November 2015

Sermon synopsis: The Biblical definition of sin is very different to the ideas that many have that confines sin to merely bad things that a person does, like lying stealing, sexual sin or murder. The topic of sin.....

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: Choosing

BY: Richard Bandawo ON: 15 February 2015

Sermon synopsis: Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods.....

SERMON TOPIC: The Christian work ethic

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 19 October 2013

Sermon synopsis: 2 Thess 3:6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us. 7 For you.....

SERMON TOPIC: Same sex marriage

BY: Gordon Calmeyer ON: 8 October 2013

Sermon synopsis: AGF 2013 NATIONAL CONFERENCE: Rom 1:26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men,.....

SERMON TOPIC: Choices

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 September 2013

Sermon synopsis: God has given us a free will and all through life we are faced with choices. Every choice has consequences, sometimes good and sometimes bad. Our choices are motivated by our priorities. The.....

SERMON TOPIC: Its all about choice

BY: Des Burrows ON: 20 January 2013

Sermon synopsis: The Bible teaches us that we cannot serve two masters. • God gave us free will; • God gave us choice; • God gave us free will in order for us to freely love Him and worship Him. God has.....

SERMON TOPIC: Character development

BY: Costa Mitchell ON: 6 October 2010

Sermon synopsis: AGF 2010 annual conference at YFC Cyara. Costa Mitchell is the national director of the Association of Vineyard Churches in South Africa.

SERMON TOPIC: Choices

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 7 March 2010

Sermon synopsis: Proverbs 1:22 “How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? 23 If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out.....

SERMON TOPIC: Authority - Capital punishment

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 August 2009

Sermon synopsis: One of the ten choices that will change your life is the authority you decide to honour. Authority has nothing to do with whether you like the person you have to submit to or not; authority has.....

SERMON TOPIC: Holy Living

BY: Nigel Paynter ON: 2 September 2001

Sermon synopsis: Col 3:1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3.....

SERMON TOPIC: Choices and mans free will

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 October 2000

Sermon synopsis: We are not animals governed by instinct. We have been given a free will by God and can make choices. But each choice we make has consequences.

SERMON TOPIC: Abortion

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 13 October 1996

Sermon synopsis: Is an unborn baby just a blob of tissue which miraculously transforms into a baby while passing through the birth canal? Does dehumanising an unborn baby by calling it a fetus make abortion anything.....

SERMON TOPIC: Holiness

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 August 1995

Sermon synopsis: 1 Pet 1:14-17 “As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be.....

SERMON TOPIC: Radio Pulpit Interview - Pornography

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 April 1995

Sermon synopsis: Ken Paynter's interview on Radio Pulpit in 1995 regarding his anti-pornography campaign in Brakpan.

SERMON TOPIC: Holiness

BY: James Mullan ON:

Sermon synopsis: The subject of holiness is one of vital importance as evidenced by such texts as Hebrews 12:14 “Follow … holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord”. We who are referred to as “Pentecostals”.....