Link to sermons on topic: LOVE

SERMON TOPIC: LOVE - THE CHIEF OF VIRTUES - Part 2

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 28 August 2022

Sermon synopsis: John 13:35 (NIV) “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” Let us note that our Lord does not name gifts or miracles or intellectual attainments as the.....

SERMON TOPIC: LOVE THE CHIEF OF VIRTUES - Part 1

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 14 August 2022

Sermon synopsis: During a tour of the US in 1962, the theologian Karl Barth lectured at the campus of the University of Chicago. During the Q & A time, a student asked Barth if he could summarize his whole life’s.....

SERMON TOPIC: Unconditional love

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 13 January 2019

Sermon synopsis: 1 John 3:16-18 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees.....

SERMON TOPIC: God so loved the world - Part 2

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 25 February 2018

Sermon synopsis: The chorus of the hymn, “The Love of God” goes: O Love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong! It shall forevermore endure The saints and angels song. When the author F.M......

SERMON TOPIC: God so loved the world - Part 1

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 11 February 2018

Sermon synopsis: John 3:16 is probably the most well-known and widely quoted verse in the Bible It has rightfully been called THE GOSPEL IN A NUTSHELL. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one.....

SERMON TOPIC: 1 John 4 - GOD IS LOVE

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 14 February 2017

Sermon synopsis: God doesn’t just love; God is love (1 John 4:16). The word ‘love’ is used over 500 times in the Bible (NIV). It was Jesus who told us that God loves the world. John 3:16 “For God so loved the.....

SERMON TOPIC: Love

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 14 February 2016

Sermon synopsis: A message for Valentine's Day. Arise, my darling, My beautiful one, Come with me. See! The winter is past; The rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; The season of singing has.....

SERMON TOPIC: Death to self

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 January 2016

Sermon synopsis: Jesus said there are two great commandments, one of which is to "love your neighbour as yourself" (Matt 22:34-40). But if we say we can't love others until we love ourselves, we are essentially.....

SERMON TOPIC: The love of God

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 April 2015

Sermon synopsis: 1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. And so we know.. The love God has for us. Do you know God’s.....

SERMON TOPIC: Love

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 February 2014

Sermon synopsis: In one of the most powerful and poetic chapters of the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13, the apostle Paul describes the sort of love Christians are meant to embody: "Love suffers long and is kind; love.....

SERMON TOPIC: Love in marriage

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 April 2013

Sermon synopsis: We all as humans need to be loved and it is no wonder because we are made in God’s image and God is love, He does not love, He is love, it is His very essence.

SERMON TOPIC: Ezekiel 36 Extravagant love

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 2 December 2012

Sermon synopsis: Ezek 36:33 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land will be cultivated.....

SERMON TOPIC: Dont be offended

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 February 2011

Sermon synopsis: Matt 24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall.....

SERMON TOPIC: Being perfected in love

BY: Brian Holmes ON: 11 April 2010

Sermon synopsis: Have you been perfected in love? 2 Cor 11:3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ......

SERMON TOPIC: Racism, Darwinism, Nazism, Apartheid and the Bible

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 18 October 2009

Sermon synopsis: In summary, we will see that if you are a racist - you can call yourself a Nazi or neo-Nazi, a white supremacist, a proponent of apartheid, a Klu Klux Klan follower, a Darwinian evolutionist if you.....

SERMON TOPIC: Love is

BY: Candice Towndrow ON: 8 March 2009

Sermon synopsis: Why is love important? What does love look like? How can we love like God requires us to?

SERMON TOPIC: Love

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 March 2005

Sermon synopsis: Besides the gospel message, what is the most important topic we should speak about?

SERMON TOPIC: Joy of the Lord

BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 February 1999

Sermon synopsis: John 15:9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in.....

SERMON TOPIC: Giving love

BY: Phillip Thobokale ON: 3 May 1998

Sermon synopsis: When we give, we must give our best – because when God gave, He gave His best. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish.....

SERMON TOPIC: Love

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 27 April 1997

Sermon synopsis: In 1 Corinthians 13 Paul tells us that love is more important than eloquence, the gift of prophecy, knowledge and self-abasement. He then looks at the qualities of love. Finally he compares love.....

SERMON TOPIC: The love of God

BY: Lawrence Lightbody ON: 3 November 1996

Sermon synopsis: A look at the vastness of the love of God Eph 3: 16-19 "I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in.....