SERMON TOPIC: Y1-M3-L4- The - parables - Part 1
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 17 June 2022
Sermon synopsis: Jesus explained that his use of parables had a two-fold purpose: to reveal the truth to those who wanted to know it, and to conceal the truth from those who were indifferent.
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SERMON TOPIC: The parable of the ten virgins
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 15 March 2020
Sermon synopsis: Jesus warned of signs that would lead up to his Second Coming, like the increase in false messiahs, wars, earthquakes and Christian persecution. He also predicted increased pestilences - and in the.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The prodigal son
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 16 June 2019
Sermon synopsis: The context leading up to the parable is yet another argument with the Pharisees and teachers of the law. On this occasion their complaint is that Jesus has no sense of propriety about what kind of.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The evil eye and good eye
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 15 April 2018
Sermon synopsis: Matt 6:22-23 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The parable of the banquet
BY: Lindsey Parker ON: 4 October 2015
Sermon synopsis: Luke 14:15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The Parable of the TWO sons – Part 2
BY: Des Burrows ON: 22 September 2013
Sermon synopsis: “What was he listening to that made him decide to do what he did?” And the key for us, Christians, is getting God’s word into our inner being. Because what we listen to enters the mind and give.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The parable of the TWO sons
BY: Des Burrows ON: 15 September 2013
Sermon synopsis: This parable is one of the best known stories that Jesus told. It is a story about coming home. - Of repentance and reformation. - Of return and forgiveness. - Of acceptance and restoration. - Of.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The evil eye
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 22 November 2010
Sermon synopsis: What does this passage mean?
Matt 6:22-23 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The Kingdom of God - Part 7C - Every nation, tribe, people and language
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 23 August 2009
Sermon synopsis: We saw how the Church of the Laodiceans represents the 7th and last Church. However there is a flip side to the coin as well!
This study looks at the 20th & 21st Century Church.
(A) The Success.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The kingdom of God - Part 2 - Persecution and heresy
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 28 October 2007
Sermon synopsis: Jesus taught 7 consecutive parables in Matthew 13 about the kingdom. The parables, if understood, reveal the secrets of “the kingdom of heaven” (Matt 13:10-11). The 7 parables refer to 7 church.....
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SERMON TOPIC: The kingdom of God - Part 1 - The good seed and the inevitability of persecution
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 7 October 2007
Sermon synopsis: Jesus taught 7 consecutive parables in Matthew 13 about the kingdom. The parables, if understood, reveal the secrets of “the kingdom of heaven” (Matt 13:10-11). The 7 parables refer to 7 church.....
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SERMON TOPIC: CH 12 - The parables - Part 3-5
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 February 2000
Sermon synopsis: A look at the parables in the Gospels of Mark and Luke.
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SERMON TOPIC: CH 12 - The parables - Part 1-2
BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 14 February 2000
Sermon synopsis: What was the purpose of Jesus’ parables:
1) To teach heavenly truths using earthly stories people could relate to. They understood stories about farming, fishing, commerce, kings and servants.
2).....
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SERMON TOPIC: The kingdom of heaven - The parable of the talents
BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 28 February 1996
Sermon synopsis: Matt 25:14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 15 To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to.....
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SERMON TOPIC: 4 things lost, 3 things found
BY: Graham Sahling ON: 9 July 1995
Sermon synopsis: In Luke 15 Jesus tells us about a lost sheep, a lost coin and a lost son.
1 out of 100 sheep is a 1% loss.
1 out of 10 coins is a 10% loss.
1 out of 2 sons is a 50% loss.
The sheep, the coin.....
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