PARABLES
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Stewardship 7 - Talents- Part 1
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 25 May 2025
Synopsis: Stewardship is based on the belief that God is the true owner of each person’s possessions, and that one is accountable to God for the acceptable care and use of those possessions.
Are you good soil
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 27 October 2024
Synopsis: The difference between the good soil and the other soil is simply:
THERE WAS A HARVEST.
If you were to ask a farmer what makes good soil, what would he say?
To a farmer, good soil is the soil.....
Parable of the talents
Sermon by Des Burrows on 18 June 2023
Synopsis: Are you investing your gifts and talents in the kingdom of God?
The parable of the ten virgins
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 15 March 2020
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.....
The prodigal son
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 16 June 2019
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.....
The evil eye and good eye
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 15 April 2018
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.....
The parable of the banquet
Sermon by Lindsey Parker on 4 October 2015
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.....
The Sower
Sermon by Steve Maritz on 15 February 2015
Synopsis:
The Parable of the TWO sons – Part 2
Sermon by Des Burrows on 22 September 2013
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.....
The parable of the TWO sons
Sermon by Des Burrows on 15 September 2013
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.....
The tares
Sermon by Steve Maritz on 25 August 2013
Synopsis: The Interpretation of the parable of the tares and the wheat, given by Jesus is wonderfully clear. The parable is a revelation of the kingdom of Heaven in the field of the world. This kingdom.....
The evil eye
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 22 November 2010
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.....
The kingdom of God - Part 2 - Persecution and heresy
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 28 October 2007
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.....
CH 12 - The parables - Part 1-2
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 14 February 2000
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).....
The kingdom of heaven - The parable of the talents
Sermon by Leston Blackburn on 28 February 1996
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.....
4 things lost, 3 things found
Sermon by Graham Sahling on 9 July 1995
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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