Sermons

Of all the metaphors that the Holy Spirit could have chosen to describe the relationship…

The idolatry of numbers is a sad substitution. Because as the trend increases, the true…

What is biblical hope? And why should I have it? Biblical hope is not wishing.…

To hearts that are feeling restless, Christ’s words are like water in the desert: “I…

Our worship is our appreciation of how much God is worth, and our expression of…

What if there was a place, that if you went there, you would immediately be…

What is the name of the key that we keep using to draw nearer to…

Everyone has a pleasure theory. Everyone has a belief as to what will bring them…

The difference between a Christian life that is far from God, and one that experiences…

Many people promise commitment to Christ sometime in the future, when they think it will…

Hope is closely allied to faith. Hope is absolute confidence in the future grace of…

Christmas is a time to ponder the mystery of the Incarnation – that the Eternal…

Are humans robots or do we have freedom? The Bible teaches a responsible use of…

Guilt is not meant to paralyse us into retreat. Micah teaches us the skill of…

And so Ephesians ends on the highest note possible: May God’s grace assist those who…

One of the marvellous things about the birth of Jesus Christ was its providentially incredible…

How do we wage spiritual warfare? We are in the battle, of that there is…

What is spiritual warfare? An entire folk theology has been created in the last century…

What does Paul mean by ‘provoke them to jealousy?’ here we have a form of…

What does Paul mean by ‘provoke them to jealousy?’ here we have a form of…

God wants families to be strong, if there are to be churches and nations that…

Unity comes from lovingly fulfilling your role in the way God commanded. God commanded the…

A family will go no further for God than the spiritual effectiveness of its leader.…

This is the heart of marriage, one man, one woman, leaving the authority of their…

What should a Christian’s attitude be toward television? Some Christians have no television at all…

Is there a sin that can never be forgiven? Jesus said so, but what is…

A Christlike person, one seeking to become like Jesus Christ and walk in holiness, cannot…

There is a third kind of fear of man– fear of man attacking, threatening or…

When fearing man, we fear three things: 1) We fear that people will humiliate us:…

The fear of man is an important theme throughout Scripture. God knows that if we…

One of the most integral parts of holiness is honesty. In fact, you cannot progress…

When you hear the word ‘holiness’, what comes into your mind? Some immediately think of…

Unity in a local church is a miraculous thing. A church is the only place…

Grace is the wonderful heart of God that loves us not because of what we…

Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3:16-21 is a succinct study of the Christian life.

What is it to be illuminated by the Spirit and live in God’s presence?

What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? Ephesians 5:18 remains a command…

What is the controlling authority in Christianity? Pragmatism? Popularity? Prosperity? In this programme, we consider…

What does it mean to have “zeal” for the Lord? To be fervent in spirit…

The Spirit’s work of illumination is the crucial ministry of enabling us to see and…

In a glorious passage, Paul describes the absolute centrality of Jesus to the plan of…

Ephesians describes the great glory of redemption: the Son saving us from darkness and uniting…

What does Scripture mean that God chose us? Election is not a doctrine to be…

The glorious, central truth of the Christian faith is that God is a glorious God…

If we are to truly enter the Christlike, mature Christian life, we must face the…

Biblical separation sometimes includes the painful task of separating from professing believers.

Separation is to include separating from false doctrine and false teaching. We are not to…

We are not only to separate from sin, but from the world, and in some…

The Holy Spirit’s ministry of sealing the believer is a great source of comfort, hope…

Our first step of separation must be against the enemy of sin. Identifying it, mortifying…

Separation may not be a popular topic, in a world where unity is celebrated. Yet…

Psalm 150 exhorts us to praise God, But it does more than simply tells us…

The devastating disaster of December 2004 has many lessons to teach believers about God and…

Christians are to live out their newness of life by mortifying the old, and yielding…

While the Christian life is a process of becoming more like Christ, it must begin…

Idolatry is more than bowing down to images. It can include worshipping the true God…

David prays in Psalm 51 for \”truth in the inward man\”. What does this mean?…

What should we pray for, if we are concerned to “hallow” God’s name?

Those who wish to pray with God’s glory in mind should approach it with a…

Prayer that is God-centred finds its power in the fact that it is rooted in…

Prayer can quickly devolve into a \”gimme\” list. To understand prayer is to begin to…

How should tolerance truly work? In the modern world, tolerance is becoming the ultimate virtue,…

Too many people treat the local church like a casual dating relationship: no commitment, seriousness,…

Evangelism has a deeper root than our love for souls. It is ultimately grounded in…

Jesus warns in Matthew 7 that some people believe they are Christians, but will go…

Consider the two faces of joy. I’d like to look at joy, not as an…

Too often, one gets the impression that the birth itself is the climax of the…

It has to be one of the most frequently used words in the modern church.…

Many Christians do not understand the Law of the Tea-Bag. Hot-water does not introduce or…

A confident belief that God is for me as a believer is the foundation of…

What is the Bible’s attitude toward racism? This topic often has a lot more heat…

It’s important to understand some of Satan’s strategies. God, in His wisdom, has revealed to…

When something is a necessity like eating or cleaning, we make the time. When something…

Illumination is an act of grace – it is something the Holy Spirit does for…

Knowledge is essential for the Christian life. But the Christians described above already have knowledge.…

When Jesus was asked, what is the greatest commandment of all, without hesitation He replied,…

What is the point of the Christian life? In fact, what is the point of…

One of Satan’s best strategies for defeating a Christian is to confuse them as to…

I am increasingly convinced that the source of most failures, the source of most sin,…

Every time our national anthem is played, the words ‘God bless Africa’ are sung. People…

Does simply chanting ‘God bless South Africa’ guarantee it? Perhaps it is better to ask…

It doesn’t take long before this question comes up in a Bible study somewhere. What…

It is only right and fitting that people ought to earnestly make sure that they…

Church discipline preserves purity, which preserves unity. Unity at the cost of purity is not…

Unity or purity – what is more important? Should we focus on building the unity,…

The last aspect of what the fear of the Lord brings is servanthood. As a…

The fear of the Lord is spiritually seeing God everywhere. Realising He is Here, and…

The fear of the Lord is when a person realises the presence and power of…

Many feel that the idea of fearing the Lord is a negative one – because…

The Bible spends far more time teaching us how to suffer than it does in…

Suffering is God’s loving choice to cause us to walk the steps Christ trod. Since…

The topic of suffering is not something we like to look at. We naturally shy…

Suffering – it is given such a prominent place in Scripture, that it’s sad people…

It’s probably one of the most common and nagging problems for parents, relatives and church…

This is the age of the non-confrontational Gospel. We’re in an age where the Gospel…

Saving seems so hard these days. Nevertheless, it is commended in Proverbs. Notice that the…

Where your treasure is, their your heart will be also, said our Lord. Money is…

In this series, which we’ve called Financial Wisdom from Proverbs, we’re examining the Bible’s perspective…

Money is the currency of our belief systems. The way people act, react and respond…

Our English word worship really reveals the heart of what it is. It comes from…