Sermons

Evil Orthodoxy

A strange phenomenon occurs among believers – evil orthodoxy. James and John become a living…

Permissive or Priestly Parents

How should parents raise their children? The Old Testament furnishes us with a positive and…

Life Issues—Parenting

What does the Bible say about parenting?

Life Issues—Marriage, Communication and Conflict (Outline Only)

Disagreement in marriage is inevitable. It need not turn into sinful conflict.

Life Issues—The Role of a Wife (Outline Only)

What are the biblical roles of a wife?

Life Issues—The Role of a Husband (Outline Only)

The role of a husband in marriage is to lovingly lead with understanding.

Life Issues—Marriage (Outline Only)

Marriage is more than a contract – it is a covenant.

Life Issues—Dating

Though dating was unknown in biblical times the Bible still has much to teach us…

Life Issues—Singleness

What does Scripture say about singleness?

Life Issues—Biblical Femininity

Does the Bible have a vision for biblical womanhood and godly femininity?

Life Issues—Biblical Masculinity

What is masculinity according to Scripture?

Heaven is the Face of God

The ultimate glory of Heaven is the very presence of God Himself.

Heaven is the Beauty of Holiness

Some see holiness and strange and sin as normal. Heaven is where holiness is normal,…

Heaven is Full Family Celebration

Heaven will be all the joys of human community, without the sin that stains it…

Heaven is Rest, Responsibility and Reward

What will we do in Heaven? The Bible offers us glimpses into our activity in…

Heaven is a Place

Heaven is more than a state of being. Heaven is a place- and will be…

So Heavenly Minded, Some Earthly Good

Does being ‘heavenly-minded’ make us of no earthly good?

The Day That Will Make the Difference

Does God see any difference between evildoers and the righteous? Is there any point to…

Loving Creation for God’s Sake

How should a Christian treat God’s creation?

Private Worship

What does Psalm 63 have to teach us about private worship?

Carnal or Christ-Centered Salvation

On the cross, we have an illustration of genuine and false professions of faith in…

Unless the Lord Builds a House

A certain worldly wisdom says that we should be neutral about our children’s faith. Psalm…

Robbing God?

Do Christians rob God if they do not give 10% of their income to Him?…

The God-Forsaken Man

The words ‘God-forsaken’ are thrown around too easily. Only one Man has experienced the full…

Where is the God of Justice?

Why does evil abound if the world is controlled by a good, all-knowing, all-powerful God?

Faithful God, Faithful Families

Understanding the faithfulness of God is what leads to faithful marriages, and faithfulness to God…

The Purpose and Perversion of Priesthood

How do we explain the rampant hypocrisy and moral failure of professing spiritual leaders?

Leftovers for the Lord

Apathy had set so deeply into Israel that they were giving God what they did…

Doubting God’s Love

When spiritual apathy sets in, one of the first symptoms is taking grace for granted.

Malachi—Apathy and Awe

The answer to spiritual apathy is the fear of the Lord. The book of Malachi…

He Restores My Soul

David experienced rest for his soul, the kind that Jesus promised in Matthew 11. What…

Loving Your Spouse as Part of Loving God

All of life is to be part of loving God. Marriage, too, is to be…

Walking With God Like Enoch

What would you want written on your tombstone? Enoch’s life was summarised with the words,…

The Humility of God—Part 2

God’s deep humbling of Himself will also bring the greatest exaltation.

The Humility of God—Part 1

What is the one attribute which God does not need, and yet God appears to…

Jonah—Rebuke and Learning God’s Heart

Jonah’s story comes to a climax as God uses an object lesson to put Jonah’s…

Jonah—Revival and God’s Heart

The revival in Nineveh may have been the greatest ever, and demonstrates God’s heart.

Jonah—Repentance With Reservations

Some repentance is in name only: repenting with real reservations. Jonah’s repentance demonstrates what it…

Goodwill to All Men

The visit of the Magi demonstrates that God’s grace comes to all, first in general…

Jonah—The God Who Can Refuse Your Refusals

God’s supreme power over Jonah’s circumstances teaches it is impossible to thwart His will, though…

Jonah—Loving What God Loves

The book of Jonah is a lot more than a man and a fish. It…

Biblical Change—Part 8—The Church and Change

What part does the local church play in biblical change? According to Galatians 6, there…

Biblical Change—Part 7—The Source of Change

What is the deep and rich resource of the godly man?

Biblical Change—Part 6—The Dynamic of Change

Romans 6 describes the dynamic through which a Christian can change, and it is radically…

Biblical Change—Part 5—The Opportunity For Change

What we so often see as obstacles to change are actually the opportunities to change.

Biblical Change—Part 4—Why We Don’t Change

Why do some Christians seem to change so little over so much time? Two Scriptures,…

Biblical Change—Part 3—Discipline

Not only must we consider the importance of choices and understand our motives, to change…

Biblical Change—Part 2—Motive

Why should we do what we do in the Christian life? A rather obscure passage…

Biblical Change—Part 1—Choice

Every Christian ought to be interested in change. Fundamental to change is a right understanding…

Knowing and Being Known—Psalm 139

Why do we keep running from God? In an attempt to hide ourselves from Him,…

The Tenth Commandment—No Coveting

Is coveting the same as desiring? How do we keep this commandment and still be…

The Ninth Commandment—False Witness

To bear false witness is to treat another’s reputation in a quite different way than…

The Eighth Commandment—You Shall Not Steal

There is more to the commandment, “Do Not Steal” than the outright robbing of banks…

The Seventh Commandment—Adultery

The command to avoid adultery deals with more than sexual purity. It is a call…

The Sixth Commandment—You Shall Not Murder

What exactly is God forbidding in the sixth commandment?

The Fifth Commandment—Honor Father and Mother

What does ‘honouring’ father and mother really mean? And why have many societies considered this…

The Fourth Commandment—Sabbath

Is the Christian to keep Sabbath? How should we understand the Fourth Commandment in light…

The Third Commandment—God’s Name in Vain

What does it mean to ‘take God’s name in vain’? While no explicit Scripture spells…

The Second Commandment—False Worship

Is the second commandment merely a repeat of the first? Or does it call on…

The First Commandment—No Other Gods

The first of the Ten Commandments is the foundation for them all: that only one…

Time—the Great Leveller

No matter what we seek to do, time will defeat us. One man had found…

Great Commission Living

What kind of message should Christians who believe in a resurrected Christ proclaim?

Devotion to the Dead

What difference does it make to us if Christ is alive or dead? Are we…

Victory in Defeat

Eucatastrophe was Tolkien\’s word for a catastrophe that turns to victory at the very last…

The Trials of Jesus

When we cry, “It’s not fair!” we’d do well to remember the only One who…

The Burden of Calvary

Why is the account of Gethsemane in the Bible? The truth is, without Gethsemane, we…

The Family Meal

What exactly is the Lord’s Supper? Who should partake of it?

The Heart of a Betrayer

What is a false disciple? Judas is one of the best description of someone ‘almost…

Not One Stone

Christ’s disciples couldn’t imagine a situation worse than the destruction of the Jewish Temple. Christ…

Giving All

Does God care about the amount we give, or the proportion with which we give?

Smarter Than God

When some people tried to trap Jesus, it only resulted in revealing His magnificent wisdom.

The Complacent Church—Laodicea

What happens to churches when the air of comfort, freedom and materialism begins to infect…

The Conquering Church—Philadelphia

No other church is commended and praised by Christ the way the Philadelphian church is.…

Forsaken For Us

Leading up to His death, and on the Cross itself, Jesus experienced what it is…

The Corpselike Church—Sardis

What does a church look like when all spiritual life has left it? The church…

The Corrupt Church—Thyatira

When compromise is tolerated, sin corrodes the health of church.

The Compromising Church—Pergamos

Some churches do not deny the faith explicitly. Instead, they subtly allow what is hostile…

The Crowned Church—Smyrna

The suffering, persecuted church is often the purest church. We consider Smyrna, and find out…

The Cooling Church—Ephesus

A church can have so many things right, and yet be wrong. Sound doctrine, diligent…

Proverbs on Government

Though the book of Proverbs was written 3000 years ago, its wisdom regarding government and…

Proverbs on Marriage and Purity

Proverbs has much to say on the topic of sexual purity, sexual sin, and the…

Proverbs on Parenting

Modern parenting methods are often a far-cry from what Proverbs calls for. This is largely…

Proverbs on Fear

Nobody escape fear. Nevertheless, fear ought not to rule the life of a believer. Proverbs…

Proverbs on Depression

Proverbs defines depression as ‘hope deferred’. Proverbs makes it clear why this is the case,…

Proverbs on Conflict

Conflict may not be avoidable, but believers need to know how to avoid it and…

Proverbs on Anger

“The fire that burns” – anger is a demand for change. The demand can either…

Proverbs on Receiving Correction

Though no one enjoys it, receiving correction is fundamental to growth and development in the…

Proverbs on Communication—Part 2

The book of Proverbs provides us with a wealth of truth regarding communication that pleases…

Proverbs on Communication—Part 1

How are we to use our tongues? Proverbs has much to say on both speaking…

Proverbs on Laziness and Diligence

A biblical perspective on laziness and diligence.

Proverbs on God’s Will

A biblical perspective on God’s sovereign and preceptive will. Our part in doing God’s will…

Forward in Faith or Retreating in Rejection

I. God’s People Faced Possibilities and Problems II. Some Chose Unbelief and Rejection; Some Chose…

Nehemiah: Builders, Breakers and the Work of God

How do you build a church? How do you break down a church? The book…

Job

Lessons from the book of Job.

Knowing God Through Discipleship

True believers are disciples, radical, cross-carrying followers of the Master. A Christian disciple is really…

Knowing God Through Fellowship

John deliberately tells us that no one has seen God. The essence of God cannot…

Knowing God Through Worship

I. You Were Created to Worship God. II. You Were Saved to Worship God. III.…

Five Secrets of Knowing God

1) We know God as a person. 2) We know God because he reveals himself.…

The Faith of Forgiveness

Unforgiving Christians can become obstacles to Gospel for others. Forgiveness reflects on who our God…

Essential Christianity—Orthopathy—Part 10

Right thinking about God / Correct worship of God.