Sermons
Loving God in Evangelism and Missions
The root of evangelism is not pity on man, but love for God.
God-Saturated Homes—Part 5
God wishes young eyes to see pictures of himself through the biblical roles that are…
God-Saturated Homes—Part 4
One of the ways that God wishes to have the faith fleshed out before the…
God-Saturated Homes—Part 3
God wanted the Israelites to do more than simply teach the faith. He wanted it…
God-Saturated Homes—Part 2
When our children observe us, do they see a deep-rooted and thorough love for God?
God-Saturated Homes—Part 1
Why do so many young people who grow up in ostensibly Christian homes abandon the…
Communing With God
A lot of confusion exists over the real meaning of the ‘quiet time’. What does…
The Hope of Israel
One nation stands as testimony to God’s faithfulness to His promises: the Jewish people. His…
The Last Wars
Daniel 11 describes a series of battles that will culminate in the final appearance of…
Real Spiritual Warfare
Spiritual warfare advocates speak of ‘power encounters’. Daniel had his own, and it stands in…
Daniel’s Seventieth Week
Daniel’s seventieth week prophecy is indeed mysterious, but much can be understood by examining the…
The Greatest Prophecy in the Old Testament
The most amazingly precise prophecy of the timing of Messiah’s arrival is found in Daniel…
Repenting Before a Gracious God
What does it mean to genuinely repent before God? Daniel’s prayer in chapter 9 is…
Persecutors in Prophecy
Daniel saw a vision of a great persecutor of God’s people, who foreshadowed an even…
A Parade of Nations
God assured Daniel of the final victory of His own kingdom through a vision. We…
Devotion Deeper Than Death
What does it take to stop you? Someone defined this as the test of character.…
The Handwriting’s On the Wall
Belshazzar thought he could mock the only true and living God and get away with…
Consistent Monotheism
Three men were willing to die for their faithfulness to God. This sounds odd in…
The Vindication of Jesus
Jesus made some extraordinary claims about Himself, and some extraordinary prophecies. He staked the authenticity…
Thy Kingdom Come
What’s the big deal about the kingdom? Everything – for the kingdom shows how human…
A Life for God’s Glory
Why did God choose to favour Daniel with the interpretation of the dream? Daniel shows…
The Uncompromised Life
Daniel and his friends exemplify what it means to stand apart, to live a life…
Introduction to Daniel
The book of Daniel is one of the most important books of the Bible for…
Sow in Tears
Sometimes our efforts seem to go nowhere, and result in perpetual frustration. Psalm 126 is…
Recovering Body Life
What is life in the church supposed to be? The image of the human body…
The Church as Worship—Part 3—The Roles in the Church
What is a pastor’s role in the church?
The Church as Worship—Part 2—The Roles in the Church
How do we glorify God by serving in the church? God has set the church…
The Church as Worship—Part 1—The Goal of the Church
What is the goal of the church? Why did God create it? How do we…
Worship—Who Decides?
How do we decide what is acceptable and appropriate in Christian worship?
Will the Real Legalist Please Stand Up?
We hear all kinds of people and churches accused of being ‘legalistic’. What exactly is…
The Incarnation Attitude
The so-called ‘Christmas’ spirit is a far cry from the attitude Christ had in His…
Baptism: The Happiest Funeral
Baptism represents the profound truths of Romans 6. As such, it ought to be the…
Incarnating the Gospel
What did Jesus mean by saying He was giving Peter the ‘keys of the kingdom’?…
The Boundary of Christian Love
How does Christian love deal with denials of the Gospel? Second John teaches us that…
The Nature of Christian Love
The book of 2 John helps us to understand the relationship between love and truth.
The Humility of Christmas
Why were shepherds the very first to hear the news of Messiah’s birth? Why not…
The Crisis of Faith
Every believer who has wondered why the wicked prosper has experienced confusion, doubt, and even…
What is the Gospel?
For a Christian, defining the gospel is essential and fundamental, for there is no Christianity…
Evaluating Music—The Tensions
The music debate is fraught with tensions: tradition and contemporaneity, accessibility and elevation. Navigating and…
Evaluating Music—The Text
The lyrics of the songs we sing ought to be scrutinised: not only to see…
Evaluating Music—The Tune
Does the Bible give us any principles for evaluating music? Can music be spiritually destructive…
A Theology of Music
Can we say anything biblical about music? Is it possible to make true and moral…
Three Certain Experiences
In a world of uncertainty, the book of First john provides us with three rock-solid…
Sinning Unto Death
What is the sin unto death? What sin could be so bad that John says…
The Praying Life
Your prayer life is as good as the life that surrounds your prayers. The life…
The Testimony of God
God has made a case for Jesus Christ being His Son and the focal point…
More Than Conquerors
What does it mean that Christians overcome the world? In a world hostile to the…
Loving God Truly
Loving God does not always look the way the world envisions love. It includes profession…
The Fearlessness of Love
Those who know and love God have the ultimate confidence: the assurance of what will…
The Signs of Love
Proof that we genuinely love God is not contained in a feeling we may have.…
The Beloved Love
One of the signs that we are indeed chosen and loved by God is our…
The Shame of the Cross
For a people who have come to wear crosses arounds our necks as ornaments, it…
Spiritual Parenting
As Paul made disciples, he compared himself to both a father and a mother in…
The God Who Is Scarred
How is it possible that the glorified body of Jesus Christ still contains the marks…
Worship—the Worthship of God
Is worship really a hill to die on? When we understand what worship is, we…
Becoming a Disciple-Making Church
The church’s mandate to make disciples is actually a three-phase command, contained in Christ’s Great…
Test the Spirits
The ability to discern false teaching from the true begins by filtering out untrue speech…
Prayer as a Spiritual Thermometer
How does prayer form part of our assurance of salvation? And how can Christians have…
A Family Like Cain’s, A Family Like Christ’s
The two families in the world are either characterised by the murderous selfishness of Cain,…
Two Families, Two Likenesses
Christianity is more than an inner spiritual feeling. It means we belong to a different…
Your Sustaining and Purifying Hope
What should the return of the Lord do for our sanctification? John tells us what…
Your Immunity to False Teachers
Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice, and a stranger they will not follow.” One…
Authentic Prayer
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches the kind of authenticity we need to…
Loving God Appropriately
Can we love God any way that pleases us? Or is there a kind of…
Loving God Supremely
If we are to love God ultimately, what place is there for loving others?
Loving God Ultimately
What does it mean to love God as your only god?
Loving God—The Motive
Why should we love God? Does the Bible give any reasons why we should love…
The Lord’s Supper and the Centrality of the Gospel
The Lord’s Supper is a celebration of the Gospel. We need to understand both the…
Worship—the Rule of Prescription
Can we worship God according to our own whims and creativity, or has God prescribed…
Paul’s Secret of Survival
Difficult times press us to our resources. Paul describes his secret of survival, even under…
Recognising False Teachers
One of the marks of a true believer is the ability to recognise false teaching…
Emigration and the Christian
Emigration is a perennial topic in South Africa. Is there biblical guidance for people considering…
Responding to the World
Once we understand what John means by ‘the world’, there are several ways we are…
Recognising the World
Christians know they should be different from the world. But how we recognise what John…
The Growing Family of God
Within the church of God, believers are at various stages of maturity. John commends and…
The Commandment Christians Obey
Genuine Christians obey the command to love one another. False believers hate other Christians.
The Obligation of Incarnation
At Christmastime, we consider the Incarnation. Christians have an obligation to incarnate something, too.
How to Know That You Know Him
How can a believer know that he actually knows God?
Why Christians Confess
Believers confess continually because Christ continually represents them as the Advocate.
Confess or Cover?
Why do believers confess their sins? What does it mean and why is it crucial…
Introducing: Real Life
What is real life? The book of 1 John could be called “A Spotter’s Guide…
Spiritual Vigilance
God calls for spiritual vigilance and soberness from His people. What does this means, and…
The Master-Plan of Evangelism
God’s plan for evangelism involves the local church. Removing the church from evangelism is going…
The Mindset of Evangelism
How’s your evangelistic mindset? Are you informed – do you know your culture, like a…
The Means of Evangelism
What means are available to Christians for evangelising? The message, reason, example, genuine love and…
The Make-Up of Evangelism
What does evangelism entail? Truly converted people, deliberately interacting with unbelievers, so as to expose…
The Message of Evangelism
What is the message that evangelism shares? What is the “Good News”?
The Meaning of Evangelism
Evangelism is making disciples. But what is a disciple? What is true conversion?
The Mandate of Evangelism
In a pluralistic world, is evangelism really required of the Christian?
God is a Tri-Unity
God’s essence is also captured in the truth that God is a tri-unity.
The Conclusion: Fear God
What is the grand conclusion of Solomon’s quest for life?
Remembering God in Youth and Old Age
Solomon contrasts the pain of old age with youth, and draws conclusions for when we…
Decision Making in a Determined World
How do we make decisions in a world sovereignly controlled by God? Ecclesiastes has much…
Life Under Authority
Life has authority hard-wired into it. We cannot navigate through life without understanding how God…
The Mind of the Messiah
Ecclesiastes, like Proverbs, teaches us the value of wisdom – what it can and cannot…
Lessons From Death
One of Solomon’s themes is how death renders human activity futile. Only when God-granted immortality…
God is Independent
God exists in Himself. His very name, I AM THAT I AM, teaches that God’s…
Three Fire-Breaks for Sexual Sin
Fighting sexual sin has become a battle for every man in a pornified world. We…
God is Spirit
God is Spirit. What does this profound predication mean?
The Unity of God
The beginning of studying God’s attributes is to understand that no one is like God.