Sermons

We are created to worship. Our worship takes place in three domains: private, public and…

Understanding how scandalous crucifixion was to the first-century mind helps us to appreciate the grandeur…

Wealth is good – but wealth is dangerous. Wealth is a blessing, but wealth may…

Like other hollow pursuits, men are attracted to religion for its own sake. Solomon shows…

The pursuit of popularity is a hollow pursuit. The pursuit of wealth is a hollow…

Rampant corruption and oppression is cause for possible despair in our hearts. Solomon helps us…

For many people, the fact that life is beyond their control torments them.

Solomon got to test all of life for pleasure – and came up empty.

The book of Ecclesiastes is the journal of a man who mined life for its…

The kind of heart that brings forth fruit is characterised by spiritual receptivity.

Some hearts reject the Word because too many other things are growing in competition to…

Who has the title deed to the whole universe? What gives Him that right?

Some people appear to believe, but theirs is a superficial grasp if Christianity, revealed as…

Why do some hearts stubbornly reject the Word?

Jesus gave the parable of the sower to explain a phenomenon: why the same message,…

A life of loving God manifest in loving what He loves and hating what He…

Only by living as dead to a selfish life can we rise to live a…

The power of self-worship can only be broken with the method of self-denial.

Loving God requires that we see and behold the glory of God through illumination.

How do hearts that love themselves come to love God?

Why should we love God?

Christians can experience a steady entropy in their devotion. Malachi describes this.

Philemon not only teaches us what forgiveness is, it teaches us the art of tactfully…

What do we do when we forgive someone?

What does it mean to forgive? What is our ground and basis to forgive?

Philemon is about forgiveness. Why must we forgive? Does it truly play that big a…

God has designed us with a faculty of moral knowledge. When shaped and energised by…

Every year, more than one type of Christmas overlaps with the other. Distinguishing them from…

Paul describes ministry in a church with a beautiful illustration of the Body.

What is the task of ministry? What are the ministries of a church to aim…

How does a church function? What exactly is ministry?

What is the Day of Atonement? How has Christ fulfilled this?

Many Christians live under a painful yoke of oppressive legalism. Christ came to give us…

Colossians concludes with the familiar benediction “Grace be with you.” How does grace come both…

Colossians ends with a description of faithful Christians. What is faithfulness, and how does Christ’s…

How should believers in Christ’s sufficiency behave before the world?

How should we pray if we believe that Christ Himself is more than enough?

Christ’s sufficiency shows up at work: how managers treat workers and how workers do their…

When Christ is sufficient, this must spill over into family life.

The paradoxes in God’s love can be difficult to solve. We seek to draw them…

God’s love is rooted in His nature: gracious, sovereign, merciful, jealous.

God’s love is deeply rooted in His nature. Understanding what and why He loves, enables…

The love of God is, in fact, a deep and complex thing. Understanding it correctly…

Does the Bible give us any guidance as to how we should worship God musically?…

What does it look like when a Christian, or an entire local church is centred…

How do very different people dwell together in a church with genuine, heartfelt unity?

What precautions must we take so as to maintain, and not interrupt, the unit yin…

The unity of the church in Christ is a precious and supernatural thing, to be…

Sincerity and authenticity is at the heart of our faith. John describes this as ‘walking…

The tragedy of permissive parenting is seen in the wicked sons of the high priest…

What does new Testament fasting look like? Jesus explains with the illustration of a wedding.

Christians dead to sin have to act that out by continually deadening themselves to sin.

How should people who are united to Christ’s resurrection live?

Should Christians who are complete in Christ be drawn back into a petty bondage?

Mysticism seems to promise a deeper spirituality. But once again, the wrong kinds are simply…

If we are complete in Christ, we need to avoid those subtle and overt forms…

Our faith is always under threat from add-ons to the faith. Our completion in Christ…

How should we approach ministry? With what attitudes, expectations, and goals?

What does ministry entail? What is true ministry to one another? Paul exemplifies this in…

A topic hardly heard today is that of God’s anger. Without an understanding of the…

How do we reconcile the sovereignty of God and human freedom? The book of Jonah…

Jonah is a testimony of what mercy is not, and what mercy should be.

Can we lose our salvation? Does eternal security mean a blank cheque of assured eternal…

The Lord Jesus is not only supreme as the Creator, but He occupies the highest…

False teachers claim Christ was one of God’s creations. Paul refutes this by showing that…

Thinking about why we needed salvation, and what God did to accomplish it, should lead…

What does it mean to live up to the name “Christian”?

Knowledge, understanding and wisdom stand as a kind of trinity of healthy inward thoughts. Paul…

Is it possible to be ‘so heavenly-minded you are of no earthly good’? Could it…

The book of Colossians portrays a supreme Christ who is more than sufficient for our…

The choice to renew our spiritual lives is very much in our hands.

We can choose deliberate repentance if we wish to see a re-awakening in our lives.

Tozer called it ‘Rut, rot, or revival’. We can choose to allow spiritual entropy to…

We end our prayers with “In Jesus’ name, Amen.” But is that what it truly…

What exactly did Christ mean when He told us to pray in His name?

Christians take so many knocks, and fall so often that they are prone to deep…

How does Peter’s restoration in John 21 describe how we can return to a closer…

At the heart of worship is a fervent devotion to God. It’s old name is…

How does Jesus restore His servants to a first love for Him?

The history of Christmas gives us illuminating insights on what it is and should be.

Worship extends to our warfare with evil spiritual forces. We need to remember that we…

Family worship is to be a part of the lives of God\’s people. What is…

Most of our lives are spent at our jobs. How do we worship God at…

How is the bringing of mercy to the world a part of our worship? In…

How do we balance matters of structure and spontaneity, form and freedom, planning and openness…

Jesus taught heart-religion – that what comes out on the outside, is what is already…

Christians have puzzled over the intersection between God’s sovereignty and human freedom. We find an…

Gratitude is at the soul of Christian living. An incident with several lepers illustrates this.

How should we understand the matter of dating and courtship?

Christ’s raising of Lazarus teaches us the relationship of Christ to life and death.

What is genuine Pharisaism? We see the heart of it in Jesus\’ healing of a…

Is it possible to have a true disciple that follows no one? In fact, genuine…

Worship is really the goal of evangelism, and evangelism is an expression of worship.

It might sound unlikely, but church discipline is part of the worship of the church.

What exactly does the Bible mean when it says that God loves us?

When Jesus described discipleship, He gave three characteristics of a true disciple.

Since Christlikeness is a secret of worship, one of the forms of corporate worship will…

Though often considered separately, fellowship forms a part of worship – for our worship of…

In corporate worship, God’s people have expressed their love for God through public professions of…

Corporate worship includes giving – giving of ourselves, our time, and our substance.