Christ Church Midrand

The fathers of the christian faith witnessed to a hostile world and even in today's world christians in many countries still experience persecution for being witnesses of Christ. So what can we expect as we witness to a hostile world. Two major sobering realities are that sharing the word comes with a cost and a clear obligation. But the encouraging news is that it also comes with divine power, su...

The sum total of the christian message is knowing God as a father. Knowing God as a father and having the relationship with him transforms our lives. God is powerful working to make us belong into his kingdom. The Christian life is a life of praising and celebrating how God has brought us into a relationship with himself through the blood of Jesus. Listen to David Kobedi as he make a wonderful rem...

Peter's sermon is about a miracle. The small view of Peter's sermon is about Peter's power meeting the needs of a lame bagger, but the big view points everyone to Jesus's power and call for repentance. God's working in our midst has nothing to do with our power. Peter shows us that the healing of the lame beggar is about Jesus not himself. What response does Peter call? Peter calls Israel to repen...

Ephesians 1:1-14. We all want to belong and we tend to be more confident in places where we feel we belong. The place where many of us feel we belong is home. Many of us we often go out of our way so that we can belong. The foundation of the christian message is built on the this concept of belonging. At the heart of the letter to the Ephesians is the theme of belonging. In Ephesians Paul gives a...

Acts 3: 1-10.

Luke 7: 36 – 50. ,Tracy Chapman’s song, ‘Fast Car’ is a song that starts with hope and ends in despair. She starts with a world of ambition, but as life catches up, she realises that her dreams of a ‘fast car that gets her out of here’ are dashed. The goal of her dreams is to find hope, a place where she belongs. In this sermon, Roydon Frost contrasts this message with that of Luke 7:36 – 50. In t...

1 Corinthians 15: 1-11. Surely there is more to life than this? In the song, ‘Is That all There Is?’ Peggy Lee sings of her life and the different experiences she had throughout growing up. In every event of her life she asks the big question, ‘Is that all there Is?’ We live in a life that continually chases hope. Whether it’s at the bottom of a bottle, climbing the corporate ladder, Tinder, an af...

Anthems of the Age Part II - Jerusalem - Blaque Nubon - (Sunday 22 January 2023) by Christ Church Midrand

Matthew 20: 20 - 28. Kanye West spent a year writing the song ‘Power’. It came off the back of years of wrestling with racism and governmental structures. The end product of his struggles was a song that shows that the only power to rely on is ‘Kanye’. Like Kanye, when power structures fail, we think we have the ‘power’ to sort it out. We have the answer and can sort it out. We take on our lives b...

Take me to church is a popular song by Hozier that speaks to some of our deepest longing. The song is more like a church song if one does not pay much attention to the lyrics. The song was written to challenge the Catholic Church on their stance against homosexuality. The writer views sex as the ultimate form of worship where as church is a place where those with contrary views get rejected and sh...

Luke 23: 32 - 47: One Republic’s song ‘Start Again’, may not be their most popular song, but the words of this song are an anthem of the age. The song speaks of a desire to start again. It’s a desire that everyone has, because we all know how much we’ve messed up. It’s therefore a song our world sings. But, what if someone deeply wronged you, and asked to ‘start again’? Would you agree to that? Wh...

Isaiah 43: Each year will bring forth different seasons. Some seasons will be filled with joy and others woe. Where are we to find hope in challenging times? The obvious answer is God! But, what about God gives us hope? What is he like? How does he love? David Kobedi’s message provides a wonderful way to start the year for it warms the heart with the unfathomable grace, dedication, mercy and love...

Some of us we have relational breakdown, some are carrying burdens of marriages which are at the brink of divorce. Some are facing the reality of having businesses which have collapsed. These are life's peace threatening moments and we are looking for hope everywhere. Such times causes us to question the existence of God and his love. It is hard to trust God in hard times but the unchanging truth...

Psalms 45

Luke 1:26-33

1 Thessalonians

Christmas Carols by Candlelight Service - Blaque Nubon - (Sunday 11 December 2022) by Christ Church Midrand

The Bible teaches us about the two comings of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today in 1 Thessalonians 4v13-18, we are looking at the second coming of our Lord and Saviour. But what is significant with the second coming of Christ, and what lessons can we learn from it. 3 principles are present in this passage, and they are excellent news for Christians, meaning the End is not Death, the End is not Confused...

John 1:9-18: We all face changes in our lives both positive and negative. But how do we make sense of those changes?  The birth and death of Jesus on the cross changes everything about our lives.  Regardless of who you are or what the situation you are going through, the death of Jesus asks you if you are still a Christian. Join Blaque Nubon as he unpack the importance of Jesus’s birth and death t...

Matthew 1: 16 - 25

Matthew 6 : 1- 18 : What does Prayer, fasting and charity in the Kingdom look like? Are these suppose to be public performances (pulling up a face to get public appraisal )? Are these suppose to be more transactional (Treating God as an ATM)? If Prayer, fasting and charity are for us to be noticed, then it is not life in the Kingdom but religion. Jesus calls religion hypocrisy (public acting). Lif...

Much of our world believes in the law-strategy to change lives. Very sadly most people in churches think like that. If we think christianity is a be good or else we are wrong. The gospel of Jesus does not say christians are energised or motivated by the laws. Christians are motivated by God's love. Listen to Martin Morrison as he preaches on how christians are freed from the law through Grace and...

What does our actions show about our love for others? How do you love those who deliberately seek to be your enemies.? The bible teaches us to love perfectly. Jesus commands believers to love their enemies even when they do evil to them. It is not easy but in Matthew 5: 38 - 48 Jesus makes it clear that the purpose of the law was to help Israelites love one another. Listen to Eddie Lombard as he p...

Romans: 6: 1-23: If there is one thing we battle with its sin. If you are a real christian should you sin or live without sin? We have unanswered questions like do I lose my salvation if I sin, where do I go if I struggle with one particular sin? In Romans Chapter 5 Paul makes it clear that sinners are justified by the blood of Jesus and through faith in Jesus all those who believe have peace with...

Matthew 5: 22 -37: Following on in our current series, the Sermon on the Mount, we continue in Matthew 5v33-37, titled Oaths. Why does this little section have such a big meaning/impact for all of us, to this day? Why, because it is about oaths and how our words should mirror our actions. Jesus Christ showed us how our words and actions should be aligned and focused on God, and not man. Focusing o...