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Today I want to talk about this magnificent Word. Let me start off by saying that I went through a journey over a number of years where I really dived deep into the historicity of the Bible. Ps Paul knows how many times I asked him about various books or advice on tracking and understanding how the Bible came to be, and what lends it so much credence. I must be entirely honest, I went through a ph...

There are many reasons why people on the African continent have resisted the Gospel. Whilst many have appreciated the idea of needing salvation, they have found it difficult to break away from their traditional African worldview which values the role of intermediaries between God and man. This has resulted in syncretism where many have happily mixed Christianity with traditional African religion a...

In this message my goal is to highlight the overarching belief system of agnostics and also the post-modern worldview. I will also show you how the Bible has scriptures that speak directly to these beliefs. My aim is to also show you the logical end of these beliefs and the incisive questions one can ask those who hold such views. As we build a skill set for dealing with various faces of unbelief...

In this message I would like to categorize various forms of unbelief and scepticism towards Christianity. I also aim to demonstrate that the Bible has something to say about each of these states. We will focus on atheism. Next week I will explore other forms of unbelief such as agnosticism and the postmodern worldview. After that we will look at the Afrocentric idea that Christianity is a western...

Apologetics is that branch of Christian theology which answers the question, Is Christianity rationally defensible? One of the central themes of apologetics is to do with the existence of God. Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." In this message I aim to provide for you the logical necessity of a transcendent, eternal being as the ultimate explanation for the exis...

1 Peter 3:15 urges Christians to revere Christ and explain their hope with gentleness, forming the basis of apologetics. Despite this, many avoid it due to fear of doubt, the belief in faith alone, or the perception of complexity. However, apologetics is essential for all believers to fulfill this scriptural command and effectively share the gospel, breaking down barriers to faith. In this series,...

This is a messianic Psalm which discloses the heart of God toward His own Son. This conversation introduces an amazing declaration that all the nations of the world are intended to come under the protection of His Son’s rule. However, the qualifier is, ask. Jesus came to inherit the nations, not some, all. He came to possess the ends of the earth. To infiltrate power centres through His influence....

People will reward and relate to you based on your reputation. Think of how you choose to work in certain companies or deal with specific people because of their reputation. Sadly, something has crept into Christians where we have emphasised so much how other’s opinions don’t matter, only God’s. As a result we have developed a misbelief that “What other people think of me and how they see me doesn...

"The resurrection is at the core of our beliefs as Christians. Without it, our faith is meaningless." - Joseph B. Wirthlin. In his book, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism", Tim Keller states, "If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not w...

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When I say to you ‘the fear of God’ it probably conjures up a wide variety of thoughts and emotions in different people. Possibly even questions around God. Today I would like to do a dive into this important uncommon virtue which is the fear of the Lord. I am going to unpack what it is not and explain what it is and of course, why it is so important for us as believers. I will also look at how we...

Gen 1:28 – God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” God invented sex and thought it was good. In fact, it was the first thing God referred to in the blessing. In the right context (marriage) this is true. Outside of God’s prot...

Gentleness is of great worth to God. There are virtues that God values greatly. Gentleness is one of them. We have a choice. What will we make of great value to ourselves? How much time do we spend working on our outward selves compared to the inner self. It is essentially a spirit. Why is a gentle and quiet spirit worth a lot to God? I believe that when we don’t walk in gentleness, we short circu...

We all know that love is the chief of all virtues. But the question is, what is love? The biblical ideas of love referred to: A desire for the best for another, even if it cost us something. A shorter way of saying this would be to say that biblical love is "Sacrificial Love". Obtaining the best for another, even an enemy, at our cost. When we talk about Agape love, we are talking about a much dee...

Wisdom: It is the understanding and attitude that result in true piety and godliness. Wisdom is insight that leads one to make good decisions in life. God’s wisdom protects us from taking a detour into humanistic ideas and hopeless error.

2 Tim 2: 13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself. God is faithful. We can only be faithful because He is. This is one of His core characteristics and He calls to be likewise. Faithfulness is a key virtue because the degree to which you walk in it will determine your promotion in God’s Kingdom. There are various manifestations of faithfulness that I will outline in...

A portrait is a verbal picture or description of a person. We tend to be familiar with portraits when we are referring to just the picture of an individual, that captures their shoulders and above including their facial features and so on. Sometimes however, when we are referring to the description of a particular entity we also call that a portrait. Mt 11:29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from m...

Inheritance can occur at multiple levels. There is the inheritance we have as believers but there is also the individual inheritance we experience based on God’s promises to us. In addition, our focus today is on a spiritual inheritance we have as a community of faith.

Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus. Regardless of which path we each walk down; God is always with us and inevitably always at least, one step ahead of us. No matter what mountains you come up against, just know He has already climbed them. No matter what journey of uncertainty you encounter, God is faithfully walking ahead of you. Sometimes, it can be easy to make the mistake of thinking th...

Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. We are called to value the words of Jesus. His words are lifegiving. In the sermon on the mount, He picks out specific characteristics and virtues and highlights that those who walk in them are blessed. One of these is being a peacemaker. It is important for us and behoves us to study what this really means so that w...

Morning is my favourite time of the day: • The whole day stretches out, with opportunities and possibilities. • His mercies are new every morning. • It’s an opportunity to reset. We got a smart exercise bike in the holidays. It is in need of calibration! The readings and measures it gives me are not accurate indications of reality. And so it is with us. Morning reset time was wonderful during the...

This message is a continuation from what we started last week,. Today we will continue to explore how to activate God’s glory in our midst. As mentioned before, the key is to glorify Him. There are many ways of glorifying God, beyond just saying, “Lord I glorify you.” We mentioned that the Holy Spirit is a person and therefore has preferences. There are things that grieve Him and things that He is...

The Holy Spirit is a person. There are environments He likes and others He does not like. He is grieved by certain climates. I need to find out what activates His glory and do it more. Jesus manifest. Skia – Shadow of God’s light. The Glory manifests to the degree to which we glorify Him. If we want to experience the glory (all His attributes) we need to glorify Him. What would the Church look lik...

This week we will conclude our sermons on being positioned in love. I encourage you to listen to the previous 2 if you have not done so as I build upon that foundation. We will be studying the last 5 of the ten commandments today and exploring their application to our everyday lives.

We saw last time that in order to be positioned in His love and remain in His love, we need to walk in obedience to His commands. We looked at God’s heart behind His commandments and the interpretive principle we need to apply when looking at these commandments. If you haven’t listened to the message, I encourage you to do so. I explained how the Mosaic law was fulfilled in Christ and so has no be...