One Hope Church Stellenbosch

In this Immanuel series message, Gareth shows how the incarnation enables Jesus to be our perfect and empathetic Great High Priest. Fully God and fully human, Jesus now continually ministers for us—advocating for our forgiveness, mediating our relationship with the Father, and interceding for us with compassion. Because Jesus understands our weakness and represents us perfectly before God, our sal...

The profound meaning of Christmas is God’s definitive action to overcome humanity's separation from Him, declaring Immanuel—God with us. This sermon anchors the Christian faith in God's unchanging desire to dwell with His people. We trace this commitment from the prophetic promises to its ultimate fulfilment in the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. Jesus became the visible, tangible, and permanent dwel...

In this final message from 1 Corinthians, Gareth unpacks Paul’s closing chapter as a rich window into early church life—marked by global gospel partnership, planned generosity, and mutual strengthening. He highlights Paul’s four urgent exhortations: be watchful, stand firm, act courageously, be strong, and let everything be done in love. The letter ends where it began—on the grace of Christ—callin...

This sermon unpacks the transformative power of Christ's resurrection, addressing the sceptical question of what the resurrected body will be like, drawing from 1 Corinthians 15:35-58. The passage highlights God's incredible power, demonstrated even in a simple seed, to raise the dead. The sermon explores the glorious truth that at the last trumpet, believers will be instantaneously changed. This...

In this message, Amazing Grace: Responding to Grace, Gareth unpacks 1 Corinthians 15:8–10, showing how God’s grace completely transformed the apostle Paul—from persecutor to passionate servant of Christ. He reminds us that grace is God’s unearned, undeserved favour that changes our identity, fuels our motivation, and becomes our source of strength. When we truly see and understand grace, like Paul...

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the unshakable foundation of our faith, not an optional belief. This truth from 1 Corinthians 15 is explored in a sermon that dives into the absolute core that underpins everything we believe. It delivers us from the exhausting struggle of trying to earn God's love, granting us a restful standing in His finished work. Discover how the Risen Christ gives you a se...

"Build the body, not the ego" is the central theme of this week's message on 1 Corinthians 14, serving as the practical application of spiritual gifts through the lens of love. Paul is addressing the chaos and disorder in the Corinthian church's public gatherings. The sermon compares prophecy, which builds up the church in a common language, to tongues, which are personal and often unintelligible...

Based on Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 13, this sermon explores "a more excellent way" for the church: the supremacy of love. We learn that even the most spectacular Christian activities—from great sacrifice to profound knowledge—are rendered worthless if not motivated by genuine love, becoming nothing more than a "noisy gong". God's true measure is love, which is patient, kind, and never ends....

In this week’s message, Gareth unpacked 1 Corinthians 12, exploring Paul’s teaching on spiritual gifts and their purpose in the life of the church. He showed how the Corinthians’ confusion mirrors many believers today—some wary of spiritual gifts, others using them unwisely. Gareth reminded us that these gifts are freely given by God, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and intended for the common good....

In week 19 of our Gospel Life series, Jono Hulley unpacks the meaning of the Lord’s Supper from 1 Corinthians 11:17–34. Far more than a ritual, communion is the gospel made visible, a table of grace where Christ meets His people. This message explores how the meal calls us to reflect inward in repentance, backward in gratitude, forward in hope, and outward in love.

In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul addresses a passage we’re often tempted to skip over—head coverings in worship. But beneath what might feel like a strange cultural issue lies something timeless and profound: God’s creational design for men and women. In this sermon, we explore how Paul connects creation, culture, and the life of the church. What does it mean to live out God’s order in our cultural momen...

Scott Landman: "Based on 1 Corinthians 10:23–11:1, this sermon explores the profound purpose of our lives. It argues that true purpose isn't found in personal freedom or fleeting goals, but in a singular, clear directive: to glorify God in everything we do. The message provides practical guidance on how to live out this purpose in our personal lives, our church community, and the wider world. Ulti...

Idolatry isn’t just an ancient problem with golden calves or temple feasts—it’s the daily battle of the human heart. In Corinth, Paul warned believers that to sit at the table of idols was to share in their worship. Today our idols may look different—success, approval, comfort, control—but the danger is the same: they promise much, but only enslave. Yet Paul points us to the good news: God is fait...

This week at One Hope, Gareth preached from 1 Corinthians 9:19–23 on the Gospel Method for Missional Living. He reminded us that true freedom in Christ is not for self-indulgence but for serving God and others. Like Paul, we are called to lay down our freedom to reach people with the gospel, living as sent ones in every sphere of life. Through incarnational mission, faithful contextualisation, and...

In this message, Gareth unpacks 1 Corinthians 9 and shows how the gospel doesn’t just save us but reshapes our whole lives and motivations. Like Paul, we are called to lay down our rights, not for personal gain, but so that others may encounter Jesus. Paul was compelled to preach, motivated by obedience to Christ, love for people, and the promise of eternal reward. May we too be stirred to run our...

In I Corinthians Chapter 8, the apostle Paul addresses a conflict within the church around believers’ freedom to eat food that had been sacrificed to idols. While on the surface the Corinthian church seemed to have knowledge about spiritual truths, the apostle Paul contrasted their argument with the outworking of love. In this passage we see principles that show us how the Gospel is meant to shape...

In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul gives gritty, practical guidance to believers in every life stage — married, widowed, single, or in spiritually mixed marriages. Gareth unpacks God’s design for marriage, His grace for broken situations, and His call to live fully in the season He’s assigned us. Whatever our circumstances, we are urged to embrace undivided devotion to Jesus, letting the gospel shape every...

In this sermon, titled Singleness, a Gift from God, Johannes unpacks 1 Corinthians 7:6–9 and 25–38, continuing our journey through the book of 1 Corinthians. Building on last week’s message about marriage, this week’s focus shifts to the equally valuable and often misunderstood gift of singleness. Johannes speaks honestly about his own journey, the cultural pressures surrounding romantic love, and...

In this week’s message, Gareth unpacks 1 Corinthians 7:1–5, showing how God’s design for sex and marriage is both beautiful and deeply practical. In a world full of confusion and distortion, Scripture calls us to flee sexual immorality and embrace God’s good gift of sex within marriage. With clarity and compassion, Gareth explores creation, fall, redemption, and restoration—helping both marrieds a...

In a world that tells us, “You are your own,” the apostle Paul writes something radically countercultural: “You are not your own—you were bought at a price.” In this message from 1 Corinthians 6:12–20, we explore what it means to belong—body and soul—to Jesus Christ. As Paul responds to troubling behavior in the Corinthian church, he doesn’t just offer moral correction—he unveils a beautiful, eter...

Paul addresses the issue within the Corinthian church of believers taking "trivial cases" to be judged by individuals outside of the church. His overall focus is that this approach is not unifying for the church and then he goes on to list a few other reasons as to why believers should be dealing with these "trivial cases" within the church. Those include: 1. Because Saints will one day judge the...

This sermon explores how the gospel shapes the church's response to sin within its community. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 5, it highlights a shocking case of sexual immorality in the Corinthian church and their arrogant, ungodly response to it. The sermon emphasizes that sin is not a private matter and affects the entire church body. It outlines a biblical approach to dealing with unrepentant sin,...

Join us as Scott Landman teaches this morning from 1 Corinthians 4.

Join us as Gareth Bowley teaches in 1 Corinthians 3 this morning.

Spiritual Wisdom - 1 Corinthians 2:6-16. In this passage, the apostle Paul continues his call for unity in the church by showing that true wisdom is found in the message of the cross. In this sermon, Johannes unpacks the difference between human and Godly wisdom, exploring both the natural and spiritual aspects of how we understand truth. He reminds us that as mature believers, we are called to re...