Sermons from Pinelands Baptist

In this sermon Craig looks at a part of the story of Elijah and Elisha in 2 Kings 2:1-14. He speaks about us passing the baton on, as Christian, to the next generation. We walk through four places in the bible that impact this.

Following on the previous week's sermon in this series, we consider the next reason that we can trust God. This week we focus on the sovereignty of God and how it impacts why we can trust him.

We look at the baptism of Jesus in Matthew 3:13-17. We find that God says to us that He loves and cares for us and sees us as His children. God's call to us is to surrender our whole lives to Him. Have we done that?

We're starting a new series where we'll be spending some time looking at the subject of trusting God. We will look at three main reasons to trust God in this series. In this sermon we focus on the fact that we can trust God because He is sovereign.

In this part of the series we continue to look at the New Testament. After spending time doing an overview of the gospels, we look at the context and authors of the rest of the New Testament.

In this final sermon on the book of Daniel we look at the promise of the resurrection, the person of the resurrection and the presence of the resurrection.

In this sermon we study Psalm 34. We look at a couple of features of the Psalm and finish the sermon with 5 important principles we should remember.

This week we were joined by a guest preacher from the UK, Dennis Pethers. He challenges us through his own testimony to not only accept Jesus as our saviour but also to accept the mission he has given us to go and make disciples.

We continue the series on Daniel. The scripture passage we focus on in this sermon is Daniel 11:31-35. Craig addresses some views around the millennial. We must remember that we cannot avoid suffering in this world.

The passage of scripture we use for this week is Romans 8:15-30.

Introduction to the New Testament focusing on the Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John - their different writing styles and focuses/audiences and all looking at the life and ministry of Jesus. Matthew 1:3; 2:6, 15 Mark 1:9-13 Luke 2:41-49 John 20:30-31

For Pentecost Sunday we focus on the person and work of the Holy Spirit. The passage of scripture we use for this week is Romans 8:1-17.

Linzay continues the series with a second sermon on the Old Testament. This time he elaborates on three points he made in the previous week that help us appreciate the Old Testament.

With the upcoming South African elections coming up, we consider Philippians 2:1-11. We see that we must have the same mind as Christ, use what we have and then also contribute what we have.

Rich Johnson from New Wine in the UK gives us his insight into our current cultural moment. He reminds us of Isaiah 43:18-19 where God says He is doing a new thing. Rich points us to the need to be holy.

In this part of the series we have a look at the Old Testament. Keeping Hebrews 1:1-3 in mind, we consider 3 statements that help us appreciate the Old Testament. In addition to this we then look at 7 aspects that help clarify the Old Testament.

Linzay gives us a breakdown of the book of Proverbs. We find that the book of Proverbs gives us a strategy for life. It is a valuable source of wisdom on discipleship.

In this sermon we look at Jesus' Passover meal with his disciples. During the meal, Jesus washes His disciples' feet. In this visual picture we learn about Jesus' mission, salvation and ministry. The scripture passage for this sermon is John 13:1-17.

This week in our series we consider the impact of the Bible on our lives and how it can shape us as individuals. We find that scripture is designed to tell us what is true, give us wisdom and a place to hear the voice of God.

In this sermon we look at the the prophecy in Daniel 11. We look at what it means to make history. Craig helps us to understand the context and history of the prophecy.

In this sermon we look at the passage that Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 4 about God's power in our weaknesses.

In this next part of the series we explore the reliability of scripture. We consider internal (what the bible says about itself), external and archaeological arguments.

This week we look at the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10. We spend time focusing on the reality of Jesus knowing us and welcoming us. We find that Jesus awakens in us a desire to change.

As we continue to look at what the cross and the resurrection mean in our lives, we spend time on what it means to conform to the cross. The scripture used is Mark 8:27-38.

We begin a new series on the bible and scripture. We start this week by doing an overview and reading scripture from various translations and languages.