Archive for July 2026
Testing the Spirits
On Sunday evening, 26 July 2026, pastoral intern, Jolan Koekemoer, preached from 1 John 4:1-8. In this sermon, Jolan uses a story about buying two different cars — one thoroughly tested, one not — to illustrate that believers don’t need special training to discern true teaching from false; the Spirit who lives in them is sufficient to test it. He walks through John’s five tests for whether a message is truly from God.
Read MoreWelcome the Weak
On Sunday morning, 26 July 2026, Ps Phil Hunt preached from Romans 14:1-3. He calls us to welcome and accept fellow believers who are “weak in faith,” meaning immature or undiscipled Christians whose consciences lead them to different applications of Scripture on disputable matters, rather than judging them by one’s own cultural convictions or opinions.
Read MoreThe Debt You Must Pay
On Sunday morning, 19 July 2026, Ps Phil Hunt preached on Romans 13:8-14. He explained that Christians often mistakenly treat love as something that can be “settled” through a single act of kindness, when in fact Scripture calls for perpetual, self-sacrificing agape love toward believers, unbelievers, and even enemies. Because Christ’s return is near, believers must “wake up” from spiritual complacency and cast off sin rather than delaying obedience.
Read MoreThe Christian and Civil Government
On Sunday morning, 12 July 2026, Ps Phil preached from Romans 13:1-7. He argues that all civil authority—however corrupt or inefficient it may seem —is ultimately established and governed by God Himself, who raises up and removes rulers according to His sovereign purposes. Ps Phil urges believers to pay taxes and show respect without resentment, to pray for their leaders by name, and to trust that God sees every injustice and will hold every authority accountable in the end.
Read MoreLove in Response to the Grace of God
On Sunday morning, 5 July 2026, Ps Sunday Phiri preached from Romans 12:9-21. He explained that Paul calls believers to respond to God’s grace and mercy not with mere words but with genuine, sacrificial love — the kind God showed by giving His Son, expecting nothing in return. He identifies three responses: how we should love (genuinely, without hypocrisy or pretense), what we should love (holiness and purity, fleeing evil rather than tolerating it), and whom we should love (fellow believers, through encouragement, generosity, hospitality, and shared joy and sorrow — and even our enemies).
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