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Bible Corner | Repentance

In this conversation, we discuss where the motivation for repentance comes from.

6 Feb 2024 11 min

Education | Importance of Early Education

A child’s early years can have lifelong physical, social, and emotional impacts. Early childhood experiences from birth to age 8 affect the development of the brain’s architecture, which provides the foundation for all future learning, behaviour and health, and this is the springboard for our conversation today on Early Childhood…

5 Feb 2024 9 min

VOP Lesson | How Will Jesus Come?

Today we’re going to talk about the second coming of Jesus, and get a few details about that great and inevitable event so that none of us will be deceived or confused about it when it does happen.

5 Feb 2024 16 min

Bible Corner | Repentance

The most important question we have to wrestle with as human beings is, “what must I do to be saved?” Considering the situation in which we find ourselves, as sinners who are accountable to a holy God, getting the answer right or wrong is a matter of life and death…

5 Feb 2024 9 min

Lifestyle | Seasons of Life - Adolescence

As we continue our talk on the different seasons of life, today we’re focusing on adolescence, and the often neglected health needs, testing boundaries and breathing rules.

2 Feb 2024 16 min

Fundamental Beliefs | The Millennium & the End of Sin

It’s no secret that the world we live in is broken. It’s been that way ever since humanity rebelled in the Garden of Eden. It’s easy to lose hope in the future if this is the way it will always be. What has God promised us with regards to what…

2 Feb 2024 17 min

Bible Corner | Grace

we’ve been talking about grace throughout this week, and we can all agree that there’s so much more to uncover about this precious gift of God. Today, our pastor will be going over some important points that we may have missed during our week together.

2 Feb 2024 13 min

Church Billboard |

Please tell us more about this exciting weekend coming up in a few weeks; what are some of the highlights that attendees should look forward to?

2 Feb 2024 18 min

Legal | Hate Speech & Hate Crime

The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill is a bill aimed at reducing offensive speech and curbing hate crimes in South Africa. Today we’re going to be talking about what exactly constitutes hate speech and hate crime, and how the law is applied therein.

1 Feb 2024 14 min

Fundamental Beliefs | The Millennium & the End of Sin

Although it might sound perfectly wonderful and exciting to be spending our time in Heaven with Jesus, the question still remains about what we’ll be doing during the Millennium. What exactly is going to be happening during these thousand years?

1 Feb 2024 17 min

Bible Corner | Grace

When we talk about love, sometimes we have trouble understanding if God has love, and expresses love as we do, or if He simply is love, as His word tell us. In the subject of grace, we find ourselves in the same position – is grace a state of being,…

1 Feb 2024 24 min

Transformation | Conflict Resolution

Conflict is not a strange thing for people. In the workplace, conflict causes a massive degree of frustration, pain, discomfort, sadness, as well as anger. Organisations hire employees from diverse cultural and intellectual backgrounds, and viewpoints. In a working environment where people have differing outlooks toward the same problems, how…

31 Jan 2024 16 min

Fundamental Beliefs | The Millenium & the End of Sin

After the Second Coming of Christ, there is a period in which all the believers will reside in heaven until Satan and sin is forever destroyed, and the Earth is made new again. It’s mentioned in Revelation 20, explaining that these believers will “reign with Christ” (vs. 4) for that…

31 Jan 2024 23 min

Bible Corner | Grace

Today we’ll be talking about some of the actions of God as detailed in the Old Testament, and trying to reconcile them with a God of grace. Do the Old and New Testaments tell the story of two different Gods?

31 Jan 2024 28 min

Family | Privacy vs. Secrecy in Marriage

Sharing things with your spouse is essential for intimacy and closeness, but how much sharing is too much? Is there room for privacy in marriage? What about secrecy? What’s the difference between the two? And what are healthy boundaries in marriage, with regards to privacy and mutual trust and respect?

30 Jan 2024 19 min

VOP Lesson | The Promise

The lesson begins with a quote from Abraham Lincoln which says, “We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.” How does this quote align with our lesson today?

30 Jan 2024 18 min

Bible Corner | Grace

Today we’re going to talk about the intersection between grace and works, and the confusion on their mutual significance.

30 Jan 2024 23 min

Education | Taking a Gap Year After High School

Many children around our region have received the results of their matriculation exams that they wrote last year. While many may be getting ready to embark on their tertiary education, some may be unsure of their next step. Others still, may need time to prepare for what the future holds…

29 Jan 2024 19 min

VOP Lesson | The King’s Dream and You

Over the last few VOP Lessons, we’ve talked about the dream that King Nebuchadnezzar had, and what it all meant. We talked about how much of what Daniel prophesied had already come to pass, and what part of the prophecy we’re currently living in. What does the dream have to…

29 Jan 2024 14 min

Bible Corner | Grace

Brand new week, and a brand new topic. It’s one that is greatly celebrated in the Christian community, and it is also often misunderstood, misapplied, and used in the wrong context. So this week, we’re going to unpack everything that we need to know about GRACE.

29 Jan 2024 23 min