Salvation belongs to our God!

Salvation belongs to our God! – a sermon on Jonah 2:1-3:3a by Rev. Colin Pretorius. The book of Jonah is a journey through the life of a prophet, but is also very much a description of the grace and mercy of a compassionate God. God is merciful to the people of Nineveh and sends Jonah […]

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A glorious vision of Christ

A glorious vision of Christ – a sermon on Revelation 1v1-20 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. It’s a bit cold at night at the moment, but if you were to go out tonight when it’s nice and dark and you look up at the sky, you’ll see something amazing – the heavenly expanse that the Lord […]

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If the Lord wills

If the Lord wills – a sermon on James 4:13-17 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. Every day across the world, people make plans. Politicians try to win our hearts and votes with their plans for the ward or the city or the state or the country. CEO’s or general managers and their boards meet to discuss […]

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Love each other because Christ lives in you – a sermon on 1 Corinthians 13 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. 1 Corinthians 13 is often used as a wedding text; perhaps some of you may even had this as your wedding text. It’s about love after all, and it sounds good at a wedding, right, when […]

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Forgive as the Lord forgave you

Forgive as the Lord forgave you – a sermon on Matthew 18:21-35 by Rev Colin Pretorius. All of us have at times been hurt. We’ve all had someone break our heart by doing something very hurtful – it may have been a girlfriend or a husband, a friend or a colleague or a brother or […]

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Facing the trial of temptation

Facing the trial of temptation – a sermon on James 1:13-15 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. “The Devil made me do it!” That was Eve’s excuse! She may have called him the serpent, that’s really what she said…. The devil made me do it! He was the one who deceived me and I ate! Even at […]

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Do we have Emmaus hearts?

Do we have Emmaus hearts? – a sermon on Luke 24:13-35 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, isn’t it – it is 20/20 vision, as the saying goes. That’s particularly true when we look back some 2000 years. We can clearly see that Good Friday was followed by Easter Sunday. Jesus died […]

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The assurance from Jesus on the cross – a sermon on John 19:30 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. In the late 1800’s Howard Kelly was a young medical student. He loved nature and frequently went out for long walks. One day when he was out walking, he stopped at a farmhouse to ask for a glass of […]

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Tame that tongue!

Tame that tongue! – a sermon on James 3:1-12 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. About 15 years ago, large parts of Victoria were ravaged by intense bushfires. In Australia’s all-time worst bushfire disaster, 173 people died and more than 400 were injured. In Kinglake, which was the most severely affected area, the fire was started by […]

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Paul’s Prescription for Peace

Paul’s Prescription for Peace – A sermon on Philippians 4:2-7 by Rev. Colin Pretorius The past year has just rocketed by, hasn’t it! This time last year two girls in our congregation had not yet started their final year at school and now they’re thinking about life after school. Birthdays have come and gone just […]

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Jesus is the gift that keeps on giving

Jesus is the gift that keeps on giving – A sermon on Matthew 2:1-12 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. This past Monday was the 179th anniversary of the publication of one of the most famous ghost stories ever written. It’s a story most of us have read or seen on film, but if you hear the […]

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Blessed are the meek

Blessed are the meek – A sermon on Matthew 5:5 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. On one side of the court sat one of the most influential men in the world. Ruthless, ambitious, proud and arrogant, he represented all that was powerful. He seemed to have all authority. At the other end stood the accused, a […]

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Eight beautiful attitudes that go with kingdom living – a sermon on Matthew 4:23-5:12 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. The Sermon on the Mount is probably the best-known part of Jesus’ teaching. If you google it, you’ll find more than 4 million results. But sadly what Jesus teaches in His sermon is probably also the least-obeyed […]

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Nehemiah 8 -An attitude of worship

Nehemiah 8 -An attitude of worship – A sermon on Nehemiah 8 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. Picture it! Judah, about 600 years before the birth of Jesus. The people of Judah have finally run out of chances to be obedient to God. Time and time again the Lord called them to repentance but time and […]

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Honourable vessels are useful to the Master – a sermon on 2 Timothy 2:20-26 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. When Leonardo da Vinci was painting The Last Supper, he sought long in the churches of Rome for a model for Jesus. At last he settled on Pietro Bandinelli, a noble young man who was quite lovely […]

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Contend for the faith!

Contend for the faith! – a sermon on Jude 3 by Rev Colin Pretorius. In 2009 the priest Patrick Kennedy was sacked from the Catholic Church in Brisbane after 28 years’ service. He wasn’t sacked because of any sexual impropriety – as one would in these times so easily assume – but for his beliefs. […]

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Remember!

Remember! – a sermon on 2 Timothy 2:8-13 by Rev. Colin Pretorius. There’s a condition that afflicts a large number of people. It’s a condition that affects young people, especially teenagers. It causes them to lose their memory. I mean, how often as a mom or a dad have you had to ask your children […]

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