July 21, 2024 • Richard van Lieshout • Matthew 22:15–22
Richard dives into an interaction that occurs between Jesus and the pharisees surrounding the topic of taxes while looking at the siggnificance in both a historical and modern day context.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 54 - The Great Invitation
July 14, 2024 • Richard van Lieshout • Matthew 21:33—22:14
In this sermon, Richard discusses two parables from Matthew 21 & 22, focusing on the Vineyard metaphor and the religious leaders’ rebellion against God’s authority. We are reminded how the owner’s care for the Vineyard symbolizes God’s love and protection for His people. We also see how the invitation to the wedding feast signifies God’s grace extended to all, regardless of status. We are also warned about the consequences of rejecting God’s invitation and the need for genuine repentance.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 53 - The Essence of Discipleship
July 7, 2024 • Richard van Lieshout • Matthew 21:23–32
Jesus enters Jerusalem and the temple to be met by another in an escalating set of encounters with the religious leadership, this interaction centers around a tricky debate surrounding the authority by which all the involved parties, and John the Baptist, teach. Followed by a brief parable from Jesus to drive home his point.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 52 - Who Is This?
June 9, 2024 • Richard van Lieshout • Matthew 21:1–22
Richard leads us through the triumphant and ceremonious but also unexpected arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem and a number of intriguing interactions that take place seemingly at random within His initial time within the city.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 51 - The Upside-Down Kingdom
June 2, 2024 • Brett France • Matthew 20:17–34
Brett dives into how Jesus illustrates the reversal of the roles within His Kingdom in anticipation of His entry into Jerusalem and the suffering that will come with it, with particular emphasis on serving the people around us.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 50 - The Beauty of Grace
May 26, 2024 • Richard van Lieshout • Matthew 20:1–16
Jesus continues the theme of firsts and lasts that he left off on as He leads the disciples through a workday in a vineyard wherein the expectations of the workers and by extention the disciples and us are challenged in regards to what we truly deserve.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 49 - What Do I Lack?
May 19, 2024 • Richard van Lieshout • Matthew 19:16–30
The rich ruler seeks Jesus to understand how he may enter into heaven, however, the response proves to be too great of an ask for the young man. The disciples are also challenged by the response but in a different manner and receive a reassuring response from Jesus.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 48 - Marriage, Singleness & The Pursuit of the Kingdom
May 12, 2024 • Richard van Lieshout • Matthew 19:1–15
In another confrontation between Jesus and the religious leaders that has a callback to the sermon on the mount teachings Jesus discusses marriage as well as the possibility to leading a life of singleness in pursuit of the Kingdom before a reiteration of the importance of children.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 47 - Forgiving From the Heart Without Limits
May 5, 2024 • Ndaba Mazabane • Matthew 18:21–35
Jesus expands upon his previous teachings around the topic of forgiveness by establishing the importance of forgiveness through its impact on us as both forgiven and forgiver as well as how that affects those around us.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 46 - When Sheep Act Like Shepherds
April 28, 2024 • Richard van Lieshout • Matthew 18:15–20
This passage in Matthew 18:12-20 teaches about the importance of seeking out and confronting those who have gone astray. It emphasizes the value of each individual and the desire of God for none to perish. It also highlights the difficult process of confronting someone who has sinned against us and the need for a humble and shepherd-like attitude.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 45 - A Faithless & Twisted Generation
April 21, 2024 • Justin Tamlin • Matthew 18:1–14
Justin leads us in understanding that being so close may be enough but in the right circumstances what seems like a small margin may be life altering. He also dives into the meaning behind Jesus' well known teaching surrounding children being the greatest in the kingdom and how we should take that into our own lives.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 44 - A Faithless & Twisted Generation
April 14, 2024 • Richard van Lieshout • Matthew 17:14–27
Upon the return from the transfiguration event Jesus heals and thereafter revisits a common phrase, 'you of little faith'. Richard leads us and investigates the latest scenario to evoke this reaction, as well as looking at a passage around the paying of religious taxes.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 43 - Unveiling the Son of God
April 7, 2024 • Richard van Lieshout • Matthew 17:1–13
Richard walks us through the great mystery of the transfiguration as we see Jesus through the eyes of the disciples in all His glory as a reassurance to us of the hope we have for the future in times of trials. Despite the miraculous presence of both Elijah and Moses we are also urged to hold our focus on Jesus, only.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 42 - The Cross Before the Crown
March 24, 2024 • Zwai Zulu • Matthew 16:21–28
This week Zwai examines Jesus' foreshadowing of the cross, as well as the responses from some of the disciples to this information. Moreover, we explore Jesus' instructions to take up our individual crosses, dying to self in order to serve Christ and how that applies to the trials within our own lives.
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Kingdom of Heaven Pt 41 - I Will Build My Church
March 17, 2024 • Richard van Lieshout • Matthew 16:13–20
In this message we take a look at how Jesus Jesus institutes the concept
of the Church as his own, indicating its ownership and centrality to
his mission. We look at it's indestructibility despite challenges, how
it is assured until Jesus' return, as well as the church's mission:
shining light in darkness, redeeming spiritual impoverishment.
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