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We are a vibrant and diverse family. We're a group of imperfect people who love each other deeply. As we do life together, we trust God to heal us, mature us and equip us for His purposes. We desire to see God’s Kingdom come on earth; in our families and in our communities.

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260816 // Normal Christianity // Mariette Loubser

Full-time ministry isn't a title, it's a lifestyle available to anyone who says yes. A message on what it looks like to partner with the Holy Spirit at work, at school, and in everyday conversations, with real stories of healing and salvation along the way.
Aug 10

260809 // The Seven Churches of Revelation: Thyatira // Richard Chapman

The church at Thyatira was doing almost everything right — yet Jesus gives them the longest, most piercing rebuke of all seven letters. A look at Revelation 2:18-29, the slow slide from temptation to tolerance to compromise, and what it means to hold fast to Jesus when everything around you says it's fine to blend in.
Aug 5

260726 // The Seven Churches of Revelation // Rudi Botha

What happens when the world doesn't mind you being a Christian, as long as you're not exclusively one? A look at the church at Pergamos, the ancient strategy of compromise from within, and what it means to walk to Christ's rhythm instead of the world's.
Jul 20

260719 // The Seven Churches of Revelation: Smyrna // Beléne Coetzer

Smyrna was crushed, impoverished, and persecuted — and Jesus calls them rich. Second in our series on the seven churches of Revelation, this one sits with the cost of real faithfulness, and asks what we're willing to hold onto when it isn't easy.
Jul 13

250712 // The Seven Churches of Revelation: Ephesus // Beléne Coetzer

Ephesus looked like the perfect church — hardworking, sound, enduring. So why does Jesus say they'd lost something essential? First in our series on the seven churches of Revelation, this one asks whether we've swapped devotion for routine.
Jun 30

260628 // The Seven Churches of Revelation Introduction // Beléne Coetzer

Even the disciple who knew Jesus best fell down as dead when he saw Him in glory. We open a new series on Revelation by looking at John's vision of the glorified Christ — and why a book so often read with fear was actually written to give hope.
Jun 22

260621 // THE Father's Day // Hennie Coetzer

Before we ever called someone "dad," there was the first Father — the one our earthly fathers were always meant to point us to. This Father's Day, Henny traces the Father's heart from Genesis to the cross, landing on the longest recorded prayer Jesus prayed before His crucifixion: that we would know we are loved, not because of what we do, but because of whose we are.Whether your experience of an earthly father was good, harsh, distant, or absent, this message points to the Father who has been speaking one thing over you since the beginning: "You are good. You are loved. You are mine."📍 Shofar Christian Church | Cape Town, South Africa🔔 Subscribe for weekly sermons📱 Find us on YouTube and Spotify — search Shofar Cape Town South## Timestamps00:00 – Welcome & Father's Day reflections02:35 – The first Father, before any earthly dad03:22 – A testimony: turning to God as Father04:44 – Introducing John 17 — Jesus's longest recorded prayer06:28 – Genesis 1: "Let us make man" — family from fullness07:14 – "It was very good" — identity before achievement09:39 – Genesis 2: created to tend and keep11:39 – Luke 3: "You are my beloved Son" at the Jordan13:16 – Affirmed before any miracle or sermon14:06 – The Mount of Transfiguration14:49 – John 13: identity secures Jesus for the towel and basin15:25 – Into John 17 — the structure of Jesus's prayer17:01 – Praying for believers who would come after — us19:43 – "Loved them even as you loved me"21:13 – Verse 24: desiring us to see and share His glory22:05 – Thomson quote: "Successful fathering is obedient sonship"22:50 – Luke 11:13 — how much more will the Father give24:15 – Reflection: what is your opinion of yourself?26:18 – A mandate to tend, keep, and cultivate27:29 – Altar call & response time29:22 – Closing prayer
Jun 16

260614 // Giving: A Biblical Study of Tithing // Beléne Coetzer

Giving: A Biblical Study of Tithing — Beléne Coetzer **Shofar Christian Church - Cape Town South** Few topics make a congregation go as quiet as money. Beléne names that tension right at the start — and then does something unexpected with it. Rather than appealing to obligation or guilt, she takes the congregation on a journey through the entire Bible to answer one question: what was tithing always actually about? Using the progressive revelation method, she traces the concept through four movements. It begins before the law ever existed, with Abraham spontaneously giving a tenth of his battle spoils to Melchizedek — priest of God Most High, king of righteousness, king of peace. No law compelled him. It was pure worship: I know who gave me this victory, and I give back because of that. That moment, Beléne argues, is the DNA of everything that follows. Under the law, that heart posture gets formalised into a system that sustained the Levites, funded communal celebration, and cared for the poor. The prophets then expose both failure modes: Amos confronts a congregation that tithes with perfect precision but has no love for their neighbour; Malachi confronts the opposite — warm-hearted people who have simply stopped giving. Both are incomplete. The heart and the discipline belong together. The New Testament brings it home. Jesus doesn't abolish tithing in Matthew 23 — He critiques the Pharisees for obsessing over the percentage while missing justice, mercy, and faithfulness entirely. And in 2 Corinthians 8–9, Paul holds up the Macedonian church as the model: a poor congregation under severe trial who begged for the privilege of giving above their means — not from obligation, but because grace had genuinely changed something inside them. The closing question is the one that lingers: if Jesus is Lord of your life, is He also Lord of your bank account? Not are you giving enough — but does your giving tell the same story that your prayer life does? Scriptures referenced: Genesis 14:18–20 · Matthew 23:23 · Hebrews 7 · 2 Corinthians 8:2–3, 8:9, 9:7, 9:15*

We are a vibrant and diverse family. We're a group of imperfect people who love each other deeply. As we do life together, we trust God to heal us, mature us and equip us for His purposes. We desire to see God’s Kingdom come on earth; in our families and in our communities.

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Shofar Cape Town South
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

45
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Clean
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