Click here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:11-15 In Paul’s time many people went around telling everybody who wanted to hear about the great things they’ve done for God. They enjoyed people’s reactions to that. It makes you wonder about their agenda. This is not so unfamiliar to us. There are so many […]
Read moreAs I walk into the gym I glance at the guys walking out showered, neatly dressed, hair combed. These guys look and smell so good as they walk out with a bounce in their step. Then I wish I were them. I wish I was already done like them. Done exercising and done sweating and […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 Sometimes I struggle to believe. What if God doesn’t exist? What if we die one day and nothing happens? No heaven. No life after death. Yes, sometimes doubt gets stuck in my mind. It happens when I look around me and see all the hardship […]
Read moreAt the beginning of his letter Paul talked seriously to the people of Corinth about their way of life and how they should be living. The following chapters look at deeper theological truths. In a way Paul explains the road the children of God have to travel. We must incorporate these truths into our whole […]
Read moreA friend of mine got hurt so much. He had difficulties in his marriage. He was simply broken. He wrote: It’s Sunday evening. Today the bomb exploded again and I went back to the flat. Was in church this morning and felt great. I’m really trying my best to be on my best behaviour for […]
Read moreI was sitting in the steam room, exhausted after a good workout. Satisfied with my daily exercise and sweating out the last bit of weekend excess from my body. I don’t know if it works, but it makes me feel good sitting there sweating for doing nothing. As I was sitting there two young female […]
Read more10What they did to Jesus, they do to us—trial and torture, mockery and murder; what Jesus did among them, he does in us—he lives! 11Our lives are at constant risk for Jesus’ sake, which makes Jesus’ life all the more evident in us. 12While we’re going through the worst, you’re getting in on the best! […]
Read moreMy mother was an exceptional woman. She brought up six boisterous children. Sundays in church she sat stock still, not moving an inch, although she had to keep all six of us in check, because she was the pastor’s wife, you know. One thing about her that I will never forget was her 110% honesty. […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:4-17 We live in a world in which we are pressured to work hard. We teach it to our children. If you want to achieve something in life, get off the couch, stop playing on your phone or tablet the whole day, and start working. Success […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:4-17 I often wonder why people get hurt. There is so much pain in the streets of life. And when you listen to all the stories, you find that it was the choices that people have made that caused so much pain. A man doesn’t get […]
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