The farmer has to work hard for the fruit tree to bear good fruit. Nowadays farming is very scientific and everything is planned in minute detail. The amount of water and nutrients are worked out to the last milliliter. Irrigation programmes are carried out every week. A lot of energy is used to ensure the […]
Read moreI didn’t feel good after the previous piece about sin. Exposure doesn’t make one feel good. It’s not nice to have to go and sit in the corner and shine the spotlight on the sin in all the dark places in your life. It’s not nice being confronted at every turn by all the bad […]
Read more17For there is a root of sinful self-interest in us that is at odds with a free spirit, just as the free spirit is incompatible with selfishness. These two ways of life are antithetical, so that you cannot live at times one way and at times another way according to how you feel on any […]
Read moreAre there some things that you know you are doing that are wrong? Again and again you promise God that you will never do it again, but before you know it you’ve failed once more. How many times have you promised yourself never to enter a porn site again and the next night you’re sitting […]
Read moreSometimes we complicate our faith and our Christianity. We write thousands of books in an attempt to clarify what God’s will is for us. We argue with one another about what the law of God is actually saying and expects from us. Sometimes we get so angry if the other person cannot or will not […]
Read moreCentral to the Reformed theology is Sola Gratia: We are saved through the grace of God alone. There is nothing that I can do that will unlock the gates of heaven for me. Actually, the entry tickets to heaven are handed out for free on the street corners. The tickets have been paid for already. […]
Read morePaul is passionate about helping young Christians and congregations to keep on the right road. He puts all his efforts into doing as much as he can for others so that they too can enter through the gates of heaven. If, after all Paul’s efforts, people again take the wrong road, his heart sinks into […]
Read moreA profession that few people are familiar with is that of the butler. I discovered a little more on SABA’s website, that is the South African Butler Academy. At the Academy people are trained to become butlers. The guys look really grand standing there smiling in the photographs in their penguin suits, starched white shirts, […]
Read moreDo you sometimes feel uncertain about what you believe? Do you wonder whether you are on the right track? Maybe the other guys are right? What if everything you believe are not totally in line! And then suddenly you start wondering whether you are completely missing the point. Sometimes I feel like that as well. […]
Read morePaul really cared for the people of Galatia. He is concerned about them, like a mother. He will not stop nagging them until they return from the bad side. He longs for them to stay within God’s will. 19Do you know how I feel right now, and will feel until Christ’s life becomes visible in […]
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