How do you live right? Nowadays right and wrong are so interwoven that you hardly know which way to go. This struggle to know where the line between right and wrong is, is illustrated very well in this story: One day a daughter wanted to do something her mother really did not approve of – […]
Read moreEphesians 6:10-20 A friend of mine had a big business. I was surprised to see his business growing from a small one-man job to a big organisation employing hundreds of people. One day I went to see him and saw that not much was going on. No trucks driving in and out. The people were […]
Read moreEphesians 5:6-18 A friend of mine is always unhappy. One mishap after the other befalls him. At one time he nearly lost everything. Although he is now doing well financially, he is very lonely. His friends hang around, but when they leave there is a deep loneliness inside him. He comes to see me, close […]
Read moreSome people in Ephesus were still going in completely the wrong direction. They confessed in words, but it had not yet become visible in their conduct. The things that they did told a different story, the story of what their lives were like before Jesus. I suspect that they had assumed that they could simply […]
Read moreTo recap quickly: Paul is talking in the book of Galatians. Paul was a fanatic follower of the Jewish religion before he started believing in Jesus as Saviour. Peter was one of Jesus’ disciples. Both proclaimed the same Gospel and they agreed that Paul would proclaim the gospel to non-Jews, while Peter would do so […]
Read moreOne of my best friends is a missionary in the Ukraine. They are assisting the church there to get back on its feet and to make a difference wherever they go. The small congregations that already exist have nothing. Actually, they can’t survive, but still they are driven to proclaim Jesus’ message wherever they go. […]
Read morePaul repeatedly speaks directly to the congregation of Corinth. He speaks to them in a way that everybody can understand. It’s so practical that we don’t have to say much more to understand it ourselves and to make it part of our lives. Take verse one of Chapter 7: 1With promises like this to pull […]
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