Do you really know God? How do you perceive God? Sometimes I find myself afraid of God. Sometimes I wonder if I am not too lukewarm, and that God is going to spit me out of His mouth. Sometimes I see God like I saw my teachers at school. You see, I was constantly on […]
Read moreIn Greek, different words are used to describe love, the most famous of which are eros, agape, and philia. When translating these words into English, we have to use more words to describe the different forms of love. Eros is romantic love. Agape is self-sacrificing love, of which Jesus is a very good example, and […]
Read moreI enjoy visiting the Kruger Park and watching the animals. Although they are on a completely different level than humans, we can learn a lot from them. We were sitting at a water hole. The elephants were playing quietly. At a distance, a few thirsty zebras were waiting to drink, but did not dare come […]
Read moreOpinions about the COVID-19 abound. And some get very serious about their opinion. I received a sound bite from a very angry preacher. He didn’t hold back at all. He was rude and insulting and called some people names. His opinion is very simple. If you get vaccinated, you are going to hell! It’s the […]
Read moreOften, I find myself fearing death just a little bit. Especially when things are hard, like when the COVID-19 virus is threatening humanity. When the economic markets drop lower than low, there is always just this thought that this might be the end. As I wonder about this, my phone keeps beeping, and some of […]
Read moreMy son competed in a 10-kilometre swim in a dam near Worcester. For the first time I’m acting as feeder – that’s the person on the boat who leans far over the side and uses a long pole to hand the swimmer water, bananas or some kind of energy bar. As we came over the […]
Read moreMy wife and daughter had the privilege to visit Israel. They described the orthodox Jews walking around in their black clothes. Walking down an alley they saw some men in their black clothes arguing with one another. Exactly like they did in the time of Jesus. And that’s all they do the whole day long. […]
Read moreWhen injustice occurs far away, it doesn’t really affect you, but it’s different when it’s closer to home. A farmer is shot dead in a cold-blooded attack in his own home just on the other side of Stellenbosch. His young daughter sees her dad lying in a pool of blood. Their lives destroyed forever by […]
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