I was drinking a percolated coffee on a farm. It was harvest time. Outside you could hear the workers gathering the harvest and loading the trucks. I was fairly tired from recording the Sunday sermon. Suddenly a man came in. I recognised him from somewhere, but couldn’t make the connection. Then I remembered I had […]
Read moreMany people are made to be decent. It’s as if they never do anything wrong. Their hair is always perfect. They are really pleasant people and won’t harm a fly. I wish I could’ve been like that, but I’m more of a boundary tester. And it’s not as if I go looking to test the […]
Read more26So now we have a high priest who perfectly fits our needs: completely holy, uncompromised by sin … The same day I was reading this verse, a message about pornography went out on Crossroads. The readers’ feedback left me speechless: THIS IS SHOCKING!! I am going to pray for these people today. You always pray […]
Read moreA friend of mine works for a major international firm of attorneys. At the height of Covid-19, I asked him how the company was doing in this difficult time. He said his division was doing fairly well, but the people in litigation were struggling, because the courts were closed. He added that the people with […]
Read moreI’ve written about this before, but I do think we should say it to one another again: The truth always comes out! We know this since childhood. Wrong deeds will come to light some time or another. I’ve experienced this truth many times in my life. When I was at school, I was often in […]
Read moreWhile we were growing up, there was no such thing as Grade R. Even playschools weren’t that common. We ate, played, ate, played and slept. So it was no surprise that many of us got quite weepy when we were pushed into a classroom. It felt like a cage to us. Everything was unfamiliar. The […]
Read moreWhat a guy! Paul calls a spade a spade. He is writing this personal letter to his pal, Philemon, with one goal in mind: Philemon needs to take back his slave, Onesimus. Onesimus had messed up; he had stolen and run away. But now he has repented and must return home. Paul knew Philemon well. […]
Read moreMany, many times I am amazed by God’s grace. The immensity of God’s grace is simply too awesome for me to understand. How can God love a sinful guy like me, just like that? But even more, how can God take the punishment for all the wrong things I have ever done? And for all […]
Read moreAs we know Paul, he doesn’t just dish out a list of instructions; he also gives some guidelines about how we should carry out those instructions. He says we must clean that bowl so that God can use us. This is his first suggestion: 22Run away from infantile indulgence. Why does the grass on the […]
Read morePieter asked me to lead a memorial service on the farm for one of the farm workers. The worker had accompanied them to a show in Port Elizabeth and had to hold two horses. The two horses started moving around and one kicked the other. Unfortunately, the worker was caught between the two horses and […]
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