My friend since primary school days has to be rushed to hospital early in the morning. He is caught fast in the chains of Covid. His lungs are raw from all the coughing. His oxygen count drops drastically, while his sugar count is off the charts. His chest is tight and he struggles to breathe. […]
Read moreI’m a farmer through and through. It was a wonderful experience working as a farm manager on two glorious Boland wine farms for 12 years. You work hard throughout the year. First, you prune until your hands seize up in the early morning hours. Shortly after that, buds start appearing on the grey, lifeless vine […]
Read more(Many of us have a lot of uncertainties about the COVID 19 vaccination. I cannot tell you what to do, because it is everyone’s personal choice. But here is a good article (click here) to help you make a responsible choice. May God help us to make the right choice.) One will never know how […]
Read morePS Many people will not be able to go to church in the coming weeks. However, we can minister to them electronically. Feel free to forward this message to them with ebyb@kruispad.com in the CC line. We will then add them to our free distribution list. Early Monday morning, my wife, Renata, went to Spar. […]
Read moreRecently I’ve been so amazed by the Bible, the Word of God. If it were the words of humans, it would no longer have existed. Other people would’ve explained what it meant and the words wouldn’t have had any meaning for others any more. But because God Himself was the Author, the words of the […]
Read moreLet’s think a little about who God is. How does one get to know God? When you look at a painting, it tells you about the painter. Some people know a painter so well that they can tell you the painter’s emotional state or age when that painter painted a specific picture. Without us realizing […]
Read moreBefore dawn one Friday morning I noticed a young man, handsome and strong, walking through the back alleys of the city. He was pulling an old cart filled with clothes both bright and new. As he pulled the cart he was calling out in a clear, powerful voice, “Rags! Rags! New rags for old! I […]
Read morePhilippians 3:12-16 Each of us sees the world through a different lens. This lens is shaped by our parents, our training, our friends and even strangers who unexpectedly appear in our lives. Like sunglasses that only allows some rays through, the lens through which we look at the world only lets certain rays through. That […]
Read morePhilippians 3:12-16 Each of us sees the world through a different lens. This lens is shaped by our parents, our training, our friends and even strangers who unexpectedly appear in our lives. Like sunglasses that only allows some rays through, the lens through which we look at the world only lets certain rays through. That […]
Read moreMany of us live a compartmentalized life. As if we put on a different jacket for every new set of circumstances. I act in a certain way at work, which is different from the way I am at home or with my friends. With my mates I will tell a joke of a certain standard, […]
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