I saw a cartoon of Moses and his friend fishing in the river. Moses’ line is quite deep in the water, but the stream had dammed up where his friend had thrown in his line, and it was now on a strip of dry land. Moses’ friend looked at him and said: “That’s not funny, […]
Read moreThere’s this story about a man who often went mountain-climbing. He was an experienced mountain-climber and enjoyed discovering all the different routes. One day, on a new route, he stopped for lunch. He opened his packed lunch and thanked God for the privilege to eat in such a beautiful place. The climber got so caught […]
Read moreIt’s not always easy to keep our faith when things go badly. All of us remember a time when our faith faltered. Danie talks honestly about how his faith slipped away one day: This morning, three friends and I went playing golf at the Rossmund Golf Club outside Swakopmund, where we are on holiday. When […]
Read moreI’ve told the story before of how four of us went to visit another friend in Australia. We had a great time together with lots of sports. Amongst others, we spent a week on a yacht near the Great Barrier Reef. We all had specific duties on the yacht and mine was to man the […]
Read moreGod cannot lie. It’s not His style, not part of His story. If God lied, He would no longer be God. We’ll never be able to be God, because we’re saddled with a few faults – one of which is that sometimes we can’t live and speak the whole truth. It’s impossible for God, however, […]
Read moreWhen animals get hurt, they hide. Maybe because they don’t know what to do about the hurt. Sometimes people are like that too. Especially the strong ones. You’re not allowed to say you’re sick. You have to be the strong one. There’s no time now for sitting down and we simply go on. But that’s […]
Read moreI didn’t know my own father well, because apart from the fact that he died when I was thirteen years old, he was a minister and, in those days, the minister belonged to the congregation. He spent the majority of his time with the congregation. What I do remember about my dad, though, is his […]
Read moreSometimes I wish we could take out some parts of the Bible or simply skip over them. Those parts that grab you by the throat and stop you dead. Like these verses: 7-11Today, please listen; don’t turn a deaf ear as in “the bitter uprising,” that time of wilderness testing! Even though they watched me […]
Read moreThe army days weren’t fun, but they were good. I learned a lot about myself and about other people. And I also learned a lot about the army and how things work in the army. When you enter the army, you’re nothing. In the first six weeks of basic training, which felt like a year, […]
Read moreThe author of Hebrews drives the point home again and again. He wants his readers to hear the message again and again: There is no one like Jesus. He is the greatest. There is no one like Him in the whole universe. Do you see Jesus like that too? Well, after looking at all his […]
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