Joshua 8:34-35 After that, he read out everything written in The Revelation, the blessing and the curse, everything in the Book of The Revelation. There wasn’t a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua didn’t read to the entire congregation—men, women, children, and foreigners who had been with them on the journey. After Jericho […]
Read moreGenesis 3:9 God called to the Man: “Where are you?” I’m planted on the couch, cranky as a bear with a sore head. I feel terrible: deeply tired, thoroughly miserable, and upset. Mostly, with myself. My wife had something to say and asked if I had done this and that. With a straight face, I said no, even though […]
Read moreThe older you get, the more wisdom you have. I wonder why this is, but I suspect it’s because wisdom grows with maturity. You can tell from a mile away when a couple is arguing, because you have argued furiously a few times. During the first few words of a conversation with a businessman, you […]
Read moreI was lying in my bed when I heard someone climbing through the window. Within seconds I saw him entering the room. In the moonlight shining through the window, I glimpsed his AK47. My heart was hammering in my chest. I could see him softly opening one wardrobe door after the other. I could see […]
Read moreI often find myself in a dead-end street. So many times, I get home all bloody. Many, many times, the people around me end up hurt because of what I’ve said and done, because I didn’t concentrate on hearing God’s whisper. Has this ever happened to you too? Some people have the gift of hearing […]
Read moreIn the Old Testament God spoke to Moses on the Mount Sinai. It was not a very enjoyable experience for people and animals. They were afraid. After that, God spoke to His people through priests and prophets. Then Jesus came to earth and what a powerful message of salvation and grace He brought to us […]
Read moreIn 2013, I received this beautiful email from Oom Jannie de Beer: Years ago, I received the calling to enter the ministry. In 1957, at 19 years old, I went to college. During my probation period, we were in a car accident, and I lost my wife. I went back to being an artisan. For […]
Read moreHow strong is your faith? How far would you go for what you believe in? Where would your road of faith end? Where would you stop acting in faith and start thinking you might be mad? What if you got this idea to build a kind of vehicle that would take you and your family […]
Read moreI wasn’t your picture-perfect learner. My friends and I spent our time riding around on our motorcycles, bunking off school, and playing the board game, Risk. At the end of matric, I barely managed to get matric exemption. It didn’t go much better at varsity and I managed to make my three-year BA degree last […]
Read moreGod talks to his children through his Word. It’s his microphone. It’s a pity the volume is set so low. But that is God’s nature. He doesn’t shout. He talks softly, like grandpa. I still remember the time my grandpa stayed with us. He was confined to his bed and my mom had to do […]
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