Jesus rose from the dead. He conquered death and, therefore, He lives forever. In a way, we also have such a resurrection from the dead experience. It sounds a bit strange, but let me explain. We need to understand that before we repented, our lives were filled with sin, and sin leads to death. This […]
Read moreWe walked out of the church. The message was about love and doing and caring. The children commented that the preacher radiated this in his life. When he asked how things were going, he did so with compassion and was always ready to help, wherever he could. What a beautiful testimony. One day his epitaph […]
Read moreTalk is easy. Advice comes quickly. It’s easy to comment when you’re sitting in the stands, but when you’re involved in the game yourself, it’s not always so easy to follow your own advice. I wrote a sermon about forgiveness. I explained nicely what the Bible expects of us and that we must forgive like […]
Read moreMany books have been written with advice on living a good life or how one should live to achieve success. These books often contain a point or two, but you soon forget it and continue your old way of doing things. However, if you read the Bible’s advice and make it part of your being, […]
Read moreMany times, people distort theology. They put so much emphasis on the fact that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, that we don’t have to do anything to secure our place in heaven, and that it actually frees us from any responsibility to live according to God’s will for us. The problem is […]
Read moreLonzo Green was a well-known American country singer. One day, he visited the house of his cousin, Jim. Obviously, like any teenager would be, Jim’s friends were very excited to meet such a well-known singer. Jim’s parents didn’t allow one of his friends to come inside the house, since he was from the wrong side […]
Read moreI always said that if I had to minister in a congregation, I would return every person’s certificate of church membership. Then we’ll go and sit around the table and learn from the Bible what it means to be a dedicated child of God. The members of the congregation can then send their certificates back […]
Read moreOften, we don’t take a stand for what we believe in. Sometimes people say negative things about God or people look down on what Jesus had done and say it’s just a fairytale and then we don’t say anything. We have all the reasons neatly in place in our minds about not wanting to give […]
Read moreRight at the start of his letter to the people of Colossae Paul expressed his amazement. He takes his hat off to this group of young Christians who after hearing the Gospel felt compelled to grab hold of it, to believe in a living God. And they kept holding on. Against all the odds stacked […]
Read moreScripture Ephesians 5:1-5 One morning I decided to intercede for those people who send prayer requests to me. There are 52. I was deeply moved by all the hurt and need out there. Now I know why the intercessors say they sometimes start crying while putting people and their suffering before the Lord. From the […]
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