We are faced with choices every day. Some are easy choices. Some we just know from the start are wrong, and we don’t even look in that direction. With some, it’s not always so easy to see which way is right. Sometimes we know it’s wrong, but we still do it, because it’s fueled by […]
Read moreJames showed us in a simple way what wisdom means. But now, with the last verse, he drops a bombshell: 18You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and […]
Read moreIt’s Father’s Day and again I’m awake early. I scroll through my Facebook feed and stop at a wonderful post by a friend in praise of her dad. I quote a few of the 20 things she highlighted: My Dad who starts every meal (three times a day) holding hands and saying grace! My Dad […]
Read moreThe second part of verse 7 tells us about another characteristic that we as Christians should show in our lives: 7And here you yourself must be an example to them of good deeds of every kind. Let everything you do reflect your love of the truth and the fact that you are in dead earnest […]
Read moreAn English proverb says: Birds of a feather flock together. In Afrikaans, we say ons dam se ganse (the geese that belong in our dam). I suspect this is true for all of us. We choose friends that are more or less like us. We choose schools for our children where the education is the […]
Read more(Reminder: If you have not yet completed the questionnaire, please click here. We really appreciate your effort! ) Philippians 1:19-26 During the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England we lost the first game against Japan. What a shock for all South Africans. Before the World Cup Heineke and Jean had promised that they would make us […]
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