A friend tells this story about the shop they had in a rural area. If they caught kids stealing, they would call in the parents. The parents had to give their children a hiding right there and then as punishment for stealing. Eventually they had to stop this practice, because the parents became too rough. […]
Read more1 Thessalonians 1:6-10 (We are now also on Instagram. Follow us here.) It upsets me when men of God mess up. They say and do what they want and it seems as if people follow them blindly. But what they preach is so completely untrue. Like the pastor who sprayed people in the face with […]
Read moreEphesians 5:1-5 Sometimes things happen in your life that push you down between the floor and the polish. Sometimes problems rain down on you one after the other making you feel as if you’re simply not good enough. Yes, at times circumstances make me so blue that I don’t think much of myself. I nearly […]
Read moreOnce when I was still a small boy I went to the corner shop by myself. The droëwors made my mouth water and I couldn’t stop myself breaking off a piece and eating it. While I was chewing the shop attendant came round the corner and caught me! I immediately started crying from the fright […]
Read more1 Corinthians 11:27-34 The people of Corinth sometimes partook of communion as if it was a normal meal. They came to communion being hungry and could not wait to put their teeth into the bread and have a glass of wine. Therefor Paul warns them and carefully explains how communion should be enjoyed. If they […]
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