I like walking in other people’s shoes to understand their experiences and hearts better. However, Abraham and Sarah’s shoes are a bit too big for me. Imagine how big their smiles were when Sarah, at 100 years old, told Abraham she was pregnant! At first, he must have thought she was joking, followed by shock […]
Read moreWe had to buy another camera for our ministry, but to be able to do that, we first had to sell the old one. I advertised it on Gumtree. Very early one morning. The first call came just after five. This guy was adamant. He was taking the camera. No questions asked about the condition […]
Read moreIf you woke up one morning and realised that God had spoken to you that night, would you be able to keep quiet? And if God had told you to pack up and go to a foreign country, because He would bless you so much there, would you like sharing that news with your spouse, […]
Read moreWith his crucifixion, Jesus opened a shop with loads of brand new clothes in every town. Anyone could enter and exchange his or her dirty clothes. As you enter, you pass a lovely burning fire. You can throw your old clothes into the fire where they burn to a cinder together with all traces of […]
Read moreWe don’t have the skills to walk through life on our own. Just look at our track record, it doesn’t look good. See the myriad wrong choices we have made already; the many broken relationships left behind; the many bodies left for dead. We made most of these mistakes on our own. We thought we […]
Read morePhilippians 3:4-11 When teenagers fall in love, they can talk for hours and they simply can’t get enough of each other. It’s as if everything else have become so much less important. They want to spend every available minute together. I think back on the time when that happened to my wife and me. We […]
Read morePhilippians 1:5 There’s an old saying that the first thing a South African does in a new place is to secede. And there’s a whole lot of truth in that statement. So many communities have been torn apart by two difficult old men who simply could not agree and sit around one table. So many […]
Read moreEphesians 5:21-33 Paul gives the Ephesians good advice. First, he identified and addressed all those wrong roads which they took so often. Now he focuses on marriage, the most important cornerstone of society. One that is taking a massive beating in our time. Paul knows how important it is to a healthy society and gives […]
Read more(Crossroad now also available via WhatsApp. Please click HERE to receive Crossroad via WhatsApp.) I receive a moving, hurt, raw to the bone, call: I was at the police station today. I was charged. I’m fed up. Sometimes it feels as if there is nothing to live for anymore. I know in my heart I have […]
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