23Again, this is God’s command: to believe in His personally named Son, Jesus Christ. The biggest thing God asks of us, the most important rule for everyone, is to believe in Jesus Christ. We must believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that God chose Him to die for the sins of all […]
Read moreIt’s getting harder and harder to believe. The smarter humans become, the more they get to know science, the deeper they dig into the mighty universe, the greater the challenge to believe like a child. Jesus said we must believe like children again to inherit eternal life. When the knowledgeable people investigate God’s Word it […]
Read moreSometimes I wonder if God and Jesus are real. Yes, sometimes I’m overcome with doubt and then I wonder. But then I think to myself that my father and all the other great theologians would certainly not have missed the mark. Then I pity people who don’t believe. One day they will get such a […]
Read moreIt’s Christmas and my friend and his family are in another country. As they’re getting ready to go to their church on Christmas Day with their eldest son, the youngest son says he’s not going with them. The older brother takes him on and wants to know why not. Shocked, he hears his brother say: […]
Read moreLife isn’t easy. Challenges are plentiful. It’s a challenge to pay all the bills at the end of the month and then suddenly something breaks, or a thief comes in the night and takes even the little you do have. It breaks you. I don’t get it, but when you need it most, relationships fall […]
Read moreIf someone told you that they believed in how wonderful a specific product was, but they haven’t used the product to experience how wonderful it was, would you buy the product? I think not. I believe in prayer. I really believe in prayer because I repeatedly experience the effect of prayer in my life. But […]
Read moreI am an ardent Gumtree fan. For those of you who don’t know, it’s an online platform where you can buy and sell things. I’ve bought and sold many things on Gumtree. The drone that we use to record material for our YouTube sermons had to be replaced. We then received a substantial donation from […]
Read moreIf your best friend was struggling financially and you had access to inexhaustible funds, would you give them enough money to keep their head above water? If you had a remedy that could cure your friend’s incurable disease, would you share it? If you had a book that saved your marriage from the divorce court, […]
Read moreOn the one hand, many people have a problem with Rahab who helped the Israelite spies in Joshua 1. On the other hand, here she’s used as an example: 25The same with Rahab, the Jericho harlot. Wasn’t her action in hiding God’s spies and helping them escape—that seamless unity of believing and doing—what counted with […]
Read moreI am privileged to lead the annual harvest prayer meeting with the Helderberg farmers, just this side of Somerset West. I’m quite familiar with the area since I’ve worked on a wine farm for a few years. I enjoy spending time with fellow farmers retelling all the old stories stored in a deep filing cabinet. […]
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