Sometimes one needs to be very honest. Yes, I know everyone makes mistakes, some more than others and some much bigger mistakes. One of mine is that I sometimes lose it. It just happens. One moment I’m still talking normally, completely levelheaded, only to slowly lower my head a few seconds later knowing now I’ve […]
Read moreA very good friend of mine is brilliant with stocks and shares. He and his firm have won the Raging Bull Award in South Africa for several years in a row. The award is given to the best fund managers every year, and you really need to know what you’re doing to be eligible, let […]
Read moreDriving to Cape Town Harbour, I marvelled at my bakkie’s steering wheel. With power steering, you just touch it with your little finger and turn it comfortably. As you turn, the whole heavy bakkie follows your lead. We stop this side of the dry dock. That’s where they park the boats that need to be […]
Read moreSometimes it’s good to take some time to concentrate on who Jesus is. When we look at Jesus, we look through the lens of the crucifixion, resurrection and forgiveness of sin. This is understandable, because these were such life-giving events in the lives of all of us who are sinners that we tend to restrict […]
Read moreWho has power over you? Who controls you? Who are you are afraid of? The one that says jump and you ask immediately how high? I suspect a few men would softly say that one person is their wife. No, that’s just a joke! Without realizing it, many of us are in the power of […]
Read moreEphesians 5:6-18 When I was a student I was a bus driver for Intercape. I really enjoyed it and the R50 a day that I earned then was quite a good salary for the time. Something the owner, Johan Ferreira, was very serious about, was safety. The buses were big and fast and a small […]
Read moreEphesians 5:6-18 Some sins aren’t sins until you use too much of it or do too much of it. I suspect if you put the words “too much” in the same sentence it changes into sin. Say, for example, with wine. I still remember the time when I worked as a farm manager on a […]
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