I read this beautiful story somewhere: With the term drawing to a close, the class was unruly. Their behaviour was intolerable to everyone. It was Rassie who sprayed the teacher’s snow-white dress full of ink. She ran to the principal’s office in tears. But when she got there, there was no ink on her clothes, […]
Read moreFor 26 years, Namibia fought for its independence. South West Africa, as it was called at that time, was governed by South Africa and the ruling party simply did not want the country to be governed by its people. Young men were obliged to go to war for one to two years straight after school, […]
Read moreThe penalty for sin is death. If you sinned, you died and ended up in hell. Death was the devil’s playground and, unfortunately, many people walked the road to death. Fortunately, God had a plan to stop this catastrophe once and for all. Jesus was sent to earth to be the Saviour and make a […]
Read moreI’m a visual person and love to construct my own stories. Often, I want to be a fly against the wall to witness the birth of something big. I would rather wish to be in God’s meeting room when man’s salvation was planned. It was God’s overflowing love for mankind who set everything in motion. […]
Read moreThe pinnacle of our faith, that which leaves one’s mouth hanging open, which is actually far too great for our minds to comprehend, is that Jesus, the Son of God, died in our place. 24He used his servant body to carry our sins to the Cross so we could be rid of sin, free to […]
Read moreFrieda van den Heever wrote this moving story: “One day, there was a kingdom of acorns at the foot of a big old oak tree. They were fully Western acorns – very modern. The “millennials” busy with purposeful energy. “Mid-life, baby-boomer” acorns involved in a whole bunch of self-help courses. Seminars were offered: “How to […]
Read moreIn the period after Jesus, many, many people were saved. But it wasn’t easy. 14…Friends, do you realize that you followed in the exact footsteps of the churches of God in Judea, those who were the first to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ? Choosing Jesus was not the easy route. On the contrary. […]
Read morePhilippians 2:6-11 Do we really understand what Jesus has done for us? One sometimes hears stories about people who gave up everything in their lives to spread the gospel in a far-off place. Beautiful. But what the almighty God has done cannot be compared to any good by a human. We sometimes make the mistake […]
Read moreTry and put yourself in Jesus’ shoes. Just getting on with his life in heaven, doing those things fitting for a prince. A comfortable royal life with more than enough people around Him to do everything for Him. And from time to time He and God have board meetings with the other big shots in […]
Read morePhilippians 1:19-26 20… regardless of whether I live or die, said Paulus. A simple sentence, but saying so much. It takes my breath away and a few questions keeps running through my head over and over again: Am I prepared to do the same? Am I prepared to keep on making a difference in people’s […]
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