It’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 moreI’ve never met Dolf, but we chat often. He’s from the real Johannesburg. He calls a spade a spade. He found God with a bang, and because of his background, he’s not afraid to tackle anyone about their faith in God. Even pastors and ministers and other people of God should just keep going if […]
Read moreI’ve never been a fan of the beach. My mom says that when I was a baby, I didn’t like touching the sand. If she tried to put me down, I immediately started crying and pulled up my legs. My dad always said the sea made him feel sticky and actually only went to the […]
Read moreThis weekend I was officiating at the wedding ceremony of my brother’s daughter in the mountains just outside Rawsonville. The ceremony was held outside. The weather forecast said it was going to rain. There was no plan B. So, everybody prayed. I also asked for the Lord’s favour, that He would take the rain to […]
Read moreLife is filled with choices. Big ones and small ones. Every day we stand at the stop sign and have to make a choice. Most of them have only one correct choice. Some of these choices are so small, but the consequences can have a radical effect on people’s lives. I was driving home from […]
Read moreSometimes in my life I’m uncertain. Times when I doubt whether I believe correctly. My thoughts run around in circles and spiral down to a place where it feels as if my faith has in a sense left me. At times like these I feel as if I’m barking up the wrong tree and I […]
Read moreMy heart bleeds for a good friend of mine who is going through such hardship. He and his wife received a calling to lead a hundred. At first his wife didn’t want to go, but the Lord gave her not one, but two signs that this was exactly where He wanted them to fly. My […]
Read moreI was sitting at the table chatting to one of the actors in Binnelanders. He gave his life to the Lord just recently. His first question to me was whether it was wrong to doubt. I could see myself in his shoes, because although I’ve been a child of God for a long time, at […]
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