I read the verse over and over again, not making much sense of it: 5 Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel 6 that has come to you (New English Translation). Eventually, I take a pen and […]
Read morePhilippians 3:1-3 Do you know what really irritates me? When people who believe differently from me makes me feel inferior about the way I believe. As if I’m missing the point through my way of believing, because, actually, their way is the right way. Sometimes I find myself doubting and before I know it, I’m […]
Read moreEphesians 6:10-20 I often say: Life is not easy! That is so. Life is not easy. So much is expected of us. The bar of life is often lifted just that little bit higher, even though we are already struggling to get over the lower height. The possibility of failure becomes so much bigger. Sometimes […]
Read moreThis message may be a little too much for some. I apologise in advance if I’m stepping on some toes, but I’m only trying to stay true to what I’m reading in the Bible. Sometimes as a Christian you have to talk tough, dust off the books and take a hard look at the way […]
Read moreI ran into a friend of mine at the gym, and could immediately see that things weren’t good on the Monday morning. And not only because he went overboard over the weekend and now found exercising difficult. He was on his way to a client when that person called to say he wasn’t feeling well […]
Read morePaul didn’t write the letters that he sent to the congregations himself. He dictated and Tertius wrote it down. The reason for this was probably Paul’s poor handwriting. After the letter was written, Paul usually signed it personally, but in ending off the letter to the Galatians he did something a little different. He was […]
Read moreOn organ donors’ day the radio station broadcast programmes to make people aware of organ donation. I never knew that they called it ‘harvesting’ organs! And the listeners called in with various questions, the ones one normally asks: do they ensure that I’m completely dead before they take my organs? Can I donate my organs […]
Read moreI get a lot of questions about the Holy Spirit. As the Holy Spirit moves quietly and does not overpower our lives, some people are sometimes uncertain whether they do indeed have the Spirit and what else they have to do to receive the Holy Spirit. In this part, Paul is talking to the Galatians […]
Read morePaul is struggling with the Galatian people. Initially, it went really well, but he’s feeling discouraged. They accepted Jesus as Saviour and they received the Holy Spirit. But then they listened to people who don’t believe in Jesus and chose to become enslaved to the law again. 1You crazy Galatians! Did someone put a hex […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 Sometimes I struggle to believe. What if God doesn’t exist? What if we die one day and nothing happens? No heaven. No life after death. Yes, sometimes doubt gets stuck in my mind. It happens when I look around me and see all the hardship […]
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