Linguistically, Christianity is a noun, because it indicates the name of a specific group. I want to say it’s a verb, because being a Christian, a true Christian, presupposes work. Maybe we just need to stop here first. People will start jumping up and down as soon as you start talking about works. They will […]
Read moreWe’ve been camping in the Southern Cape for years and, with a few exceptions, we always have the same neighbours. We’ve become good friends and our families know each other well. One day, my son remarked how much one son was like his father and the other, like his mother. Not only in the way […]
Read moreA relationship is a room or space where people can be themselves. It is a holy place where people dare to reach out to one another, help one another, and even correct one another. If the holy space does not surround and unite people, they do not have a say in one another’s lives. Then […]
Read moreWe had to buy another camera for our ministry, but to be able to do that, we first had to sell the old one. I advertised it on Gumtree. Very early one morning. The first call came just after five. This guy was adamant. He was taking the camera. No questions asked about the condition […]
Read moreIf you woke up one morning and realised that God had spoken to you that night, would you be able to keep quiet? And if God had told you to pack up and go to a foreign country, because He would bless you so much there, would you like sharing that news with your spouse, […]
Read moreSome verses I don’t want to write about. The first part of verse 12 gives us courage to pull through hard times: 12If we stick it out with him, we’ll rule with him … You hold onto this with everything in you. When the suffering becomes too hard, you lift your head and look beyond […]
Read moreA man phoned me, in tears. His wife was caught in another man’s arms. How could they do it? All that was beautiful between them, all those special moments? someone took a big black pen and drew a line through all that was beautiful! A man, owner of a big business, phoned me. He didn’t […]
Read moreWith his crucifixion, Jesus opened a shop with loads of brand new clothes in every town. Anyone could enter and exchange his or her dirty clothes. As you enter, you pass a lovely burning fire. You can throw your old clothes into the fire where they burn to a cinder together with all traces of […]
Read moreWe don’t have the skills to walk through life on our own. Just look at our track record, it doesn’t look good. See the myriad wrong choices we have made already; the many broken relationships left behind; the many bodies left for dead. We made most of these mistakes on our own. We thought we […]
Read morePhilippians 3:4-11 When teenagers fall in love, they can talk for hours and they simply can’t get enough of each other. It’s as if everything else have become so much less important. They want to spend every available minute together. I think back on the time when that happened to my wife and me. We […]
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