The profile of the people Peter is writing to looked a little different from ours. They were very young Christians. Most of them did not have an example of parents who lived a Christian life. Many of them were slaves and we must remember that slaves were not always treated so well. Slaves were the […]
Read moreYou can possess everything in the world. You can have all the money your heart desires. You can own the biggest, most beautiful house with the fastest, reddest car in the garage. You could’ve established a business empire. You can have the most beautiful, thinnest or strongest spouse or partner. You can be the most […]
Read moreThe photo of a neat man in a neat lounge catches my eye and I start reading Mpho Lekalakala’s post on LinkedIn: In 2010, I was a street hawker in Marabastad, Pretoria. I sold cleaning agents and Cool Time ice lollies. I sold my stuff at the Mabopane taxi rank, on the trains, yes, I […]
Read moreA friend of mine has a business that lends money to small businesses so that they can have the funds to give their small business wings. It’s a win-win situation and everybody benefits. Until they found out that one small business might just be a front. My friend became suspicious and started investigating and phoning. […]
Read moreVeronica invites me into her world: My children and I know exactly what hardship is. We’ve experienced it. My husband and his father spent more on Bacchus than on us. Everything was pawned or sold because of his big thirst – he would’ve died if he couldn’t quench his thirst. 32 years ago, I took […]
Read moreThis is the second part of Tert’s story. Herman is writing it down: In the first part of the story, the beggar told of how someone had prayed for him and how he had been cured of alcoholism. “So, how on earth did you find me?” Tert asked him. “Well, you see, I had a […]
Read moreTert told the story of the day he had breakfast with a former homeless person, and Herman wrote it down: “You see”, said the former homeless person, “I was an alcoholic for 18 years. Eight of those years I was living on the streets. I lost my job, my fiancé kicked me out; I basically […]
Read moreThere is so much injustice in the world. So many people who suffer. I caught the police commissioner’s quarterly report: 5 760 people murdered, 10 006 people raped in South Africa … Shocking. How many people’s lives were broken apart by this, some completely destroyed? What is wrong with those people who did this? We […]
Read moreSome people are built for exercise. Others not. I’m fully in the second category. I don’t know why, but exercise is not easy for me. Even so, I realised that if I wanted to eat what I eat and I didn’t exercise, I would grow like a potato. And that’s why I force myself onto […]
Read moreOne day a pastor stepped onto the pulpit and started tearing pages from the Bible. The congregation was extremely upset and really lay into him. They were very angry and accused him of having no respect for the Word of God. He wanted to demonstrate to the congregation how they actually read the Bible. They […]
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