All too often we find people venerating their leaders, be it political or spiritual leaders. Some of our older readers might remember a man called Jim Jones, founder of the Peoples Temple in the Unites States. His full name was James Warren Jones, an ordained preacher and political activist who became a mass murderer in […]
A skeptic is a person who doubts, mistrusts, is suspicious or uncertain about subject matter placed before them. They are either not sure or unwilling to believe without conclusive evidence. That is, they are not easily convinced! Regarding … “without conclusive evidence” we need to admit that unless the Holy Spirit works in your heart […]
No person becomes a Christian and knows everything they need to know immediately. Even if a person has been Churched for years and then becomes a Christian, they need to be discipled. Take for example doctrines like justification, election, predestination, sanctification or adoption … or what about assurance of salvation, fellowship, evangelism or service. These […]
A lady I met on the flight from Johannesburg, Gauteng, RSA to Atlanta, Georgia, USA when immigrating to the USA, and I have been emailing each other with small updates as to our families. She is a school teacher and during vacation times she travels to the Eastern Cape, RSA to do mission work in […]
Today we notice the response of the missionaries once they were expelled from Pisidian Antioch … they “shook the dust from their feet in protest against” the business and political leaders as well as the Jews who incited their expulsion from the city. During our time pastoring a Church in Welkom in the Free State […]
Like it or not, every single soul appointed to eternal life shall believe and be saved! Ac 13:48 and all who were appointed for eternal life believed. Let’s review this Biblical statement again … due to the Fall in the Garden of Eden where man lost his innocence and sinlessness resulting in total depravity, no person […]
Some might think a change of plan is wrong. Consider the many people who have gone through theological education and have ministered within the confines of a country, say in Britain, Germany or South Africa and yield little results, not because their labors were lacking but because the hearts of the hearers were hardened to […]
As a child I was taught to keep my eyes open and my mouth closed. Naturally for a little farm boy, always outside exploring, talking to imaginary friends as I played Tarzan, climbing from one tree branch to the next, keeping my mouth shut was an impossibility. As the years went by and I grew […]
As children we would look forward to special days such as Christmas, Birthdays and Easter. Why? Because we would be getting something on that special day … a present or some Easter Eggs … and a little bit of fuss. There must have been some sort of excitement and joy in the hearts of those […]
A preacher might be called by God and feel there is nothing else on earth that he desires to do. However, after he has preached, he might be filled with all sorts of emotions. These are tucked away inside. He can’t let his feelings about the sermon be known to his hearers because the results […]