Many people are persecuted for a host of different reasons. It has been like this since man was banished from the Garden and it continues today. In 2020 the “World Watch List” provided an assessment of 50 countries where Christianity faces the most severe types of persecution. At the very top of the list where […]
Like it or not, Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk were peacemakers. Certainly they had negotiators assisting them, but as opposing leaders they saw beyond themselves and their political groupings to a people and a nation that were literally on the verge of war. I am aware how many people from my ethnicity feared 1990 […]
Not many Christians realize how serious God is with what He permits His people to do and what He bans us from doing. Have you ever wondered why God gave us a Bible? Yes … it was to reveal His Rescue Plan in Jesus Christ. He did this over thousands of years. But why the […]
The late American singer who was blind, Roy Orbison sang a song known as “Pretty Woman”. At the end of the first verse he uses the word mercy … “Pretty woman, walkin’ down the street. Pretty woman the kind I like to meet. Pretty woman I don’t believe you, you’re not the truth. No one […]
Contrary to the way the world thinks and works, we find God thinking and working differently in the Bible. I don’t know the history of your life and neither do you know mine, so let me say that I have never been hungry and thirsty in my life! Yes I have been hungry for the […]
Inheritance is always a difficult matter to deal with, perhaps because most assets are not listed in a will, even where there are multiple beneficiaries. Unhappiness, shouting, fighting, court cases because of greed and want could easily be part of contesting a will. Would the diseased have wanted that? This is why it would be […]
For most people, a funeral service is a sober moment for two reasons. (1) The loss of the person who has died. (2) The realization that you too will die and you never know when this will happen. When you attend a Burial Service, Memorial Service or Cremation Service, the normal response you offer to […]
In the 1970’s and into the 1980’s we used to sing a spiritual song with the lyrics … “Heaven is a wonderful place, Filled with glory and grace, I want to see my Savior’s face, Heaven is a wonderful place.” There is nothing wrong with these words. It is a catchy song that is forward looking […]
We live during a confusing period in the history of the world. One will say … ‘blessed are the rich,” whilst another says the poor needs to be cared for. (1) Those rich in the eyes of the world are honored, respected and treated with special privilege and distinction. There are many wealthy people who […]
Some people follow and befriend others for the wrong reasons. All too often it is for ulterior motives such as getting a girl or guy into bed, milking someone’s wealth, getting to meet the friends (contacts) they have for business purposes … and as you know, the list is endless. In Jesus’ day, although the […]