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The Philippian Jailer (Part 2)

It’s wonderful for pastors and church leaders when people come to them seeking to know Jesus Christ personally. This is an open invitation to share the Gospel properly and fully so that there are no misunderstandings with regards to the message and the requirements. There are other times when after a sermon is preached or […]

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The Philippian Jailer (Part 1)

Angela our daughter travelled back to the USA yesterday. She needed a PCR test done that lasts for three days. That means from the day of departure until she lands in Chicago. The flight was from OR Tambo to Nairobi to JFK to Chicago. She had one 4 plus hour layover and another one of […]

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The Demon-Possessed Slave Girl (Part 4)

In the most peculiar manner I landed up doing Prison Ministry for a while. Someone who attended our Church for a few months was arrested for the murder of his wife. Although we had not seen him for over a year as he was a Church Hopper, he gave our Church as his Church and […]

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The Demon-Possessed Slave Girl (Part 3)

Without Jesus in your life you are hopeless, helpless and desperate, even if you don’t know it. Earlier tonight I chatted to our neighbor who lives across the road. I asked him how he was and there was a mixture of anger and sadness. Normally he is loving, kind and gentle. He never speaks badly […]

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The Demon-Possessed Slave Girl (Part 2)

We are dealing with a demon possessed slave girl’s salvation as recorded by Doctor Luke in the Book of Acts. I started off yesterday by exposing unscrupulous “church people” who prey on their innocent congregants to gain their money and resources. Today I went to draw money as I had shirts made for two grandsons. […]

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The Demon-Possessed Slave Girl (Part 1)

We are considering three conversions from Acts 16. Over a few days we dealt with Lydia. From today I want to consider the conversion of a demon possessed slave girl. Now, I am certain if you have been reading the newspapers and watching TV news over the past few years you will have seen how […]

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Lydia, Unexpected Convert (Part 4)

Our daughter Angela is returning to the USA on Saturday after being with us for three months. I mentioned on Sunday that we had friends around for a braai. On Monday friends took us for a meal and tonight we had some folk around for a meal. For Angela it was goodbye to these beloved […]

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Lydia, Unexpected Convert (Part 3)

Although it is not totally foolproof, the signs of love will be an engagement ring followed by a wedding ring. The process normally will go through friendship into courtship, followed by engagement and then marriage. The engagement ring is a promise of marriage. The wedding ring makes the relationship permanent. When it comes to conversion […]

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Lydia, Unexpected Convert (Part 2)

Although the subject of “Fellowship” will come up again. I need to tell you a story of our day today. We had some Church folk travel from the East Rand to Tshwane (Pretoria) for a braai. It was a great time of fellowship, food and community because we were all believers. We started off in […]

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Lydia, Unexpected Convert (Part 1)

I have a dear brother who was a pastor for a few years in a difficult church where a number of Freemasons were members. That in itself was challenging, but he struggled with a far bigger problem. This brother was suitably qualified to be a pastor, happily married with a number of children and above […]