As we arrive at Revelation 14 we are aware that chapter 13 ended with: Rev 13:18 This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man’s number. His number is 666. I have no intention to interpret all the signs and symbols in any chapter […]
We are familiar with the beatitudes in Matthew 5 from verse 3 to verse 10 and perhaps even include verses 11-12. These form part of the Sermon on the Mount spreading over chapters 5 to 7. Whilst an ordinate in training at Bible School, I preached almost every Sunday at a Church in Saldanha. It […]
It’s easy to think that because one is a Christian that we are better than others. People in the world might be like this but we who love Jesus cannot be like that because we do not find our identity in possessions, wealth, education, image or our heritage. As followers of the Lord Jesus, we […]
In a way we are tracing the genealogy of the Lord Jesus. In the process we have found that two of the most unexpected people were used by God. The one was Tamar, who was deceiving, revengeful and determined to get even with her father-in-law, Judah, who himself deceived her. Together they parented a son […]
We are trying to get a Biblical handle on why some people find image and status so important. Literally, some cannot live and exist without being recognized as being worthy, important and perhaps a cut above others. I found this illustration and thought it quite provocative … “The trouble is that too many people, Are […]
Have you noticed how some people, be it in the family, place of employment, neighborhood and church can be extremely status conscious? I recall as a new convert I became aware of how one church’s pastor’s wife was addressed (in another language) as “Mrs. Pastor”. Many years later in time I found this to be […]
For a good few days we have considered Lot and the choices he made resulting in many consequences he needed to face. Some believe Lot died as a backslidden believer … others feel he died and lost his soul as an unbeliever. Where I’m inclined to feel the latter, I can’t fight Scripture … and […]
If you have read the Bible cover to cover a few times, you will have noticed that God’s Word deals with the topic of sex … either as good healthy intimacy in marriage or sexual immorality … including using the concept of adultery in a spiritual way … more than any other topic! If you […]
God shows mercy to those attached in some way to Christians. He does not need to, but He does. Perhaps a perplexing part of the Scriptures is 1 Corinthians 7. If you have not read this chapter yet, it might be a good idea for a cold winter’s night. Here, Paul responds to the Corinthian […]
Many years ago, before we were Christian, we obtained a holiday facility on the Berg River near Velddrift in the then Boland, now Western Cape. It was a lovely, restful place for a break-away … which at that time was almost every weekend. Then we became Christian and weekend activities changed from being down at […]