Author: Don Kirkwood

The Bible is God’s wonderful gift to us His children. Have you ever thought what life would be like as a Christian without the Bible? There are many things people cannot do without in life, but for a Christian, the one thing we cannot do without is the Bible. If you belong to the Reformed […]

Yesterday I said that one of the most difficult things in life to do is to communicate which led me into writing about “the environment of prayer” where we noted that prayer is a fact needing a specific place to prayer … one that is private so that we can pray to our Father in […]

One of the most difficult things in life to do is to communicate. I suppose, like me, there are many people who talk a lot … but that is not necessary communication. The art of communication is not just being heard, but being listened to. The school teacher might say something like … “you hear […]

As a child in Primary School I was seriously interested in rugby. Coming from Cape Town, I supported the Western Province team by default because so many of the Springbok Rugby Team came from “Province”. Then coupled to this, the Sunday School I attended had a teacher by the name of Johnny Gainsford. Not only […]

In life we have various requirements when applying for a position in the working environment. This is true with many other areas of life. Say you were applying for a teaching post, the requirements at a minimum would be something like this … a bachelor’s degree in the relevant field (geography, history, science, mathematics, etc.), […]

Often people belonging to a gang, be it in society or in prison, have at least one tattoo identifying themselves with the gang where they have membership. So in certain areas where gangsterism is rife, be it in our country or another country, police, once they have apprehended a person for some crime or the […]

As followers of the Lord Jesus Christ we have one of the greatest blessings after salvation. This blessing is the gateway to the ear of God for an audience. We call this prayer or talking to God. As a husband and wife enjoy union through communication, so we enjoy communing with God through prayer. Jen […]

As a child, we as a family went on one holiday. I was 4 years old when dad took mom, my sister and myself from Cape Town to Florida, Johannesburg by train to visit my uncle (dad’s brother) and his wife. Picture a four year-old farm boy jailed in a small four-sleeper compartment for two […]

Relationships are always challenging because at some stage or the other something goes wrong … and the reason is that when you put two or more sinners together there will always be friction of some sort and at some stage. Look around the world as you read newspapers and magazines and watch TV news. See […]

Those who grew up during the “Depression” (August 1929 to March 1933) and lived through the Second World War (1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945) knew what survival was all about. Both periods were extremely hard financially, emotionally and relationally. During these periods people would have to supplement their income or create an income […]