I write this daily note because of the concern of my condition by quite a few people. My apologies in advance … this is all about me … sorry! Jenny and I are truly humbled by the prayers, messages and calls we have received due to my illness. We so appreciate the family of God, […]
I am not a politician, nor do I want to be one as I personally feel the more important work is Gospel Work related to a greater Kingdom … that of God’s eternal place in glory. Although I am not qualified to speak about political issues, I want to pick up on an extract from […]
Have you felt guilty because of something you have done? By “something”, I mean a “sin” … whether with your full knowledge, or perhaps without knowing you were sinning? I am certain that if you are a Christian, you will answer “yes”. Guilt is one of the effects of sin and can plague you and […]
Many people believe this life is all there is. You’re born and you live and you die and that’s it. There is only the physical, and when the physical dies that’s the end of you as a being. This sort of thinking leads people to question whether there is a God and whether there is […]
As I was scrolling through the BBC app on my cellphone yesterday, I came across a headline that intrigued me, so I opened the article and found this lead sentence … “A controversial near-total ban on abortion in Poland has taken effect, the government announced, with enforcement from midnight on Wednesday.” The article reports (and […]
We had a funeral today, and the weather forecast was rain … lots of rain. I received a call yesterday asking whether one could postpone the burial if it rains and the grave is waterlogged. I could not answer that question, but the undertaker could. Today, he said, rain or sunshine the burial continues. Like […]
Were you one of those who thought that the Christian life would be a breeze? Did you think being a Christian would mean all your hassles and all your problems would end? Your marriage would be restored as soon as you became a follower of Jesus … your financial difficulties would all go away … […]
Have you ever tried to find out how much etoll gantries cost? I thought it would be pretty easy, only to find that after trying a good few webpages plus the SANRAL site, it’s not so easy. I could not find the section from which you get onto the N1 via the R21 to Benoni. […]
Many years ago, we planted a church in a township outside of the city of Bloemfontein, known as Bloumanda. Bloemfontein was popularly and poetically known as “the city of roses” because of the abundance of these flowers and the annual rose festival held there. The city’s Sesotho name is Mangaung, meaning “place of cheetahs”. Today, […]
Today I was chatting with a woman whose mother has been hospitalized and is on oxygen due to COVID-19. If I understand it correctly, this mother has been ill for the past 30 years and in a frail care facility for the past 20 years. Fifteen of the seventeen patients tested positive for COVID some […]