You have heard the saying … “He bites like a bulldog.” The extension of that is … “When the bulldog bites, it never lets go.” Someone wants speaking of another said … “She is like a bulldog. She does not let go.” Depending on what it is this could be a good or a bad […]
I am sure that just about every pastor or Christian Worker, as well as many Christians have had people talk to them about Christianity. They seem interested. They ask all sorts of questions … yet the one matter they never touch on is their sin and their need to deal with their sin. Mostly such […]
In the days before we had cellphones, Jenny and I were returning from visiting an elderly lady on a small holding in a type of rural setting. As we travelled home on a gravel road, a Telkom bakkie entered our road, which was the “main road”, the driver not looking … just driving cross right […]
There was a radio host on one or two radio stations in South Africa known as Eusebuis McKaiser. He was an exceptionally talented man, gifted with a good brain. I used to pray that God would save his soul because with such giftedness he could have been a great defender of the Christian Faith. He […]
I do not watch movies about fictitious court cases. They are engineered to achieve a climax to the movie. I have however watched some court cases on South African TV as well as some on the State Capture Proceedings. What came to my mind is that some advocates and their legal teams prepare well and […]
You have heard of the saying … “passing the buck”. The term is said to have originated from a ritual practiced during card games. The card players would place a marker, called a “buck” in front of the person who was dealing. This marker would be passed to the next player who would become the […]
There is something we Christians need to grasp and understand in our hearts and minds. It is this … the Christian God is the God of the Bible, the God who created all things from absolutely nothing and is the only true, living God. There is no other. He is the One who came to […]
The picture suddenly reminds us of God’s purpose for Paul’s journey to Jerusalem. You might recall how many pleaded with him not to enter the Mother City, yet he was persistent … in fact, he was adamant to present himself there. The Mother Church’s eldership were concerned about the gossip going around about him and […]
We started and ended yesterday mentioning doctrine. Negatively and positively doctrine divides. The negative is that it divides causing anger, frustration and even fighting. The positive is that doctrine divides truth from error. As previously stated, although Luke records Paul’s knowledge of the Sadducees and Pharisees different beliefs about the resurrection from the dead, I […]
I am certain you have heard it … and I would most likely have said it a few times since I started writing Daily Notes … Doctrine divides! Being a pastor I have counselled a fair amount of people over 40 odd years. One of the difficult waters to pass through is laying the Word […]