Various Political Parties are celebrating Youth Day 2022 today. The country remembers the Soweto Uprising 46 years ago with a National Public Holiday. As a senior citizen, with my life ebbing away, it is true I do not understand all the anger, needs, frustrations and feelings of hopelessness of much of our youth today. Yet […]
Fourteen or fifteen years ago we visited our son and his family in Nebraska, USA. In speaking of crime he said there was little crime other than some drug abuse and a little domestic violence. I asked him why this was so and his response was: “Everyone works.” It was an eye opener to me […]
In many circles the Christian Church has a bad name and an awful reputation. I want to suggest that at times this is the Church’s fault because, although a Bible Based Church, they for some reason or the other are more dead than alive and permit their members to live lives that are counter to […]
I used to be a long distance runner as were and are many thousands of others. Very few can run a gold or silver … 95% run for the love of the sport. Their goal is personal as they compete against themselves to improve their times over the race distance … be it a 21.1, […]
Most people today don’t believe there is a real heaven, let alone a real hell. There are also many who profess faith in Jesus Christ who refuse to believe there is a real hell. For the former they block themselves off to such realities because they reject Christianity and so reject the idea of eternal […]
When the Bible is translated from the original languages, it is possible that some translation errors might creep through. When the spiritual leader does not check the original language, whether it is through the use of Commentaries, Interlinear Bibles or Dictionaries, it is possible that he will arrive at one or more interpretations of the […]
A number of great Evangelicals from the early Reformation Days, into the Puritan Days and when George Whitefield ministered, would sing hymns and pray after a meal. I wonder whether they took their cue from the Lord Jesus and His disciples. After the “Last Supper”, they sang a hymn: Mt 26:30 When they had sung a […]
Our Lord picks up what happens in the heart, goes through one’s mind and out of the mouth once again. This time the idea is you taking on the role of a “judge” and pronouncing someone guilty of an offense. Each of us knows exactly how this works because we have installed ourselves as “judge” […]
Sometimes when communicating with another, perhaps a husband with a wife and the one party does not pay attention to everything the other says. That person will, by virtue of the inability to communicate maturely, not get the full message. It might be boredom, a wondering mind, lack of interest or anger that causes distraction, […]
Have you ever worked for a business where there were two owners with both giving you tasks to do? It’s difficult because at times, even though you might have a job description and even if there is a line of command in place, one owner will always overshoot the structures and make your life “hell” […]