We live in a world filled with hypocrites. Such a person portrays a false picture about things, be this personal … but especially religious. A dictionary puts it like this … “a hypocrite is a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings.” As you are aware, the word “hypocrite” […]
Yesterday I started the Daily Note saying a Radio News report said the Kwa-Zulu Natal floods was an Act of God. I disagreed with that, yet added that there was an Act God … meaning the Death and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are other Acts of God such as the sun rising […]
In listening to the news I heard it said that the flooding and resultant damage, devastation and deaths in Kwa-Zulu Natal was an act of God. Don’t misunderstand me, the flooding, damage, injuries and deaths are tragic. Its great a loss and maybe one of the worst catastrophes that has fallen upon our country. An […]
We have gone through the run up to the Crucifixion according to Matthew’s Gospel, now we arrive at the most gruesome, evil and horrendous events. Under the coercion of the Chief Priests and elders, Pilate releases Jesus from his court to be crucified. I received a video clip of an artist today who chiseled out […]
We are chipping away at the narrative Matthew provides for us in his Gospel regarding the accounts leading up to Jesus’ Crucifixion and Resurrection. We started at the Last Supper, progressing to Jesus’ arrest, two ecclesiastical trials and Judas’ fate. Once Jesus was declared guilty and worthy of death, He was transferred from the High […]
The abuse of people arrested carries uncomfortable memories of what happened during Apartheid Polices’ use of the wet blanket / electric shock treatment … and if the allegations are true, the same thing happens today. If the allegation are true of what the Russians troops are accused of in the Ukraine, it is nothing short […]
I have not studied law. I am not an attorney nor am I a court judge … but having glimpses of our past president wanting “his day in court” and being granted it, he has, over a lengthy period tried every trick in the law book to either delay the trial or have it removed […]
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 […]
As we enter into the “passion week” with tomorrow being “Palm Sunday”, I thought we ought to look at a few Scriptures leading up to, and including Jesus’ brutal death and miraculous resurrection. Permit me to say that the concept of “Easter” is pagan. Be it the Easter Bunny, Hot Cross Buns, Chickens and Easter […]
The intention of Jesus as He preaches the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapter 5 to 7, is to hit hard. No one then and no one today can walk away from this teaching and not have had the finger of God pointed towards them. No one! As the beatitudes progress in chapter 5, […]