I recall the moment our first son was born. I was there and I felt like I was “the man” because now I was “a dad”. Proud of me being a father, proud of my wife giving me a son, proud of my son. I was the happiest man on earth. At that moment I […]
A question the critics pose is … “Where did Cain get his wife from?” As a standalone question, it is a good one, but one cannot leave it in a vacuum. I have found the concept of “searching the Scriptures” for answers a good one. Our text today is: Ge 4:17 Cain lay with his wife, […]
You have heard the saying … “Straight from the horse’s mouth”. As a little boy on the farm, mommy would saying things like … “Straight from the horse’s mouth”. It always confused me because by that time there were no horses on the farm. What did she mean? Where did the saying come from? Why […]
Here in South Carolina, USA, there is a man who has been found guilty of various crimes. Alex Murdaugh followed his father and grandfather in their law practice as an attorney. They seem to have been the best law practice in Upstate, South Carolina. People of both wealth and integrity. He was convicted of murdering […]
Is it ever possible to get away from God? Could you hide from God? We have to say that it is impossible to remove ourselves from God so that He does not know where we are or what is happening with us. We might walk away from God and shut Him out of our lives […]
Be it spy movies, espionage movies, western movies or good guy bad guy movies, there is always deceit and deception. Someone always lures someone else into a dark alley or dangerous situation where they are mugged or killed. You sit there watch, saying in your heart … “No, don’t do it. He is dangerous. He’s […]
Have you experienced temptation that overwhelms you? It starts off rather slowly and as time passes there is a build up to such a point of passion that even though you know succumbing to the temptation is wrong and sinful, you are unable to control yourself … and you sin. The natural answer to my […]
Man’s basic instinct due to sin is that he wants to bring something to God as an appeasement for his rebellious ways. He has a guilty conscience. Throughout every country, whether man follows the true God or some other god or gods, he brings offerings to his God or god(s) for the purpose of favor […]
If you are a parent you might have a fun book for each of your children. In it you would record, apart from the first picture, the first smile, the first garment, the first bib, the first roll, the first word, the first bath, the first crawl, the first spoon of soft food, the first […]
Where do babies come from? Some children are given the most weird and wonderful stories as to where babies come from. I was told by my dad that he caught me on Table Mountain, shave my hair off and chopped off my tail. Naturally, all these stories are to distract the child from the parents […]