An ordained clergyman who preached at our Church last Sunday, after greeting the congregation spoke of the pulpit supply student we have as an interim preacher saying … “of all the students from all the theological seminaries that I have dealt with, none has the integrity that Dale has.” He analyzed Dale over a period […]
The CEO of Eskom has an enormous task, more so because the office is controlled by politics. He is stepping down next month due to the lack of political support needed for the job. He might not have been an engineer but was suitably and ably qualified to do the task at hand, if he […]
You have heard it said … “Behind every good man is a good woman.” Note that I don’t ascribe anything good to myself … but if I achieved anything good for God it is because I had a good woman behind, with me and next to me. Christian Ministry is very different to being in […]
There are those who cheat when it comes to their qualifications! You have heard the saying … “The wheel turns” or “What goes around comes around.” It’s true! Many who have cheated with their qualifications are caught out and if they are not in this life, they will at the Judgment Day. You have heard […]
There are basic qualifications to have before you might consider going further. Our one grandson, works as a technician at an eye clinic whilst he is studying. In his plan he has a strategy of proceeding further … technician – certified technician – and then possibly an ophthalmogist. He has the academic skills, the personality […]
To qualify for some of the longer distant races, you needed to qualify with a stipulated time for a specified distance. As an example, when I was running the Comrades Marathon, your qualification time needed to be no more than 4 ½ hours for a standard marathon (42.2 kilometers). The reason behind this is that […]
It is not so much what credentials a pastor teacher has … it is more the credentials required by the Church or the Denomination. When I was training for the ministry, some students from other denominations required a specific degree obtained at UNISA (The University of South Africa). This was an off campus university / […]
One cannot escape the weeds growing with the wheat. Although Jesus used this analogy, we see it all over, everywhere in the world. Where we live we are coming out of winter. The grass’s growth stagnates during winter … yet the weeds grow. There are weeds and grass. Failure to remove these weeds before the […]
Over the years I have been condemned because I cannot accept that all Churches within the many Christian Denominations are Christian Churches. Equally I have been called judgmental because I do not believe all clergy to be Christian. Surely the Christian Faith is based upon believing the Bible to be God’s inspired, inerrant, infallible and […]
When running the grueling Comrades Marathon and you are about 5 kilometers away from entering the stadium, crowds line the sidewalks urging runners on. One of their favorite shout outs is … “You can do it! You’re almost there!” The race is long … roughly 90 kilometers long … but that’s not the problem. The […]