To the Jews during the period of the apostles, the name of Jesus was a swear word, an insult and offensive. Read our passage again today: Ac 4:1 The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people. 2 They were greatly disturbed […]
Not everyone receives the Gospel with joy and happiness. Many, in fact, are negative and even retaliate with violence. This has been true since the Gospel was first preached and remains true today as well. One needs to see and understand the enemy of God and the Gospel, who is our enemy too, is opposed […]
So often we are “masters of our own destinies” … but are we? We plot our lives, our marriage, our family, our career, our home, our finances … our everything … but there is one thing we cannot plot and have mastery over. We might think we have but we don’t. I am referring to […]
There is always excitement when expecting someone to visit when you have not seen them for a long time. Two of our children and their families live in the USA. Our daughter was in RSA last year around this time and she arrives on 31 August. The excitement is electric, especially for Jenny. Angela introduced […]
One of the greatest aspects of the Gospel is Jesus’ Second Coming. Without Jesus’ return there will be no Day of Judgment, no banishment to Hell and no ushering into Heaven. Although Jesus’ Salvific Work has been accomplished, His Mission will not be fully complete until the Elect of God He came to save are […]
Anyone who has been a member of the same Church for many years will tell you how mistaken they were about certain people who came to faith in Jesus, went through all the discipleship programs, started to minister and then faded away. What had happened? Why would anyone follow through seriously and then literally dump […]
I’m sure you have heard the saying … “Ignorance is not an excuse.” Mainly this saying is used when it comes to the law … you might be ignorant of a certain law, but the law is there and stands. In the 1980’s a friend and I travelled from Welkom in the Free State to […]
There are so many Gospel Presentations these days. Most of them are tailored to suit the hearers without offending them. We call this “easy believism” because you surrender in part because the Gospel you hear is part of the Gospel. The thing you must do, according to such presenters, is not to offend people. Make […]
Have you heard the saying “spectator value”? Radio 702 had a “Traffic Reporter” named Attie. Often he would tell listeners of an accident, say on the N1 North where the Highway was blocked due to the crash. The other side, the N1 South was travelling at snail pace … and he added … this was […]
Some things seem so simple. Even the hardest task just tends to splice together at times. Over the weekend the crown in one of my back teeth popped out. Naturally I was concerned about it. Could the crown be put back or could they manufacture another one? Although the soonest appointment was scheduled for the […]