I am reading through the history of a denomination that came about after many years of unhappiness due to the original body’s insistence on being involved in politics, the support of liberal theology and many other matters that are un-Biblical. After many years of trying to rectify un-Biblical matters from the inside, the situation became untenable, […]
Do we have prophets in the Church of the Lord Jesus today? Some people tend to believe we have. In the Reformed Church we believe “prophets” were a temporary gift just like “apostles”. Together with the apostles, they were the foundation of the Christian Church. Eph 2:20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, […]
In the mid 1970’s we went with friend to see the lady’s parents for a weekend getaway in Porterville, situated inland of the “old Boland”. Her father had a house on a piece of land outside of town which he used for growing vegetables. Everything he grew was by far the biggest and most colourful […]
God makes the world go round … for He is the total sum and source of all life and provision of natural resources to make this world work. True, we mess up. Russia’s onslaught against the Ukraine is a prime example of the way we abuse our world. Maybe seen as lesser, yet still contributing […]
Have you sat on a committee where decisions were made, with the full agreement of the whole body, only to be implemented differently to what was decided and written into the minutes? That is frustrating, causes anger and unhappiness. There are times when people, knowing what was decided upon, go and do what they want […]
What is the best way to interpret Scripture? Some would say you just need to pray. Others would say only certain Church Divines are able to interpret Scripture. Still others would say you need to visit the original languages. I would go with prayer and original languages, but there is something else that is vital. […]
In the passage we are considering in Acts 15, we see the importance of good, spiritually minded Church Leaders. Paul and Barnabas travelled from the Church in Syria Antioch to discuss whether the Gentiles believers need to be circumcised as those from the Party of the Pharisees insisted. Look at the flow of the passage […]
Young men and women come out of college and university with sterling diplomas and degrees. Some of them have passed with a cum laude or even better … a magna cum laude or summa cum laude award for achieving such high distinctions … yet too often they have all the theory and little or no […]
Some of you might have sat on boards discussing various issues. The great question is always … “Did you discuss matters that were relevant to the purpose of the board or committee?” From personal experience I have to admit that not everything discussed at a particular meeting was within the mandate of that committee, board, […]
Recently we bought a secondhand motorcar. Although a Chevrolet like we had in South Africa, this is an Equinox, and the controls on the dashboard are very different to the Sonic we had. Also, the steering wheel is on the left hand side. How does one find out which buttons control what? We had to […]