The house is burning and we are dangerously aloof. The western world in its thinking and in its values is moving away from God at the speed of light. And we are to blame. The church in the west by and large is not moved by the condition of our world. We see not beyond […]
On burning houses, buckets of sand and ‘blackmailing’ believers Read More »
The great task of the church and consequently of the ministry is to reconcile men to God. Jesus, the second letter to the Corinthians states has given us the ministry of reconciliation and is, as it were exhorting men through us “Be reconciled to God.” Reconciliation, by its very nature, speaks not of a momentary
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I think it is time to write again. This blog has been silent for two weeks as I took time out to meditate on the implications of narrowly avoiding a possibly fatal car accident Sunday before last. It has been a time of grace and gratitude. When you have stared the possibility of death in
Not long ago I opened my mailbox and lo and behold it contained a gift box. I took it out, opened it and inside were two beautiful tea mugs. I took out the card inside, read the note and was stunned. The gift came from someone I had helped out in a professional (as opposed
“All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” In crying out these very
One of the inevitable things in life is that people do and seemingly will always do crazy stuff. And unfortunately the craziness will often affect your life. If people would go privately mad and leave you out of it you may not mind quite so much right? Problem is those people going mad are your
