When you want to get ahead in life, logic demands that you seek out those who are the flavour of the month, who have the connections, the right relationships, those ones who have a name and move in the right circles, those who have a recognized ministry, a flourishing business. Seek to render service to […]
Investing in nobodies Read More »
One day two disgraced noblemen languishing away in prison were seen by a young foreigner, a slave held in the same prison. They were the picture of despair. The young man noticed their woeful looks and stopped to ask what the cause of their sorrow was. They each told him their story and he was
A question that changed a life Read More »
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
Tea and thanksgiving Read More »
“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
2011 – An abiding obsession with the word Read More »
It still bothers me. It still bothers me to read the account of the passion of Christ. 20 years and more of living for Christ, having read the Bible over time and time again, I still cannot read the story of the crucifixion of Jesus without being deeply affected by it. It can never be
As if we were there Read More »
The apostles were wise men. But they did not always start out wise. They started out doing everything in the ministry, then they woke up to the fact that choices had to be made. So they decided that they could not leave aside the word of God to wait on tables, and they delegated that
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