A LIAR & HIS LOVER

What are you willing to do for $10,000,000? Two-thirds of Americans polled would agree to at least one, some to several of the following: Would abandon their entire family (25%)Would abandon their church (25%)Would become prostitutes for a week or more (23%)Would give up their American citizenship (16%)Would leave their spouses (16%)Would withhold testimony andContinueContinue reading “A LIAR & HIS LOVER”

SPIRITUAL DISTANCING

Covid-19, 7 months into 2020 and the rate of infections is going up not just by double or triple, but by percentages in the hundreds. On 25 June, Gauteng had 28 746 cases, on 02 July the province had 81 546 cases, a 283% increase. At the same time there was an increase of 346% increaseContinueContinue reading “SPIRITUAL DISTANCING”

SCHRÖDINGERS CAT

When elderly Adele Gaboury turned up missing four years prior, concerned neighbours in Worcester, Massachusetts, informed the police. A brother told police she had gone into a nursing home. Satisfied with that information, Gaboury’s neighbours began watching her property. Michael Crowley noticed her mail, delivered through a slot in the door, piling high. When heContinueContinue reading “SCHRÖDINGERS CAT”

CHURCHIAN WORSHIP

After attending church one Sunday morning, a little boy knelt at his bedside that night and prayed, “Dear God, we had a good time at church today—but I wish you had been there!” At times our worship to God, can be nothing more than us just ticking the right boxes so that man can seeContinueContinue reading “CHURCHIAN WORSHIP”

A LIFESTYLE OF PRAYER

F.B. Meyer, the author of the great little book, The Secret of Guidance said, “The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but un-offered prayer.” Ephesians 6:18 (GW) Pray in the Spirit in every situation. Use every kind of prayer and request there is. For the same reason be alert. Use every kind ofContinueContinue reading “A LIFESTYLE OF PRAYER”

THE ISSUE OF TRADITION

Mark 7:13 (NKJV) “making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.” The 1971 Broadway musical production of the Fiddler on the Roof – “A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of Anatevka, you might sayContinueContinue reading “THE ISSUE OF TRADITION”

THE HEART OF WORSHIP

Roger Babson, an American historian, was visiting the president of Argentina about one hundred years ago when the president said to him: “You are a student of history, Will you please tell me why it is that South America, with her unlimited resources, and having been settled earlier than North America, has nevertheless made muchContinueContinue reading “THE HEART OF WORSHIP”

WHOSE HAND ITS IN

A basketball in my hands is worth about $19.A basketball in Michael Jordan’s hands is worth about $33 million.It depends on whose hands it’s in… A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.A baseball in Mark McGuire’s hands is worth $19 million.It depends on whose hands it’s in… A tennis racket is useless inContinueContinue reading “WHOSE HAND ITS IN”