God’s kingdom part 2

I can’t say that I always understand what the word means when it says certain things. Matthew 5-7 is all about the sermon on the mount. Jesus talks about the way that we should live, doesn’t he? True, but it’s not the complete truth. He’s giving an illustration of what his kingdom is like. I’ve [...]

Forgiveness

Learn to pray “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.” – Jesus at his crucifixion. Somebody at our old church, CRC Pretoria, preached this statement once. It goes a little past the usual “Learn to forgive” that everyone always uses on the topic. I should remember it more in the medical world, [...]

Nurses at Kalafong

I think they care about the patients. At least some of them do. But why do so many of these patients complain about them all the time? Why is it that patients have to wait several hours sometimes just to be helped to the bathroom? Why are so many of them full of pressure sores [...]

When we live in ourselves we forget about the rest of the world and easily become depressed. When we live in the body, we are lifted up and made fresh.

This woman has a story to tell. Go read it here. I read things like this and suddenly it all comes back to me… christianity and God and His power and the rest of the world… I need this. Often. And God knows it which is why every now and then he brings me back [...]

Repentance with faith

Message for today – repentance. This is a topic I’ve been confused about for a while. If we are saved by grace, through faith (Eph 2:8-9 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and it is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so [...]