One quick sin to end a trial

“One quick sin will end all your troubles.” Countless live by that lie. “One ‘quick and painless’ abortion will return your chaos to normality again.”“One small psychiatric pill will give you peace.”“One night of adultery will fulfill your marital needs.” Phrases like that are very common. Even more common are

Recipients of the New Covenant

We are familiar with the covenant that God made with people like Abraham, and many years later with his descendants through Moses. However, there is a covenant described in Jeremiah 31 is that far superior to all other covenants. It is what the prophet Jeremiah called “the New Covenant”. What is so

A young man’s sensibility

The one thing all men, especially the younger men, need to learn, know, value and practise; is to be sensible in all their life. When God reduced all that is required of a young man into just one word, it was the word sensible. Likewise, urge the younger men to be sensible.

Salvation: Total Transformation

Are you constantly aware of our salvation and continually thank the Lord for it and praise Him for it? Perhaps we fall short of frequent praise over our salvation because salvation has been toned down so much by professing Christians who fill churches yet are little different from the world.

Isithelo solaka

Ulaka yilo oluyisifo sikamoya esikhulu esisabalale emhlabeni wonke ukwedlula zonke izifo ezake zaba khona emhlabeni! Thina asisadingi ngisho ukubhalelwa incwadi ende ngamaqiniso, imiphumela kanye nobunjalo bolaka ngoba imisho emifushane iyona esivele yenzile ukuba sizwisise kahle futhi sibe nokuqiniseka ngokukholwa ukuthi thina njengabantu bakaNkulunkulu sidinga ukulibona bese siyalulahla ulaka. Ulaka lwenza

Anticipating the first arrival of Jesus

We who live with a New Testament in our homes and hearts know the story of Jesus well. The Old Testament we know less well. But, for a majority of the world’s history, it was the other way around—only the Old Testament. So, for the length of this devotional, allow

Lapho ubhekene nezinhlupheko, khulekela ukulunga

Amaningi Amahubo abhalwe ngobuciko ngaphansi kwezinkinga ezinzima kakhulu. Lokhu kuyiqiniso nakwiHubo lesi-5. Kodwa iHubo lesi-5 alisiwo kuphela umkhuleko wokuthulula umphefumulo wakho kuNkulunkulu. Futhi iHubo lesi-5 alisiwo nje umkhuleko wokuzifunela ukukhululwa nokufakazeleka. Okunye IHubo lesi- 5 eliyiko liwumkhuleko wokufuna ukukhula kukho ukulunga. UDavide wayeqonda ukuthi uma ngabe wayezoba ngomubi ekuphenduleni kwakhe

To be a Church-ian

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a

Ukushona kodwa uphunyuke ekufeni

Ukufa yinto engabalekeleki selokhu kwangena isono emhlabeni kuGenesisi 3. Uma sibuka kwesinye isigaba sesambulo sikaNkulunkulu, sifunda lokhu: ….Thembekani kuze kube sekufeni, ngizakuninika umqhele wokuphila… Onqobayo akasoze oniwa ngukufa kwesibili.’ ISambulo 2:10-11 Sonke sizakufa, kodwa angeke silinyazwe ukufa kwesibili. Thina, njengaMakrestu, sinikezwe umsebenzi wokuthi sihlale sithembekile kuNkulunkulu kuze kube sekufeni. Bese,

A prayer in times of violence

Psalm 140 models the prayer of the faithful when confronted with the countless stories, and even personal experiences, of violent men acting wickedly. We pray during times of wickedness, because we are not ignorant and naïve. We know violent men abound (Ps 140:1), that they plan their evil exploits (Ps 140:2, Ps