By In Job 27:2-6 a gold nugget of a Biblical response to life is found. It is part of Job’s defense against false accusations in light of his suffering. Job speaks of trials – those external circumstances that, as part of God’s Providence, are sent to test and refine us. He acknowledges that
By Umyalezo weVangeli ngamafushane
Wasisindisa KuThithu 3:5 UNkulunkulu usindisa izoni. Ubusobala obujulile beVangeli benza ingane encane kanye nomfundi weBhayibheli omkantshubovu bathokozele iVangeli ngokulangazelela nangentokozo yeqiniso. Omunye umfundi weBhayibheli omkantshubovu wachaza injulo ekulamagama amathathu, athi ‘UNkulunkulu usindisa izoni’, kwisiqeshana esifushane esifanelekile ukuba wonke umuntu okholwayo adlinze ngaso. “Eqinisweni linye vo iphuzu ekumele lenziwe kulendima yensindiso:
We all need some dates
Reading a book as ancient as the Bible requires of us to know some dates. When you read the Scriptures, place yourself in the right time period using the approximate dates below. 4,000 BC Creation 2,400 BC World-wide flood 2,200 BC Tower of Babel 2,000 BC Ice Age 1,900 BC
intokozo yokwazi ujesu
Ayikho intokozo edlula ukwazi uJesu Mina nawe njengaMakrestu mhlawumbe sikhululekile ngolwazi esinalo ngoJesu ngoba liyingxenye yezimpande zesivumo sethu njengaMakrestu. Kubona bonke abantu abangosaziwayo osake wahlangana nabo kulomhlaba, noma mhlawumbe ogcina ngokufisa ukuhlangana nabo, akekho noyedwa obaluleke njengoJesu. NjengaMakrestu siyamazi uJesu. Ukukholwa kwethu kwethiwe ngegama likaJesu elisho umsebenzi wakhe elithi Khristu,
John 3:16 – an exercise in Bible reading
John 3:16 has been the most famous verse in the Bible for a long time. It’s familiarity might not breed contempt, but it might perhaps make one callous to its content and ignorant of its context. So, as we’ve done a few times already, let’s practise a more careful approach to
umkhuleko ngesikhathi sodlame
Amahubo 140 awumfuziselo womkhuleko wothembekile lapho ebhekene nenqwaba yezindaba, ngisho nezenzeka kuyena, zabantu abanodlame abenza okubi. Siyakhuleka ezikhathini zenkohlakalo, ngoba asisibona abangenalo ulwazi nabangafundisekile. Siyazi ukuthi baningi abantu abanodlame (amahubo 140:1), ukuthi bayahlela izindlela zabo ezimbi zoku zenzela inzuzo (Hubo 140:2, Hubo 140:4), Amazwi abo bawasebenzisela inkohlakalo (Hubo 140:3) futhi
Keeping humility away
Humility is the one virtue we agree we need, and perhaps even want, but when push comes to shove, we shove it away. This is simply because humility is when self is the last consideration in every situation. But our hearts long to be the first consideration in every situation
Ukuba uMkrestu nje
Ngakho-ke aniseyibo abafokazi nezihambi, kodwa seniyizakhamuzi kanye nabangcwele, ningabendlu kaNkulunkulu, nakhiwe phezu kwesisekelo sabaphostoli nabaphrofethi, uKhristu uJesu uqobo eyitshe legumbi, okuhlanganiselwe kuye isakhiwo sonke, sikhule sibe yithempeli elingcwele eNkosini, okukuyo nani, nakhiwe ukuba nibe yindlu kaNkulunkulu ngoMoya. KwabaseEfesu 2:19-22 Asisoze sakwazi ukuhlukanisa ukuba uMKrestu nokuba ingxenye yeBandla. Ukuba isakhamuzi kuwukuba
Everyday Evangelism
You must have spiritual conversations with unbelievers. That is, in most simple terms, evangelism. Evangelism doesn’t require a Master’s degree in theology or an unusual sharpness in Bible memorisation; simply speak of spiritual things in your everyday conversations. Think of Peter and John, the great Apostles, whose evangelising of the lame
Umsebenzi wokukhula koMkrestu
UMphostoli uPawuli wayazi ukuthi uhambo loMkrestu lokuvuthwa aluzenzakaleli. IVangeli liyasindisa ngempumelelo ngokungokwalo- asimbonge uNkulunkulu ngalokho ( umkhuleko wokubonga oyisibonelo kulokhu uzowuthola kwabaseKholose 1:3-8) Kodwa uma sesiphendukile, siyayalwa ukuba sisebenze kanzima ukufinyelela ekuvuthweni ngokomoya kanjalo nokuphelela ngokomoya. Eminye yemisebenzi ekumele senze kahle kakhulu kuyona kwezethu izimpilo kanye nezabanye, umsebenzi wokukhulekela ukuvuthwa