Theology. Philosophy. Life.
Funny how we think we’re so high and mighty that people owe us something. We act like super humans going around demanding others to reach perfection, as if we’ve reached it ourselves. Jesus has a lot to say about this. Lets have a look at Matthew 18:23-35, “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted […]
Jesus says in Mathew 5:44-46, “But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who […]
The teachings of Jesus Christ are sometimes a lot more blunt than we would like them to be. In modern day Christianity, Jesus is sometimes portrayed as a butterfly who floats around the place saying nice things to make us feel better. We use his teachings for self help purposes and nothing more. We use […]
This is for those who are thinking about becoming a Christian, but would like to know a little more about what is involved. Following Jesus is hard. There is a huge cost involved in following him, but it’s totally worth it in both the short term and the long term. He is the only one who […]
I’ve recently been reading about Gideon in Judges 6-8, and I think we as Christians can learn a lot from his story. It begins with Israel being held captive by the Midianites. God sends a heavenly messenger to instruct Gideon to lead an army of Israelites to defeat their captors and claim back their land. […]
There are many times when God wants to reveal his glory in our lives, but the problem is we often try and take the credit for ourselves. God’s way of preventing this is to strip back anything in our lives that might be used as a way for us to boast in our own strength […]
Imagine someone gives you a new car. The person paid a hefty price for this car, and you seriously don’t deserve it. What use is this new car (and the financial sacrifice made by your generous friend) if you don’t ever drive it? I had a picture yesterday of a guy with his head underneath […]
