How Much Oil is in Your Lamp? How Much Oil is in Your Lamp? As I write, my brother in law, Peter, lays dying of cancer. The prognosis is grim. I look at his frail body lying on the bed and compare it with the fit, young man who loved […] Read more »

Cold Empty Hearts Cold Empty Hearts While spending time in Eastern Europe, the desperate need for real relationship with God, has hit us forcefully. It appears that many people have not emerged from the dark ages – the battle between Protestantism and Catholicism is still being fought. ‘Image’ is inflated […] Read more »

What love is this? What love is this? One problem that second and third generation Christians have is that we often struggle with comprehending the depth of God’s love for us. I realized when I was 16 that although I knew that God loved me, I really didn’t understand why […] Read more »

Character Development Character Development It’s amazing how many circumstances in life serve to reinforce the same foundational principles of faith in our lives over and over again. This continues to amaze me because I have such a short, selective memory. Thinking that I’ve learnt this lesson, I go on to […] Read more »

God has a wonderful plan for your life God has a wonderful plan for your life While visiting friends and family in New Zealand recently, a friend of ours asked if we had read the book “God Has a Wonderful Plan for Your Life” by Ray Comfort. We said no […] Read more »

Life is lived forward but understood backward Life is lived forward but understood backward “Life is lived forward but understood backward”, proclaimed our Sabbath week speaker, Phineas Dube from Zimbabwe. An African man who had no time for God when he was young, is now being used in a very […] Read more »

Created creative Created creative I read an interesting and sad statistic the other day. "Developmental psychologists now estimate that 98% of babies are born with creative ability...less than 5% of us have remained creative by age 18." ('Think Big' by Ben Carson.) How can this be when we consider our […] Read more »

Written words hold power Written words hold power The written word appears to be more powerful than the spoken. A famous boxer named Joe Louis, phrased it slightly differently - "One in the eye is better than two in the ear!" Could this power stem from the fact that written […] Read more »

Variety - the spice of life Variety - the spice of life One thing I love about the Lord is the limitless variety He displays in whatever situations we find ourselves in. For someone like me who loves stimulation, the beauty of God's creation and the endless formulas He has […] Read more »

Eagles and turkeys Eagles and turkeys Out of the animal kingdom, if asked to select one that has impacted me the most, I'd have to choose the eagle. Firstly because I am fascinated by its habits and its strength and secondly because it the animal that God uses pictorially the […] Read more »