Proverbs 14:30 “A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.” Envy is self-destructive and painful. An early biblical account of envy is in Cain’s reaction when God preferred his brother Abel’s offering to his, which resulted in his murder of Abel culminating in God’s judgment against him. Envy is…

Matthew 23:27-28 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but, on the…

“The essence of the Christian faith is to obey Jesus unconditionally.” Do you agree? As Jesus says in John 14:15, “If you love me, keep my commands.” And further in John 14:23, he says, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.” Why does Jesus want us to obey him? And how will we be…

God sees the world as being corrupted, ruptured and contaminated by human sin. This is not in accord with His intent when He created the world and breathed life into Adam. Humanity was created to live, worship and enjoy God forever and be a steward of creation. But due to its rebellion, the world spiralled…

Biblical stewardship is as old as Creation itself. At the very onset, God made mankind in His image, in His likeness, so that mankind ‘may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the…

As a pastor, I have comforted, counselled and consoled people who have experienced suffering. Some examples… a family that has lost a loved one; a person undergoing tremendous relationship difficulties; and a person experiencing excruciating pain because of a deadly, searing and critical illness… Many a time, I would ask God, “Father, what is the…

As the image of that person drifted into Jim’s mind, his heart palpitated; his inner being became wrenched and hurt swelled in his very soul. That person has hurt him grievously and Jim cannot forget… Then a question sprung to his mind, “How should I respond to this person after what he has done?” As…