Church Blog (Page 46)

Broken promises are the scourge of humanity. If every person on earth had honoured their commitments for just one year in the twentieth century, the twenty-first century would be unrecognisable compared to its present state. The knock-on effects would have been phenomenal. Imagine if everyone worked out their differences instead of walking away from marriage, or children. Also, imagine the shock of having businesses and customers paying their bills on time. It would have put a myriad of lawyers and…

Hardness of heart will kill you. Pharaoh died of a hard heart; as did Judas. And never did anyone experience God’s warnings up-close-and-personal as did these two men. But no matter how many times they were warned to their very faces, they would not listen. The Bible presents them, and many others, as examples of what not to be. But tragically, this does not prevent Christians from following in their footsteps. Christians are the blessed of all humanity. Theirs is…

Heaven’s gates swing on the hinges of grace. Every generation has its list of dead villains sent to hell. Irredeemable souls are so bad that even loved ones would think twice before muttering, “Rest in peace,” out loud. There are others, equally as bad, but still drawing breath, who are instead staunchly defended as being “misunderstood.” Despite the mass graves and the social carnage, their supporters insist that they were God’s messengers of freedom; heroes destined to walk the “streets…

If you want to read a veritable horror story,…but one that amazingly ends well, read 2 Chronicles 33. King Manasseh was evil to the bone. He not only led Israel into the sinful excesses of the occult, but he was also so vile that he offered his own children in the fires of human sacrifice to his pagan gods. In turn, God’s anger burned against him; God had him dragged into Assyrian captivity with hooks in his face. And it…

Would you like to go to Mars? If you can see yourself enjoying the 8 months journey, then you will be pleased to know that Elon Musk is planning to begin colonising the Red Planet in 2026. In a recent report, I heard that his SpaceX Mars program will eventually launch 15 spacecraft per day. This is indeed a vision to be applauded. What of our vision for the Kingdom of Christ? Is it possible for you and me to…

Who’s reading your mail? In the early days of Email, a New Zealand lady was shocked to find out that her Email to a friend in the USA had been blocked by a US government security agency. The department concerned contacted her and informed her that the Email had been flagged because it contained two words that could have suggested a security risk to the then-sitting president. Surprisingly, the security agency openly informed the New Zealand population on TV that…

If you love the church, you want it to do well. You eventually realise that when the church does well, you do well. When we were baptised, we were added to “God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth” (1Tim.3:15). But where the truth abides, Satan, the father of lies (Jn.8:44), is bound to come a-knocking. Thus, camped outside of every congregation is a death-squad of demons carrying on Satan’s warfare.…

Judgement Day has gone out of vogue. These days, even those who frequent Sunday church are lucky to catch a sermon on “The Day of Great Reckoning.” Such expressions of divine judgement are relics of the past, reserved for ultra-conservative preachers and hand wringing religious grandmothers. Instead, modern preaching has smoothed and widened that once Narrow Way. Long gone is any need for soul searching or repentance. After all, Jesus is the great Get-out-of-Hell-Card. The one you have tucked away…