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7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews...

INTRODUCTION Most of my family and friends know that as a hobby I like to look at the weather and the related issues of climate change. Needless to say that many have already asked me to write something about my findings. I have always held back a bit. Climate and...

The other day I was reminded about the rich man coming to Jesus asking Him how he can get eternal life (Matt. 19: 16-26). Like almost in every time, this was also one of the important things people talked about in Jesus’ days. The standard answer was: do the...

For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease. Though its root becomes old in the earth, and its stump dies in the dust, yet at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant. But...

Though the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails, and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls: Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in my God and...

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If you watched our program on Sunday (12h00 on CTV, DSTV ch. 263) you would have heard Mother Teresa being quoted from her "Anyway" poem. Some of you have asked me for the exact text thereof, so here it comes:   People are often unreasonable, illogical and self...

If Christians really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless...Did you know that during World War II there was an adviser to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing everyday at...

Mat 19:3  And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him and saying to Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? Mat 19:4  And He answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning "made them male and female", Mat...

Posted by Henry Pool, on 26/06/2017 Perhaps some of you have read my letter in Rapport of 04.06.2017? Click here (to read in Afrikaans): Letter in Rapport 04062017 Unfortunately it did not receive much prominence and I doubt if it will have the effect of what we want,...

Watch this video and realize that we must get our priorities right!!!