With the South Africa’s move to Alert Level 1, restrictions have been eased so as to allow a maximum of 250 people for an indoor service and 500 for an outdoor service (provided that not more than 50% of the available space is used). This Read More ...
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“The unchangeableness of the divine purpose is a necessary consequence of the unchangeableness of the divine nature.”
Johann Keil
Pastor
Hildesheim, Germany
Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered God: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians
“We are to evangelize not because it is pleasant, not because it is easy, not because we may be successful, but because Christ has called us. He is our Lord. We have no other choice but to obey him.”
Leighton Ford
President, Leighton Ford Ministries
Charlotte, North Carolina
Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered God: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians
“As a race we are not even stray sheep, or wandering prodigals merely, we are rebels with weapons in our hands. Our supreme need from God, therefore, is not education of our conscience … but our redemption.”
P. T. Forsyth
Scottish Theologian
Principal of Hackney College, London
Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered Gold: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians
“Jesus is with us! His authority rests with his Church! Let us possess and use it with humility and energy.”
R. Kent Hughes
Professor of Practical Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary
Glenside, Pennsylvania
John Piper has said that the chief end of man is to glorify God by enjoying him forever. Desiring God, the ministry that Piper founded, states, “Joy is not optional. It’s essential.” Piper calls himself a Christian hedonist, which is defined as “the conviction that Read More …
Last week, we considered the name El Rai (or El Roi): The God who sees. Hagar uttered this name when she realised that God saw her when nobody else did. Despite the fact that God had promised Abram and Sarai offspring, they doubted God’s promise Read More …
I still remember my wife’s pregnancy with our eldest daughter, now 13. I suppose a first pregnancy is always memorable, for various reasons. One reason, I’m sure, is because of the decisions that need to be made as the new parents figure out, or try Read More …
Sometimes we use language in ways that are quite different to the way in which it was first used. For example, we use the word “arbitrary” to describe something that is random and without seeming purposes. It describes a luck-of-the-draw decision or action. Originally, the Read More …
