The Word to the World
“Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God!” These lyrics are lifted from a wonderful hymn by John Newton. Sadly, even though it is often sung in churches, most who sing it are unaware what it means. It was written to magnify
Paul McCartney sang, “I read the news today—oh boy!” I can relate. If you read the news much, you can too. I think of the news stories that I read this past week. I read stores of murder—even if one woman who hired a hitman
Recently I travelled overseas to visit my family. I flew from Johannesburg via Frankfurt and then directly to the United States. As the plane approached touchdown in the USA I could hardly wait to disembark, clear customs and then head for Dunkin Donuts in the
Good Friday is one of my favourite holydays. In South Africa, Good Friday is a public holiday, and we are privileged as Christian churches to meet for worship on this day. It is a service I rarely do not preach. I love Good Friday because