The Need for Discomfort in Church Planting (Acts 1:8)

The Need for Discomfort in Church Planting (Acts 1:8)

To be faithful in the mission that Christ has given to his church, we need to be deliberate and intentional in planting self-governing churches. It is one thing to respond to requests from people to plant works where there is need, but there is need for our churches...
Sanctity of Life (Part Two)

Sanctity of Life (Part Two)

Previously, we began looking at the sanctity of human life, and considered at two reasons from Genesis 9:5 that human life is sacred. Today I want to add a final reason. If you didn’t read last week’s post you may want to do that first. The final point is that human...
Sanctity of Life (Part One)

Sanctity of Life (Part One)

This past Sunday was Sanctity of Life Sunday in America, and this coming Sunday it will be in South Africa. With this in mind I thought I would write about what the sanctity of life is. The principle is human life is sacred; sacred in a different way than everything...
The Complexity of Freedom

The Complexity of Freedom

Freedom is a complex thing; one freedom invariably affects another freedom. For example if you want the freedom of a longer life, you may have to limit the freedom of being able to eat whatever you want. This can also be seen in the history of South Africa: Liberties...