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I will never forget that fateful day in Durban, South Africa!I was thirteen years of age happily playing ‘catch and run’ on the lawn with my...

I’ve never considered myself to be mechanically minded. Oh, I’ve wired plugs and changed the oil in my car a few times but whenever it came to more...

I recently flew into Chicago, USA, landing in O’Hare International Airport. Between terminal 1 and 2 is a memorial to Lieutenant Commander Butch...

“He will also provide a way out” 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIVUK) I am just old enough to remember one of the first movies about the Exodus. It was...

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 (NKJV) With the continuing...

I couldn’t help but appreciate the gracious manner in which my opponent played the game.  True sportsmanship in action!  He displayed a...

The microwave is one of the greatest inventions for the kitchen. It allows us to quickly reheat or cook food, including pop-corn (my favourite). But...

‘…a time to laugh…’Ecclesiastes 3:4 (NIV) When you read a newspaper or look at the evening  news there seems to be so much that is depressing....

May Christians and their children participate in Halloween activities? To answer this question, we should first distinguish the secular observance...

“Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.’  Then Jesus said to her [the Canaanite woman], ‘Woman, you have great...

Many people today have no desire to “get back to God.” They have no sense of sin, no sense of guilt, no sense of God. They do not trust authority,...

It’s a cold, misty, mid winter’s morning here in Cape Town. The kind of morning when you want to stay in bed with a cup of hot chocolate and a good...

People sometimes object to the Christian belief that salvation is available only through Jesus Christ. In our pluralistic society, tolerance is...

Beaches are some of the most beautiful places in God’s creation. But there’s one in northern California that didn’t start that way. It’s called...

I didn’t like the preacher I sat by on the plane. I know, I know. You’re supposed to like everyone, but this fellow…To begin with, he took the seat...

Throughout the scriptures God is spoken of as our Father. Christ Himself, in teaching His disciples to pray, told them to pray ‘our Father.’ Paul...

“By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35 (NKJV) I began this piece without a thought in my...

The Extraordinary in the Ordinary What is your pet peeve? One of my biggest annoyances is being stuck in traffic. A few years ago I was stuck in a...