by Frank Retief | Jun 9, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 13 v 3. “I tell you, No! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.” The teaching of our Lord, in these verses, on the need and urgency of repentance, is right up to date because people today, just like our contemporaries in our Lord’s Day, are prone...
by Frank Retief | Jun 8, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 12 verses 58 & 59. “As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled to him on the way, or he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. I tell you, you...
by Frank Retief | Jun 7, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 12 v 57. “Why don‘t you judge for yourself what is right? The underlying theme of the last two chapters of Luke’s gospel has been the pending judgement of God. This theme is now carried on into the verses before us today. The time that separates our...
by Frank Retief | Jun 6, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 12 verses 52-53. “From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law...
by Frank Retief | Jun 5, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 12 v 51. Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.” One of the common criticisms against Christianity is that religion causes wars and troubles. There is, of course, truth in this statement in a broad sense. But two things...