by Frank Retief | Dec 6, 2013 | Thought for the day
John 1 vs 11-13. He came to that which was his own but his own did not receive him. People often claim that if there is a God, then he is completely indifferent to human pain and tragedy. If only God would show up and take some responsibility, some say, it would...
by Frank Retief | Dec 5, 2013 | Thought for the day
Luke 2 vs 8-20. Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest And on earth peace to men on whom his favour rests.” Only Luke’s gospel tells us the story of the angels and the shepherds....
by Frank Retief | Dec 4, 2013 | Thought for the day
Matthew 2 v 22,23. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea, in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled...
by Frank Retief | Dec 3, 2013 | Thought for the day
Matthew 2 v 13. When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream: “Get up” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” So Joseph is...
by Frank Retief | Dec 2, 2013 | Thought for the day
Matthew 2 v 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed and all Jerusalem with him. There are more than one Herod who feature in the New Testament story. The Herod mentioned in Matthew chapter 2 was Herod the great, so called because of the many magnificent...
by Frank Retief | Dec 1, 2013 | Thought for the day
Matthew 2 v 1 – 2: After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked “Where is the one who has been born King of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him” This story is...
