May 19th, 2011
“You shall not commit adultery” (Exod. 20:14).
One of the weirdest experiences of my life came shortly after I became a Christian. My friends and I volunteered to help out with Vacation Bible School one summer at our church, and we got put in charge of the fifth and sixth grade Bible study. This turned out to be great for me, because I didn’t know half the stories we taught [...] Continue Reading…
May 18th, 2011
“You shall not murder” (Exod. 20:13).
As we have traversed the first half of the commandments, one thing has become clear: we’re not very good at actually keeping them—not totally and completely, anyway. Sure, we might not have a wooden idol in our home, but we still carve emotional and material idols to which we devote more of our lives than we do to God. We don’t say the Lord’s [...] Continue Reading…
May 17th, 2011
“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you” (Exod. 20:12).
The fifth of the Lord’s commands from atop Mount Sinai is quoted often by parents. It is not quoted as much by younger people, especially younger people who live at home with their parents. These younger people usually see its significance about the same time they [...] Continue Reading…
May 16th, 2011
Finally, the day has arrived that we have been looking forward to and have been praying about for a long time.
24 Pastors and leaders have made the Veritas building in Vanderbijlpark, their home for the next 2 weeks. John, Jason, Brian and Beth from the Global Leadership Institute in the USA have joined us at Life Christian Foundation for the 2011 Global Leadership Training in Vanderbijlpark.
Keep you eye on [...] Continue Reading…
May 16th, 2011
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God” (Exod. 20:8-10).
I blinked sleepily at my computer, somewhere between Sunday night and Monday morning on what could have been just about anytime during my freshman year of college. My weekend had gone fairly well: the spring weather was beautiful [...] Continue Reading…
