Joseph the Just
Mary, the mother of Jesus, is quite popular. All Christians kinda admire her. Some Christians even pray to her. She has statues, artwork and stained glass windows depicting her. On the other hand, little is said of Joseph, Jesus’ legal father. We will see that Joseph was a courageous, just, strong, and gracious man… Continue reading
You know you are generous when…
In 2 Corinthians 8 Paul encourage the Corinthian Christians and us to grow in God’s grace by giving more to gospel ministry and by being generous to Christians in need. It is so informing that the Apostle views financial generosity as a demonstration, display and expression of the grace of God!
Paul reminds the Corinthians of the… Continue reading
Death is sleep
In Mark 5 Jesus raises Jairus’ dead daughter to life. A little while before Jairus, a synagogue ruler, approached Jesus, the itinerant preacher, for help. The request was highly irregular: Jairus was a respected, honourable man in that culture. Yet, he falls (quite unceremoniously) at the feet of a homeless, poor, miracle worker’s feet and begs… Continue reading
Jesus and animal activism
Don’t misunderstand me. God cares for animals and part of our cultural mandate as human beings is to be good stewards over the earth, including the animal kingdom. Cruelty to animals is wrong. The last verse in the book of Jonah tells us that God was concerned for both the people and the animals living inNineveh.
Mark 5 contains therefore… Continue reading
A mustard seed Kingdom
Jesus said that God’s Kingdom, which he came to inaugurate, is like a mustard seed – it starts small and ends big.
“What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground. Yet when planted,… Continue reading
Why don’t we pray?
I think there are three main reasons:
1. Too busy
Our lives are so busy and cluttered. We tend to schedule everything else, except pray.
We make time to watch rugby, but not to pray. Perhaps we need to allocate time in our diary or go to bed an hour earlier in order to spend time in prayer.
2. Don’t… Continue reading
My name is Andre Visagie.
I'm married to Lizanne and am the proud owner of two dogs - Charlie and Splash. My wife and I enjoy reading, MTBing and scuba diving (in warmer water!) I also serve as one of the pastors in our church.
This blog consists of my thoughts and reflections as a Christian and a pastor. These blogs are hopefully shaped, informed, and governed by the inspired, true, ever-relevent, authoritative, inerrant Bible.
It is my strong conviction that God speaks to us today through what was written back then by the biblical authors. More often than not, each post expands a subject covered in my sermon of the previous Sunday.
Your comments are very welcome and I will attempt to answer each concern or question. Of course, I make no pretension of being infallible and I will reserve the right to edit my posts!
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