The home - Father

“My son, hear the instruction of thy father” (Prov. 1:8).

We are living at a time when much emphasis is being put on the role of women in society. It is my intention to deal with that in my next article but today I do believe that we need to get back to the biblical concepts regarding the family. A father is very much a part of the biblical...

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Seventy divided by two (part 2)

The Mission

In my previous article I shared a few thoughts about the disciples in Luke 10:1-24 and in this article I would like to concentrate on verses 2-9:

(Luk 10:2 KJV) Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his...

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Seventy divided by two (part 1)

The Disciples

One of the great portions used to advocate evangelism is found in Luke 10:1-24. So often we read about the seventy who went out to preach the gospel and then how they testified about the miracles that took place. However we do not really take time to really analyse this very important passage. Many times when I reflect on the...

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Poverty Alleviation

(Mar 14:7 KJV) For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.  This reference is also found in the gospel of Matthew and also in the gospel of John. In many instances I have read or heard it being said that we should break the curse of poverty by prayer. To my mind this contradicts the...

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