Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
It is never a case of one-way traffic; my articles do resonate with a sizeable number of readers – so I get quite a lot of emails from them. At the beginning of the month, I received a lengthy email from a reader from Spain. It was all about the grim situation over there where […]
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There was not much of a crowd at one of my favorite eateries – far from the usual on the last Friday of the month. A fair bit of takeaways but a thin show of diners. I got the picture; the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament was keeping many from sitting down for a meal […]
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It is not the new normal that many would look forward to. Rather, a dystopian society instead of a utopian one. The masses moan and frown while that vicious few rejoice, popping the champagne as they cheer their diabolical dreams come true! “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness […]
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“I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it, for you have little strength, have kept My word and have not denied My name” (Revelation 3:8). I never give the posts in the Nearing Midnight column a miss; it never bores me, but it certainly […]
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The trend is indeed baffling to many casual observers, yet it is crystal clear. Churches in what is known as the free world are fast emptying. As a matter of interest, some nations have lost their Christian majority in their demography, notably England being in such a state of late. No one is surprised where […]
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This summer brings little joy. For a start, there is that sore loser mentality that stubbornly refuses to abate. Despite the highest court in the land overturning Roe vs Wade in a landmark decision, the pro-abortion camp simply does not get it! The ranting and raving against the above legal move continue to fan the […]
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“For many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14). For a long time, I struggled to come to terms with the true meaning of the above-mentioned verse from the Gospel of Matthew. Did it seem like a tough selection protocol amidst a plethora of criteria that weeded out the majority from a long line […]
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“And now, because you have done all these works,” says the LORD, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer” (Jeremiah 7:13). The works the Lord is referring to are actions and activities of wickedness. Did the Lord just […]
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Our adversary is no idiot; he knows his time is limited, and this explains the prevailing brute force wielded against all of humanity – the Body of Christ included. The shadows of the Tribulation are increasingly menacing as the Bride of Christ is all set to go in the twinkling of an eye. The evil […]
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Ten years ago, and most probably five, things could have been closer to a humdrum routine. Church attendance, prayer meetings, Bible study sessions, and those large prophecy conferences like the one in Branson in Missouri, if not Colorado Springs! All against a backdrop of prophetic activity that seemingly chugs with the pace of a stack […]
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During the first week of August 2022, one of my favorites from the 1960s music scene passed on. Judith Durham was the lead singer in the Australian group known as the Seekers. There was a unique characteristic in their musical style, a softer and gentler tone that appealed to all age groups. Much of it […]
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Some three-plus decades ago, I could count myself as being part of a stain that would be on my country’s demography. There was no shortage in the numbers that were flocking to greener pastures; these thirty-somethings and forty-somethings had more than their fair share of the pressure cooker environment which dominated the island nation they […]
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