Genesis 4:6

“By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks” ……

(Reuters/Mike Stone) 14 years ago, I was furious with my husband Roy for some just-discovered crime or misdemeanour, and since he was teaching at the moment (in those pre-mobile phone days), and I couldn’t call him, I called our pastor. (No, I am not joking!) Had Roy been at the end of a phone, it […]…

Memorise: “And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?” (Genesis 4:6) Read: Acts 8:18-21 Pastor E. ADEBOYE In Genesis 4:1-7, while Cain’s o……

Reading Time: 5 minutes We often ask the Lord, “Why?” but do we ask it of ourselves? “Why do I want to say that?” “Why DID I do that?” “Why do I want to go over there?” Unfortunately, it wasn’t until my late twenties before I learned to ask myself this simple and telling question, “Why?” “Why did I just…

(Reuters/Mike Stone) 14 years ago, I was furious with my husband Roy for some just-discovered crime or misdemeanour, and since he was teaching at the moment (in those pre-mobile phone days), and I couldn’t call him, I called our pastor. (No, I am not joking!) Had Roy been at the end of a phone, it…

By Elizabeth Prata I ran a community newspaper. Something that was important was to feature the community in the newspaper. I went around endlessly taking pictures of everything happening. My graph……

Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place. For we are about to destroy this place, becaus……

Growing up, I was never angry. Anger was sinful, so I could never be angry. One day I discovered this in Ephesians 4:26: In your anger, do not sin. God knew I would feel angry, and he asked me to m……

Hebrews 11:4 Faith is taking worship seriously and coming before God “inspiritand in truth” believing that He is worthy of our focused attention and best offerings. “By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.” (Hebrews 11:2, 3) THE BACKSTORY We might not know the details of what transpired between God and the first family that caused them to u…

Hebrews 11:4 Faith is taking worship seriously and coming before God “inspiritand in truth” believing that He is worthy of our focused attention and best offerings. “By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.” (Hebrews 11:2, 3) THE BACKSTORY We might not know the details of what transpired between God and the first family that caused them to u…