Author Archives: Tree of Life Church

Today we have a bonus second post as Arthur Meintjes very kindly allowed me to reproduce this great wisdom on our blog: Did You Know? God, the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ is a God who is no respecter of Persons! This is one of the greatest revelations that the Apostle Peter received whenContinue reading “God is No Respecter of Persons (Arthur Meintjes)”

This week a number of people have contacted me and asked my views on whether HIV is God’s judgment on homosexuality.  My answer is a very firm and very definite NO.  Here are 10 reason why this point of view holds no water at all: 10.  God is no respecter of persons – or ofContinue reading “10 Reasons HIV is not God’s judgment for Homosexuality”

The church is (rightly) concerned about homosexuality, it is a perversion against the original design for humanity, it degrades and destroys society, and it means that there is no fruit of the womb. However, the church should be, in this hour, more concerned about homo-sectuality.  If a homo-sexual can only have sex with his sameContinue reading “Homo-Sectuality”

Here is a verse that a lot of people struggle with as it does not at first glance paint the same picture of God that Jesus does: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. It’s in Hebrews 12.6, and I have seen this verse used by many toContinue reading “Difficult Verses 9: Hebrews 12.6”

I like to blog every week, and generally I blog on a Tuesday.   This Tuesday was a bit difficult though as on a prison visit I was on, there was a lock down and we were stuck for about three hours.  To top that off, the M1 was closed on the way back downContinue reading “Not Ashamed!”

5 Really Bad and 5 Really Good Reasons to Go to Bible College. via 5 Really Bad and 5 Really Good Reasons to Go to Bible College. I originally posted this last April, and it was the most viewed post of 2014.  Which I believe it should have been – there are right reasons to goContinue reading “5 Really Bad and 5 Really Good Reasons to Go to Bible College”

I love playing pool.  I don’t get much chance to play it anymore, but I used to as a teen play all the time.  I never was much good, but I enjoyed the game. You have to pot all the stripes or spots, depending on which you potted first, then finally pot the eight ball.Continue reading “The Eight Ball”

Originally posted on Heilan Word Ministries:
After being prompted by a member of the fellowship I have started studying out what the Bible says about being offended or taking offence. I am just at the start of these studies (so will probably write more in DIG in the future) but already I’ve had a few…

FOR THOSE IN THE FIVEFOLD MINISTRY: Bad apostles command you to plant churches. Good apostles father you and raise you up to plant churches. They are there for you, they help you, they support you. Bad prophets chastise you for missing God’s voice. Good ones inspire you to tune in to His still small voiceContinue reading “Good and Bad Fivefold Ministries!”

1 Tim 3.3 says elders should not be given to wine. This one doesn’t need an analysis of the Greek, it doesn’t need shades of meaning or dissecting.  Now the Tree of Life isn’t teetotal, and I am not teetotal, but if you are given to getting drunk you need to deal with it. YouContinue reading “Pastors and Elders XI: The Requirements for an Elder (part VIII)”