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Legal | COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Compensation Scheme

In the early months of 2021 and just over a year after the COVID-19 pandemic had started, the South African government secured millions of vaccine doses from several pharmaceutical manufacturers. As part of the terms of the agreement between governments and the manufacturers, governments were required to exempt the manufacturers,…

12 Dec 19 min

Fundamental Beliefs | Spiritual Gifts & Ministries

When used in service of others or sharing the gospel, our talents are often referred to spiritual gifts. God knows us better than we know ourselves, and He knows exactly which skills would be both a blessing to us and to those around us.

12 Dec 17 min

Bible Corner | The Power of Prayer

Intercessory prayer is prayer before God on behalf of others. While there is no one specific way to do intercessory prayer, there are certain tools that can help us along the way, and in today’s lesson we will learn how to make the most of intercessory prayer.

12 Dec 20 min

Transformation | End-of-Year Introspection

At the end of each year, it is important to set aside some time to reflect on how it went. It may have been an amazing year or a completely horrible one, or somewhere in between. Either way, we must make the time to look back and take some much…

11 Dec 20 min

Fundamental Beliefs | Spiritual Gifts & Ministries

God has endowed us with the talents we have, and He often calls us to use those talents for the good of others, with the Holy Spirit as our guide. We all have a special talent that we’ve found to be useful. For some of us, it might be musical…

11 Dec 21 min

Bible Corner | The Power of Prayer

Most of us, if not all, can testify that we’ve experienced the difficulty of praying, and not getting the result we hoped for. What will have gone wrong in such a case? In today’s talk, we will come to understand our role in the outcomes of our prayers.

11 Dec 19 min

VOP Lesson | Did God Change the Day?

We talked about the clear demarcation that exists within the Christian faith, where many observe Sunday, the first day of the week, as a holy day, and others observe the seventh day Sabbath in accordance with Scripture. We continue this lesson to hopefully come closer to understanding where this division…

10 Dec 12 min

Bible Corner | The Power of Prayer

Romans 8:26 says: “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.” Jesus helped us by giving us a template in the form of what we…

10 Dec 21 min

Education | Decline in Reading for Pleasure

Research into children and young people's reading has recorded a marked decline in reading for pleasure, with fewer than half of all children aged 8-18 years (only 35% in fact) saying they enjoy reading in their free time, down from a high of 58% in 2016.

9 Dec 19 min

VOP Lesson | A Puzzling Question

There are many points of difference within the Christian faith, but one of the biggest ones is around the day of worship. Most Christians sincerely observe Sunday, as a memorial of Christ’s resurrection, while others, equally sincere, believe that the Bible only recognizes the seventh day (Saturday) as the Sabbath.

9 Dec 16 min

Bible Corner | The Power of Prayer

This week, we’re going to unlock the power of prayer through a series of conversations, where we’ll cover the importance of personal devotion, intercessory prayer, and the role of faith, repentance and forgiveness in prayer.

9 Dec 17 min

Fundamental Beliefs | The Lord’s Supper

During this last supper with His disciples, Jesus gave us an example. He broke bread and shared the fruit of the vine with His disciples and asked them to remember the sacrifice He was about to make for them—for all of us. In today’s talk, we want to close with…

6 Dec 15 min

Legal | Visitation Rights Over the Holidays

During the holidays, it is important that children get the opportunity to spend time with both their parents and family members. In instances where a child's parents are not living together, it can sometimes lead to uncertainty, confusion or disputes in respect of which parent the child will be staying…

5 Dec 22 min

Fundamental Beliefs | The Lord’s Supper

The three significant parts of a Seventh-day Adventist communion service involves eating unleavened bread, drinking grape juice (fruit of the vine), and washing one another’s’ feet. Today we’ll be looking at the meaning behind each of these.

5 Dec 16 min

Bible Corner | Navigating Controversial Doctrines

As long as we remain here on earth, we will always be divided on certain points, but at what point do we cut ties and go our separate ways? Is it ever necessary? In today’s talk, we’re going to address how to debate and discuss doctrinal differences in a mature,…

5 Dec 18 min

Transformation | The Vision Series (Ep. 4)

This has been quite an eye opening and highly inspiring series in which we’ve talked about becoming, and doing, and we’re going to conclude with a lesson on having. Mpumi Mbonane joins us one last time.

4 Dec 16 min

Fundamental Beliefs | The Lord’s Supper

Seventh-day Adventist Christians take part in the Lord’s Supper, or communion service, as a commemoration of Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross. It’s a time to reflect upon what Jesus has done for us, and to respectfully express this gratitude as a church family.

4 Dec 15 min

Bible Corner | Navigating Controversial Doctrines

The fact that we have the Bible, inspired by the Holy Spirit, should essentially simplify any confusion with regards to doctrine. However, because we have so many different interpretations and understandings of the Bible, we land on differing beliefs and doctrines. So what then is the point?

4 Dec 12 min

Family | Managing Holiday-Related Trauma

It’s called “the most wonderful time of the year,” but not everyone finds the holiday season joyous, happy, or merry. In fact, for those who have suffered trauma, hardship, or loss, the holidays can feel triggering and unbearable. When triggered, many may turn to “quick fix” unhealthy coping mechanisms, and…

3 Dec 22 min

VOP Lesson | Finding a Church

“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism.” Ephesians 4:4-5

3 Dec 12 min