The story goes like this: King Jehoash comes to visit Elisha on his sickbed "He cried before him and said, 'Father! Father! Israel's chariot and horsemen!'. Elisha told him to get a bow and arrows and ...

I can remember as a little boy in children’s church our teacher leading us in “Onward Christian Soldiers” and then leading us in a Bible drill I still recite today. She would say, “Boys and girls hold ...

Today we interrupt our series of readings from Mark’s Gospel and turn, on four of the next five Sundays, to Jesus’ discourse on the “bread of life” in John 6. These Johannine texts will provide an ...

...To contextualize the argument, I would want to explain two or three fundamental words - SERVANT, ATTENDANT & APPRENTICE... key words that we all need to understand ...

Today’s selection from Luke’s Gospel continues the narrative begun last Sunday. The setting is the synagogue at Nazareth. Jesus has read passages from the book of Isaiah concerning the anointed ...

Mduduzi Dube, known as Prophet Black Elisha, has sparked fresh controversy with the introduction of a "spiritual mat" used in his deliverance sessions. The mat is reportedly used by individuals ...

On Shabbat Hanukkah we read in the synagogue Zechariah’s famous vision of the menorah. “What do those things mean?” says the prophet. What does the menorah signify? The angel’s answer: “This is the ...

Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, as the soul lives, I will not leave ...