Don’t you also have the feeling – from time to time – that you know nothing and are saying to yourself: “You know, you do not really know anything about life.” I do. Often. And that is when I am seeing the unimaginable suffering of millions – if it is in a squatter camp on the outskirts of a big city, or rubbish-dump people, or reading about the killing fields...
How many times do we hear the words: “This was just a series of fortunate incidents.” “This is just pure luck.” All sorts of expressions. There are many most astonishing stories in life. If you are not a Christian, it cannot be a miracle, because only God can supersede the ordinary and do miracles. For Christians, the answers are not so difficult. Like the day the God was...
Do not kill this one! Many people, when they see a rat, have only one thing in mind: Kill it. But do not kill this one. He saves lives. An African giant pouched rat has been awarded a prestigious gold medal for his work detecting land mines. Magawa has sniffed out 39 landmines and 28 unexploded munitions in his career. The UK veterinary charity PDSA has presented him with its Gold Medal for...
When I was in Secondary School there was one subject in which I was very good (but only one) – I was an A+ grade student in that subject. But to be clear about it – this was the only subject where one could detect my cleverness. Then came the last exam in martric. I got a C. What happened? I mixed the content of four different 80-points questions. With disasterous consequences. There...