Word of Salvation - January 2011   DON’T STEAL; GIVE LIFE INSTEAD By Rev. John de Hoog (Sermon 9 in a series on the Ten Commandments)   Reading: 1 Timothy 6:6-10, 17-21 Text: Exodus 20:15; Luke 12:13-21   The reading from Luke 12 contains the famous story of the rich fool. A simple story with an obvious meaning - don’t put too much value on earthly goods for you cannot take them with you. Don’t be greedy for more all the time, for you will lose it all in the end anyway.   Let’s think briefly about this parable. Notice three...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Eighth Commandment: You Shall Not Steal A sermon by Rev. Pieter Tuit on Lord's Day 42   Bread and butter issues have been very much in the forefront in our nations the last couple weeks. I only have to mention the federal and state budget and all its ramification, clear or not clear, the National Disability Insurance scheme, the Gonski education reforms, the concerns raised by the independent schools about present and future funding, the recent decision by the Ford motor company to close its operations in our country by 2016, local business struggles,...